The day’s notes:
- And the first 2016 draftee to reach full season ball is … 3B Mandy Alvarez. This year’s 17th rounder has been promoted from Short Season Staten Island to Low-A Charleston, the team announced. IF Angel Aguilar goes the other way in a corresponding move. Alvarez was hitting .345/.371/.400 (131 wRC+) with two strikeouts (!) in 62 plate appearances for the Baby Bombers.
- OF Aaron Judge will participate in the Triple-A Home Run Derby next week, it was announced. Also participating: Blue Jays DH Jesus Montero and Dodgers 3B Rob Segedin. How about that? The Triple-A All-Star festivities are in Charlotte this year.
- TCU RHP Brian Trieglaff has signed with the Yankees, he announced on Twitter. He was the team’s 13th round pick. Trieglaff had a 3.22 ERA with 39 strikeouts in 44 relief innings for the Horned Frogs this year. No word on his bonus, but it’s safe to assume it doesn’t exceed the $100,000 slot.
- RHP Yefrey Ramirez and 1B Kevin Cornelius are the High-A Florida State League Pitcher of the Week and was named the Rookie Appalachian League Offensive Player of the Week. Congrats to them. Cornelius is way old for the level, but he’s hitting a home run a day it seems.
- Matt Eddy put together a list of the ten best power-speed prospects in the minors. Both SS Jorge Mateo and OF Dustin Fowler make it. They’re the only other team will two players on the list.
Triple-A Scranton (4-3 loss to Lehigh Valley in ten innings)
- LF Ben Gamel: 2-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI — 10-for-31 (.323) with two homers during his little seven-game hitting streak
- RF Aaron Judge: 0-3, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K
- C Gary Sanchez: 3-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K — 14-for-43 (.326) in his last nine games
- DH Cesar Puello: 1-2, 1 2B, 1 BB
- CF Jake Cave: 1-4, 1 3B, 1 K
- LHP Phil Coke: 6 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 5/5 GB/FB — 58 of 95 pitches were strikes (61%)
- RHP Johnny Barbato: 2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1/2 GB/FB — 14 of 19 pitches were strikes (74%)
- RHP Nick Goody: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K — seven pitches, six strikes
Double-A Trenton (3-2 loss to Bowie)
- 2B Tyler Wade: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SB, 1 E (throwing) — 20 errors in 80 games
- CF Dustin Fowler & 3B Miguel Andujar: both 1-4 — Andujar struck out and committed a fielding error
- C Kyle Higashioka: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 K — ten homers in his last 21 games
- LHP Daniel Camarena: 5.2 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 10/4 GB/FB — 56 of 80 pitches were strikes (70%)
High-A Tampa (6-2 loss to Daytona)
- DH Mason Williams: 0-5, 1 K — he’s 0-for-13 in his three rehab games, and he’s yet to play the field
- 2B Jorge Mateo: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B — 6-for-16 (.375) in his last four games, so hopefully he’s starting to come out of his month long slump
- RF Trey Amburgey: 1-4, 2 K
- CF Austin Aune: 2-4, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K — had two doubles total in his previous 32 games
- SS Abi Avelino: 1-4, 1 R
- 3B Thairo Estrada: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 K
- RHP Yefrey Ramirez: 5.2 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 1 K, 6/8 GB/FB — 46 of 78 pitches were strikes (59%)
Low-A Charleston (4-3 loss to Columbia)
- SS Hoy Jun Park, CF Jeff Hendrix & RF Jhalan Jackson: all 0-4 — Park struck out once, Hendrix twice
- 2B Gosuke Katoh: 1-4, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 1 K
- 3B Mandy Alvarez: 1-4 — has a hit in all 14 pro games so far
- LF Alex Palma: 1-3, 1 R, 1 3B
- RHP Daris Vargas: 6.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 9/4 GB/FB — 63 of 96 pitches were strikes (66%)
Short Season Staten Island (4-2 loss to Hudson Valley)
- CF Ricardo Ferreira: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 CS — he’s been on base 26 times in 17 games
- C Luis Torrens: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K — 12-for-34 (.353) so far
- 3B Drew Bridges: 1-4, 1 K
- SS Angel Aguilar: 0-3, 1 K, 1 HBP, 1 E (fielding) — the demotion stinks, but at least he’ll get to play shortstop everyday now
- RHP Adonis Rosa: 6.1 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 6/3 GB/FB — 52 of 77 pitches were strikes (68%)
Rookie Pulaski (6-3 win over Bristol)
- CF Estevan Florial: 0-3, 1 HBP
- SS Wilkerman Garcia: 2-4, 1 CS, 1 E (fielding) — 6-for-19 (.316) in his last four games
- RF Isiah Gilliam: 0-4, 1 K
- 1B Kevin Cornelius: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB — no homer? you’re released
- LF Leonardo Molina: 1-4, 1 R
- 3B Dermis Garcia: 1-2, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — he has seven hits this year and five have left the yard
- RHP Chad Martin: 7 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 14/1 GB/FB — dominant outing for last year’s 30th rounder
Rookie GCL Yanks East (2-1 loss to GCL Tigers West)
- CF Jordan Scott: 0-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SB
- RF Erick Mendez: 3-4, 2 2B, 1 RBI
- DH Brandon Wagner: 0-4, 1 K — he hit .228/.347/.364 with Staten Island last year, and is hitting .231/.394/.346 down here this year
- LF Brayan Emery: 1-4, 1 SB, 1 CS
- RHP Raynel Espinal: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 1 WP, 6/2 GB/FB
Rookie GCL Yanks West (10-8 loss to GCL Tigers East)
- SS Diego Castillo: 1-3, 1 R, 2 BB — he struck out five times in his first four games and zero times in six games since
- 3B Nelson Gomez: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K — first homer of the year … he signed for $2.25M back in 2014
- DH Joe Burton: 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 K, 1 HBP
- RF Juan DeLeon: 0-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 K — threw a runner out at second … he’s 1-for-7 with six strikeouts in his last two games … ouch
- RHP Daniel Ramos: 6 IP, 10 H, 8 R, 7 ER, 5 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1 Balk, 8/5 GB/FB
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