Minor League Action from June 8, 2023.

AAA: SWB (27-31) lost 5-3.

LF Elijah Dunham 2 RBI. #16 prospect.

Spence 5 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 2 W, 8 K. Gave up 2 HR 4.21
M. Gomez 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 0 K. 1 HBP 7.03
Snelten (H, 1) 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 W, 1 K. 1 WP 4.38
Bowman (BS, 2) 1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 1 W, 3 K. 3.41
Weissert (L, 1-1) 1 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 0 W, 0 K. 3.06

AA: Somerset (31-22) Won 7-5.

SS Trey Sweeney 2 hits. #5 prospect.
CF Brandon Lockridge 3 hits, 3 RBI.
2B Max Burt 3-run HR (7).

Abeyta (W, 4-3) 6 2/3 IP, 5 R, 9 H, 0 W, 11 K. 1 WP 1 Balk. 2 HBP. 6.48
L. Santos (H, 4) 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 2 K. 1 WP 2.67
Houston (S, 1) 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K. 1 HBP 6.75

High A: Hudson Valley (30-24) lost both games of a DH.

Game 1: Lost 1-0. Got just 3 hits.

Zach Messinger (L, 0-4) 5 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 2 W, 6 K. Gave up 1 HR. 2.68 #22 prospect.
Neely 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 1.64

Game 2: Lost 2-1. Got just 3 hits again.

Yulie (L, 1-4) 5 2/3 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 3 W, 4 K. 5.02
C. Gomez 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K 5.76

Low A: Tampa (24-30) won 11-3.

2B Jared Serna 3 hits, 2 RBI. 2-run HR (9). #30 prospect.
CF Anthony Hall 2 hits, RBI.
SS Brenny Escanio 2 hits.
LF Christopher Familia 2 hits, 3 RBI. Solo HR (5).
C Jesus Rodriguez 2 hits, 2 RBI.
RF Tayler Aguilar 2 RBI.

Brock Selvidge (W, 3-3) 5 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 4 H, 3 W, 8 K. 1 WP 3.02 #28 prospect.
Gray (H, 1) 2 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 W, 4 K. Gave up 1 HR. 4.28
Bustamente 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K. 1 WP 2 HBP 3.42
Gabonia 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 0 K. 5.40

Minor League Action from June 3, 2023.

AAA: SWB (27-29) lost 8-6 to Lehigh Valley.

DH Ben Rortvedt 2 hits, RBI.
C Carlos Narvaez 2 hits.
CF Billy McKinney 2 hits, 4 RBI. Grand slam (9).
3B Jamie Westbrook 2 hits.

Will Warren (L, 2-2) 1 2/3 IP, 4 R, 4 H, 4 W, 3 K. 7.04 at AAA #7 prospect.
Feliz 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 0 K. 1 WP 1 HBP 0.00
Norwood 1 1/3 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 3 W, 1 K. 6.75
Snelten 2/3 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 3 W, 1 K. 2 WP 4.44
Bowman 2 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 4 K. 3.29
Krook 1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 1 W, 1 K. 1.47

AA: Somerset (28-21) lost 4-3.

CF Jasson Dominguez 2 hits, RBI. #1 prospect.
C Austin Wells solo HR (8) #2 prospect.
3B Tyler Hardman solo HR (11). #18 prospect.

Yoendrys Gomez 2 2/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 2 K. 0.00 #9 prospect.
B. Castano (L, 3-3) 3 1/3 IP, 4 R, 4 H, 2 W, 0 K. 1 Balk. 5.01
L. Santos 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 4 K. 2.86
Barclay 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K. 0.00

High A: Hudson Valley (28-22) won 3-2.

2B Eduardo Torrealba 2 hits,

Chase Hampton 7 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 2 W, 10 K. 3.05 #24 Prospect.
Diaz (W, 1-0) 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K. 0.00
Neely (S, 3) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 1.71

Low A: Tampa (21-29) lost 6-5.

