AAA: SWB (34-42) won 8-1. RF Estevan Florial 3 hits, all doubles. .301-7-25, 26 SB #29 prospect CF Tim Locastro 2 hits, RBI LF Jose Peraza 2-run HR (5) 3B Phillip Evans 2 hits, 2 RBI SS Chris Owings solo HR (1) 2B Armando Alvarez solo HR (9)
Miguel Andujar was removed from the game for Peraza. It could be that Andujar was removed so he could make it to Cleveland and be the 27th man for the Yankees/Cleveland DH today.
Krook (W, 4-6) 7 2/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 10 K. 4.01 (Perfect game for 7 2/3, then hit and walk). Zach Greene 1 1/3 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 W, 1 K. 3.73
AA: Somerset (45-28, 1st half division champs) lost 7-5. SS Jesus Bastidas 2 hits, 3 RBI 3B Chad Bell solo HR (9)
The Yanks signed 30-year-old utility man Chris Owings to a minor league deal and he’ll go to SWB. Owings has played for the Diamondbacks (2013-2018), Royals (2019), Red Sox (2019), Rockies (2020-2021) and Orioles (2022). He was only 6 for 56 with the Orioles this season. He is a depth piece who can play 2B, SS, 3B and all three OF positions. He’s even closed out two games where his team was getting blown out (hope not to see that!). He’s hit .239 in his MLB career, OPS+ 72. He led MLB with 11 triples in 2016. His 162 game average is .239-8-50 with 18 SB.
AA: Somerset (41-21) won 4-3. SS Anthony Volpe 2 hits. Yanks #1 prospect .235 C Josh Breaux 2 hits. #25 prospect .225 DH Brandon Lockridge 3 hits, 2 RBI. #17 prospect .247 1B Mickey Gasper 2 hits
Randy Vasquez 5 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 2 W, 5 K. Gave up 1 HR. 2.36 #15 prospect Espinal (W, 2-0) 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 2.28 Craft (H, 2) 1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 W, 1 K. 4.79 Ramirez (S, 1) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 1 K 2.08
High A: Hudson Valley (31-31) lost both games of a DH, and were shutout in both games. Game 1: Lost 2-0.
Beck Way (L, 3-3) 5 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 6 H, 2 W, 5 K. 1 WP 4.29 #21 prospect C. Gomez 1 IP, 0 H, 0 H, 1 W, 1 K. 2.76
Game 2: lost 1-0. DH Everson Pereira 2 hits #10 prospect .263
Low A: Tampa (26-36) lost 7-6. CF Jasson Dominguez (“The Martian”) 2 hits, RBI. #3 prospect .258 LF Grant Richardson 3 for 3, walk, 2 RBI.
Champlain 4 2/3 IP, 5 R, 5 H, 3 W, 3 K. Gave up 1 HR. 2 WP. 4.29 Anderson (L, 2-3) 1 1/3 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 1 W, 2 K. 1 HBP 2.45 Neely 1 2/3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 2 W, 2 K. 1 WP 4.97 van Zijll 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 0 K. 2.45
STANDINGS SWB 8th (out of 10) in IL East, 11 1/2 back Somerset 1st in Eastern League Northeast by 1 game Hudson Valley 3rd in South Atlantic League North, 11 back Tampa 6th (Last) in Florida State League West, 13 1/2 back
Weber 4 2/3 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 0 W, 3 K. 2.95 Shane Greene (W, 1-0) 1 1/3 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 1 W, 1 K. gave up 1 HR. 2.70 Bristo 1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 2 W, 4 K. 5.82 Cordero 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 8.10
AA: Somerset (34-19) won 4-3. 1B Mickey Gasper 2 hits, 3 RBI. Both hits HR (3)
Luis Medina 4 1/3 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 1 W, 8 K. 2 WP. 2 HBP 3.93 #11 prospect Minnick 1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K. Gave up 1 HR. 2.49 Maciejewski (W, 4-0) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 2.33 Coleman (S, 2) 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 H, 4 K. 1 HBP. 0.90
High A: Hudson Valley (26-28) won 15-1. SS Cooper Bowman 2 RBI. #24 prospect DH Eric Wagaman 2 hits, 3 RBI. 2-run HR (5) 1B Spencer Henson 3 hits, RBI. Solo HR (5) LF Aldenis Sanchez 3 hits, 3 RBI 2B Eduardo Torrealba 2 hits, 2 RBI.
