AAA: SWB off.
AA: Trenton (9-4) won 3-1.
Abreu 4 IP, 1 R, 6 H, 4 W, 2 K. 5.25
Lane (W, 1-0, 1.29) 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 W, 3 K.
Acevedo (H, 1) 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 0.00
D. Alvarez (S, 2) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 3.00
High A: Tampa (5-10) lost 10-3. C Jason Lopez 2 hits, solo HR. CF Pablo Olivares solo HR.
Low A: Charleston (7-8) lost 7-5. LF Canaan Smith 3-run HR. Dalton Higgins three scoreless IP of relief.
Posted in Mike's Musings, Minor Leagues, Players, Regular Season
Tagged Abreu, Acevedo, Alvarez, Higgins, Lane, Lopez, Olivares, Smith
AAA: SWB (8-6) lost both games of a DH to Lehigh Valley, and both by 5-3 scores.
Game 1: SS Thairo Estrada 2 hits. 3B Mandy Alvarez 2 hits, 2 RBI. C Ryan Lavarnway 3 for 3. RF Zach Zehner 2 hits, RBI.
Loaisiga (L, 0-1, 3.60) 5 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 3 W, 7 K.
Game 2: 2B Gosuke Katoh 2 hits, RBI. Solo HR. Chance Adams gave up 5 runs in the fourth, inc. 2 HR. ERA 10.32.
AA: Trenton (8-4) also lost 5-3. Brody Koerner 7 IP, 5 R, 3 ER.
High A: Tampa (5-9) threw a 2-hitter and scored six in the eighth to win 6-1. CF Pablo Olivares 2 RBI. DH Dermis Garcia 2 RBI. LF Isiah Gilliam 2 hits, RBI. C Donny Sands 2 hits.
Deivi Garcia 4 2/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 3 W, 8 K. 3.75
Bristo 2 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 3 K. 2.45
Kriske (W, 1-1, 0.00) 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 4 K.
Low A: Charleston (7-7) won 7-1. CF Josh Stowers 2 hits, RBI. 1B Max Burt 2 hits, 2 RBI.
SS Eduardo Torrealba 2 hits, RBI. 3B Nelson Gomez and C Mickey Gasper each with a solo HR.
Orozco (W, 1-1, 1.88) 6 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 4 W, 3 K.
C. Espinal (S, 1) 3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 7 K. 0.00
AAA: SWB was rained out. DH today. For news on the Mike Ford call-up, see the major league report.
AA: Trenton (8-3) won 7-6 in 11 innings. C Francisco Diaz 2 hits, 2 RBI. DH Wendell Rijo 2 hits. Adonis Rosa 5 scoreless relief innings. Kaleb Ort added two more.
High A: Tampa (4-9) lost 11-6. DH Dermis Garcia 2 HR, 4 RBI. SS Oswaldo Cabrera 2 RBI. CF Pablo Olivares a hit, drew 3 walks.
Low A: Charleston (6-7) gave up two in the top of the ninth and lost 4-3. RF Josh Stowers 2 hits. LF Canaan Smith 2 RBI. CF Brandon Lockridge 2 hits.
Posted in Mike's Musings, Minor Leagues, Players, Regular Season
Tagged Cabrera, Diaz, Garcia, Lockridge, Olivares, Ort, Rijo, Rosa, Smith, Stowers
James Paxton and Mike Tauchman hadn’t done too much in their brief stints as Yankees before last night but that all changed in an 8-0 win for the Yankees (7-9) over Boston.
Paxton showed the ace-like quality he may possess in pitching eight innings of shutout baseball, giving up just two hits and striking out 12.
This is the Paxton the Yanks traded for. There were rumors that earlier this season he was tipping his pitches. Well, he sure corrected that last night in a dominating performance.
Tauchman, a reserve OF pressed into service because of all the injuries, drove in four runs and hit his first MLB HR.
The Yanks got two in the third on a double by Gardner, who scored on a two-out single by LeMahieu. After a walk to Judge, Voit singled in LeMahieu.
Clint Frazier led off the fourth with his fourth HR of the season. Two outs later, Austin Romine singled and scored on a double by Tauchman.
Tauchman hit a 3-run HR in the sixth, his first MLB HR, to make it 7-0, and Gleyber Torres homered in the seventh (4) for the final score of 8-0.
Aaron Judge had 2 hits, and Gio Urshela made a great defensive play.
Paxton (W, 2-2, 3.91) 8 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 W, 12 K. 1 HBP
Harvey 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 0 K. 0 .00
Earlier in the day, Greg Bird was placed on the DL with a torn plantar fasciitis. It’s been a rough go for Bird, who always appears to be injured. He’ll be out a while. He was struggling this season, going just 6 for 35 (.171) with only one extra base hit. His HR was his only RBI. In his 35 at bats, he had struck out 16x.