SS Jared Serna 3 hits, RBI. #30 prospect.
CF Anthony Hall 2 hits, 2 RBI. 2-run HR (3).
1B Omar Martinez 2 hits, RBI.
DH Christopher Familia solo HR (2).

Justin Lange 4 IP, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 H, 4 W, 4 K. 1 HBP. Gave up 1 HR. 4.05 #25 prospect.
Y. Calderon 3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 4 K. 2.10
Keating (L, 3-4) (BS, 2) 1 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 1 W, 2 K. 2.82
Ayers 1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 W, 3 K. 3.54

Minor League Action from June 1, 2023. Peraza red hot.

NEW PROSPECT RANKINGS

AAA: SWB (27-27) lost 5-3 to Lehigh Valley.

SS Oswald Peraza solo HR (10). 7 HR in last 8 games. .340. Should Volpe be looking over his shoulder?

Brito 5 IP, 3 R, 7 H, 2 W, 2 K. Gave up 1 HR. 3.60
Norwood (L, 0-3) 1 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 0 W, 2 K. Gave up 1 HR. 7.23
Snelten 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 3 K. 3.80
Brewer 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K. 1.69

AA: Somerset (27-20) won 11-7.

CF Jasson Dominguez (“The Martian”) 3 run HR. (8) #1 prospect.
C Austin Wells 2 RBI #2 prospect.
3B Tyler Hardman Grand Slam (9) 5 RBI #18 prospect.
RF Jeisson Rosario 2 hits.

Fenter 3 2/3 IP, 7 R, 8 H, 3 W, 5 K. 5.13
Jennings 2 1/3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 W, 4 K. 3.65
Wilson (W, 2-1) 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K. 4.34
Myatt 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 1 K. 4.05

High A: Hudson Valley (27-21) lost 1-0, getting just two hits.

Zach Messinger (L, 0-3) 5 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 H, 4 W, 9 K. 1 WP 2.78 #22 prospect.
Diaz 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 3 K. 0.00
Neely 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W 3 K. 1.80

Low A: Tampa (20-28) lost 7-2.

2B Jared Serna 2 hits. #30 prospect.
C Jesus Rodriguez 3 hits, RBI.

Brock Selvidge 6 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 2 W, 8 K. 1 WP 3.15 #28 prospect.
Gabonia (BS, 2) 1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 W, 2 K. Gave up 1 HR. 4.50
Stone (L, 0-1) 1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 1 W, 0 K. 2 balks. 9.00
Bustamente 1/3 IP, 4 R, 1 H, 2 W, 1 K. 3 HBP. 3.86
Gray 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K. 4.56

Minor League Action from 5/19/2023. Some pitching wildness.

AAA: SWB (21-22) won 17-4 hitting 6 HR. Oswald Peraza taken off rehab, optioned to AAA and had huge game there.

CF Estevan Florial 4 hits, RBI. Solo HR (8) .313 Has tools, but never showed it in MLB so far.
SS Oswald Peraza 4 hits, 5 RBI. 2 HR (3) 3-run and a solo jack. #3 prospect.
LF Kole Calhoun 2 hits, 4 RBI. 2-run HR (4) .313
RF Franchy Cordero 2 hits, 2 RBI. 2-run HR (1)
1B Billy McKinney 2 hits, RBI.
2B Jesus Bastidas 2 hits, 2 RBI. 2-run HR (4).

Tully (W, 3-1) 5 IP, 2 R, 7 H, 1 W, 5 K. Gave up 1 HR. 3.93
Snelten 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 W, 1 K. 3.86
McGarity 2 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 0 W, 1 K. Gave up 2 HR. 3.63

AA: Somerset (23-13) won 4-3.

2B Caleb Durbin 2 hits.
RF Brandon Lockridge 2 RBI.

Clayton Beeter 5 IP, 3 R, 6 H, 3 W, 5 K. 1 HBP 3.48 #15 prospect.
Myatt 1 2/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 2 K. 1.62
L. Santos (W, 1-1) 2 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 W, 2 K. 2 balks. 2.49

High A: Hudson Valley (22-15) lost 6-1. Hudson Valley pitchers hit six batters.

