AAA: SWB lost 4-3. Brett Marshall 4 R in 6 IP. Francisco Rondon 3 scoreless IP. Catcher J.R. Murphy solo HR. DH Randy Ruiz solo HR.
AA: 5-1 Trenton win. Sean Black 1 R in 6 IP. 3B Reegie Corona solo HR. C Francisco Arcia solo HR. LF Ramon Flores 2-run HR. CF Slade Heathcott and RF Tyler Austin 2 hits each.
High A: Tampa lost 9-4 in 11 innings. CF Ben Gamel 3 hits (HR short of cycle) 1 RBI. SS Ali Castillo 2 hits, rbi.
AAA: SWB ppd.
AA: Trenton lost 15-8. Francisco Rondon 10 R, 5 ER in 3 2/3 IP. Shaeffer Hall 5 R in 3 1/3. 2B Jose Pirela 3 H, RBI. RF Tyler Austin 2 H, HR, 2 RBI. CF Slade Heathcott 3 H. C J.R. Murphy 2 RBI. 3B Casey Stevenson 3 H, RBI. 2 H DH Neil Medchill.
High A: Tampa won 9-8 in 11. Mikey O’Brien 1 R in 5 IP. C Gary Sanchez 2 H, Hr, 3 RBI. 2B Rob Refsnyder 2 H, RBI and 4 walks. DH Francisco Arcia and LF Jose Toussen each had 4 hits and an RBI.
Low A: Charleston lost 3-2. DH Yeicok Calderon 2 RBI. 1B Greg Bird 2 Hits. 3B Dante Bichette, Jr. struggling at .193.
AAA: SWB won 7-0. Graham Stoneburner 6 IP. C Bobby Wilson, HR, 4 RBI. 3B Dave Adams 3 H.
AA: Trenton lost 10-6. 3 R in 5 IP for Francisco Rondon. 3 R in 2 IP for Kelvin Perez. 4 R in 1 IP for Danny Burawa. 2B Jose Pirela 3 H. LF Kevin Mahoney 3 H, 2 RBI.
High A: Tampa won 9-4. Shane Greene 3 R, 2 ER in 6 1/3. SS Ali Castillo HR, 2 rbi.
Low A: Charleson won 4-1. Gabe Encinas 5 shutout IP. 3 H 2 rbi for 2b Rob Refsnyder.
Posted in Mike's Musings, Minor Leagues, Players, Regular Season
Tagged Adams, Burawa, Castillo, Encinas, Greene, Mahoney, Perez, Pirela, Refsnyder, Rondon, Stoneburner, Wilson
AAA: SWB’s DH (both games) in Buffalo PPD.
AA: Trenton won a rain-shortened game, 5-3. Francisco Rondon, 2 R in 4 IP. C J.R. Murphy 2 hits, 2 RBI. 3B Rob Segedin 2 H, rbi and RF Neil Medchill 3 h, rbi.
High A: Tampa was shut out 5-0, getting just 3 hits, 2 by LF Ben Gamel. Shane Greene 5 R, 6 IP.
Low A: Charleston won 2-1 in 11. 3B Dante Bichette, Jr. with the walk-off RBI single. Gabe Encinas 1 R in 6 IP. Ben Paullus and Dietrich Enns combined for five shutout innings of relief. C Pete O’Brien HR.
Posted in Mike's Musings, Minor Leagues, Players, Regular Season
Tagged Bichette, Encinas, Enns, Gamel, Greene, Medchill, Murphy, O'Brien, Paullus, Rondon, Segedin
AAA: SWB dropped to 0-4 on the season, losing 6-2. Brett Marshall gave up 5 R in 3 2/3. The RailRiders managed just 4 hits. Dan Johnson, who had an awful spring for the Yanks, is just 1 for 17 so far.
AA: Trenton is now 2-1 after a 9-7 win today. Francisco Rondon 3 R in 5 IP. 3B Rob Segedin 3 H, 3 RBI. CF Ramon Flores 2 H, 2 RBI. Each of the first six hitters in the lineup got at least 2 hits.
High A: Tampa dropped to 2-2 with a 3-1 loss. Mikey O’Brien 3 R in 4 2/3, John Brebbia 3 1/3 scoreless IP. HR for C Francisco Arcia. 2 H for CF Mason “Classical Gas” Williams.
Low A: Charleston won by shutout, 5-0. Gabe Encinas (6), Brett Gerritse (1) and Taylor Garrison (2) combined on a 3-hitter. 2B Robert Refsnyder and 1B Greg Bird each had 3 H, Bird had a HR and 2 RBI and 3B Dante Bichette Jr. had a HR and 2 RBI. DH Kelvin DeLeon had a solo HR.
Mariano Rivera made it official in a press conference this morning, that this year would be his last. He then took the mound in a game for the first time since tearing his ACL last May.
1-2-3, with two K. Of course. That’s why he’s the great Mariano. He pitched the one inning, the fifth.
Derek Jeter singled on the first pitch he saw in game action since breaking his ankle in game 1 of last year’s ALCS. Of course. Jeter was 1 for 2 for the game, playing as the DH.
It wasn’t enough to keep the Yanks from losing the game 2-1 and falling to 3-12 for spring training (thank goodness these games don’t count).
Jose Ramirez continued his solid spring. The 23 year old, who was 7-6, 3.19 for High-A Tampa last year, pitched the first four innings, no runs, one hit, no walks and 4 K. You wonder if he is going to AA Trenton or if they’ll jump him right to AAA. He’s been great this spring.