Sad to say, but eventually the Yanks have to wonder what to do with Bird. If he’s always hurt, he isn’t helping you. Eventually, the Yanks may have to cut the cord with him.
To replace Bird, the Yanks called up Mike Ford, lefty-hitting 1B, from AAA. Ford is a “Yankee Doodle Dandy” born on the 4th of July who turns 27 this July. In 10 games for AAA SWB this season, Ford was hitting .410 with 5 HR and 14 RBI.
Last season, in 102 games for AAA SWB, Ford hit .253-15-52. In 2017, between AA/AAA, he hit .270-20-86 and drew 94 walks. (126 games, 101 at AA).
For Mike Ford, opportunity knocks.
Posted in In-Season Moves, Mike's Musings, Minor Leagues, Players, Regular Season
Tagged Bird, Ford, Frazier, Harvey, Judge, LeMahieu, Paxton, Tauchman, Torres, Urshela, Voit
The Yanks were off yesterday. They face Boston at home tonight.
AAA: SWB (8-4) beat Lehigh Valley 6-5 in 10 innings. 2b Billy Fleming grand slam. RF/1B Ryan McBroom solo HR. LF Zach Zehner 2 hits. C Ryan Lavarnway GW single.
AA: Trenton (7-3) won 8-6. 2B Hoy Jun Park 3 hits. SS Kyle Holder 2 RBI. RF Ben Ruta 3 hits. 1B Chris Gittens 4 for 4, 5 RBI, inc. HR. C Jorge Saez 2 hits, solo HR.
High A: Tampa (4-8) lost 4-1, getting just 3 hits.
Low A: Charleston (6-6) won 6-2.
CF Brandon Lockridge solo HR
2B Kyle Gray 2 hits
1B Mickey Gaspar 3 hits, solo HR
3B Nelson Gomez 2 hits.
DH Eric Wagaman 2 hits, RBI
LF Canaan Smith 2 RBI
SS Eduardo Torrealba 2 hits
Reliever Shawn Semple 4 IP, 5 K.
Semple, a 23 yr. old RHP, is 1-0, 0.69 as Charleston’s closer so far this year. In three games, 13 innings, he’s given up one run on three hits and has struck out 26. Seems like the kid could be getting a promotion to Tampa soon.
Nice team effort.
AAA: SWB (7-4) won 9-5. 2B Thairo Estrada 2 hits, RBI. 1B Mike Ford 2 hits, 3 RBI. HR. (.471=5-14). Doing much better than Greg Bird right now. DH Ryan McBroom solo HR. SS Gosuke Katoh 2 hits, RBI. LF Zach Zehner 2 hits. C Kellin Deglan 2 run HR.
Gio Gonzalez 5 IP, 2 R, 8 H, 2 W, 8 K. Interesting call coming up for the Yanks soon. I really don’t know if he has pitched well enough to be brought up to the big league club yet. Opt out date, April 20.
AA: Trenton won 10-0 to go to 6-3 on the season. SS Kyle Holder 2 hits, 2 RBI. RF Ben Ruta 3 hits, 3 RBI. C Francisco Diaz 2 hits, RBI. Despite 3 pitchers giving up 6 hits and 8 walks, an ugly shutout. The other team was 0 for 15 w/risp and stranded 13.
High A: Tampa (4-7) won 4-3 DH Dermis Garcia 2 hits, 2 RBI. RF Isiah Gilliam 2 hits, 2 RBI, HR. Rony Garcia 5 shutout IP.
Low A: Charleston (5-6) lost 11-2, getting just 4 hits.
No minor league report on Friday games. I was out of town.
AAA: SWB (6-4) won 10-4. 2B Thairo Estrada 3 hits, 2 HR, 3 RBI. 1b Gosuke Katoh a 2-run HR. RF Ryan McBroom 2 hits, solo HR. 2 hits DH Billy Fleming. CF Billy Burns 2 hits, 2 RBI. Drew Hutchison 
6 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 4 W, 8 K.
AA: Trenton (5-3) won both games of a DH.
GAME 1: 3-2 in 10. LF Ben Ruta 2 hits, RBI. DH Wendell Rijo 2 hits. 2 RBI for 3B Brandon Wagner. Three scoreless innings starter Brody Koerner. Kaleb Ort five strikeouts in two scoreless innings of relief.
GAME 2: 1-0 win. Wagner solo HR. Garrett Whitlock 6 scoreless IP.
HIGH A: Tampa (3-7) lost 7-6. SS Oswaldo Cabrera 2 hits. RF Stephen Sensley 2 hits, solo HR. C Jason Jopez 2 hits, 2-run HR.
LOW A: Charleston (5-5) lost 5-0. 1B Eric Wagaman 2 hits.
