Minor League Report.

The Yankees released minor league pitcher Travis Hissong.

Lower level leagues, like the short-season and Dominican Summer League have started up but I don’t go down to those levels. Not enough time.

AAA: SwB (43-27) split a DH. They lost the reg. sched. game 4-3. Solo HR’s CF Dustin Fowler, LF Jake Cave and RF Mark Payton.

Mitchell 4 1/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 1 W, 5K.  4.50
Webb 1 1/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 1 W, 2 K. Gave up 1 HR.  3.24
Jones (BS, 3; L, 5-2, 3.93) 1 1/3 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 1 W, 1 K.

They won the makeup of a May 7 rainout 6-2. DH Tyler Austin a 3-run HR.  1B Ji-Man Choi triple, 3 RBI. 3b Miguel Andujar 2 hits. RF Payton 2 hits.

Mantiply 3 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 1 W, 1 K. 3.03
Wotherspoon (W, 1-0, 2.35) 3 IP 1 R, 3 H, 0 W, 1 K.
Graham 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 1 K. 3.94

AA: Trenton (46-24) lost 14-4. 2B Abiatal Avelino 4 for 4, 2 doubles, RBI. 2 hits & an RBI for LF Devyn Bolasky.

Ramirez (L, 6-3, 3.47) 2 1/3 IP, 7 R, 8 H, 3 W, 2 K. Gave up 1 HR.
Carter 2 1/3 IP, 4 R, 5 H, 0 W, 1 K. 15.43
Rumbelow 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 3 K. 0.00
Coshow 2 IP, 3 R, 5 H, 1 W, 2 K 4.71

High A: Tampa (38-31) won 6-0.  CF Jeff Hendrix 2 hits, 2 RBI. DH Tito Polo 2 hits. 2B Nick Solak 3 hits. 2 hits and rbi for 3B Kyle Holder.

Dillon Tate came off the DL (sore shoulder) for his first minor league game of the season.

Tate (W, 1-0, 0.00) 5 2/3 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 1 W,  5 K.
Reeves 2 1/3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 3 K. 4.26
Tarpley 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 0.00

Low A: The North and South for the South Atlantic League played to a 3-3 tie. It was played in rain which got worse after the seventh, when the game was stopped.

Charleston players (South): Blake Rutherford CF, 0 for 0; C Donny Sands 0 for 1.
SS Hoy Jun Park 0 for 1. LF Estevan Florial 0 for 2. 3B Angel Aguilar 0 for 2.

P Trevor Lane 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K.

Minor League Report. Great pitching.

AAA: SWB (41-26) won a rain-shortened game 2-0. CF Jake Cave and RF Mark Payton 2 hits each, 3B Donovan Solano doubled, scored one, drove in one.

Caleb Smith with a rain-shortened one-hitter.

Caleb Smith (5-0, 2.44) 7 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 W, 7 K.

AA: Trenton (46-23) swept a DH. They won the reg. sched. game 6-0. SS Thairo Estrada 2 hits, RBI. 2B Abiatal Avelino 2 RBI.

Sheffield (W, 6-4, 2.99) 7 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 1 W, 3 K.

Makeup of 5/6 rainout: Won 4-2. RF Billy McKinney double, HR, 2 RBI. 3B Miguel Andujar 2 hits.

Camarena 4 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 0 W, 2 K. 3.86
Carroll (W, 1-1, 0.59) 3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 3 K.

High A: No games. The FSL had their All-Star Game Saturday.

Low A: Charleston (34-36) won 5-1. SS Diego Castillo 2 hits. C Donny Sands 2 RBI. 3B Angel Aguilar 2 hits.

Nick Green 5 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 1 W, 4 K. 2.77
Frawley (W, 4-1, 1.45) 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 4 K.
Lane (H, 5) 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 3 K. 0.82
Harris 1 Ip, 0 R, 1 H, 2 W, 2 K. 1.50

Minor League Report. Acevedo, Estrada continue to impress, Chapman rehab, FSL All Stars.

AAA: SWB (38-26) won 8-1. 2B Tyler Wade (.317) 2 hits, RBI. CF Dustin Fowler (who I thought they’d call up instead of Mason Williams, but apparently Fowler isn’t on the 40-man roster) 2 hits, 2 RBI. DH Tyler Austin 2 hits, RBI. RF Clint Frazier 3-run HR. SS Gleyber Torres 3 hits.

Domingo Acevedo promoted. First AAA game. Rapidly rising. Was 0-4, 4.57 at Tampa this year, then 2-0, 1.62 at AA, now this. Overall 3-4, 3.09.