1B Rafael Flores 2 hits.
RF Grant Richardson 2 hits, RBI. Solo HR (3).

Carela (L, 1-2) 5 1/3 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 H, 2 W, 6 K. 3 HBP 4.15
E. Santana 2/3 IP, 3 R, 3 H, 1 W, 1 K. 8.25
Cohen 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K. 1 WP 3.38
Aguilar 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 1 K. 1 HBP 3.97
Ry. Anderson 1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 W, 0 K. 2 HBP 4.66

Low A: Tampa (13-25) split a doubleheader.

Game 1: Lost 4-3 in 8 innings. (7 inning DH in minors) 3 HBP, 3 WP

C Augustin Ramirez 2 hits.

Lange 4 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 4 W, 8 K. 2 WP 2 HBP 3.81
Gabonia 2 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 2 W, 0 K. 1 WP 5.56
Gray (L, 0-2) 2 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 2 W, 0 K. 1 HBP 5.03

Game 2: won 2-1. 2 more HBP

DH Jared Serna 2 hits, 2 RBI. Both hits were solo HR (7) .333 20 yrs. old, righty hitter, 5’6″, 168 lbs.

Sean Hermann (W, 2-4) 5 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 3 W, 3 K. 1 balk, 2 HBP. 5.56
Gilbert (H, 1) 1 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 0 W, 0 K. 2.50
Ayers (S, 2) 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K. 4.11

Minor League Action from 5/14/2023. Tampa gets no-hit.

AAA: SWB (17-22) lost 6-3.

SS Oswald Peraza solo HR (1) (on REHAB).
RF Franchy Cordero 2 hits.
C Rodolfo Duran 2 hits.
1B Billy McKinney 2 hits, solo HR (4).

Spence 5 IP, 3 R, 2 ER, 5 H, 2 W, 5 K. Gave up 1 HR. 1 WP 5.17
Krook 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 3 K. 1.42 Lefty reliever could be a future callup.
Brewer 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 2 K. 1.93
Deivi Garcia 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 4.29
Snelten (L, 0-3) 2/3 IP, 3 R, 2 H, 2 W, 1 K. Gave up 2 HR. 4.32
Loseke 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 1.80

AA: Somerset (20-12) lost 3-1.

1B T.J. Rumfield 2 hits.

Abeyta (L, 2-1) 6 IP, 3 R, 7 H, 1 W, 10 K. 1 balk. 6.33
Mauricio 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 2 K. 4.76

High A: Hudson Valley (21-12) won 8-3.

CF Spencer Jones 3 hits, 2 RBI. #5 prospect.
SS Alexander Vargas 2 -run HR (6)
2B Benjamin Cowles 2 hits.
3B Marcos Cabrera 3 hits, RBI.

Drew Thorpe (W, 2-1) 6 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 2 W, 3 K. gave up 1 HR. 4.26 #8 prospect.
C. Gomez 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 3 K. 5.40
Cohen 2 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 1 W, 2 K. Gave up 1 HR. 3.86

Low A: Tampa (11-22) lost 3-0 and were no-hit.

Stuart (L, 0-2) 4 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 H, 5 W, 3 K. 1 WP 1 HBP 8.76
Y. Calderon 1 2/3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 3 K. 2.40
Gilbert 1 1/3 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 2 W, 4 K. 1 WP 2.25
Keating 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 3 K. 1.23

Minor League Action from 5/11/2023.

AAA: SWB (16-20) lost 4-3 in 11 innings.

DH Franchy Cordero 2 hits.
C Ben Rortvedt 2 hits, RBI.

Sean Boyle 5 1/3 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 1 W, 3 K. 1 HBP 6.67
M. Gomez 1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 3 W, 0 K. 8.82
Brewer 1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K. Gave up 1 HR. 2.45
Snelten (L, 0-2) 2 1/3 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 0 W, 4 K. 2 WP Both WP moved winning run to third and home. 2.81

AA: Somerset (19-10) won 9-1.

