SS Gleyber Torres has reported to High-A Tampa, the team announced. SS Abi Avelino was promoted to Double-A Trenton to clear a roster spot. Also, OF Jake Skole was released.

Triple-A Scranton Game One (3-2 win over Buffalo in eight innings, walk-off style) makeup of yesterday’s rainout

• CF Ben Gamel: 1-4, 1 K
• DH Mason Williams: 0-3, 1 RBI, 1 K
• C Gary Sanchez: 2-4, 2 R, 2 2B — scored the winning run on a walk-off wild pitch … 21 doubles in 66 games this year after hitting 23 doubles in 93 games last year
• 1B Ike Davis: 1-2, 1 BB, 1 K
• RF Tyler Austin: 0-2, 1 BB — 12 walks and 12 strikeouts in his last 12 games
• LF Jake Cave: 0-3
• RHP Vicente Campos: 5 IP, 8 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 8/1 GB/FB — 48 of 79 pitches were strikes (61%) … it took him nearly four years to get out of Low-A, and this year he’s zoomed from High-A to Triple-A … naturally, in his first Triple-A game he faced Jesus Montero, the guy he was traded for … Campos has thrown 121 innings so far and his previous career high was 87 innings back in 2013 … I have to imagine the Yankees will scale back on his workload soon given his injury history, they don’t want to push him too hard in his first full year back from Tommy John surgery

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Some news and notes:

• Both 1B Greg Bird (14th) and RHP Luis Severino (16th) made this week’s Prospect Hot Sheet. One of these days the molten hot OF Dustin Fowler will get some love. Maybe. Possibly. Probably not.
• The Yankees have acquired OF Jake Skole from the Rangers for cash, reports Gerry Fraley. This is another “all our outfielders are getting hurt and we need warm bodies” move. Skole, 23, was the 15th overall pick in the 2010 draft, but he’s hit .228/.330/.331 (89 wRC+) in over 2,000 plate appearances since, none above Double-A.
• Check out this Sam Dykstra article on Triple-A park factors. PNC Field in Scranton has been one of the most pitcher friendly parks at the Triple-A level the last few years. In fact, just about all of the parks in Yankees’ farm system are pitcher friendly according to the park factors at StatCorner. Something to keep in mind.

Triple-A Scranton (4-0 win over Pawtucket)

• LF Ben Gamel: 0-4
• RF Aaron Judge: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K — seven strikeouts and nine walks in his last nine games
• 2B Rob Refsnyder: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K
• DH Austin Romine: 1-2, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 K
• RHP Kyle Davies: 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 6/4 GB/FB — 56 of 74 pitches were strikes (76%)
• RHP Chris Martin: 2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 13 of 18 pitches were strikes (72%) … nice rebound from that disaster outing a few days ago
• RHP Branden Pinder: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB — 16 of 25 pitches were strikes (64%)

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