Acevedo (W, 1-0, 1.29) 7 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 5 W, 4 K.
Layne 1 2/3 IP, 0 r, 0 H, 1 w, 2 K. 0.00   Sent here after DFA and not claimed.
Heller 1/3 IP, 0 r, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K. 2.57

AA: Trenton (43-22) won 4-2. Gleyber Torres gets all the attention, deservedly, but SS Thairo Estrada 2 hits, .323. Jorge Mateo at High A has been struggling and has already been passed on the SS depth chart by Torres, Wade and Estrada. Trade bait? Torres is 20, but Estrada is only 21.

1B Mike Ford solo HR. Aroldis Chapman put in a rehab appearance, hmmm…. Chapman is expected to rejoin the Yanks on Sunday.

Chapman 2/3 IP, 1 R, 0 H, 2 W, 2 K. 13.50. Threw two WP. Hit 102.
Pena 3 1/3 IP, 0 r, 1 H, 0 W, 4 K. 0.00. Just promoted, first AA game.
Mesa (BS, 1) 2 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 0 W, 3 K. 1.80. Just promoted, 2nd AA game.
Marsh (W, 2-2, 3.68) 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 5 K.
Rumbelow (S,1) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K. 0.00

High A: Tampa off. The Florida State League All-Star Game is today. For the FSL North, from Tampa (and some of these players have already been promoted to AA Trenton): P Cody Carroll, P Zack Littell, P Dillon McNamara, P Jose Mesa (son of ex-MLB reliever Jose Mesa), P Josh Rogers, SS Jorge Mateo (even though he is struggling). OF Tito Polo.

Low A: Charleston (32-36) lost 4-1. LF Ben Ruta and 3B Mandy Alvarez 2 hits each. RBI for Ruta.

Nelson (L, 0-6, 6.34) 3 1/3 IP, 4 R, 5 H, 1 W, 1 K. Gave up 1 HR.
DeCarr 4 2/3 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 1 W, 4 K. 2.16
Lane 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K. 0.84

Minor League Report. Frazier (2) and Torres HRs power SWB. Good starting pitching at AA, A+

Before getting to the minor league report: Masahiro Tanaka’s start has been pushed back from Sunday against Baltimore to Monday night in Anaheim against the Angels. No word on who starts Sunday, probably Chad Green.

AAA: LF Clint Frazier hit 2 homers and 2B Gleyber Torres hit another in SWB’s (34-24) 10-1 win over Lehigh Valley. Frazier had 4 rbi, Torres 2. Rehabbing Greg Bird was 0 for 5. SWB scored 7 in the first inning.

Both Frazier and Torres had 2 hits. Tyler Wade (.307) had 3 hits. Also chipping in with 2 hits and an RBI each were RF Tyler Austin and 3B Donovan Solano.

Cessa (W 3-6, 4.15) 6 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 2 W, 6 K.
Webb 1/3 IP, 0 r, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 2.43
Wotherspoon 2 1/3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 3 K. 0.00  AAA debut, just promoted.
Graham 1/3 IP, 0 r, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 4.97

AA: Trenton (38-21) walked off a 2-1 win in the bottom of the 10th on a bases-loaded walk to 2B Vicente Conde. RF Zack Zehner two hits.

Acevedo 8 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 1 W, 5 K. Gave up 1 HR. 1.62. Another comer.
Rumbelow 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K. 0.00
Brewer (W, 1-1, 2.03) 1 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 0 K. 2.03

High A: Tampa (32-30) squeaked out a 2-1 win. 2 H, 2 RBI C Francisco Diaz.

Littell (W, 8-1, 1.76) 6 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 6 K.
Harvey (H, 1) 2 IP, 0 R,  2 H, 0 W, 3 K. 0.00
Hissong (S, 3) 1 Ip, 1 R, UNEARNED, 2 H, 0 W, 2 K. 4.35

Low A: Charleston (30-30) lost 3-1. C Donny Sands and LF Dalton Blaser 2 hits each. Charleston got 10 hits, scored just 1 run.

Diehl (L, 6-2, 4.00) 4 2/3 IP, 3 R, 4 H, 4 W, 6 K. Gave up 1 HR
Lane 2 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 3 K. 0.93
Harris 1 IP, 0 r, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K. 2.25

Minor League Report.

Changes at AAA. Ernesto Frieri exercised his June 1 opt out. He’s gone. The Yanks released Jason Gurka.

AAA: SWB (31-21) won 7-5.  2 hits, Solo Hr, SS Tyler Wade. LF Mason Williams 2 hits, RBI. 2 hits, 2 RBI 2B Cito Culver

Lail (w, 3-2, 5.36) 5 2/3 IP, 5 R, 6 H, 3 W, 1 K. Gave up 1 HR.
Webb (H, 4) 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 W, 2 K. 2.63
Heller (S, 2) 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 W, 4 K. 2.96

AA: Trenton (34-19) lost 2-1. SS Thairo Estrada 2 hits. 1B Mike Ford 2 hits. LF Zack Zehner 2 doubles.

