AAA: SWB (13-25) gave up 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th and lost 3-2. They only got 5 hits.
Wesneski 4 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 2 W, 5 K. 1 HBP 2.31 (#8 prospect) McKay 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 5 K. 1 Balk. 1.84 Miller 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 2.51 Weissert (L, 1-1) 1 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 1 W, 0 K. Gave up GW 2-run walkoff HR. 4.02
AA: Somerset (23-12) lost 12-4, giving up 7 runs in the top of the 8th. RF Elijah Dunham 2 RBI (#27 prospect .227) SS Jesus Bastidas 2 hits. 2B Oliver Dunn 2 hits. 1B Max Burt 2 hits, RBI
Boyle 6 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 5 H, 2 W, 8 K. 1 HBP. Gave up 1 HR. 4.15 Jennings 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K. 4.24 Zurak (L, 2-1) 1/3 IP, 7 R, 6 ER, 3 H, 2 W, 2 K. 1 WP. 1 HBP. 3.68 Craft 1 2/3 IP, 1 R< 1 H, 0 W, 1 K. Gave up 1 HR. 6.08
High A: Hudson Valley (16-19) won 3-1. CF Aldenis Sanchez 2 hits.
Low A: Tampa (14-21) lost 7-5 SS Alexander Vargas 2 hits. 1B Anthony Garcia 2 RBI 2B Benjamin Cowles 2 hits.
Fitts (L, 0-3) 4 1/3 IP, 5 R, 4 ER, 7 H, 0 W, 8 K. Gave up 3 HR 6.75 Cortijo 1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K. gave up 1 HR 1 HBP 4.24 Dees 2 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 2 K. 4.32 Santana 2/3 IP, 1 R, 0 H, 2 W, 2 K. 1 WP 1.23 Holloway 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 1.93
STANDINGS SWB Last in International League East at 13-25; 11 1/2 GB Somerset 1st in Eastern League Northeast at 23-12. In front by 1 1/2 games. Hudson Valley 16-19 3rd in Southern Atlantic League North. 10 1/2 GB Tampa (14-21) 5th in Florida State League West 8 1/2 GB
OF minor league prospect Jake Sanford was released by the New York Yankees yesterday. Here is the NY Post report. (edited)
Following in the footsteps of the infamous Ruben Rivera, another Yankees prospect has been released for allegedly stealing from his teammates. The Yankees cut 2019 third-round pick Jake Sanford last Thursday for allegedly stealing from his minor league teammates and scamming people for money online, The Post confirmed. According to a source, the 24-year-old outfielder was released last week after a team investigation found Sanford had stolen from teammates, including equipment that he would then try to sell online, as first reported by NJ Advance Media. Additionally, a source said Sanford, who played college baseball at Western Kentucky, also accepted money from prospective buyers for the equipment then failed to deliver the products.
Sanford spent last year at A ball, both Low-A Tampa and High-A Hudson Valley. He hit .285-16-61 combined in 101 games.
Yankees’ #10 prospect, Luis Gil, injured his elbow in his start last night for AAA SWB. He called for the trainer and said “I’m done”. Gil has started 7 MLB games for the Yankees, including one this year. We’ll see how bad it is and if he needs TJ surgery.
AAA: SWB (13-24) lost 5-2. CF Estevan Florial 2 hits, solo HR (4). ( #30 prospect .266) 3B Miguel Andujar 2 hits (.310) DH Greg Bird 2 hits (.169)
Gil 4 2/3 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 3 W, 6 K. Gave up 1 HR. 7.89 #10 prospect. INJURED. SEE ABOVE. M. Gomez (L, 1-2) 2/3 IP, 3 R, 3 H, 0 W, 1 K. 4.91 Lane 2/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K. 1.29 Marinaccio 2 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 W, 5 K. Gave up 1 HR. 2.70
AA: Somerset (23-11) won 7-6. SS Anthony Volpe 2 hits (#1 prospect, but off to slow start, hitting just .183) RF Elijah Dunham 2 hits, 2 RBI (#27 prospect, .226) DH Josh Breaux 2-run HR (6) (#26 prospect, .195) CF Brandon Lockridge 2 RBI (#18 prospect .236) 1B Chad Bell 2 hits 3B Max Burt 2 hits, solo HR (3)
The purpose of the batting averages above is to emphasize the point I have made that a lot of the Yankees’ top prospects, and even ex-major league players now in the minors, are not hitting so far this year. And it’s not just the ones listed here.
Spence 5 IP, 6 R, 7 H, 1 W, 4 K. Gave up 1 HR 5.46 Coleman 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 2 K. 0.00 Ramirez (W, 2-0) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 3.00 Espinal (S, 1) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 2.25
High A: Hudson Valley (15-19) lost 5-4. 1B Spencer Henson 2 hits DH Eric Wagaman 2 hits. LF Aaron Palensky 2-run HR (2)
Warren (L, 1-3) 3 2/3 IP, 5 R, 4 ER, 5 H, 1 W, 2 K. 3.41 Myatt 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 W, 3 K. 1 WP 1.20 C. Gomez 2 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 W, 2 K. 0.00
Low A: Tampa (14-20) lost 9-3. SS Alexander Vargas 2 hits, 2 RBI CF Jasson Dominguez 2 hits, RBI. (#3 prospect, .240) DH Anthony Garcia 2 hits.
