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.

AAA: SWB (37-25) won 6-5. C Kyle Higashioka 3 for 3, HR, 2 RBI. DH Tyler Austin 2 hits. SS Gleyber Torres triple, 2 RBI. 1B Greg Bird is struggling since going up to AAA on his rehab. CF Mason Williams double, 2 RBI.

Lail 6 IP, 5, R, 10 H, 2 W, 5 K. 5.18
Webb (BS, 3) 1 IP, 0 r, 2 H, 0 W, 0 K. 3.19
Mantiply (W, 3-3, 2.93) 1 2/3 IP, 0 r, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K.
Graham (S, 1) 1/3 IP, 0 r, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 4.20

AA: Trenton (41-22) came up short, 5-4, scoring all their runs in the top of the ninth on a grand slam by LF Billy McKinney. CF Rashad Crawford and 3B Miguel Andujar 2 hits each.

Ramirez (L, 6-2, 2.51) 3 2/3 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 H, 2 W, 3 K.
Carroll 3 1/3 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 0 W, 5 K. 0.73
Coshow 1 IP, 3 R, all unearned, 3 H, 0 W, 0 K. 4.05

High A: Tampa (35-31) swept a DH.
Reg sched. game: Won 11-1. CF Tito Polo double, triple, 4 RBI. LF Trey Amburgey 2 hits, rbi. 2B Nick Solak 2-run HR. 3B Kyle Holder 3 hits, rbi.

Widener 4 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 2 W, 6 K. Gave up 1 HR. 4.19
Tarpley (W 1-0, 0.00) 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 W, 3 K.
Reeves 1 IP, 0 r, 2 H, 0 W, 0 K. 5.23

Won Makeup of 6/13 game 5-1. Polo LF, 2 hits, RBI. 2B Solak 2 RBI.

Koerner (W, 2-1, 2.45) 7 IP, 1 R, 6 H, 1 W, 4 K. Gave up 1 HR.

Low A: Charleston (32-34) won 5-2. CF Estevan Florial 3 hits. DH Angel Aguilar 2 hits, 2 RBI. LF Ben Ruta 2 hits, RBI.

Perez (W, 2-3, 3.51) 6 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 3 W, 6 K.
Diehl (S, 1)  3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 4 K. 3.75

Minor League Report. Bird starts rehab. Austin near ready?

AAA: SWB (30-21) lost 6-3. 1B Tyler Austin may be done with his rehab, ready for a callup, and that doesn’t bode well for a struggling Chris Carter. Austin was 3 for 4, HR, 2 RBI. 2B Ruben Tejada solo HR.

Not only that, but see below. Greg Bird started his rehab with Tampa.

If anything happens to Sanchez or Romine, the Yanks may be a little thin catcher-wise. Kyle Higashioka is on the DL and the Yanks’ catchers at SWB right now are Eddy Rodriguez and Wilkin Castillo.

Smith 6 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 1 W, 9 K. 2.94
Feyereisen (L, 0-1, 4.50) 2 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 H, 2 W, 1 K. 1st AAA game, called up from AA.
Graham 1 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 1 W, 0 K. 4.09

AA: Trenton (34-18) won 6-3. 3B Miguel Andujar 2 hits, HR, 3 RBI. SS Thairo Estrada and CF Mark Payton 2 hits each. LF Zack Zehner 2 hits, RBI. 1B Billy Fleming 3 hits.

Ramirez 3 IP, 0 R 3 H, 0 W, 0 K. 2.52
Cortes (W 3-0, 3.51) 6 IP, 3 R, 4 H, 1 W, 4 K.

I don’t know why Ramirez left early.

High A:  Tampa (27-27) lost 6-4. 1B Greg Bird started his rehab and went 1 for 1 (single) with 2 walks.

DH Chris Gittens 2 hits, solo HR. 1B Mandy Alvarez replaced Bird in the middle of the game and had 2 RBI.

Koerner (L, 0-1, 3.60) 5 2/3 IP, 5 R, 4 ER, 7 H, 3 W, 3 K.
Hissong 2 1/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K. 7.11
Pena 1 IP, 0 r, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 3.92

Low A: Charleston (26-27) lost 3-2. 3B Angel Aguilar 2 hits, both doubles. CF Blake Rutherford 2 hits, RBI.

Nick Green (L, 3-4, 2.94) 7 1/3 IP, 3 R, 2 ER, 5 H, 3 W, 6 K. Gave up 1 HR.
Morris 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 1.72

 

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

Minor League Report. Yankees promote Torres to AAA.

The Yanks have promoted INF Gleyber Torres to AA SWB and P Josh Rogers and Jose Mesa Jr., to AA Trenton.

AAA: SWB (24-17) won 5-4 in 11 on a squeeze bunt by Cito Culver (hope Girardi saw that, he NEVER squeezes).

LF Dustin Fowler solo HR. 2 hits DH Mark Payton.

Bryan Mitchell was called up to the Yanks before the game, and Giovanny Gallegos sent back to SWB.

Ruth 3 IP, 4 R, 7 H, 1 W, 1 K. 12.00 Gave up 2 HR.
Brewer 2 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 2 k. 9.53
Gurka 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 2K. 5.74
Frieri 2 2/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 1 K. 2.41
Jones (W, 2-1, 2.95) 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K.

AA: Trenton (25-16) lost 1-0. SS Thairo Estrada 2 hits.

