Earlier today the Yankees acquired IF Wendell Rijo from the Brewers to complete last month’s Erik Kratz trade, the team announced. Rijo has been assigned to High-A Tampa. He was a good prospect with the Red Sox a few years ago, but not anymore. The soon-to-be 23-year-old was hitting .200/.304/.375 (94 wRC+) in 93 Double-A plate appearances before the trade. Dudes like Kratz usually don’t fetch much.
Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (9-7 win over Syracuse in 11 innings)
- CF Clint Frazier: 3-5, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K — now hitting .322/.400/.577 in 37 Triple-A games
- SS Tyler Wade: 3-6, 3 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 2 K, 1 SB — tripled in the go-ahead run in the 11th … 22-for-60 (.367) with four doubles, one triple, and two homers in his last 13 games
- 3B Brandon Drury: 3-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB — now hitting .353/.463/.511 in 38 Triple-A games
- 1B Ryan McBroom: 1-5, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 2 K
- RF Billy McKinney: 1-5, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
- 2B Abi Avelino: 1-5, 1 RBI, 1 K, 2 E (fielding, throwing)
- RHP David Hale: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HB, 8/4 GB/FB — 57 of 98 pitches were strikes (58%) … teams always need dudes like Hale to chew up innings in the minors, but man, I am so happy the Yankees can plug guys like Domingo German and Jonathan Loaisiga into the rotation when they need a starter rather than someone like David Hale
- RHP Cody Carroll: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 1/1 GB/FB — 20 of 38 pitches were strikes (53%) … had allowed three runs total in his previous 13 appearances and 18.2 innings