Minor League Report. Bird starts rehab today, Castro soon.

Greg Bird begins his rehab today (Wednesday) and Starlin Castro is expected to do so on Friday.

AAA: SWB’s game was suspended because of rain. It’ll be completed today with the regularly scheduled game then following (Bird should be in that one). SWB was losing 5-2 in the fifth at the time of the suspension.

AA: Trenton (78-42) gave up 2 in the top of the 11th and lost 6-4. 2B Nick Solak 4 hits, 2 doubles, triple, 2 RBI. SS Thairo Estrada 3 hits, 2 RBI. CF Jeff Hendrix 2 hits.

Carter 3 2/3 IP, 3 R, 8 H, 0 W, 3 K. 3.18
Pena 2 2/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K. Gave up 1 HR. 1.50
Gomez 2 2/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 3 K. 1.57
Carroll (L, 1-5, 3.10) 2 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 1 W, 3 K.

High A: Tampa (75-46) won 8-2. LF Devyn Bolasky 3 hits, HR shy of the cycle, 3 RBI. C Donny Sands 2 hits, RBI. 2 hits 2B Kyle Holder. 2 RBI CF Trey Amburgey. Tampa pitchers K’d 12.

Hebert 4 1/3 IP, 2 R, 6 H, 1 W, 4 K. 6.32
Frare (W, 1-2, 4.57) 2 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 6 K. Nice.
Frawley 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 2.35

Low A: Charleston (66-54) lost 2-1. C Ryan Lidge (cousin of former MLB closer Brad Lidge) 2 hits, RBI.

Nelson (L, 2-10, 4.67) 5 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 5 W, 8 K.
Diehl 3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 4 K. 3.51
DeCarr 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 3 W, 0 K. 5.87

Minor League Report. SWB loses pitcher’s duel.

AAA: SWB (75-42) lost 1-0 in 11 innings, getting just 3 hits. DH Tyler Austin, on rehab, 0 for 4 with 2 strikeouts. RF Jake Cave had the “Golden Sombrero”, 0 for 4, 4 strikeouts. SWB struck out 17X. In return, SWB pitchers K’d 13.

German 6 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 2 W, 8 K. 2.89
Feyereisen 3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 5 K. 2.52
Mantiply (L, 5-5, 3.27) 1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 1 W, 0 K.

AA: Trenton (76-39) lost 4-3. 2B Nick Solak 2 doubles, RBI. LF Zack Zehner 2 hits.

Acevedo 5 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 2 W, 6 K. Gave up 1 HR. 2.30
Espinal (H, 2) 2 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 4 K. 0.00
Carroll (BS, 4; L, 1-4, 2.89) 1 IP, 3 R, 2 H, 2 W, 2 K. Gave up 1 HR.

High A: Tampa (70-46) won 11-5. SS Kyle Holder 3 hits. CF Estevan Florial 2 hits, RBI. DH Chris Gittens 2 hits, solo HR. 1B Tim Lynch 2 hits, RBI. 3B Gosuke Katoh HR, 2 RBI. RF Alexander Palma 2 hits, 2 RBI.

Between Low and High A this year, Florial, just 19, is .299-11-47, 22 SB. Maybe 3 years away, but the lefty swinging CF may be someone to watch out for.

Hebert 4 IP, 5 R, 5 H, 1 W, 1 K. 7.15
Mendez (W, 1-0, 0.00) 3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 1 K.
Harvey 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 3 K. 1.40

Low A: Charleston (63-53) won 7-4. 2B Diego Castillo 4 hits, RBI. CF Dom Thompson-Williams 2 hits, RBI. SS Oswaldo Cabrera 2 RBI. C Eduardo Navas 2 hits, RBI.

Garcia (W, 1-2, 2.20) 6 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 4 H, 0 W, 4 K. Gave up 1 HR.
Diehl (H, 1) 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 3.66
Sosebee (S, 11) 1 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 0 K. 1.93

Minor League Report. 3 HR, Adams lead SWB. Tate shines for Tampa.

AAA: SWB (72-41) won 7-5. CF Aaron Hicks, 2 for 3, double, on rehab. 3B Miguel Andujar double, HR, 2 RBI. Tyler Austin, rehab, also 2 for 3 with a double. LF Billy McKinney 2 for 3, HR, 3 RBI. 1B Ji-Man Choi solo HR.

