Minor League Report. Rehab city. Bird hits 2 HR. Holliday & Castro begin rehab.

AAA: SWB (78-46) lost 10-6, but rehabbing 1B Greg Bird cracked 2 HR and drove in 3 runs in finally looking like the Greg Bird we saw in spring training before he got hurt. If the Yanks can get him back for the final month, and get him back the way he was hitting in spring training, it could be huge. The lineup is so righty-leaning, he provides balance, esp. in Yankee Stadium as a lefty bat.

Starlin Castro started his rehab. He Dh’d, going 0 for 4 w/a walk.

Miguel Andujar (3B) had 2 hits.

Cortes (L, 1-3, 1.44) 3 2/3 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 3 W, 5 K.
Brewer 2/3 IP, 6 R, 3 ER, 5 H, 1 W, 0 K. 11.70
Coshow 2 1/3 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 1 W, 2 K. 3.86
Jones 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 W, 1 K. 4.81
Feyereisen 1 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 0 W, 0 K. 2.61

AA: Trenton (80-43) lost 5-1, getting just three hits, two by 1B Ryan McBroom.

Tate (L, 0-2, 5.25) 6 IP, 4 R, 8 H, 1 W, 3 K. Gave up 2 HR.
Schwaab 2 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 3 W, 3 K.  4.26

High A: Tampa (75-47) lost 7-6. Matt Holliday started his rehab, going 0 for 4 with a walk, RBI and strikeout.

2B Kyle Holder 3 hits, 3 RBI. SS Hoy Jun Park 3 hits, 2 doubles. C Donny Sands 2 hits.

Swanson 5 1/3 IP, 2 R, 7 H, 0 W, 7 K. 3.83
Lane (BS, 1; L, 2-2, 4.20) 1 2/3 IP, 5 R, 2 ER, 5 H, 0 W, 1 K. Gave up 1 HR.
Palladino 1 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 2 K. 0.00
Harvey 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 1.27.

Low A: Charleston (68-55) lost 5-4. 2B Diego Castillo 3 hits, HR shy of cycle, RBI. C Ryan Lidge 2 hits.

Nick Green 5 IP, 3 R, 4 H, 1 W, 1 K. 4.80
Morris (L, 4-2, 3.09) 4 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 1 W, 6 K.

 

Minor League Report.

AAA SWB & AA Trenton off. So was Low A Charleston.

High A: Tampa (74-46) won 4-2. DH Chris Gittens 2-run HR. SS Hoy Jun Park & 2B Gosuke Katoh each had 2 hits and an RBI.

Keller (W, 4-2, 2.70) 6 IP, 1 R, 8 H, 0 W, 8 K.
Harris (H, 2) 2 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 0 W, 1 K. 3.18
Foley (H, 4) 1/3 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 1 W, 1 K. 2.59
Lane (S, 1) 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 3.38

Maybe it’s true things happen in threes. First Ara Parseghian, then Dick MacPherson and now another college football coach from long ago passed away. Frank Broyles, who coached Arkansas to the 1964 national championship, passed away. After coaching, he became a color football commentator on TV and Arkansas’ athletic director.

Minor League Report.

AAA: SWB (76-43) lost 6-3, blowing a 3-1 lead.. 3B Donovan Solano solo HR. DH Ji Man Choi solo HR. CF Jake Cave 2 hits. RF Billy McKinney 2 hits, RBI.

Lail 6 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 0 W, 4 K. 5.03
Jones (BS, 5; L, 6-4, 4.34) 2 IP, 5 R, 5 H, 2 W, 2 K. Gave up 2 HR.

AA: Trenton (78-40) split a DH.

Reg. Sched. game: Lost 3-2. CF Jeff Hendrix 2 hits. 1B Ryan McBroom 2 hits, 2 RBI. Dillon Tate promoted from Tampa.

Tate (L, 0-1, 4.50) 6 IP, 3 R, 6 H, 4 W, 2 K.

Makeup of 7/28 rainout: Won 4-0. 2B Abiatal Avelino 2 hits, HR, 2 RBI. SS Thairo Estrada 2 hits, RBI. C Francisco Diaz 2 hits.