SS Trey Sweeney 2 hits, 4 RBI. 2 walks. Solo HR (2). #7 prospect.
CF Everson Pereira solo HR (3) #6 prospect.
LF Jeisson Rosario solo HR (5)
3B Tyler Hardman 3 hits. #20 prospect.

Will Warren (W, 3-0) 6 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 4 W, 2 K. 2.45 #9 prospect.
Mauricio 1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 W, 0 K. Gave up 1 HR 7.36
Myatt 1 2/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 1 K. 0.64
Jennings 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K. 3.21

High A: Hudson Valley (18-12) lost 3-2 in 10 innings.

1B Rafael Flores solo HR (1).
DH Spencer Henson solo HR (7).

Messinger 5 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 4 H, 2 W, 7 K. 1 WP 2.03
C. Gomez 2 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 4 K. 5.74
Ry. Anderson (L, 1-2) 2 1/3 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K. 1 WP 1 HBP 4.41

Low A: Tampa (11-19) lost 4-0, getting just 3 hits.

Brock Selvidge (L, 1-3) 5 IP, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 H, 1 W, 4 K 3.94 #30 prospect.
Y. Calderon 1 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K. Gave up 1 HR 2.70
Keating 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 3 K. 1.32
Gilbert 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 2.45

Minor League Action from 5/4/2023. Palensky tearing it up at High A.

AAA: SWB (12-18) split a doubleheader.

Game 1: Won 6-1.

RF Franchy Cordero 2 hits.
LF Kole Calhoun 2-run HR (1).
C Ben Rortvedt 2 hits, RBI.
DH Jose Godoy 2 RBI.

Spence (W, 2-2) 6 IP, 1 R, 7 H, 0 W, 6 K. Gave up 1 HR 1 HBP 6.49
Weissert 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 2 K. 2.45

Game 2: Lost 9-6.

2B Jamie Westbrook 3 RBI. 3-run HR (4).
DH Franchy Cordero 2 hits, RBI.
C Rodolfo Duran 2 hits, RBI.
SS Jesus Bastidas 3 hits.

Sean Boyle (L, 1-2) 1/3 IP, 6 R, 6 H, 0 W, 0 K. 1 WP 2 HBP 8.31 #29 prospect.
Snelten 1 2/3 IP, 0 R 1 H, 0 W, 2 K. 2.77
Deivi Garcia 2 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 2 W, 1 K. 3.44
M. Gomez 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 9.45
Norwood 1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 1 W, 1 K. 5.56
Semple 1 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 1 W, 0 K. 10.13

AA: Somerset (14-9) won 10-0.

SS Trey Sweeney 2 hits, RBI. #7 prospect.
DH Jasson Dominguez 2 hits, RBI. #2 prospect.
1B T.J. Rumfield 4 RBI. Grand Slam (4).
RF Brandon Lockridge 2 hits.

Will Warren (W, 2-0) 6 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 1 W, 8 K. 3.09 #9 prospect.
L. Santos 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 1 K. 3.86
Maese 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 5.27
Giacone 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 3 K. 1.80

High A: Hudson Valley (16-8) won 6-2.

C Antonio Gomez 3 RBI. 3-run HR (1)
1B Spencer Henson 3 hits.
LF Aaron Palensky 3 hits, 2 RBI. Solo HR (8). Hitting .407!

Yulie 4 2/3 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 5 W, 5 K. Gave up 1 HR. 6.11
Watson (W, 2-1) 1 2/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 W, 5 K. 2.84
C. Gomez 2 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 2 W, 1 K. 6.39
Cohen 2/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K. 0.00

Low A: Tampa (9-15) lost 7-6.

SS Brenny Escanio 2 hits.
RF Daury Arias 3 hits, 2 RBI.
3B Jared Serna 4 for 4, 2 RBI.
LF Anthony Hall 2 hits.

