Minor League Action, 8-26-21. All four top level Yankees’ farm clubs are in first place.

Corey Kluber is being reactivated off his rehab. He’ll start for the Yanks in Anaheim Monday night.

AAA: SWB (58-37) shut out Lehigh Valley, 6-0. They took a no-hitter into the seventh.
Starter Matt Krook 5 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 4 W, 6 K.
LF Greg Allen 3-run HR, 3B Armando Alvarez 2 hits, RF Socrates Brito 2 hits, SS Kyle Holder 2 RBI.
1B Brandon Wagner 2 hits, solo HR.

AA: Somerset (58-40) won 7-3. Starter Luis Medina (#8 prospect) 5 1/3 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 4 W, 12 K. Gave up 1 HR.
3B Oswaldo Cabrera (#16 prospect) solo HR. C Josh Breaux (#18 prospect) 2 hits.
1B Dermis Garcia 2 hits, 2 RBI, 2-run HR. RF Isiah Gilliam 3-run HR. DH Mickey Gasper 2 hits,

High A: Hudson Valley (61-37) lost 11-4. 3B Andres Chaparro 2 hits. 2B Luis Santos 3-run HR.

Low A: Tampa (65-31) won 9-4. Starter Nicio Rodriguez 5 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 3 W, 3 K.
SS Trey Sweeney (#7 prospect, #1 draft pick this year) 3-run HR. C Antonio Gomez (#25 prospect) 2-run HR.
1B Anthony Garcia 2-run HR.

EVERY Yankees’ farm club (of the top four levels) is in first place.

Standings

SWB 1st in division by 2 games
Somerset 1st in division by 2 games
Hudson Valley 1st in division by 10 1/2 games
Tampa 1st in division by 6 games.

Minor league action, 8-12-21. Not a good rehab start for Kluber. Great night for Pereira.

While the major leaguers (Yanks/White Sox) were at the Field of Dreams, the minor leaguers have dreams of their own. To make “the show.”

AAA: SWB (50-32) won 10-3 in a game completed early because of inclement weather. CF Greg Allen (wish Yanks kept him up) 2 hits. RF Ryan LaMarre 2-run HR. LF Brandon Wagner solo HR. 3B Armando Alvarez 2 hits. DH/RF Socrates Brito 3 hits, RBI. SS Kyle Holder 2 RBI. C Jason Lopez 2-run HR. 2B Cristian Perez 3 hits.

AA: Somerset (52-34) lost 8-7. Rehab start for Corey Kluber, and not a good one. Hopefully just rust and nothing physical. 1 1/3 IP, 5 R, 2 H, 4 W, 1 K. 2 HBP, 1 WP. Nowhere close to his usual control.

Ken Waldichuk, who’s been good this year, had an off night. Maybe because instead of starting, he came in to relieve Kluber. He took the loss. 4 2/3 IP, 3 R, 7 H, 0 W, 4 K. 2 HBP. (4-2, 3.71 at AA; Overall this year: 6-2, 2.36.)

CF Brandon Lockridge 2 hits. 1B Chris Gittens on rehab: 2 hits, 3 RBI, 2-run HR. SS Oswaldo Cabrera 2 hits. C Josh Breaux 2 hits, RBI. RF Michael Beltre 3-run HR. DH Dermis Garcia 3 hits.

High A: Hudson Valley (55-32) won 8-4. DH Everson Pereira 5 for 5, scored 3 runs, drove in 4 runs. 2 solo HRs. What a night! RF Jake Sanford 2 hits, 2 RBI. 1B Kyle MacDonald 3 hits.

Low A: Both games of a Tampa doubleheader ppd.

Minor League Action. Somerset pitches no-no, Severino part of it.

This year we have seen a no-hitter at the MLB level from Corey Kluber, and now no-hitters at three of the four minor league levels (only Low A Tampa hasn’t thrown one). Somerset (AA) combined for one yesterday, and it was started by a familiar name.

AAA: SWB (49-30) lost 4-3. DH Greg Allen 3 hits. CF Ryan LaMarre 2 hits, 2 RBI, solo HR. 1B Brandon Wagner 2 hits. C Jason Lopez 2 hits, RBI. Starting pitcher Matt Krook: 7 IP, 2 R, 1 H, 1 W, 11 K. Gave up 1 HR. Pitched 5 2/3 no-hit innings before giving up the HR.

AA: Somerset (51-32) won 7-0 on the combined no-hitter. The first four innings were pitched by rehabbing Luis Severino. SS Oswald Peraza 2 hits, 2 RBI, a 2-run HR. 1B Dermis Garcia 2 RBI. RF Frederick Cuevas solo HR.

Only a one-out walk in the ninth kept it from being a perfect game.

Severino 4 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 5 K.
Shawn Semple 4 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 5 K.
Ron Marinaccio 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 1 K.