Adams (W, 8-3, 2.37) 6 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 1 W, 5 K. Gave Up 1 HR. (AA/AAA 12-3, 1.99)
Jones 1 2/3 IP, 2 R, 0 H, 1 W, 1 K. 3.81
Mantiply 0 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 W, 0 K. 3.21
Rumbelow (S, 2) 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 0 K. 0.00

AA: Trenton (75-37) won 4-2 in 11. CF Rashad Crawford 2 hits, Walkoff 2-run HR. C Francisco Diaz 2 hits, RBI.

Koerner 5 1/3 IP, 1 R, 6 H, 1 W, 2 K. Gave up 1 HR. 3.46
Espinal (H, 1) 1 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 1 K. 0.00
Carroll (BS, 3) 2 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 1 W, 2 K. 2.23
Schwaab (W, 1-0, 5.40) 2 IP, 0 r, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K.

Low A: Tampa (66-46) won 9-2. LF Trey Amburgey 2 hits, HR, 2 RBI. 2B Gosuke Katoh 2 hits. DH Chris Gittens 2 RBI. RF Devyn Bolasky double, solo HR. C Wes Wilson 2 hits, 2 RBI.

Tate (W, 6-0, 2.62) 8 IP, 2 R, 7 H, 1 W, 2 K.
Foley 1 Ip, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 2.70

Low A: Charleston (61-51) won 2-1. DH Isiah Gilliam solo HR.

Rosa (W, 4-3, 3.04) 6 1/3 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 5 H, 2 W, 4 K.
Bristo (H, 1) 2 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 W, 3 K. 0.00
Diehl (S, 2) 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 3.76

Minor League Report. Hicks starts rehab.

AAA: SWB (69-40) lost 3-1. 2 hits 2B Donovan Solano CF Aaron Hicks started rehab, 1 for 3.

Mitchell (L, 2-3, 3.44) 7 2/3 IP, 3 R, 4 H, 2 W, 11 K.
Jones 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 3.58
Mantiply 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 w, 1 K. 3.04

AA: Trenton Rained out.

High A: Tampa off.

Low A: Charleston (59-49) scored in the bottom of the tenth for a 4-3 win.  DH Isiah Gilliam 2 hits, GW single. LF Carlos Vidal 4 hits, 2 doubles, rbi. RF Steven Sensley 2 hits, RBI. 2 hits for 2B Diego Castillo. 2 Hits SS Oswaldo Cabrera.

Perez 5 IP, 3 R, 5 H, 3 W, 5 K. 2.95
Diehl 4 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 7 K. 3.80.
Cedeno (W, 5-0, 0.82) 1 Ip, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 2 K. 0.82

Minor League Report. With trade deadline looming, prospects wonder if they’ll be part of package.

With the trade deadline looming, which prospects will stay and which will be packaged in a major deal? Already AA starter Zack Littell was scratched from Sunday’s start amidst rumors he is part of an upcoming Yankees’ deal.

AAA: SWB (67-39) won 8-1. CF Jake Cave solo HR. 3B Miguel Andujar 2 hits. RF Billy McKinney 3 hits, HR, 2 RBI. 2B Donovan Solano 2 RBI. 1B Ji-Man Choi HR, 3 RBI.

German (W, 3-1, 3.51) 5 2/3 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 1 W, 5 K.
Rumbelow 2 1/3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 2 K. 0.00
Heller 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 3.21

AA: Trenton (71-34) split a DH.

Reg. sched. gm: Won 8-7 in 8 innings (DHs are 7 inning games). DH Ryan McBroom 3 hits, HR, 3 RBI. His solo HR in the top of the 8th was the game-winning hit. 2B Jorge Mateo 2 hits, RBI. 1B Billy Fleming 2 hits, RBI. LF Zack Zehner 2 hits. 3B Abital Avelino 3 hits, solo HR. RF Devyn Bolasky 2 hits, RBI.

Camarena 4 2/3 IP, 5 R, 4 ER, 5 H, 3 W, 3 K. 3.67 Gave up 1 HR.
Schwaab 2/3 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 0 W, 0 K. 10.38 Just promoted.
Brewer (BS, 2; W, 2-1, 0.90) 2 2/3 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 0 W, 2 K.

Makeup of 6/22 rainout: Lost 5-1. C Jorge Saez HR.

Espinal 3 IP, 0 R,  1 H, 3 W, 3 K. 0.00 Just promoted.
Gomez (L, 2-1, 2.33) 1 2/3 IP, 5 R, 6 H, 2 W, 1 K.
Carroll 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 1 K. 2.23

High A: Tampa (63-42) won 11-3. 2B Nick Solak 4 hits, 2 HR, 6 RBI. CF Jeff Hendrix 3 hits. SS Kyle Holder 2 hits. 3B Gosuke Katoh 2 hits. 1B Tim Lynch 2 HR, 3 RBI.

