DotF: O’Brien homers twice in Trenton’s win

First, some notes:

• In case you missed it earlier, RHP Luis Severino was ranked 34th by Baseball America and 48th by Baseball Prospectus in their midseason top 50 prospects list.
• C Gary Sanchez, C/1B Peter O’Brien, OF Ben Gamel, and LHP Matt Tracy have all been named to the Double-A Eastern League All-Star Game. Here’s the full roster. Congrats to them.
• RHP Jose Ramirez was placed on the Triple-A Scranton DL and IF Scott Sizemore was placed on the temporary inactive list, reports Brendan Kuty. Not sure what’s wrong with Ramirez. The temporary inactive list usually means the player has a family matter. In other news, RHP Jaron Long has been promoted from High-A Tampa to Double-A Trenton, according to Nicholas Flammia.
• Baseball America (no subs. req’d) released their Midseason All-Star Teams over the weekend. No Yankees’ farmhands made the Minor League Team, but IF Yangervis Solarte, RHP Masahiro Tanaka, and RHP Dellin Betances made the MLB All-Rookie Team. 2B Rob Refsnyder made the Minor League All-Surprise Team.

Triple-A Scranton‘s game was suspended due to rain with one out in the bottom of the fourth. The pitching staff has been worked hard of late and I’m sure those guys are all happy to get a few innings off. The game will be resumed tomorrow. Here’s the box score if you can’t wait.

Double-A Trenton (10-3 win over Reading)

• CF Mason Williams: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
• LF Ben Gamel: 1-5, 1 RBI
• 1B Tyler Austin: 0-5, 1 K
• DH Peter O’Brien: 2-3, 4 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HBP — had gone eleven games without a dinger
• RHP Bryan Mitchell: 6.2 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 11/2 GB/FB — 63 of 99 pitches were strikes (64%) … has allowed exactly two earned runs in five of his last seven starts
• LHP Cesar Cabral: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K — 14 of 20 pitches were strikes (70%) … quietly has a 19/5 K/BB in his last 12.2 innings

High-A Tampa (9-3 loss to Dunedin)

• CF Jake Cave & 3B Dante Bichette Jr.: both 1-4, 1 2B — Cave scored a run and struck out … DBJ whiffed twice
• SS Cito Culver & 1B Greg Bird: both 1-4 — Culver drove in a run and struck out
• RF Aaron Judge: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
• 2B Angelo Gumbs: 0-2, 1 BB
• LHP Conner Kendrick: 2.1 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 4 BB, 2 L, 2/1 GB/FB

Low-A Charleston (4-3 win over Greenville, walk-off style)

• LF Michael O’Neill: 2-5, 1 R, 1 K, 1 CS
• SS Tyler Wade: 2-5, 1 2B, 1 RBI — four of his last seven hits are doubles
• CF Dustin Fowler: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB — walk-off single
• 3B Miguel Andujar: 0-4, 1 K
• 2B Gosuke Katoh: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K
• RHP Brady Lail: 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 10/2 GB/FB — 54 of 81 pitches were strikes (67%) … 88/16 K/BB in 92 innings

Short Season Staten Island Game One (3-2 win over Aberdeen in seven innings, walk-off style) makeup of Thursday rainout

• CF Devyn Bolasky: 2-4, 1 2B
• 3B Ty McFarland: 2-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• LF Chris Breen: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 K — walk-off single
• RF Austin Aune: 1-3
• DH Nathan Mikolas: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI — first homer and second base hit of the season in his 15th game
• RHP Matt Borens: 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 3/4 GB/FB — allowed six runs in 1.1 innings in his first game, but has thrown seven scoreless innings with only two hits allowed since

Short Season Staten Island Game Two (4-1 loss to Aberdeen in seven innings)

• DH Luis Torrens: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B — 11-for-27 (.407) with two doubles and two triples in his last seven games
• 2B Ty McFarland & RF Austin Aune: both 0-3, 1 K
• 1B Chris Breen: 1-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI
• RHP Sam Agnew-Wieland: 3 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 2 WP, 1 HB, 2/2 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks1 (7-3 win over GCL Pirates)

• SS Jorge Mateo: both 0-2, 1 K — not sure why he was pulled from the game after two at-bats
• DH Eric Jagielo: 1-5, 1 RBI — have to think he’ll rejoin Tampa soon
• CF Leonardo Molina: 0-5, 2 K
• RF Alex Palma: 2-4, 2 R, 1 K
• 1B-3B Drew Bridges: 2-4, 2 R, 2 2B
• RHP Ty Hensley: 3 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 3/3 GB/FB — gave up two solo homers
• RHP Reynaldo Polanco: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 HB, 1/1, 1 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks2 were rained out. They will play a doubleheader tomorrow.