The minors today.

The big club was off today.

AAA: SWB lost 8-5. I will be heading there on June 8th for a game. Brett Marshall 8 R in 4 IP. 2 RBI for 1B Josh Bell (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/belljo01.shtml) who was signed as a free agent by the Yanks five days ago. Brennan Boesch 3 h, rbi. 2 h for Thomas Neal, double, rbi (did I mention he should be up and DFA Francisco? Oh yeah, a lot. Listening Cashman?)

AA: Trenton lost 9-4. Nik Turley 2 R in 3 IP, but 3 H, 5 walks to go with his 5 K. 2B Jose Pirela solo HR. C J.R. Murphy 2 hits. (.295) DH Slade Heathcott 2 RBI.

High A: Tampa lost 12-4. Bryan Mitchell 10 R, 5 ER in 4 2/3. CF Mason Williams 3 hits. C Gary Sanchez 2 Hits, rbi. 3 hits RF Jose Toussen. 2 H LF Ben Gamel.

Low A: 12-7 win for Charleston. Jose Campos 4 R, 2 ER in 4 IP. CF Jake Cave (.315) 3 H, 4 RBI. DH Kelvin De Leon 3 H, solo HR. LF Taylor Dugas 2 h, rbi.

Meanwhile ex-Yankee Jesus Montero was sent down to AAA by Seattle.

The minors today.

AAA: Chien Ming Wang had an off night and SWB lost 5-0. They only got 4 hits. Wang: 5 IP, 5 R, 8 H, 0 walks, 5 K, 1 HR given up. He is now 2-2, 2.63 at AAA. David Adams (1b) had two doubles. (.325)

AA:  Trenton won 5-0 on a two-hitter. Matt Tracy 6 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 3 walks and 9 K. Good to see, since he’s still 3-2, 8.31. 2 RBI each for CF Slade Heathcott and 3B Reegie Corona. C J.R. Murphy 2 hits, .318.

High A: Tampa got shut out 7-0. Bryan Mitchell 7 R, 6 ER in 4 IP. 2B Rob Refsnyder 2 of the 4 hits. (.370 Low A, .385 High A since the callup).

Low A: Charleston won 10-4. Jose Campos (acquired in the Montero deal) 3 2/3, 0 R, 2 H, 1 walk and 5 K. Evan Rutckyj (if he ever makes the majors, I’d love to hear Sterling try to pronounce that last name) 4 unearned runs in 5 1/3. 2 H, 2 RBI 3B Dante Bichette, Jr. (.195).  2 RBI C Pete O’Brien (.313).  3 RBI RF Yeicok Calderon.  SS Cito Culver 3 h, rbi.

The minors today.

AAA: SWB off.

AA: Trenton lost 2-1. Jose Ramirez continues to be someone to watch for. 5 IP, 1 R (unearned), 1 H, 1 walk and 6 K. So far 2 games at AA, 9 IP, 1 unearned run, 3 H, 2 walks and 12 K for the 23 yr. old RHP. Trenton got 5 hits, 2 each by DH Tyler Austin and RF Neil Medchill.

High A: Tampa had  a DH scheduled.

Game 1: 7-3 win. Starter Scottie Allen went 1 1/3 scoreless, but had to come out of the game. 3b Ronnier Mustelier hopefully didn’t have a setback. He started the game at 3B (his first game coming off the DL), and had to leave after one inning and no at bats. He was supposed to go join AAA tomorrow, but leaving after one inning and no at bats? Hmmm. No other word on him that I can find but that doesn’t look good. Neither does Allen leaving early. Bryan Mitchell 6 IP, 2 R. CF Mason Williams 2 H, HR, 3 RBI.

Game 2: PPD.

Low A: Charleston lost 4-3. Jose Campos 2 R in 3 IP, 7K. 2B Claudio Custodio 2 H, rbi.

The Minors Today: Wang back in pinstripes.

AAA: Chien Ming Wang is back in Pinstripes, even if it is only AAA. SWB had a DH.

In the reg. sched. game (7 inn. In AAA, DHs are 7 innings each), Wang went 5 1/3 scoreless, and SWB won 5-3. 2B Corban Joseph 2 h, solo HR. 2 H, HR, 2 RBI for C Bobby Wilson.

In the other game, SWB lost 4-3. Brett Marshall 4 R in 5 IP. 2B Joseph had 2 H and an HR in this game also.

AA: Trenton won 3-1. Nik Turley 1 R in 5 2/3. 2 H, CF Ramon Flores (RBI). 2 for RF Tyler Austin. 3 for 1B Kyle Roller (RBI) & a solo HR for LF Casey Stevenson.  2 H for DH Neil Medchill.

High A: 6-4 Tampa win. Bryan Mitchell 5 IP, 1 R. 2B Rob Refsnyder 2 h, 2 RBI. SS Jose Toussen 3 h. 2 RBI LF Ben Gamel.

Low A: Charleston lost 10-9. 2 H, HR, 2 RBI LF Kelvin De Leon.

The minors today.

The Yanks were off.

No stats yet for any Major or Minor league games: Too early.

AAA: SWB won 10-1. Vidal Nuno six shutout innings. 4 H, 1 walk and 8 K. 2B Corban Joseph 3H, HR, 2 RBI. CF Zoilo Almonte 4 for 4, HR, 3 RBI. C Austin Romine 3 for 3. 2 H for 3B Dave Adams. 1B Dan Johnson 2 RBI.