High A: Hudson Valley (53-31) lost 5-4. SS Anthony Volpe 2 hits. DH Everson Pereira 2-run HR.
Starting pitcher Randy Vasquez 5 2/3 IP, 1 R, 7 H, 0 W, 11 K. 1 WP. No decision.

Low A: Tampa game cancelled. Rain. No makeup.

Minor League Report. SWB throws a combined no-hitter.

AAA: SWB (43-21) won 8-0 on a combined no-hitter.

Luis Gil (W, 3-0) 6 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 W, 9 K. 4.03
Reggie McClain 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 0.55
Stephen Ridings 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K. 1.50

CF Socrates Brito solo HR. SS Andrew Velazquez 2 hits, RBI. C Donny Sands 2 RBI. 1B Brandon Wagner 2 hits.

AA: Somerset (40-27) lost 9-6. CF Brandon Lockridge 2-run HR. LF Isiah Gilliam 3 for 3, solo HR.

High A: Hudson Valley (45-23) won 8-0. Starter Jhony Brito 6 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 1 W, 10 K (4-4, 2.76)
SS Anthony Volpe 2 hits, 3 RBI, 2-run HR. RF Jake Sanford 2-run HR. 3B James Nelson 3 hits.
1B Kyle MacDonald 3 hits. C Saul Torres 2 hits, 2 RBI.

Low A: Tampa (46-21) won 6-5 in 10 innings. RF Everson Pereira 2 RBI. LF Ryder Green 2 hits, RBI. 1B Andres Chaparro 2 hits, 2 RBI. 2B Luis Santos 2 hits. Tampa won despite walking 13 batters.

Futures/MLB draft/Minor League Report.

First the Futures game. Two Yankees prospects were in the game. CF Jasson Dominguez went 0 for 3. Lineout, two strikeouts. Dominguez is just 18, and just started his career about two weeks ago (he is in the Florida Complex League). He is the first player to be in the Futures game without even having played in a full-season league.

Pitcher Luis Medina can hit the high 90’s/ low 100’s with his fastball. He needs control and command. He pitched a scoreless inning, striking out two, but also gave up two hits and a walk.

The MLB draft is on. The Yankees’ first round pick was Trey Sweeney, a lefty-hitting SS.

AAA: SWB (37-20) lost 9-8 in 10 innings. RF Ryan LaMarre 2 hits. DH Socrates Brito 3 hits. LF Greg Allen 2 hits. 3B Armando Alvarez 2 RBI. SS Kyle Holder 2 hits, RBI. 1B Brandon Wagner 2 hits, 5 RBI, a 2-run HR.

AA: Somerset (38-21) lost 1-0 in 10 innings. SS Oswald Peraza 2 hits. RF Thomas Milone 2 hits.

High A: Hudson Valley (39-20) lost 10-3.

Low A: Tampa (40-18) won 6-1. Relievers Edgar Barclay & Nick Paciorek combined for six scoreless and hitless innings and combined for 10 strikeouts. Combined with two other pitchers, Tampa struck out 16 and gave up only 2 hits.

DH Everson Pereira 3 hits. 1B Andres Chaparro 2 for 2, walked 3X, 3 RBI. C Carlos Narvaez 2 hits, RBI.

Minor League Report. Lots of Doubleheaders. No-hitter at High-A. 3 HR for Breaux.

AAA: SWB (37-19) split a DH. (7-inning games in this and below for the DHs)

Game 1: Lost 6-5 in 8 innings. CF Estevan Florial 2 RBI, solo HR. RF Trey Amburgey 2 hits. 3B Andrew Velazquez 2 RBI.

Game 2: Won 1-0. Brandon Wagner 2 for 2, RBI. Matt Krook (1-1, 3.21) 5 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 1 K. Trevor Lane (S, 2.08) 2 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 2 K.

AA: Somerset (38-20) won 5-0. Starter Glenn Otto (6-3, 3.17) 6 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 0 W, 8 K. 3B Diego Castillo 2 hits, RBI. C Donny Sands 2-run HR. LF Isiah Gilliam 2 hits, RBI. RF Aaron Palensky 3 hits.

High A: Hudson Valley (39-19) swept a DH.

Game 1: won 7-1. SS Ezequiel Duran 3 hits, 3 RBI, 2-run HR. Elijah Dunham 3 for 3, RBI, 3 SB. Starting P Mitch Spence (3-1, 3.79) 6 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 1 W, 8 K. gave up 1 HR.

Game 2: Won 5-0 on a combined no-hitter (just 7 IP). C Josh Breaux not only caught the combined, shortened no-no, but he went 3 for 3, drove in all 5 runs, and all 3 hits were home runs.

Sean Boyle 4 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 3 W, 3 K. 0.00
Nick Ernst (W, 4-0, 4.45) 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 WS, 4 K
Derek Craft 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 4.70

Low A: Tampa (39-18) split a DH.

Game 1: Won 14-2.
SS Anthony Volpe 2 for 2, 3 walks, 2 RBI. Solo HR.
DH Austin Wells 2 RBI
CF Everson Pereria 2 HR, 6 RBI. 2-run HR and a Grand Slam
RF Jake Sanford solo HR.
3B Jesus Bastidas solo HR.