Mesa 4 1/3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 3 W, 4 K. 1.26
Reeves (W, 1-0, 0.00) 2 2/3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 1 K. 0.00 (Just promoted).

High A: Tampa (72-46) won 5-1. 2B Hoy Jun Park 2 hits, RBI. Same for CF Estevan Florial. DH Chris Gittens 2 RBI. 1B Tim Lynch 3 hits, RBI.

Swanson (W, 6-2, 3.86) 6 Ip, 0 R, 6 H, 1 W, 6 K.
Frawley 2 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 0 W, 2 k. 2.70
Lane 1 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 0 W, 2 k. 3.55

Low A: Charleston (65-53) won 7-3. 2B Oswaldo Cabrera 2 hits, HR, 3 RBI. 3B Dermis Garcia 2 hits RBI. Same for LF Pablo Olivares.

Nick Green (W, 8-8, 4.77) 5 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 2 W, 2 K.
Morris 3 1/3 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 3 W, 4 K. 2.95
Hodson 2/3 IP, 0 r, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 0.00

 

Minor League Report. Hicks HRs on rehab, Tampa K’s 25.

AAA: SWB (75-41) won 2-1. CF Mason Williams, RF Jake Cave (.358) & SS Cito Culver had 2 hits each. Rehabbing 1B Tyler Austin 1 for 3 with a walk and run scored. I don’t know if Cessa got hurt, or what.

Cessa 2 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 3 W, 5 K. 3.45
Cortes 4 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 0 W, 3 K. 1.17
Gallegos (W, 4-1, 1.69) 1 2/3 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 0 W, 1 K.
Heller (S, 5) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 3 K. 2.87

AA: Trenton (76-38) lost 5-4. Rehabbing DH Aaron Hicks 2-run HR. LF Zack Zehner 2 hits, HR, 2 RBI. RF Jeff Hendrix 3 hits. 1B Ryan McBroom 2 doubles. 3B Dante Bichette, Jr. 2 hits.

Carter 5 2/3 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 7 H, 0 W, 3 K. Gave up 3 HR. 2.67
Schwaab 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 W, 2 K. 4.66
Coshow (L, 2-4, 3.91) 1 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 2 W, 1 K. Gave up 1 HR.

High A: Tampa (69-46) won 2-1 in 14 innings, Tampa pitchers K’d 25. 2B Kyle Holder GW hit. 1B Gosuke Katoh 2 hits.

Keller 6 IP, 1 R, unearned, 6 H, 1 W, 11 K. 2.86
Pena 3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 6 K. 2.72.
Lane 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 4 K. 3.09
Tarpley (W, 5-0, 0.00) 3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 4 K.

Low A: Charleston (62-53) lost 3-0. C Ryan Lidge 2 of Charleston’s 3 hits.

Nelson (L, 2-9, 4.74) 5 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 2 W, 8 K.
DeCarr 3 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 0 W, 2 K. 6.07

Minor League Report.

One thing I would like to remind you about.

This sport of baseball is a crazy sport. Even though the Yanks play with a 25-man roster for most of the year, rosters can expand on Sept. 1.  Other sports don’t do this. Now, how many players will the Yanks leave down in the minors to compete for minor league titles and how many players will they bring up to expand the MLB roster to compete for the playoffs, who knows. But this is one reason I do the minor league report. Once rosters expand, who will be added? That way, you have an idea. For example, remember the big HR Slade Heathcott (now with the Giants AA/AAA) hit a couple of years back that helped the Yanks get in the playoffs?

AAA: SWB (73-41) won 5-0. 2 hits, solo HR 2B Donovan Solano. SS Cito Culver 2 hits, rbi. RF Jake Cave 2 hits, RBI. Neither Aaron Hicks or Tyler Austin, both rehabbing, played.

Lail 4 2/3, 0 R, 4 H, 0 W, 5 K. 5.23
Holder 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 3 K. 1.93
Feyereisen (W, 2-2, 2.76) 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 2 K.
Heller 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 2.93

AA: Trenton off.

