Fifth round pick Tommy Kahnle has agreed to terms and will join the Staten Island Yanks tomorrow. His physical isn’t until Monday, and once he passes that he’ll jump right into the team’s bullpen. Kahnle made 13 total appearances in the Cape Cod League this summer, striking out 14 in nine innings of work. The bad news? Ten walks.
Meanwhile, Baseball America posted a list of ten prospects who have increased their stock since the start of June (sub. req’d). Jesus Montero (“A scout who saw Montero this month didn’t see the outstanding raw power than Montero has shown in the past, but noted that Montero consistently drove the ball into the gaps even if he did bail on the breaking ball on occasion.”) came in at number two, David Phelps (“His secondary stuff is fringy, but he mixes a slurvy curveball, a short slider and a change with solid sink and throws them all for strikes, making him an option for the back of the rotation or middle-relief work.”) at number eight.
Oh, and David Adams? Turns out it was a broken ankle. That explains why he’s been out so long.
Triple-A Scranton (7-1 win over Norfolk)
Kevin Russo, LF: 0 for 4, 1 BB, 2 K
Eric Bruntlett, DH: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 K
Eduardo Nunez, SS: 2 for 3, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 SB – nine for his last 28 (.321)
Chad Tracy, 3B, Chad Huffman, RF & Greg Golson, CF: all 1 for 4 – Tracy drove in a run & scored another … Golson doubled
Jesus Montero, C: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 2 K – eight of his 11 homers have comes in the last six weeks or so … Conor Foley breaks the long balls down for you
Jorge Vazquez, 1B & Reegie Corona, 2B: both 2 for 4 – JoVa doubled, scored a run & K’ed … Corona plated a run
Jason Hirsh: 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 3-7 GB/FB – 62 of his 99 pitches were strikes
Romulo Sanchez: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 4-1 GB/FB – 31 of 53 pitches were strikes (58.5%)
Royce Ring: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1-0 GB/FB – four of his six pitches went for strikes
Double-A Trenton (3-1 win over New Hampshire)
Justin Christian, LF & Marcos Vechionacci, 1B: both 0 for 4 – Vech K’ed three times
Austin Krum, CF & Austin Romine, C: both 1 for 4, 1 RBI – Krum stole a base & K’ed … Romine hit a solo jack
Brandon Laird, 3B: 3 for 4 – 13 for his last 25 (.520)
Dan Brewer, RF: 2 for 4
Matt Cusick, DH: 0 for 2, 1 BB
Luis Nunez, SS: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 3B
Justin Snyder, 2B: 1 for 2, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB – 42 BB, 31 K
Lance Pendleton: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 7-4 GB/FB – gave up a solo jack to a personal fave
George Kontos: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 3-2 GB/FB
Ryan Pope: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1 HB, 1-0 GB/FB
High-A Tampa (10-1 win over Charlotte)
Ray Kruml, LF, Jose Pirela, SS, Corban Joseph, 2B & Jack Rye, RF: all 0 for 4 – Kruml walked & K’ed twice … Pirela drove in a run, walked & K’ed … CoJo K’ed … Rye scored a run & K’ed … hard to believe they scored ten runs when the top three hitters in the lineup reached base two times total
Bradley Suttle, 3B: 1 for 5, 2 R, 2 K
Melky Mesa, CF: 4 for 4, 4 R, 1 3B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 2 SB – daaaaaaaaaaaamn kid … he’s having himself a nice year, cut down on his strikeout rate big time, close to a .200 ISO … too bad he’ll be 24 in January
Zoilo Almonte, DH: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB
Jose Gil, C: 3 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 SB
Myron Leslie, 1B: 1 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
Schaeffer Hall: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 7-4 GB/FB
Adam Olbrychowski: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 3-1 GB/FB
John Van Benschoten: 2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 3-2 GB/FB
Low-A Charleston (4-3 win over Greenville)
Slade Heathcott, CF: 1 for 5, 3 K
J.R. Murphy, C: 2 or 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB – six for his last 15 (.400)
Jimmy Paredes, 2B: 0 for 4, 3 K, 1 E (fielding)
Rob Lyerly, 3B-1B: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Luke Murton, 1B: 2 for 4, 1 K – was pinch run for in the late innings, hence the exit
Neil Medchill, LF & DeAngelo Mack, DH: both 2 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K – Medchill hit a solo jack
Kelvin Castro, SS: 0 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 K, 2 E (both fielding)
Francisco Santana, RF: 0 for 4, 4 K – yikes
Michael Solbach: 4.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 3-6 GB/FB
Ronny Marte: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1-4 GB/FB
Ryan Acosta: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
Francisco Gil: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 3-1 GB/FB – he clipped the win after allowing Acosta’s inherited runner to score
Short Season Staten Island (6-3 win over Connecticut)
Eduardo Sosa, CF: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 K, 1 HBP
Casey Stevenson, DH & Kevin Mahoney, 3B: both 1 for 5 – Stevenson doubled, drove in two & came around to score
Kelvin DeLeon, RF: 1 for 4, 1 RBI
Kyle Roller, 1B & Jose Mojica, SS: both 2 for 4, 1 R – Mojica doubled
Nick McCoy, C: 0 for 2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB – six walks, three strikeouts in seven games
Luis Parache, 3B: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 E (throwing)
Nik Turley: 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 7-4 GB/FB – picked a runner off first … he’s (and his defense) have allowed ten unearned runs in 35.2 IP this year
Nathan Forer: 2 IP, zeroes, 2 K,3-1 GB/FB
Chase Whitley: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 0-1 GB/FB – 11 H & 32 K in 22.2 IP
Rookie GCL Yanks (6-3 win over GCL Tigers)
Cito Culver, SS: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI – and that’s his first career homer, so congrats to him
Robby Hammock, DH & Anderson Feliz, 2B: both 2 for 4, 1 R – Hammock doubled & hit a solo jack … Feliz tripled, got caught stealing & committed a fielding error
Ramon Flores, 1B & Judd Golsan, CF: both 0 for 3, 1 K – Flores also drew a walk
Henry Pena, LF: 1 for 3, 1 R , 1 BB, 1 K
Kevin Duran, RF: 0 for 2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Fu-Lin Kuo, 3B: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 K – and that homer raises his SLG to (gulp) .292
Jhorge Liccien, C: 0 for 2, 1 BB, 1 K
Bryan Mitchell: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 6-4 GB/FB – now that’s more like it, he’d been getting roughed up a bit of late … he’s very quietly one of the team’s best pitching prospects
Will Oliver: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1-3 GB/FB
Joel Marte: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1-0 GB/FB
Jose Quintana: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 0-1 GB/FB
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