Minor League Report. Andujar homers on Rehab stint. Also, a special moment remembered.

 

Before I get into the minor league report, I would like to comment on the picture you see above. Gene Stephens, a backup/platoon OF who played in the majors for Boston (1952-1953, 1955-1960), Baltimore (1960-1961) the KC A’s (1961-1962) and Chicago White Sox (1963-1964) was a .240 hitter, 37 MLB HR, OPS+ 83. His 162 game average was .240-6-35. 12 years in the majors, nothing really significant about his career, except…

THIS photo.

This photo was taken on August 12, 1964. Mel Stottlemyre made his MLB debut against the White Sox, winning the game, and Stephens is the centerfielder for the White Sox that day looking up at a HR hit by Mickey Mantle that went over the 461 ft. sign and ALSO the fence and screen which combined were about 23 ft. high. It was said to be a 502 ft. shot.

Stephens just passed away a few days ago on April 27, age 86. I thought you’d like to know the story and see the photo.

AAA: SWB (12-12) won 7-3. SS/2B Gosuke Katoh (.366) 3 hits. 2 doubles, HR. C Ryan Lavarnway 2 RBI. 3B Mandy Alvarez 3 hits, 2 RBI. David Hale the W. 3-0, 2.38.

AA: Trenton (15-9) lost 7-4, getting just 3 hits. SS Kyle Holder 2-run HR. Solo HR 1b Chris Gittens. Solo HR LF Ben Ruta.

High A: Tampa (12-15) won 6-5. 3B Miguel Andujar, on rehab, 2 for 2 with a 2-run HR. 1B Dermis Garcia solo HR.

Low A: Charleston (14-13) won 4-0 on a two-hitter, 12 K. CF Josh Stowers 2 hits. C Josh Breaux 2 hits, RBI. DH Cannan Smith 2 hits, RBI. 3B Neil Gomez 2 hits, RBI.

Daniel Bies 7 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 9 K. (W, 2-1, 4.07)
Dalton Higgins 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 3 K.    1.93

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Minor League Report.

AAA: SWB (8-8) lost 8-1, getting only three hits. Remember, with all the injuries and callups that the Yanks have, that there is a trickle-down effect. A lot of guys who would be playing here, the Ford’s, Estrada’s, Tauchman’s…. are with the big club because of the injuries the big club has.

Solo HR SS Gosuke Katoh. Nestor Cortes 4 R, 4 IP with the loss.

AA: Trenton (10-6) lost both games of a DH.

Game 1: 6-4 loss. 2B Hoy Jun Park 2 hits. RF Ben Ruta 2 hits, 2 RBI. 1B Chris Gittens 2 hits, 2 RBI. CF Rashad Crawford 2 hits. Trevor Stephan 6 R, 4 2/3 IP (L).

Game 2: 8-6 loss. Park 2 hits, 2 RBI. Nick Green 5 IP, 6 R, 3 ER; Domingo Acevedo (L) 1 IP,
2 R.

High A: Tampa (8-11) won 5-3. SS Diego Castillo 2 hits. 1B Dermis Garcia 2 hits, 2 RBI. LF Isiah Gilliam 2 hits, 2 RBI, HR. Dalton Lehnen 3 1/3 IP, 0 R, 6 K.

Low A: Charleston (8-11) lost 5-2. 3B Nelson Gomez 2 RBI but made 2 errors.

Minor League Report.

AAA: SWB was supposed to have a DH at Buffalo. Game 1 was suspended with SWB up 1-0 and Game 2 was ppd.

AA: Trenton’s game ppd. Makeup on July 2.

High A: Tampa (6-11) lost 2–1. 1B Dermis Garcia solo HR. SS Welfrin Mateo 2 hits.

Rony Garcia 5 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 2 W, 5 K. (L, 0-1, 2.45)
Kriske 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 2 K. 0.00
Zurak 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 0 K. 0.90

Low A: Charleston (8-9) won 3-1. LF Brandon Lockridge 2 RBI. 3B Nelson Gomez solo HR.

Medina 5 IP, 1 R, 8 H, 2 W, 5 K.   10.80
Semple (W, 2-0, 0.53) 4 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 4 K.

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  

Minor League Report. Semple dominating at Low A.

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.

Yanks lose players due to Rule 5 draft.

From MLB.com:

The Yankees made one selection in the Rule 5 Draft, taking right-hander Adonis De la Cruz from the Mariners’ Double-A roster in the first round of the Triple-A phase. De la Cruz, 23, was 3-4 with a 4.71 ERA  and 75 strikeouts over 57 1/3 innings (34 appearances) for Class-A Clinton this past year.

Right-hander Nick Green was selected by the D-backs from the Yankees in the Major League phase of the Rule 5 Draft. In the Minor League phases, catcher Chris Rabago (Royals), right-hander Gilmael Troya (Phillies), right-hander Anyelo Gomez (Red Sox), outfielder Mark Payton (Athletics) and right-hander Alexander Vargas (Cubs) were selected from the Yanks.

Green would have to stay on Arizona’s 25 man roster all year or he gets offered back to the Yankees. Green, 23, was 8-7, 3.32 between High A Tampa and AA Trenton last year.

The rest are gone.

Rabago, 25, only spent 7 games with Trenton after the Yanks got him from the Rockies.

Troya, 21 was in the Appalaichan Rookie League.

Gomez, 25, had only 7 games in AAA in 2018 due to injury. He was 5-3, 1.92 with 9 saves at 4 levels in 2017. This one could hurt.

Payton just turned 27. .259-6-25 in 62 games at AAA last year. Maybe one day he’ll make the majors, but he’ll be old for a rookie.

Vargas, 21, was 5-1, 4.01 for 3 levels (Low A, High A and AA) in 2018.

 

 

 

 

Minor League Report.

AAA: SWB (13-15) lost 2-0. CF Clint Frazier 2 of SWB’s 5 hits. DH Adam Lind 1 for 4, double. Tyler Wade 0 for 3.

Rogers (L, 2-3, 3.15) 4 1/3 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 5 W, 5 K. Gave up 1 HR.
Gomez 0 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 0 K. 2.45
Carroll 2 2/3 IP 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 4 K. 2.84
O. Perez 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 3.68

AA: Trenton (17-10) won 3-2 in 10 innings. SS Gosuke Katoh 2 hits. 1B Chris Gittens 2 hits, 2 RBI.

Carter 5 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 2 W, 3 K. 5.59
Reeves (H, 2) 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 4 K. 1.23
Ort (H, 3) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K. 1.50
Foley (BS, 1; W, 1-0, 0.69) 2 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K. Gave up 1 HR.

High A: Tampa (16-13) lost 3-0. They got only 3 hits.

Nelson (L, 0-1, 9.00) 3 IP, 3 R, 3 H, 3 W, 1 K.
Kamplain 3 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 0 W, 3 K. 2.16
Harris 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 2.35

Low A: Charleston (14-15) won 6-0. DH Pablo Olivares 3 hits. 3B Chris Hess 3 hits, 2 doubles,   RBI. 2B David Metzgar 2 hits. CF Ricardo Ferreira 2 hits, RBI.

Whitlock (W, 2-1, 1.06) 7 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 W, 10 K.
Bristo 2 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 0 W, 0 K. 0.00.