HIgh A; Tampa (67-46) won 13-11. 1B Chris Gittens HR 2 RBI. 2B Kyle Holder 3 hits, 2 doubles, 4 RBI. C Donny Sands 3 hits, 3 RBI. 2 doubles, SS Hoy Jung Park. RF Troy Amburgey 2 hits, 1 RBI.

Swanson 2 2/3 IP, 10 R, 7 Er, 9 H, 1 W, 0 K. Gave up 1 HR. 3.92
Frare 1  1/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 5 W, 2 K. 5.82
Reeves 2 1/3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 6 K. 2.52
Lane (W, 2-1, 3.72) 1 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K.
Harvey (S, 1) 1 Ip, 0 r, 0 h, 0 w, 1 K. 1.56

Low A: Charleston (61-52) lost 6-4. 2B Oswaldo Cabrera HR, 4 rbi.  3 hits, 2 doubles, LF Dalton Blaser.

Nick Green (L, 7-8, 4.92)  3 IP, 6 r, 6 h, 1 w, 3 k. Gave up 1 HR.
Morris 3 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 0 W, 8 K. 2.72
Harris 2 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 W, 4 K. 2.55

 

 

Minor League Report. Austin hits walk-off 2-run HR.

AAA: SWB (70-41) won 3-1 on a walk-off 2-run HR by DH Tyler Austin in his second game of rehab. He was 1 for 4. CF Aaron Hicks, also on rehab, went 0 for 3 with two strikeouts. 3B Miguel Andujar had 3 hits and an RBI. C Wilkin Castillo had 2 hits.

Cessa 5 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 0 W, 9 K. 3.55
Holder (BS, 1) 2 Ip, 1 R, 4 H, 0 W, 2 K. gave up 1 HR. 2.25
Heller (W, 4-3, 3.00) 2 IP, 0 r, 1 H, 0 W, 3 K.

AA: Trenton (74-36) won 4-2. 1B Mike Ford 3 hits, solo HR. DH Ryan McBroom 3 hits, RBI. 2B Nick Solak, 3B Dante Bichette, Jr. and LF Zack Zehner each had 2 hits.

Carter (W, 2-0, 2.19) 5 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 W, 2 K.
Cortes (H, 2) 2 Ip, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 1 K. 2.60
Brewer (S, 8) 2 IP, 2 R, 1 H, 1 W, 4 K. 1.41

High A: Tampa (65-45) won 9-4. 1B Tim Lynch 3 hits, double, HR, 3 RBI. SS Kyle Holder and DH Chris Gittens each had 3 hits, 2 RBI. RF Alexander Palma 2 hits, RBI. 2 hits LF Trey Amburgey.

Keller (W, 3-2, 3.32) 5 IP, 3 R, 6 H, 1 W, 6 K. Gave up 1 HR
Lane 1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 1 W, 4 K. 4.50
Harvey 2 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 4 K. 1.65

Low A: Charleston (59-51) Lost 3-2.

Rony Garcia (L, 0-2, 1.80) 6 2/3 IP, 3 R, 0 ER, 6 H, 1 W, 3 K.
Harris 2 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 0 W, 4 K. 2.78
Sosebee 1/3 IP, 0 r, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K. 2.10

Minor League Report.

With a lot of prospects on the move thoughout baseball at the trade deadline , both AAA SWB and AA Trenton were off yesterday.

High A: Tampa (63-44) lost 1-0. CF Jeff Hendrix 2 hits.

Tate 7 2/3 IP, 0 R, 5 H, 1 W, 9 K. 2.68
Lane (L, 1-1, 5.68) 2/3 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 W, 0 K. 5.68

Low A: Charleston (58-48) scored in the bottom of the 10th to win 5-4. With a man on second, C Donny Sands struck out, but the ball got away, the catcher made a throwing error, and the runner on second came around to score. As Mel Allen would say, “How about that!”

2B Hoy Jun Park 2 hits, HR, 2 RBI.

Rosa 6 Ip, 2 R, 1 ER, 5 H, 0 W, 4 K. 3.29
Morris (H, 3) 1 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 1 W, 0 K. 3.03
Sosebee (BS, 1) 2 2/3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 W, 5 K. 2.11
Cedeno (W, 4-0, 0.90) 1/3 IP, 0 r, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K.