AA: Trenton won 5-3. Nik Turley 3 R, 2 ER in 4 IP. Aaron Dott, Branden Pinder and Tommy Kahnle teamed up for five scoreless innings of relief. LF Neil Medchill double, HR, 2 RBI. 2 H, RBI for 3B Rob Segedin.

Low A: Tampa lost 3-1. Bryan Mitchell 2 R, both unearned, in 5 IP. 2 H for CF Mason Williams.

Low  A: Charleston won 12-2. Cesar Vargas 2 R in 5 1/3. CF Taylor Dugas solo HR. 2 H, 2 RBI each for RF Yeicok Calderon and C Pete O’Brien. 2 H 3RBI for DH Kelvin De Leon.

The minors today

AAA: SWB ppd.

AA: Trenton lost 6-3. Nik Turley gave up 5 R in 6 IP. CF Ramon Flores, 2B Jose Pirela and 1B Kyle Roller each had 2 hits. Roller had an RBI.

High A:   4-3 Loss for Tampa. Bryan Mitchell 3 R in 7IP. Dan Mahoney (L) 1 R in 1 IP. LF Ben Gamel w/2 H, RBI. C Gary Sanchez 2 H, double.

Low A:  Charleston got an 11-run 7th to win 12-5. 2B Claudio Custodio a HR and 2 RBI. SS Cito Culver, 3B Dante Bichette, Jr. also w/2 RBI.

The minors today.

AAA: SWB lost 8-4. Vidal Nuno, who had a great S.T., gave up 2 R in 4 2/3 IP. He struck out six. Sam Demel, just picked up this week, gave up 1 R in 1 1/3.

Demel is 4-4, 4.95 in his MLB career. He pitched in one game for Arizona last year. Most of his MLB experience came in 2010 & 2011. He is a 27 yr. old righty.

Mark Montgomery pitched a scoreless inning, Juan Cedeno 2/3 scoreless and Preston Claiborne a scoreless 1 1/3.

It was tied at 3 going into the top of the 10th, when Jim Miller imploded, giving up 5 runs in the top of the 10th as SWB lost 8-4.

SWB was 3 for 18 with RISP and left 17 on.

Dave Adams and Corban Joseph each had 2 hits.

AA: Trenton won 13-5. Nik Turley gave up 5, 4 earned, in just 2 2/3 but the BP picked him up. Dan Burawa (1 1/3), Shaeffer Hall (2), Kelvin Perez (2) and Branden Pinder combined for 6 1/3 scoreless IP, 12 K, and NO hits.  J.R. Murphy had a 3-run HR, as did Kyle Roller. Rob Segedin and Neil Medchill also HR’d, and Medchill had 4 RBI for the night.

High A:  Tampa won 7-4.  Bryan Mitchell 1 R in 5 IP. Gary Sanchez 2 H, double, 2 RBI.

Low A: Charleston’s game was ppd.

S.T. Game 3. Yanks fall, 5-1, Nuno K’s 5 in 2 IP

Brett Gardner went 3 for 3, and Jayson Nix 2 for 3 as the Yankees lost 5-1 to Baltimore today. They accounted for five of the Yankees eight hits.

Most of the players in the game were players competing for jobs (Diaz/Rivera; Cervelli/Romine) or players who are most likely ticketed for the minors.

The Yanks only run came in the ninth inning when with two out, Corban Joseph walked, stole second and scored on a single by Walt Ibarra.

No pitcher the Yanks used fits into their immediate plans. Vidal Nuno, a 25 yr. old lefty who came out of nowhere to go 10-6, 2.54 between A+/AA last year (21 starts, 10 relief appearances) gave up a run in two innings, but struck out five, which was encouraging considering that the K’s came against Markakis, Wieters, Chris Davis, Conor Jackson and Manny Machado.

Brian Mitchell gave up 1 R in 1 IP, Corey Black 2 R in 1 IP. Shane Greene pitched a scoreless inning, Ryan Pope gave up a run in his inning. Kelvin Perez and Josh Spence each pitched a scoreless inning.

Yankees sign Diaz to minor league deal

The Yankees signed Matt Diaz to a minor league deal. If he makes the big league squad, it’s worth $1.2 MM + incentives. As of now, it looks like Diaz will be the righty-hitting OF.

Diaz will be 35 next spring. He is a .291 career hitter, OPS+ 104. Last season he hit .222-2-13 in just 108 AB. He is a .324 hitter vs. lefties. He’s mostly a corner OF (mostly LF). His 162 g. average is .291-10-50.

It appears that he’d be strictly a corner OF vs. lefty pitching.

On a sad note, ex-Yankees OF Andruw Jones (434 career HR, ex-Brave and Dodger as well), was arrested for domestic battery yesterday. A few weeks ago, Jones signed on to play in Japan.

D.J. Mitchell, who the Yanks lost in the Ichiro deal, was DFA’d by Seattle.

The minors today. End of the regular season.

AAA: SWB lost their regular season finale in 12 innings, 6-4. Darnell McDonald had a solo HR. Playoffs next. Final record: 84-60.

AA:  Trenton won 8-5 in their regular season finale. Nik Turley 3 r in 5 ip. 2 h, hr, 2 rbi for LF Ramon Flores. 2 RBI each for SS Addison Maruszak and 3B Kevin Mahoney. 79-63. To the playoffs.

Both teams will begin their playoffs on Wednesday.

Low A: Charleston won its regular season finale 7-1. Bryan Mitchell 6 ip, 0 R, 1 h. 6k. 9-11, 4.58. Dante Bichette, Jr. 3 hits. Casey McGehee 2 h, rbi. Three others two hits each. Season over.