Torres played 3B before his callup. 0 for 2, 2 walks, a SB. .273-5-18, 5 SB

Tyler Austin, on rehab, played 1B, 1 for 2 (single).

Ramirez (L, 5-1, 3.00) 6 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 2 W, 8 K.
Mesa 3 IP, 0 r, 0 H, 2 W, 2 K. 0.00

Mesa is the son of former reliever Jose Mesa, who pitched from 1987, 1990-2007 for the Orioles, Indians, Giants, Mariners, Phillies, Pirates, Rockies, Tigers and Phillies again and who saved 321 games, going 80-109, 4.36, ERA+ 100. In 1995, he led the AL with 46 saves and finished runnerup for the CYA and 4th in MVP voting.

High A: Tampa (21-23) won 15-0. SS Kyle Holder 3 hits, 2 RBI.

RF Tito Polo 2 hits, 2 RBI. 1B Chris Gittens 4 hits, 2 HR, 4 RBI.

DH Nick Solak 3 hits, HR, 2 RBI. 3B Mandy Alvarez 2 H, RBI

2B Gosuke Katoh hits, C Sharif Othman 3 hits, 2 RBI.

Rogers (w 4-3, 2.22) 5 2/3 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 1 W, 8 K. Promoted to AA after game.
Gomez 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K. 0.00
McNamara 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K. 1.42

Low A: Charleston (22-21)  won 4-2.

CF Estevan Florial 2 hits, rbi. SS Hoy Jun Park 2 RBI. RF Ben Ruta 2 hits.

Diehl (w, 5-0, 2.70) 6 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 3 W, 7 K. Gave up 1 HR.
Morris (H, 1) 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 w, 3 K. 2.31
Mundell (S, 4) 1 ip, 0 r, 0 h, 0 W, 0 k. 2.70

 

Minor League Report. Torres HRs.

 

AAA: SWB (20-16) won 7-2. 2 hits, double, HR, 4 RBI for 1B Mike Ford, just called up from Trenton with Ji-Man Choi on the DL. So if Bird/Carter continue to struggle, there are options with Austin (starting rehab games this weekend), Choi and Ford. 2B Rob Refsnyder 2 hits. CF Mason Williams with 2 hits. LF Mark Payton 2-run HR.

Mitchell 3 2/3 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 1 W, 3 K. 4.00
Webb (W, 3-0, 3.79) 3 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 6 K.
Gurka 2 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 0 W, 4 K. gave up 1 HR. 7.11

AA: Trenton (22-14) won 4-2. 2 hits, double, HR, 2 RBI. 2b Gleyber Torres. SS Thairo Estrada 3 hits. 3B Miguel Andujar 2 hits, RBI.

Ramirez (W, 5-0, 3.23) 7 IP, 2 R 2 H, 2 W, 7 K. Gave up 1 HR.
Hissong (H, 3) 1 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 W, 2 K. 5.65
Coshow (S, 9 ) 1 IP, 1H, 0 W, 1 K. 3.86

High A: Tampa (18-21) won 3-0.  CF Jorge Mateo 2 hits. LF Trey Amburgey 2 hits, 2 RBI.

Rogers (w, 3-3, 2.49) 8 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 2 W, 7 K.
Mesa (S,1 ) 1 IP 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 2 K. 1.72

Low A: Charleston (19-20) lost 6-2. 3B Angel Aguilar 2 RBI. C Donny Sands 3 hits.

Orozco (L, 1-3, 5.91) 5 1/3 IP, 3 R, 5 H, 3 W, 4 K. ?
Diehl 2 2/3 IP, 3 R, 6 H, 0 W, 2 K. 2.63

Minor League Report. Trenton’s Ramirez K’s 10 in 5 innings.

AAA: SWB (15-14) lost 4-3 despite out-hitting Pawtucket 11 to 3. Ji-Man Choi had a hit and RBI, and is at .347. I do wonder why he hasn’t brought up for at least a 10-day look, esp. since Greg Bird and Chris Carter are a combined 17 for 117 at 1B. (.145-2-10). Just saying. Mason Williams (CF) had 3 hits.  2B Billy Fleming had 2.

Lail 6 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 2 W, 3 K. Gave up 1 HR. 5.88
Gallegos (BS, 1; L, 0-1, 3.86) 1 IP, 2 R, 1 H, 1 W, 3 K, gave up 1 HR.
Webb 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 3 K. 4.73

AA: Trenton (19-11) won 8-0. 2B Thairo Estrada solo HR. CF Jake Cave and SS Gleyber Torres 2 hits each, Torres also stole 2 bases. 3B Miguel Andujar 2 hits, 3 RBI. RF Billy McKinney and DH Matt Snyder each had 2 hits and an RBI.

Ramirez (W, 4–0, 3.38) 5 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 2 W, 10 K.
Hissong 3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 W, 2 K. 6.08
Coshow 1 Ip, 0 r, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K. 4.05
High A: Tampa (15-18) won on a 2-hit shutout,  2-0. 2 hits apiece for SS Kyle Holder, RF Tito Polo, and CF Jeff Hendrix.

Swanson (w, 1-0, 1.06) 5 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 2 W, 6 K.
Mesa (H, 4) 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 3 K. 1.84
Marsh (H, 3) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 3 K. 0.00
McNamara (S, 4) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 1 K, 1.29

Low A: Charleston was off.