Horne gets rocked in return to Double-A

Another day, another set of bullet points…

• David Phelps is on the disabled list with a shoulder issue. He got smacked around pretty hard last night, so hopefully this is just something minor.
• Wilkins Arias was also placed on the disabled list for an unknown reason, though it’s a legit injury since Double-A Trenton was already playing with a 23-man roster. No phantom DL this time.
• The Yankees signed veteran infielders Mike Lamb and Terry Tiffee to minor league contracts for depth reasons. Triple-A Scranton is pretty beat up and could use some warm bodies.
• Keith Law was at last night’s Short Season Staten Island game and spoke about it in today’s Baseball Today Podcast (listen here). It’s safe to say he isn’t a Cito Culver fan; he said Culver can’t hit from the left side of the plate and struggled in the field, enough so that he might be a second baseman long-term. The prospect stuff starts around the 22:00 mark, the Culver stuff around 25:30.

Now to the games…

Triple-A Scranton (5-3 loss to Norfolk)
Doug Bernier, SS: 1 for 4, 1 R
Luis Nunez, 2B & Austin Krum, CF: both 0 for 4, 1 K
Jordan Parraz, RF: 0 for 4, 1 R
Jesus Montero, C: 1 for 3, 1 K, 1 HBP – that’s only his second strikeout in his last 30 plate appearances
Brandon Laird, 1B: 3 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI – he’s making a run at a .700 OPS, he’s about 30 points shy at the moment
Greg Golson, LF & P.J. Pilittere, DH: both 1 for 4 – Golson threw a runner out at second
Kevin Russo, 3B: 2 for 4, 1 2B, 1 K
D.J. Mitchell, RHP: 6 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 7-5 GB/FB, 1 E (pickoff) – 60 of 100 pitches were strikes
Eric Wordekemper, RHP: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 0-2 GB/FB – 22 of 33 pitches were strikes (66.7%)
Josh Schmidt, RHP: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 3-0 GB/FB – half of his 18 pitches were strikes

Double-A Trenton (11-4 loss to Portland)
Ray Kruml, CF: 2 for 4, 1 3B, 1 BB, 1 K – seven for his last 14 (.500)
Corban Joseph, 2B: 3 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB – 17 for his last 37 (.459) with six doubles, a triple, and a homer
Rob Lyerly, 1B: 0 for 5, 4 K – ouch
Cody Johnson, DH: 1 for 5, 1 RBI, 3 K
Bradley Suttle, DH: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 E (throwing)
Jose Pirela, SS: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 K, 1 CS
DeAngelo Mack, LF & Jason Place, RF: both 0 for 3, 1 HBP – Mack struck out … Place scored a run and whiffed twice
Alan Horne, RHP: 0 IP, 1 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 5 BB, 0 K – 14 of 37 pitches were strikes (37.8%) … it’s probably just rust, yeah that’s it
Craig Heyer, RHP: 6.1 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 8-5 GB/FB – 61 of 101 pitches were strikes (60.4%)
Brad Halsey, LHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 2-0 GB/FB – 15 of 24 pitches were strikes (62.5%)

High-A Tampa‘s game was suspended due to lightning. They were tied at two in the tenth inning, but a continuation date has yet to be announced. Here’s the box score, I’ll do a full update when they actually finish the game.

Low-A Charleston is off until tomorrow for the All-Star break.

Short Season Staten Island was rained out. Looks like they’re going to make this game up next Tuesday.

Rookie GCL Yanks (8-3 loss to GCL Blue Jays)
Ravel Santana, CF: 1 for 3, 2 R, 1 B, 2 K, 1 E (fielding)
David Adams, 2B: 1 for 2 – I guess they’re going very slow with his rehab, he was lifted after five innings in the field
Taylor Anderson, 2B: 0 for 2
Dante Bichette Jr.: 0 for 2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – still waiting on that first hit, but he’s drawn a walk in every game so far
Tyler Austin, 3B: 3 for 4, 1 2B, 1 RBI – 7-for-12 (.583) so far
Isaias Tejeda, C: 1 for 3, 1 K, 1 PB
Tyson Blaser, C: 0 for 1, 1 RBI
Danny Lopez, LF & Henry Pena, RF: both 0 for 4 – Lopez struck out three times, Pena four … Lopez also committed a fielding error
Fu-Lin Kuo, 1B: 1 for 4, 1 2B, 1 K
Jose Rosario, SS: 0 for 4, 2 K
Reynaldo Polanco, RHP: 3 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 2 WP, 4-0 GB/FB, 1 E (pickoff) – birthdate: May 20th, 1993 … yep
George Isabel, RHP: 2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1 WP, 2-2 GB/FB
Danny Martinez, LHP: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 WP
Mariel Checo, RHP: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 0-1 GB/FB
David Triplet, RHP: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 0-2 GB/FB