Joba pitched one scoreless inning, then Francisco Rondon gave up a run in the seventh. Cody Eppley pitched a scoreless eighth, and Jim Miller gave up a run in the ninth.
In the ninth, Bobby Wilson blooped a single and Slade Heathcott beat out an infield hit. After an out and an error, Thomas Neal hit an RBI groundout for the Yanks’ only run.
Ichiro had two hits, and Ronnier Mustelier had a triple (but Mustelier struck out with two on and no one out in the ninth).
Mark Teixeira was supposed to play 1b for the U.S. in the WBC. Supposed to.
Instead he goes back to the Yanks, and will be shut down for about 2 weeks due to a sprain in his forearm.
You have to be worried about the injuries. CC, Jeter and Mo are coming off them, while A-Rod, Hughes, Granderson and Teix have them.
…. and that’s not counting GM Brian Cashman.
In tonight’s game, the Yanks lost 2-0 to the Braves. David Phelps pitched well again, but lost. In 9 innings this spring, Phelps has given up just one run.
Tonight Phelps went 4, and gave up 1 r on 2 H. Joba pitched a scoreless inning.
Branden Pinder had a scoreless inning, Mark Montgomery gave up a run in 1/3 IP, and Francisco Rondon pitched an inning and 2/3, scoreless. Rondon, a lefty, has an outside shot at making the team. Shawn Kelley wrapped up with a scoreless inning.
The Yanks managed just five hits, two by the red-hot Gardner. Ichiro, who has had a good spring had one.
One continuing trouble spot is the errors by the prospects. Corban Joseph had two today, and J.R. Murphy one.
The loss drops the Yanks S.T. record to 3-8.
Posted in Mike's Musings, Players, Spring Training
Tagged Cedeno, Gardner, Ichiro, Joba, Joseph, Kelley, Montgomery, Murphy, Phelps, Pinder, Rondon, Teixeira
Brett Gardner continued his hot spring with 2 hits and 2 SB, Ivan Nova had a sharp debut and Chris Stewart homered as the Yanks beat the Tigers 10-3 today in their spring training game. It snapped a 7-game spring training losing streak for the Yanks.
If Gardner takes what he’s done so far into the regular season, he’ll be a sparkplug. He’s hit in every game he’s played in so far. Ichiro was 0 for 3 today but he’s had a good spring so far too.
Prospects Tyler Austin was 1 for 1 with 2 rbi, Corban Joseph was 1 for 2 with 2 RBI, and Luke Murton had a hit and an RBI.
Robbie Cano also added a hit and an RBI.
Nova threw two scoreless innings, David Aardsma gave up a run in his inning as did Clay Rapada. After Shawn Kelley’s scoreless inning, Mark Montgomery gave up a run in his inning of work. Matt Daley, Francisco Rondon and Jim Miller finished up, all with a scoreless inning of work.
Nova pounded the strike zone, throwing 22 of his 27 pitches for strikes.
The Lower Hudson Journal reports that the first cuts have been made:
· RHP Corey Black · RHP Matt Daley · RHP Nick Goody · RHP Shane Greene · RHP Bryan Mitchell · RHP Zach Nuding · RHP Mike O’Brien · RHP Ryan Pope · 1B Kyle Roller
Players are now leaving teams for the WBC, so the next few weeks could get funky.
Posted in Mike's Musings, Minor Leagues, Players, Spring Training
Tagged Aardsma, Austin, Cano, Daley, Gardner, Joseph, Kelley, Miller, Montgomery, Murton, Nova, Rapada, Rondon, Stewart, Teixeira
I don’t care if you ARE running out minor league players. Five errors in a game is completely unacceptable (Nik Turley, Corban Joseph, Jose Pirela, Walt Ibarra and MAJOR LEAGUER Jayson Nix).
Nik Turley started and was pathetic. Now Turley had a good year last year between High A (most of the year) and AA (one start, a win), going 10-5, 3.00 in 22 starts and 2 relief appearances. He K’d 117 in 117 IP.
But good God almighty was he awful today.
He got only one man out. 1/3 IP, 5 R, 4 ER on 3 H. He walked one, made an error and threw two wild pitches. I don’t know how you can get worse than that. The only plus was that the only out he recorded was a K.
Cody Eppley replaced him. He gave up 2 runs in 1 1/3 IP. Matt Daley came in, walked a batter and got an out. Lefty Francisco Rondon helped his cause with 2 scoreless IP. Tom Kahnle and Mark Montgomery each threw a scoreless IP. Josh Spence gave up 3 runs, all unearned, in his inning of work. Preston Claiborne and Ryan Pope each threw a scoreless inning.
Ok, we haven’t seen CC, Kuroda, Andy, Mo, Hughes or Nova yet. Nor have we seen Rapada, Aardsma or Logan.
But five errors and that performance by Turley were still pathetic. The Yanks were down 7-0 after 1 1/2 in a game they’d lose 10-7. It dropped their spring record to 1-4.
Brett Gardner had a triple and 3 RBI. Kyle Roller had 2 RBI. Chris Stewart 1 for 2 with an RBI, Cervelli 1 for 2.
It’s one thing to lose with minor leaguers who play the game crisply. It’s another thing to lose with ANYONE who plays sloppily.
Other news: This one hurts. ESPN reports that Phil Hughes, because of the bulging disk in his back, may NOT be ready for Opening Day. We’ve seen too many injuries (or people coming off injuries) to make us feel optimistic so far.
The Yanks are taking things slow with Kevin Youkilis, who reported a cramp above his hip (oblique) the other day.