Brock Selvidge (L, 1-2) 5 IP, 3 R, 5 H, 2 W, 5 K. Gave up 1 HR. 1 WP. 4.01 #30 prospect.
Gilbert 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 0 K. 3.09
M. Ramirez 1 IP, 3 R, 2 H, 1 W, 1 K. Gave up 1 HR. 10.80
Velasquez 1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 0 H, 2 W, 2 K. 2 balks. 1 HBP. 1.93
Ayers 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 0 K. 4.82

Minor League Report. Games of 4/26/23. 2 HR/7 RBI game for Palensky for Hudson Valley.

AAA: SWB (10-13) won 4-1.

RF Estevan Florial 2 hits.
CF Harrison Bader 1 for 3 with walk. REHAB
1B Billy McKinney 3 hits, 2 RBI.

Tully (W, 1-1) 5 2/3 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 4 H, 0 W, 9 K. 5.40
Krook (H, 3) 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 1 K. 1 HBP 1.54
Bowman (H, 3) 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 1 K. 3.97
Snelten (S, 1) 1 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 W, 4 K. 3.60

AA: Somerset (10-7) won 4-3.

LF Everson Pereira 2 hits, 2 RBI. #6 prospect.
1B Eric Wagaman solo HR (1).

Richard Fitts (W, 1-2) 6 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 2 W, 4 K. 5.23 #10 prospect
Myatt (H, 1) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 2 K. 1 HBP 1.08
L. Santos (H, 2) 1 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 1 K. 0.93
Maese 1 IP, 3 R, 2 H, 1 W, 2 K. gave up 1 HR. 6.55

High A: Hudson Valley (12-5) won 16-2.

Spencer Jones 2 RBI #5 prospect.
C Ben Rice 2 hits, 2 RBI.
DH Spencer Henson 2 hits, RBI. Solo HR (5)
RF Anthony Garcia 2 RBI. Solo HR (2).
LF Aaron Palensky 4 hits, 7 RBI. Two HR, a 3-run HR and a grand slam. (5).

Jo. Valdez 4 2/3 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 2 W, 3 K. 1 WP 5.54
Watson (W, 1-1) 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 4 K. 3.12
Dees 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 W, 2 K. 4.05
Cohen 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 0 K. 0.00
Aguilar 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 2 K. 4.50

Low A: Tampa (6-11) lost 5-2.

Pestana (L, 0-1) 3 IP, 3 R, 6 H, 1 W, 5 K. 1 WP 1 HBP 4.97
Gray 3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 3 K. 8.10
M. Ramirez 1 IP, 2 R, 1 H, 3 W, 2 K. 7.04
Velasquez 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K. 1.59

Minor League Report. Games of 4/14/23. 3 starters do well.

AAA: SWB (6-7) lost 13-7.

3B Andres Chaparro 2 hits, both hits HR. (6) 3 RBI. Only hitting .163 but 6 HR.
1B Jake Bauers 3 hits.
C Jose Godoy 3 hits, solo HR (1)

Tully 3 1/3 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 6 H, 0 W, 2 K. Gave up 1 HR. 6.75
M. Gomez (L, 0-2) 1 2/3 IP, 6 R, 6 H, 1 W, 1 K. Gave up 1 HR. 15.43
Snelten 1 2/3 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 2 W, 1 K. 4.76
McGarity 2 1/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 1 W, 3 K. Gave up 1 HR. 2.70

AA: Somerset (4-3) won 6-0.

LF Jasson Dominguez 1 for 3, 2 walks. First hit of season. .053. Slow start. #1 prospect. SB (4).
RF Jeisson Rosario 3 RBI. 2-run HR (1).
2B Max Burt 2 hits, RBI.

Clayton Beeter (W, 1-1) 6 2/3 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 2 W, 7 K. 0.82 #14 prospect.
Maese 2 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 R, 1 W, 2 K. 4.76

High A: Hudson Valley (5-2) won 4-1.

1B Spencer Henson 2 RBI.

