Minor League Report. Espinal closes strong for Charleston.

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  

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Minor League Report/Problem with Sanchez?/Ex-Yankee Sanderson dies.

The Yankees were off Thursday.

I will not have a report on any of Friday’s action. I’ll be out of town.

AAA: SWB (4-4) won 9-8 in 10 innings. PH Mandy Alvarez GW hit.  LF Trey Amburgey 2 hits. 1B Mike Ford 2 hits, 2 RBI. C Kyle Higashioka 2 RBI, but had to leave the game (see below) .RF/1B Ryan McBroom 2 hits. 3B Gosuke Katoh 2 hits, HR, 3 RBI.

It appears as if Chance Adams, so good a few years ago, has taken a step backwards in his development.

The reason Higashioka was called up was—wait for it—there may be ANOTHER Yankee going on the DL, and that may be Gary Sanchez.

AA Trenton was off.

High A: Tampa (2-6) lost 8-6. SS Oswaldo Cabrera 2 hits, RBI. LF Tyler Hill 2 RBI. 3B David Metzgar HR, 2 RBI. Deivi Garcia 4 IP, 2 unearned runs, 6 K.

Low A: Charleston (4-4) lost 4-0. DH Josh Breaux 2 of the Riverdogs’ 5 hits.

Scott Sanderson, who spent two years with the Yankees in 1991 and 1992, has died at the age of 62. He was an All-Star in 1991. He spent 19 season in the majors, going 163-143, 3.84. His 162 g. average was 13-11, 3.84.

Sanderson was with the Expos (1978-1983), Cubs (1984-1989), A’s (1990), Yankees (1991-1992), Angels (1993), Giants (1993), White Sox (1994) and back with the Angels (1995-1996).

He was with the 1981 Expos that played in the NLCS, the 1984 and 1989 Cubs that played in the NLCS, and the 1990 AL pennant winning A’s. He got into five postseason games, going 0-0, 5.73.

Some of Sanderson’s best seasons:
1980 Expos 16-11, 3.11
1984 Cubs 8-5, 3.14
1989 Cubs 11-9, 3.94
1990 A’s 17-11, 3.88

For the Yankees, he went 16-10, 3.91 in 1991 and 12-11, 4.93 in 1992.

He was the player who wore #21 before Paul O’Neill.

 

 

 

 

 

Minor League Report.

AAA: SWB (1-2) lost 10-8. OF Trey Amburgey 4 hits, RBI. 1B Mike Ford HR, 2 RBI. 3B Mandy Alvarez 2 RBI. 2B Gosuke Katoh 3-run HR.

Not a good outing for starter Chance Adams. 3 IP, 6 R, 5 ER. Reynal Espinal (L) gave up 4 runs in 1 2/3 IP. Rex Brothers pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings, striking out 5.

AA: Trenton (1-1) won 3-2 in 11.  C Jorge Saez 2-run HR in the top of the 11th. LF Ben Ruta 2 hits. RF Rashad Crawford 2 hits, RBI. 3B Wendell Rijo 2 hits. Pitchers combined for 14 K.

Koerner 5 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 2 W, 6 K.  0.00
Acevedo 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 3  K.  0.00
Lane 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 0.00
D. Alvarez (W, 1-0, 0.00; BS, 1) 2 IP, 2 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 0 W, 3 K.

 

High A: Tampa (1-2) won 12-9. 1B Dermis Garcia 3 hits, 4 RBI, HR. RF Steven Sensley 2 RBI. C Donny Sands HR, 3 RBI. Starter Glenn Otto 4 IP, 1 R, 7 K. Relievers Anderson Severino and Jefry Valdez gave up 8 R, 7 ER, in 3 IP.

Low A: Charleston (2-1) lost 3-2.  CF Isaiah Pasteur 2 hits.

Myatt 4 IP, 2 R, 1 H, 4 W, 3 K  4.50
Orozco (L, 0-1, 2.25) 4 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 0 W, 4 K.
 

Yanks send Farquhar to minor league camp. Adams, Harvey, too.

Danny Farquhar’s comeback story will continue, but at the Yanks’ minor league camp.

Farquhar, who suffered a brain hemorrhage pitching for the White Sox last April, and who then missed the rest of the 2018 season, is attempting to come back from that near-fatal incident.

He’ll now have to it at minor league camp since the Yanks sent him down.

The road back wont’ be easy, but it’s a story to root for.