Beck Way (W, 3-2) 5 1/3 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 1 W, 5 K. 4.62 #21 prospect Hutchison 1 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 3 K. 1 HBP 3.60 Ruegger 1 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K. Gave up 1 HR. 4.85 C. Gomez 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 2 K. 1.32
Low A: Tampa (24-30) won 4-0 on a one-hitter. CF Jasson Dominguez 2 hits #3 prospect C Antonio Gomez 2 hits #18 prospect 3B Marcos Cabrera 3-run HR (9) SS Benjamin Cowles 2 hits
AA: Somerset (30-17) split a DH. Game 1: Lost 5-3. 2B Jesus Bastidas 2-run HR (4)
Warren (L, 0-1) 4 2/3 IP, 5 R, 7 H, 2 W, 1 K. Gave up 1 HR. 1 WP. 9.64 Zurak 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 0 K. 2.95
Game 2: Won 6-4 in 8 innings (Minor league DHs are 7 innings each regular) 3B Andres Chaparro 2 hits. CF Brandon Lockridge 2 his, 2 RBI. #17 prospect C Rodolfo Duran 2 RBI 2B Chad Bell 2-run HR (5)
Vasquez 4 2/3 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 4 H, 1 W, 6 K. 1 WP. 1 HBP. 2.36 #15 prospect Ramirez 1 1/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 0 W, 0 K. 3.48 Loseke (W, 5-0) 2 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 1 W, 1 K. 1.38
High A: Hudson Valley (21-26) lost 2-1.
Way 5 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 1 W, 7 K. 5.40 #21 prospect C. Gomez (L, 0-1; BS, 1) 2 2/3 IP, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 2 W, 3 K. 0.84 Miller 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K. 8.10
Low A: Tampa (21-27) lost 7-6 in 10 innings. C Ben Rice 2 hits, 4 RBI. Grand Slam HR (1)
Carela 4 IP, 2 R, 1 H, 4 W, 7 K. 1 WP. 1 Balk. 2.58 Milam 2 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 0 W, 2 K. 3.22 Dees (H, 2) 2 IP, 3 R, 4 H, 1 W, 1 K. Gave up 1 HR. 1 WP. 6.59 Anderson (L, 1-2; BS, 1) 1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K. 2.31
Luis Medina 5 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 3 W, 7 K. 3.95 (#11 prospect) Ramirez (W, 3-0) 2 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 1 W, 1 K. Gave up 1 HR. 3.00 Coleman (S, 1) 2 Ip, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 3 K. 1 HBP. 0.00 (recently promoted from High A)
High A: P Carlos Gomez recently promoted to here from Low A. Hudson Valley (19-23) lost 12-10 2B Cooper Bowman 2 hits, 5 RBI. 2 HR, Solo shot and 2-run shot (5). (#24 prospect) .250-5-20 SS Trey Sweeney 2 hits, 3 RBI. 3-run HR (4) (#5 prospect) .190-4-15. CF Everson Pereira 2 hits. (#10 prospect) .277 3B Tyler Hardman 2 hits DH Eric Wagaman 2 hits, RBI
Beck Way (L, 2-2) 2/3 IP, 3 R, 2 H, 3 W, 2 K. Gave up 1 HR 6.41 (#21 prospect) J. Munoz 3 IP, 2 R, 6 H, 1 W, 4 K. Gave up 2 HR. 6.04 Blanton 1 1/3 IP, 3 R, 1 ER, 0 H, 3 W, 0 K. 7.90 Myatt 1 2/3 IP, 2 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 0 W, 4 K. 0.95 Ruegger 1 2/3 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 1 W, 2 K. Gave up 1 HR 4.91 Alvarez 2/3IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 1 K. 2.38
Low A: Tampa (20-23) lost 10-9 in 10 innings. They struck out 18x CF Jasson Dominguez (aka the “Martian”) 2 hits. (#3 prospect) .278 C Antonio Gomez 3-run HR (2) (#18 prospect) .218-2-9 3B Marcos Cabrera solo HR (8) DH Kyle Battle solo HR (1) 2B Roberto Chirinos 2 hits 2 RBI
Fitts 5 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 4 H, 2 W, 3 K. Gave up 1 HR. 1 HBP 6.52 Holloway 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 1 K. 1.64 Cortijo 1 IP, 3 R, 0 H, 5 W, 2 K. 1 WP. 5.68 Santana 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 3 K. 0.90 Neely (L, 2-1) 1 IP, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 H, 1 W, 1 K. Gave up GW 3-run HR. 6.64
Updated minor league prospect rankings. Clarke Schmidt removed because he’s on the Yankees and has been up long enough not to be a “prospect” anymore. All moved up one after him and in at #30 is Edgar Barclay, relief pitcher for High A Hudson Valley.