Castro (L, 0-2) 4 1/3 IP, 7 R, 7 H, 1 W, 6 K. Gave up 1 HR. 1 HBP 4.09 Anderson 1 2/3 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 2 W, 2 K. 2.50 Messinger 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 3 K. 4.26 Watson 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K. 3.60
One final note. I haven’t seen any Yankees games on WPIX Channel 11, New York, this year, nor do I see any games scheduled for them. If so, it’s sad a long tradition has ended. Channel 11 and Yankees games go back to before I was even born, and that was a little over 60 years ago. I grew up on Yankees’ games on WPIX Channel 11.
AAA: SWB (13-22) won 3-1. CF Estevan Florial solo HR (3) (#30 prospect) 3B Miguel Andujar 2 hits, 2 RBI. Solo HR (4)
Sears (W, 1-0) 5 2/3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 W, 6 K. 0.53 (#24 prospect; hope back up soon) M. Gomez (H, 1) 1/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K. gave up 1 HR. 3.21 McKay (H, 1) 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K 2.13 Greene (H, 1) 2/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 0 K. 4.91 Weissert (S, 3) 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 W, 1 K. 3.07
AA: Somerset (21-11) won 12-8 RF Jeisson Rosario 2 hits, RBI. Solo HR (2) DH Michael Beltre 3 hits, RBI 1B Chad Bell 4 hits, 4 RBI. Solo HR (3) 3B Oliver Dunn 2 hits, 4 RBI. 3-run HR (1)
Waldichuk (W, 4-0) 5 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 6 H, 1 W, 6 K. 1.26 (# 6 prospect; hope a promotion to AAA soon) Jennings 1 1/3 IP, 6 R, 6 H, 1 W, 1 K. Gae up 2 HR. 4.43 Zurak 1 2/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 2 K. 0.00 Craft 1 IP, 0 r, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 6.17
High A: Hudson Valley (15-17) lost 3-2. DH Austin Wells 3 hits, RBI (#4 prospect) 3B Tyler Hardman 2 hits. RF Pat DeMarco 3 hits.
Castano 4 2/3 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 1 W, 4 K. 3.97 Mauricio 1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 1 W, 3 K. Gave up 1 HR. 6.14 Diaz (L, 2-1) 1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 2 W, 1 K. 4.85 J. Munoz 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K. 5.82
Low A: Tampa (14-18) lost 5-3. 1B Anthony Garcia solo HR (7) CF Alan Mejia 2 hits. 3B Roberto Chirinos 2 hits.
AAA. #10 prospect Luis Gil was the emergency starter for the Yanks last night. SWB (11-21) lost 4-0. SWB only got 3 hits in the game. Their lineup has really been scuffling, hence the record.
Banuelos (L, 0-2) 6 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 H, 0 W, 5 K. 1 HBP 2.88 M. Gomez 1 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 1 W, 2 K. 1 WP 2.63 Nittoli 1 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K. Gave up 1 HR. 9.31 Marinaccio 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 2 K. 0.00 (#28 prospect) Was sent down for Gil.
AA: Somerset (19-10) won 7-2. 1B Derek Dietrich 2 for 2, RBI. Solo HR (6) RF Michael Beltre 2 RBI C Rodolfo Duran 2 hits. 2B Jesus Bastidas 2 hits, 2 RBI
Boyle (W, 1-1) 6 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 1 W, 9 K. 1 HBP 4.07 Zurak 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 1 K. 0.00 Ernst 1 IP, 0 r, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 2.30
High A: Hudson Valley (15-14) lost 7-2, getting just 3 hits. DH Austin Wells solo HR (6) (#4 prospect) 1B Spencer Henson solo HR (2)
Warren 4 1/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 1 W, 6 K. 1 HBP 2.49 J. Munoz (L, 1-1) 2 2/3 IP, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 H, 2 W, 3 K. 1 WP 6.19 Diaz 2 IP, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 H, 2 W, 3 K. 4.76
Low A: Tampa (13-16) lost 7-3. 2B Luis Santos 2 hits.
Fitts (L, 0-2) 5 1/3 IP, 4 R, 5 H, 1 W, 5 K. Gave up 2 HR. 1 Balk. 6.41 Cortijo 1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 W, 3 K. 4.61 Milam 1 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 H, 0 W, 1 K. 3.46
Low A: Tampa (13-14) lost 12-11. SS Alexander Vargas 2 hits, RBI. Solo HR (3) (#17 prospect) CF Jasson Dominguez 3 hits, 4 RBI Solo HR (3) (#3 prospect) 1B Anthony Garcia 2 hits. RF Madison Santos 2 RBI 2-run HR (2) 3B Marcos Cabrera 3 RBI . 3-run HR (4)
Yulie 3 2/3 IP, 8 R, 4 H, 3 W, 3 K. 1 Balk. 2 HBP. Gave up 1 HR 7.97 Anderson (L, 1-1) 1 1/3 IP, 3 R, 6 H, 0 W, 2 K. Gave up 2 HR. 1.84 Watson 1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 1 W, 1 K. gave up 1 HR. 1 WP. 4.00 Holloway 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K. 1 HBP 2.35 C. Gomez 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K. 1.53
Couldn’t post this until I got out of Facebook jail (what’s happening to our country? Wake up, people! Defend your 1st Amendment (and other rights under other Amendments!))
The Sommer Frieze 