The Yanks also sent down Chance Adams and Joe Harvey, both of them to AAA SWB.

Meanwhile, Aaron Hicks got a cortisone shot for his back.

 

S.T. Games 15 and 16. A tie and a win.

The Yankees had a split squad today, so first, the away squad, who tied, 2-2, with the Tigers today.

Since on the road, mostly the prospects and minor leaguers.

Brandon Wagner solo HR.

Miguel Andujar 2 hits.

Cortes 2 1/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K. Gave up HR (Miguel Cabera).
Coulombe 1 2/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 3 K
Adams 2 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 0 W, 2 K.
Coshow 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K.
Farquahar (H) 2/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 3 W, 0 K.
Hale (BS) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H. 1 W, 2 K.
Brothers 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 1 K.

Despite the nice story Farquahar presents (the brain aneurysm last season), it is best he start in the minors before a possible call up.

The home game saw a 6-5 win (record 8-6-2).

Gardner 2 hits.

Zack Zehner GW 2-run HR.

Clint Frazier hit, RBI.

Gio Urshela solo HR.

Happ 4 IP, 3 R, 5 H, 0 W, 6 K. Gave up 2 HR. Ok this spring, not great yet. Looking for better. 1 WP.

Ottavino 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 3 K. Awesome.
Chapman (H) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 w, 1 K.
Betances (BS) 1/3 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 1 W, 0 K.
Holder 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 0 K. 1 HBP.
Kahnle 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 1 K.

With the tie and win, the Yanks’ S.T. record is 8-6-2.

S.T. Game 4. Tough day for two prospects in Yanks’ 10-4 loss.

The Yanks (2-2) lost to Detroit in spring training game #4 in a game called because of rain in the seventh inning. The score was 10-4.

It started out well. The Yanks got four runs in the top of the first, three of them via a HR by Greg Bird. But out of the four hits they got on the day, three were in that first inning.

For minor league prospects Chance Adams and Domingo Acevedo, it was a brutal day. Both of them couldn’t even last an inning, and both gave up 5 runs.

Adams 1/3 IP (L), 5 R, 4 H, 1 W, 0 K. 
Lail 2/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 0 K.
Abreu 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 0 K.
Acevedo 2/3 IP, 5 R, 2 H, 2 W, 1 HBP, 0 K. Gave up grand slam.
Hutchison 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K.
Brothers 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 0 K.
Harvey 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 0 K.

Adams, 24, RHP, was great in 2016 and 2017, but took a big step backward in 2018 and more so today. In 2016, he was 13-1, 2.33 between A+ and AA, and in 2017 went 15-5, 2.45 between AA/AAA. But last year he was 4-5, 4.78 at AAA and 0-1, 7.04 in three MLB games. Today didn’t help. He’s AAA bound, but needs to regain that 2016 and 2017 form and rebound from last year.

Acevedo, who’ll be 25 soon, a RHP, was 3-3, 2.99 last year, mostly at AA Trenton. We’ll have to see if he is ticketed for AAA or AA.

 

Game 162. Yanks fall, 10-2, finish 100-62. Wild Card game next.

The Yanks lost the season finale, 10-2, to finish the season at 100-62, 2nd in the AL East, 8 behind Boston. They now prepare for the sudden death wild card game at the Stadium on Wednesday night vs. the 97 win A’s.

Not a good day for a tweener, Cessa, or two rookies in Loaisiga and Sheffield.

Luke Voit got two of the Yanks’ four hits, and his 2-run HR (15, 14 as a Yankee) accounted for both of the Yankees’ runs. So the record is 267 HR in a season by one team, the 2018 Yankees.

The Yanks made 3 errors in this game.

Miguel Andujar got his 47th double of the season tying Fred Lynn’s record for most by an AL rookie.

Gary Sanchez finished at .186, the lowest batting average in Yankees’ history for someone with, say, 300 plate appearances.  1970 Jerry Kenney was the previous low.

Cessa (L, 1-4, 5.24) 1/3 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 5 H, 0 W, 0 K.
Robertson 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K.  3.23
Loaisiga 2 IP, 3 R, 0 ER,  4 H, 0 W, 2 K. gave up 1 HR.   5.11
Sheffield 1 1P, 3 R, 2 H, 2 W, 0 K.  Gave up 1 HR.  10.13
Tarpley 1 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 W, 4 K.  3.00
Cole 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 2 K.  6.14 (Wash/NYY)
Adams  1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K.  7.04