AAA: SWB (61-55) lost 5-4 in 10 innings. SS Oswald Peraza 2 hits. #3 prospect. .259-17-45, 31 SB 3B Phillip Evans 2 hits. C Max McDowell 2 hits, 4 RBI. 3-run HR (2)
Salazar 2 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 W, 3 K. Gave up 1 HR. 4.50 Semple 4 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 0 W, 2 K. Gave up 1 HR. 1 WP 6.48 Bristo (H, 2) 1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 0 H, 1 W, 2 K. 5.11 Rich Rodriguez (BS, 1) 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 W, 1 K. 2 WP 4.82 M. Gomez (L, 2-5) 1/3 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 0 W, 0 K. 1 WP 5.66
AA: Somerset (69-44; first half division champs) won 13-3. DH Giancarlo Stanton on rehab 0 for 4. SS Anthony Volpe 3 hits, 4 RBI. Solo HR (17). #1 prospect. .251-17-56, 42 SB C Austin Wells 3-run HR (6). #4 prospect. .277-14-40, 10 SB 3 levels CF Everson Pereira 2 hits. #5 prospect. .271-12-51, 19 SB 3B Andres Chaparro 3-run HR (13) 2B Jesus Bastidas solo HR (15)
Clayton Breeter 2 2/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 4 K. 0.00 #9 prospect (Overall 0-3, 5.03, 99 K in 59 IP) Ernst (W, 4-0) 2 2/3 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 1 W, 3 K. Gave up 1 HR. 3.96 Loseke 2 1/3 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 0 W, 2 K. 3.12 Ramirez 1 1/3 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 0 W, 3 K. Gave up 1 HR. 1.87
High A: Hudson Valley (61-52) won 9-3 in 10 innings. SS Trey Sweeney 2 hits. #6 prospect. .237-13-48, 25 SB CF Jasson Dominguez 3 hits. # 2 prospect .271-12-50, 31 SB at two levels. 3B/1B Tyler Hardman 2 RBI C Anthony Seigler 2 hits, RBI 1B T.J. Rumfield 2 hits, RBI LF Aaron Palensky 4 RBI; Grand Slam (8)
Abeyta 5 IP, 2 R, 7 H, 3 W, 1 K. Gave up 1 HR. 1 WP 1 HBP 4.12 C. Gomez 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 0 K. 1 WP 3.57 J. Munoz 1 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 0 W, 2 K. 4.78 Miller (W, 2-3) 2 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 W, 2 K. 1 HBP 5.75 Milam 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 8.00 (High A ERA only)
Low A: Tampa (54-58) split a doubleheader.
Game 1: Won 7-4. CF Spencer Jones 3 hits, RBI. Yanks’ #1 draft pick this year. SS Alexander Vargas 3 hits. #27 prospect. .207-8-31, 26 SB LF Jesus Familia 2 RBI DH Tayler Aguilar 2 RBI 2B Brett Barrera 2 hits, RBI
AAA: SWB (42-45) won 6-1. SS Oswald Peraza 2 hits, 2 RBI. Solo HR (11) #2 prospect .245-11-31 1B Ron Guzman 2 hits. C Max McDowell 2 RBI
Wesneski (W, 5-7) 6 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 3 W, 6 K. 3.51 #7 prospect Zach Greene 2 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 1 W, 3 K. Gave up 1 HR. 4.38 Weissert 1 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 1 K. 2.36
AA: Somerset (52-32; won first half division title) won 8-2. SS Anthony Volpe 2 hits, RBI. Solo HR (12) #1 prospect. .253-12-42 CF Everson Pereira 2 hits #10 prospect Just promoted to AA. LF Blake Perkins 3 hits, 3 RBI. Two solo HR (8) RF Michael Beltre 2 hits, 2 RBI. Solo HR (7) 1B Max Burt 2-run HR (6)
AA: Somerset (44-25) won the first-half division crown in a winner-take-crown win over Hartford, 6-5 in 10 innings on a 2-run walk off HR by Yankees’ #1 prospect, SS Anthony Volpe. SS Anthony Volpe 3 RBI. 2-run walk off HR (10) .238-10-37 27 SB LF Elijah Dunham 2 hits, 3 RBI. #26 prospect .270
Luis Medina 6 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 W, 5 K. 1 WP. 3.00 #11 prospect. Chapman 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 0.00 Maciejewski 0 IP, 4 R, 1 ER, 2 H, 1 W, 0 K. 2 WP. 2.81 Espinal (BS, 3) 2 1/3 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 1 W, 2 K. 2.25 Loseke (W, 6-0) 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K. 1.65
High A: Hudson Valley (34-35) lost 4-1. CF Everson Pereira solo HR. (7). #10 prospect .270-7-28 LF Aaron Palensky 2 hits.
AAA: SWB (9-14) lost to Lehigh Valley, 9-3, giving up 7 runs in the last two innings. (Didn’t SWB start out 4-0?)
CF Estevan Florial 2 hits, RBI (#30 prospect) C Max McDowell 2 hits. LF Ryan LaMarre 2 hits, RBI.
Banuelos 4 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 3 W, 4 K. 2.16 McKay 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 W, 0 K. 2.00 Marinaccio 2 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 5 K. 0.00 (#28 prospect) McClain (L, 0-1; BS, 1) 1/3 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 0 W, 0 K. 7.56 Miller 2/3 IP, 3 R, 3 H, 1 W, 0 K. Gave up 1 HR. 4.15 Mujica 1 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 0 W, 0 K. Gave up 1 HR. 18.00
AA: Somerset (14-7) won 5-0 on a one-hitter. SS Anthony Volpe solo HR (3) (#1 prospect) DH Brandon Lockridge 2 hits, 2 RBI. (#18 prospect) 3B Andres Chaparro 2-run HR (5) C Mickey Gasper 2 hits.
As usual, I’ll post about the minor leaguers so you can see who is hot and who is not among the prospects.
Most of the Yankees’ farm teams open up their seasons on Friday, but AAA SWB opened up tonight and beat Syracuse, 5-0.
SS Oswald Peraza, the Yankees #2 ranked prospect, hit a HR his first time up to give the Railriders a 1-0 lead. Later in the game, CF Estevan Florial, the #30 ranked prospect, hit a 3-run HR. C Max McDowell had 3 hits.
Starting P Matt Krook pitched 5 scoreless innings for the win. Reliever Greg Weissert got 5 of his 6 outs via strikeout.
Krook 5 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 W, 7 K. McClain (H) 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 W, 1 K. 1 WP. Lane (H) 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. Weissert 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 5 K.
When you think of a leadoff hitter, images of Rickey Henderson, Mickey Rivers, Willie Randolph, or a Lou Brock or Maury Wills come to mind. Speedy guys who get on and steal bases.
Even guys like Horace Clarke and Bobby Richardson (and Richardson was NOT a good choice for a leadoff hitter. He hit .266 in his career, never walked, had an OBP of just .299, and even in 1961, with Maris and Mantle hitting 115 HR behind him, only scored 80 runs that year).
But the Yankees’ leadoff hitter this year could be … Josh Donaldson.
We’ll see how it works out. It seems unconventional, but then, for most of the 1950s, the Yankees’ leadoff hitter was Hank Bauer, and Bauer didn’t hit “the mold” either. And LeMahieu isn’t the speed demon, but with averages over .300 in 2019 and 2020, did fine there as far as getting on base for the big guys.
Newly acquired Jose Trevino will be the backup catcher, as the Yankees sent down the trio of Max McDowell, Rob Brantly and David Freitas. Ben Rortvedt is still out with an oblique injury.
5 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 W, 7 K.
The Sommer Frieze 