Game 2: Lost 5-1. RF Juan DeLeon HR.

Minor League Report. Tampa scores 25!

AAA: SWB (3-1) won 7-3. The game was called after five innings. DH Chris Gittens 2-run HR. LF Greg Allen 2 hits. C Robinson Chirinos 3 for 3, solo HR, 2 RBI. CF Ryan LaMarre 2 RBI. Nestor Cortes 2 2/3 IP, 0 R, 4 K.

AA: Somerset (3-1) won 10-2. DH Estevan Florial 2 HR, 4 RBI. CF Tom Milone 2 hits, RBI. RF Michael Beltre 2 hits, RBI. LF Zack Zehner 2 for 2 with 3 walks. 1B Brandon Wagner 2 hits, 2 RBI. Stephen Ridings 2 IP, 0 R, 4 K.

High A; Hudson Valley (1-3) lost 1-0, despite three pitchers combining on a one-hitter. HV only got 3 hits themselves.

Low A: Tampa won 25-10. I don’t know what is happening there, but Tampa has scored 65! runs in four games! (They have also given up 32. The average game being 16-8).

SS Anthony Volpe 2 RBI
3B Andres Chaparro 3 hits, 4 RBI
1B Spencer Henson 3 hits, HR, 4 RBI
DH Carlos Narvaez 2 hits
2B Max Burt 3 hits, HR, 5 RBI
LF Elijah Dunham 3 RBI
CF Pat DeMarco 4 hits, HR, 7 RBI

S.T. Game 3. Yanks tie 3-3. Cole and Montgomery solid.

The Yankees (0-2-1) are still looking for their first spring training game win this year but Gerrit Cole and Jordan Montgomery were both solid in a 3-3 tie vs. the Pirates.

Montgomery missed most of 2018 and 2019 with TJ surgery.

1B Brandon Wagner, who spent 2019 mostly at AA, drove in 2 runs.

Pittsburgh scored one run on a PB by Yanks’ C Erik Kratz. Kratz himself scored on a WP by Pittsburgh, as pitchers and catchers are not quite in sync yet, and pitchers seem to be ahead of the hitters right now, too, as the Yankees pitchers struck out 14.

Cole 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 2 K.  0.00
Montgomery 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 3 K.  0.00
Holder 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K.  0.00
Otero 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K.  0.00
Gil 1 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K.  9.00
Medina 1 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 0 W, 1 K.  0.00
Rosa (H, 1) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 R, 3 K.  0.00
Otto (BS, 1) 1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 1 W, 2 K.  9.00

 

 

WS Game 2. Washington going home with 2-0 Series lead. Cubs choose Ross as mgr.

The Washington Nationals, the biggest WS underdog since the 2007 Colorado Rockies (who got swept by Boston) are heading home after whipping Houston 12-3 in Game 2 last night.

In winning both games at Houston, Washington beat Gerrit Cole AND Justin Verlander. Verlander has now started six WS games in his career, and is 0-5.

Stephen Strasburg gave up a 2-run HR to Alex Bregman in the first inning, but nothing after that as he pitched six innings for the win.

Five different Nationals had two hits, as they banged out 14, including 3 HR.

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The Cubs apparently have chosen ESPN broadcaster David Ross as their new manager, replacing Joe Maddon who has moved on to the Angels. Remember the surprise when the Yankees chose Aaron Boone two years ago? And Eduardo Perez (Tony’s son), an ESPN broadcaster, is still in the mix for some open managerial jobs, too.

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The Arizona Fall League ends tomorrow, Friday. The Surprise Saguaros, which has some Yankees’ prospects, are 16-11, have clinched their division and will be playing in the Championship game on Saturday.  Stats for those prospects.

1B Brandon Wagner .212-2-21  19 games
C Donny Sands .188-1-7  14 games
CF Josh Stowers .121-1-3   19 games.
P Aaron McGarity 1-0, 0.87 9 games, 10 1/3 IP  14 K
P Glenn Otto  2-1, 1.35  5 starts, 20 IP,  20 K
P Daniel Bies 0-1, 4.50 10 IP, 14 K

 

 

Minor League Report. Montgomery on rehab. SWB loses, but Trenton wins Game 1 of their playoff series.

AAA: SWB lost Game 1 of their best-of-5 playoff series, 9-3. C Erik Kratz solo HR. 1B Gosuke Katoh 2 hits, solo HR. LF Brandon Wagner 2 hits. Brian Keller the loss.

AA: Trenton won Game 1 of their best-of-five series to Reading, 4-3, scoring once in the sixth and three times in the eighth to overcome a 3-0 deficit. LF Ben Ruta 2 hits, RBI. RF Alexander Palma 2 RBI.

Jordan Montgomery 3 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 0 W, 5 K.
Clarke Schmidt (Winner) 6 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 1 W, 4 K.