Widener 4 2/3 IP, 2 R, both unearned, 4 H, 3 W, 2 K. 3.83
Reeves (W, 2-0, 2.30) 2 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 W, 2 K.
Harvey 2 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 W, 1 K. Gave up 1 HR. 1.93

Low A: Charleston (57-47) lost 3-2. 2B Oswaldo Cabrera 2 hits. Same for 3B Vicente Conde.

Garcia 5 2/3 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 2 W, 5 K. 2.22
Diehl (L, 9-3, 4.04) 2 1/3 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 2 W, 5 K. Gave up 1 HR.

Saturday’s minors.

AAA: SWB (63-36) blew a 6-4 lead, giving up six in the top of the ninth to lose 10-6. 1B Mike Ford 2 hits, HR, 4 RBI. 3B Donovan Solano 2 hits. CF Jake Cave 3 hits, RBI.

Mitchell 6 1/3 IP, 3 R, 7 H, 1 W, 5 K. 3.70
Gallegos 1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 0 W, 4 K. Gave up 1 HR. 2.20
Jones (BS, 4; L, 6-3, 3.66) 1/3 IP, 4 R, 3 H, 1 W, 0 K. Gave up HR.
Heller 2/3 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 0 W, 1 K. 3.18

AA: Trenton (66-32) won a rain shortened game 4-0. It was called with two out in the bottom of the sixth. C Jorge Saez solo HR. 3B Dante Bichette, Jr. 2 hits, RBI.

Ramirez (W, 10-3, 3.23) 6 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 3 W, 5 K.

High A: Tampa (56-42) won 3-2.  3B Angel Aguilar 2 RBI. SS Gosuke Katoh 2 hits. RF Austin Aune 2 doubles.

Swanson (W, 3-2, 3.08) 5 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 1 W, 3 K.
Mesa (H, 5) 2 1/3 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 W, 3 K. 2.93
Frare (S, 1) 1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 2 W, 2 K. 6.00

Low A: Charleston (53-45) lost 5-2. RF Isiah Gilliam 2 hits, RBI. CF Estevan Florial (a top prospect) 3 hits.

Garcia (L, 0-1, 1.99) 6 2/3 IP, 4 R, 2 ER, 4 H, 2 W, 3 K.
Diehl 2 1/3 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 0 W, 0 K. 4.04.

Florial, 19, is a lefty hitter. .292-11-40, 16 SB this year at Charleston. Scouts are watching and possibly asking for him if the Yanks want to make a deal right now.

Saturday’s minor league action.

ICYMI, Tyler Wade was sent down when the Yanks activated Starlin Castro off of the DL.

AAA: SWB (58-34) won 2-1. Chance Adams was a bit off. SWB only had 4 hits. 2 hits, RBI for 3B Miguel Andujar.

Adams 4 2/3 IP, 1 R, 2 h, 4 W, 3 K. 2.45 @ AAA.
Feyereisen (W, 1-1, 3.09) 2 2/3 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 1 W, 5 K.
Jones (S, 3) 1 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 3.00

AA: The big Yanks weren’t the only ones to go extras. Trenton (61-30) lost 7-6 in 13 innings. 3B Billy Fleming 2 hits, HR, 2 RBI. CF Tito Polo 4 hits, 2 RBI. 1B Dante Bichette, Jr. 2 hits.

Acevedo 4 IP, 6 R, 9 H, 2 W, 3 K. Gave up 3 HR. 2.37
Carter 3 2/3 IP, 0 R, 2 h, 2 W, 1 K. 4.15
Coshow 3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 W, 6 K. 4.74
McNamara (L, 0-2, 6.35) 1 1/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K. Gave up walkoff HR.

High A: Tampa (50-40) won 5-4. DH Tim Lynch solo HR. 2B Nick Solak 2 RBI. 3B Angel Aguilar 2 hits, RBI.

Tate (W, 4-0, 3.00) 6 1/3 IP, 3 R, 6 H, 3 W, 4 K. Gave up 2 HR.
Espinal (H, 1) 1 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 1.54
Mesa (S, 3) 1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 W, 1 K. 2.21 Gave up 1 HR (son of ex-MLB Jose Mesa).

Low A: Charleston (50-42) came from behind 4-0 to win with one run in the seventh, one in the eighth and three in the top of the ninth. 1B Brandon Wagner solo HR. 2B Diego Castillo 3 hits, 2 doubles, 2 RBI.

Nelson 5 1/3 IP, 4 R, 10 H, 0 W, 4 K. 4.87
Diehl (w, 9-2, 4.05) 3 2/3 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 0 W, 6 K.