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River Ave. Blues ยป Ricky Orta

Calderon stays hot in GCL win

August 15, 2012 by Mike 19 Comments

The Yankees released RHP Ricky Orta. He was an interesting minor league signing back in June, but he re-injured his elbow after just five appearances and eight innings with Double-A Trenton. So much for that.

Triple-A Empire State Game One (5-1 win over Pawtucket in seven innings) makeup of the July 28th rain out … they faced a rehabbing Daisuke Matsuzaka
RF Chris Dickerson, SS Eduardo Nunez & 1B Brandon Laird: all 0-3 — Dickerson and Nunez each struck out once
2B Corban Joseph: 1-3, 1 RBI
LF Ronnie Mustelier: 0-2, 1 R, 1 BB
C Frankie Cervelli & DH Kosuke Fukudome: both 1-2, 1 R — Cervelli got hit by a pitch … Fukudome drove in two, walked, and struck out
CF Melky Mesa & 3B Ramiro Pena: both 1-3, 1 R, 1 K — Mesa doubled and drove in a run
RHP Ramon Ortiz: 7 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 7/4 GB/FB — 81 of 117 pitches were strikes (69%)

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Yankees sign Ricky Orta to minor league deal

June 5, 2012 by Mike Leave a Comment

Via Matt Eddy, the Yankees have signed right-hander Ricky Orta to a minor league contract. The 27-year-old was the Mariners’ fourth round pick in 2006 but missed all of 2010 and most of 2011 due to Tommy John surgery. He signed a minor league deal with the Rays last season and only managed four appearances (eight innings) before the end of the season.

Orta isn’t a starter long-term but he’s an interesting relief prospect. He runs his fastball up to the mid-90s and has a decent breaking ball, enough for middle relief work. The Yankees could send him to either High-A Tampa or Double-A Trenton and get about 40 innings to evaluate him this summer. If they like what they see, they could retain him going forward and have a potentially useful arm. Orta’s never pitched above Double-A, so he has all three minor league options left. It’s an interesting move, certainly more interesting than the typical minor league signings.

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