DotF: Torrens, Gittens, Alvarez go deep in Charleston’s win

Got a whole bunch of notes to pass along:

• OF Aaron Judge (knee) will be activated off the Triple-A DL tomorrow and will receive “strong consideration” for a call-up later this year, Brian Cashman told Chad Jennings. Judge has been out nearly four weeks, so he’s going to need some at-bats just to get himself back up to speed. I doubt a promotion is imminent.
• 1B Greg Bird (shoulder) has resumed throwing, according to Billy Witz. He won’t return during the regular season, but assuming his rehab goes well, Bird is a candidate to go to the Arizona Fall League in October.
• RHP Dillon Tate, who came over in the Carlos Beltran trade, is going to work out of the Low-A Charleston bullpen, Cashman told Jennings. It’s not a permanent move. There are some things Tate needs to iron out and the Yankees feel the bullpen is the place to do it.
• OF Mason Williams is out with a quad injury, Cashman told Jennings. He hurt himself in a game the other night. No word on the severity, but Williams missed most of the first half following shoulder surgery, so he needs to get at-bats.
• LHP Jordan Montgomery has been promoted from Double-A Trenton to Triple-A Scranton, reports Shane Hennigan. Montgomery is replacing the since traded Vicente Campos, who replaced the called up Luis Severino.
• Baseball America provided scouting reports on the all the players involved in the Andrew Miller and Carlos Beltran trades, so make sure you check that out (Miller, Beltran). They’re free. The pieces are not behind the paywall.
• And finally, OF Blake Rutherford was named the rookie Appalachian League Offensive Player of the Week while RHP Luis Cedeno was named the Low-A South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Week.

Triple-A Scranton (7-1 loss to Lehigh Valley)

• CF Jake Cave: 0-4, 2 K
• 1B Tyler Austin: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K
• RF Cesar Puello: 2-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 HBP — got picked off first … he’s had a nice year, but it’s hard to think he’ll be with the Yankees beyond this season … they simply have too many upper level outfielders
• DH Ike Davis: 0-4, 1 K
• RHP Brady Lail: 5.1 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 8/2 GB/FB — 52 of 85 pitches were strikes (61%)
• LHP Chasen Shreve: 0.2 IP, zeroes, 0/1 GB/FB — six pitches, five strikes
• RHP Conor Mullee: 1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1/2 GB/FB — only six of 14 pitches were strikes in his second rehab outing
• RHP Johnny Barbato: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — nine of 12 pitches were strikes

Double-A Trenton had a scheduled off-day.

High-A Tampa (5-1 loss to Palm Beach)

• SS Jorge Mateo: 1-4, 1 R
• RF Rashad Crawford: 0-4, 1 K
• 2B Thairo Estrada: 1-4, 1 RBI
• LF Jeff Hendrix: 2-4 — 23-for-57 (.404) in 13 games with Tampa
• RHP Domingo Acevedo: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1/0 GB/FB — seven pitches, six strikes … left the game with a back injury, so that’s no good

Low-A Charleston (4-2 win over Kannapolis)

• CF Ricardo Ferreira: 1-4, 1 3B, 1 K
• SS Hoy Jun Park: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 SB, 1 E (fielding)
• RF Jhalan Jackson: 1-4, 1 K — threw a runner out at the plate
• 1B Chris Gittens: 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K — his 16 homers are tied with Judge and C Kyle Higashioka for the second most in the system … Austin leads with 17
• C Luis Torrens: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI — first dinger of the season
• LF Alex Palma & 2B Gosuke Katoh: 0-4
• 3B Mandy Alvarez: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI — third homer in 36 games for this year’s 17th rounder
• RHP Daris Vargas: 6 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 5/6 GB/FB — 55 of 85 pitches were strikes (65%)
• RHP Taylor Widener: 3 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 0/2 GB/FB — 35 of 46 pitches were strikes (76%) … 30/4 K/BB in 18.1 innings for this year’s 12th rounder

Short Season Staten Island (4-3 loss to Auburn in ten innings)

• LF Carlos Vidal: 0-3, 1 R, 1 2 BB
• 2B Nick Solak: 2-3, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 K — 9.1% strikeout rate and 13.3% walk rate
• 3B-1B Drew Bridges: 1-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K
• CF Dom Thompson-Williams: 1-5, 1 K, 1 SB
• SS Angel Aguilar: 1-4, 1 K, 1 SB
• RHP Simon De La Rosa: 6 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 2 WP, 1 HB, 6/4 GB/FB — 62 of 99 pitches were strikes (63%)
• RHP Brooks Kriske: 2 IP, zeroes, 3 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 12 of 17 pitches were strikes (71%)

Rookie Pulaski (4-0 loss to Danville)

• CF Estevan Florial: 3-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB — that’s two straight strikeout-less games after 19 straight games with a strikeout
• SS Wilkerman Garcia: 2-, 1 R
• 3B Dermis Garcia: 1-4, 1 BB, 1 K
• RF Isiah Gilliam: 2-5, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 K — 21-for-54 (.389) in his last 13 games, and there’s an 0-for-12 stretch mixed in there
• LF Leonardo Molina: 1-3, 1 2B, 2 BB, 2 K — has been in a 4-for-33 (.121) rut
• 2B Oswaldo Cabrera: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB
• RHP Spencer Mahoney: 4.2 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 4/5 GB/FB — 31/3 K/BB in 20.1 innings for the undrafted free agent out of Valparaiso

Rookie GCL Yankees East (5-0 loss to GCL Phillies)

• DH Erick Mendez & LF Edel Luaces: 0-4, 3 K — 37.6% strikeout rate for Luaces, this year’s 25th rounder
• 1B Brandon Wagner: 0-4
• CF Jordan Scott: 0-2, 1 K
• RHP Joe Harvey: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HB, 6/1 GB/FB
• RHP Jose Pena: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 0/1 GB/FB — second game back from Tommy John surgery

Rookie GCL Yankees West (10-9 loss to GCL Braves)

• SS Diego Castillo: 1-5, 1 R, 1 K
• 3B Nelson Gomez: 1-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (missed catcher)
• C Donny Sands: 2-4, 1 RBI — only his second game behind the plate since June 27th
• 1B Miguel Flames: 2-3, 1 R
• LHP Connor Jones: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 1 Balk, 4/0 GB/FB