Messinger 6 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 3 W, 7 K. 0.82
Cortijo (W, 2-0) 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K. 0.00
Neely 1 1/3 IP, 1 R 2 H, 3 W, 3 K. 1 WP 3.86
Dees (S, 1) 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 0.00

Low A: Tampa (3-4) won 2-1 in 11 innings. 2-hitter. Relievers 5 1/3 no-hit innings. Tampa only had 3 hits themselves.

Brock Selvidge 5 2/3 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 1 W, 5 K. 2 WP 4.22 #29 prospect.
Cohen 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 3.86
M. Ramirez 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 W, 3 K. 0.00
Keating (W, 1-0) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 3 K. 0.00
Vinyard (S, 1) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 1 WP 6.23.

S.T. Game 1: Gleyber and “The Martian” HR, but Yanks fall 7-4; Will new rules cause problems?

Gleyber Torres and Jasson “The Martian” Dominguez homered, and Oswaldo Cabrera had a 2-run RBI bloop single, but the Yanks fell to the Phillies 7-4 yesterday in their first spring training game.

Torres will soon be leaving the Yanks to join Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic. Also leaving the Yanks soon will be Kyle Higashioka (USA) and Jonathan Loaisiga (Nicaragua).

Dominguez, who turned 20 just a few weeks ago, is the youngest player in Yankees camp. He will probably begin the season at AA. He hit a hard (102.7 MPH off the bat) as he grounded out his first time up batting lefty, homered (about 110 MPH and 420 ft) batting righty his second time up, and popped up batting lefty his last time up.

Of the nine Yankees pitchers used, Ryan Weber pitched in five games last year for the Yanks, being on the shuttle and DFA’d a few times. Greg Weisssert was up and along with Nick Ramirez, is looking to make the Yanks’ bullpen. Randy Vasquez is a top pitching prospect who struggled yesterday. Alex Mauricio looked good, as did Ramirez.

Highlights:

Kiner-Falefa 1 for 3, double.
Torres 2 for 3, double and solo HR.
Cabrera 2 RBI but misplayed a ball in LF
Dominguez solo HR (#2 prospect)

Weber 1 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 1 K.
Vasquez 1 IP, 2 R, 6 H, 1 W, 1 K. Gave up 1 HR. #14 prospect
Mauricio 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 3 K.
Weissert 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 1 K
Danish (BS) 1 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 0 W, 2 K.
Ramirez 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K.
Snelten (L) 2/3 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 H, 3 W, 1 K.
Pestana 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K.
Fitts 1 IP, 1 H, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K. Gave up 1 HR. #29 prospect.

These rule changes could cause problems. I don’t like a lot of them. I understand Manfred is trying to speed up the game, but the beauty of baseball is that it doesn’t have a clock. Now there is one. And imagine if this happened in the regular season:

In the Red Sox/Braves exhibition game yesterday, it was tied in the bottom of the ninth. Two outs, full count on the batter, and since the batter wasn’t ready in time, strike three was called ending the inning (and since it was just a spring training game, it ended the game as well). Can you imagine that happening in a regular season, or worse, a postseason game? What a travesty!

I understand the desire, but is the time to get ready too short? You know I hate the extra innings rule with that “man starts the inning on second” rule. I understand the desire to speed the game along and save pitchers arms, but…. and I wonder if the clock—by not allowing pitchers to compose themselves—will hurt more pitcher’s arms.

I can live with the bigger bags. I like banning the shift. And those, along with another change I don’t like which I’ll mentioned next, are going to make the speed game more important. I understand (again) the desire not to turn baseball into a beer-league softball game where HRs decide everything, and to put speed and athleticism back into the game. But limiting the pitcher to only two step-offs or pickoffs, then giving the runner the base if the third try is unsuccessful is too much. Maybe after five, ok. But this is another rule I don’t like. And how will records be affected? Will someone steal 100 bases in a season in which 15 of those are actually bases he was given because of a third unsuccessful attempt at a pickoff? Will a pitcher lead the league with 250 strikeouts in which 15 are because of the batter not being ready in time? What about consistency of records over time? How will those records stack up against these new rules?

I see the intent. But with all these changes will it still be baseball or morph into something unrecognizable and unlikeable?