Considering some injures and also some ineffectiveness by some guys in the minors who are on the 40 man roster, if I were Brian Cashman, I’d be making some adjustments to that 40 man roster right now. Replace Deivi Garcia (ineffective, ERA over 9.00 at AAA) with Banuelos (see below), Luis Gil (TJ surgery) with Hayden Wesneski, Chad Green (if he goes on longer than the 15 day IL, most likely) with someone like maybe Ken Waldichuk. Just throwing that out there. Also, if Ben Rortvedt (currently on 10-day IL) needs more time, they’ll have to add a catcher, like Rob Brantly or David Freitas, to that 40-man.
Once again, the purpose of listing some batting averages of the prospects is to show that you can’t bring up some top prospect because you’ve heard of him or because of the name. Despite the hoopla, if that prospect is struggling down below, he won’t help you up above. Too many people say “bring up so-and-so” without knowing that the person they want to bring up isn’t doing anything down below.
High A: Hudson Valley (17-19) won 12-2. CF Everson Pereira 3 hits, #10 prospect .246 C Anthony Seigler 2 hits, 2 RBI. DH Spencer Henson 2-run HR (3) LF James Nelson 2 hits, 4 RBI. Grand Slam (1) RF Aldenis Sanchez 2 hits, RBI
Beck Way (W, 2-1) 5 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 W, 7 K. 2 WP 5.54 #21 prospect J. Munoz 2 1/3 IP, 2 R, 1 H, 4 W, 3 K. 1 WP 6.05 Alvarez 2/3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 0 K 2.79 Miller 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 1 K. 0.00
Low A: Tampa’s game was suspended in the top of the seventh with Tampa leading 4-0.
AAA: SWB’s hitting woes continued in a 2-0 loss. SWB is now 9-16. SS Oswald Peraza 2 hits (#2 prospect) CF Estevan Florial 2 hits (#30 prospect). SWB had 5 hits total.
Gil (L, 0-3) 5 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 0 W, 9 K. Gave up 1 HR. 9.53 (#10 prospect) Sears 3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 4 K. 1.17 (#24 prospect)
AA: Somerset (16-8) won 5-3. 1B Derek Dietrich 2-run HR (5) SS Jesus Bastidas 2 hits, 2 RBI
Vasquez 3 1/3 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 2 W, 3 K. 2.63 (#16 prospect) Jennings 3 2/3 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 0 W, 4 K. gave up 1 HR. 1 WP 2.25 Zurak (W, 2-0) 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 4 K. 0.00
High A: Hudson Valley (13-11) won 7-4 SS Trey Sweeney 3 hits, RBI (# 5 prospect) 2B Cooper Bowman 2 hits (#25 prospect) LF James Nelson 2 RBI 1B Spencer Henson 2 hits, 3 RBI. 3-run HR (1)
Way 4 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 0 W, 3 K. 3.93 J. Munoz (W, 1-0) 3 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 1 W, 1 K. 1 HBP 6.08 Coleman (S, 4) 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 1 K. 0.00
Low A: Tampa (12-11) won 10-4. SS Alexander Vargas 2 RBI. 2-run HR (2) LF Madison Santos 2 hits 3B Marcos Cabrera 2 hits, RBI. Solo HR (3) DH Anthony Seigler 4 RBI. Grand Slam (3) 2B Roberto Chirinos 2 RBI