Sheffield (L, 4-3, 3.04) 7 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 9 H, 0 W, 5 K.
Rumbelow 1 Ip, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K. 0.00

1st game for Rumbelow. He went 1-1, 4.02 for the Yanks in 2015 and missed almost all of 2016, pitching in just one game.

High A: Tampa (28-27) a 7-5 win. DH Greg Bird rehab: 1 for 3, double, RBI. CF Jorge Mateo 2 hits, triple, RBI.  2B Nick Solak 2 hits. 2 hits, RBI for C Wes Wilson.

Swanson 2 1/3 IP, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 H, 1 W, 3 K. 4.37
Mesa 2 2/3 IP, 2R, 4 H, 3 W, 1 K. 2.14
Gomez (W, 2-1, 2.13) 3 Ip, 0 R, 1 H, 2 W, 3 K.
McNamara (S, 8) 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 w, 0 K. 1.17

Low A: Charleston (26-28) 4-2 loss. LF Estevan Florial 2hits. 2B Diego Castillo 2hits.

RF Isiah Gilliam solo HR. 2 hits 3B Oswaldo Cabrera.

Perez 5 2/3 IP, 2 R, 6 H, 1 W, 5 K. 4.12
Lane (L, 4-2, 1.01) 2 1/3 IP, 2 R both unearned, 1 H, 1 w, 2 K.

 

 

Minor League Report.

Just like an error by Castro proved costly to the major league Yankees, some errors hurt in the farm system’s games.

AAA: SWB (28-19) lost 5-0. CF Dustin Fowler (.314) 2 hits.

Cessa (L, 2-5, 4.76) 6 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 1 W, 4 K. Gave up 1 HR.
Graham 2 IP, 3 R, all unearned, 3 H, 0 W, 2 K. Gave up 1 HR.

AA: Trenton (32-17) gave up 2 in the bottom of the ninth and 1 in the bottom of the 10th to lose 8-7.

SS Thairo Estrada, solo HR.

Herrera 6 IP, 4 R, only 1 ER, 6 H, 2 W, 5 K. 1.47
Frare (H, 6) 2 Ip, 1 r, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K. Gave up 1 HR. 4.43
Brewer (BS, 1; L, 0-1, 2.79) 1 2/3 IP, 3 R, 5 H, 2 W, 1 K.

High A Tampa was off.

Low A: Charleston (26-24) won 3-2.

1B Isiah Gilliam 2-run HR. CF Blake Rutherford 2 hits.

Orozco (W, 2-3, 5.83) 6 IP, 2 R, 6 H, 2 W, 4 K.
Lane (H, 3) 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 W, 2 K. 1.11
Mundell (S, 5) 1 IP, 0 H, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K. 2.29

 

 

Minor League Report. 4 hits for Fowler, 6 RBI for Zehner.

Doing this early because I am heading to the Yankees’ game today.

AAA: SWB (27-18) won 5-1. LF Dustin Fowler 4 hits. SS Gleyber Torres 1 for 5, double, rbi. 1B Tyler Austin 1 for 3, rbi.

Smith (w, 3-0, 2.93) 6 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 2 W, 9 K. Gave up 1 HR.
Jones (H,2) 1 IP, 0 R,1 H,  0 W, 2 K. 2.66
Mantiply 1 2/3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 0 K. 2.53
Frieri (S, 6) 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K. 2.25

AA: Trenton (31-16) won 13-1, striking out 15. RF Zach Zehner, 2 hits, HR (GS), 6 RBI.
CF Rashad Crawford 2 hits. LF Billy McKinney 3 hits, 2 doubles, RBI.
3B Miguel Andujar 2 hits, RBI. C Francisco Diaz 3 hits, rbi.

Ramirez (W, 6-1, 2.66) 5 2/3, 1 R, UNEARNED, 1 H, 3 W, 9 K.
Carroll 2 1/3 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 0 W, 6 K. 0.00
Marsh 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 0 K. 3.86

Carroll, a 24 yr. old righty, was just promoted from Tampa. This was his first AA game. He was 1-0, 2.25 at Tampa.

High A: Tampa (26-24) lost 7-3.   3B Gosuke Katoh 2 hits.

Swanson (L, 1-2, 4.13) 4 IP, 5 R, 10 H, 0 W, 4 K. Gave up 2 HR.
Pena 3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 H, 2 W. 4.12
Hissong 1 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 0 W, 2 K. 9.00 Gave up 1 HR. Started year at AA Trenton.

Low A: Charleston (25-23) won 1-0, despite getting only 3 hits.

Perez 6 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 1 W, 5 K. 4.28
Morris (w, 2-1, 1.80) 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 1 K.
Lane (S, 1) 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 0 K. 1.21