DotF: Keller pitches well again in Tampa’s win

Some notes before we get to one of the slower days in the minors since the short season leagues started up in late June:

• Eric Longenhagen posted his updated top ten Yankees prospects list. All the usual names are at the top, and up-and-comer RHP Jorge Guzman makes an appearance too. “Guzman is sitting 96-100 with relative ease and showing slider feel,” says the write-up.
• RHP Juan De Paula was named the Short Season NY-Penn League Pitcher of the Week. He struck out five in six no-hit innings during his start over the weekend. De Paula, who the Yankees picked up in the Ben Gamel trade, has a 3.60 ERA (3.45 FIP) in 40 innings this year.
• Short Season Staten Island will have an All-Star this year after all. IF Jose Polonia was added to the roster, the NY-Penn League announced. Polonia, 21, it hitting .269/.361/.269 (97 wRC+) in 18 games and 61 plate appearances with Staten Island. Yeah.
• And finally, make sure you check out Josh Norris’ feature on RHP Matt Sauer, this year’s second round pick. Sauer said he and the Yankees will get together in Instruction League to determine whether he should move forward with his slider or curveball, or both.

Triple-A Scranton and Double-A Trenton both had scheduled off-days.

High-A Tampa (4-2 win over Florida)

• SS Hoy Jun Park: 2-5, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI — 9-for-31 (.290) in his last seven games … took him a few games to find his bearings after the promotion, but now he’s locked in
• LF Trey Amburgey: 0-5, 1 K
• CF Estevan Florial: 1-4, 2 K — he’s hit safely in eleven of 12 games with Tampa
• 3B Angel Aguilar: 0-4, 1 K, 2 E (throwing, fielding)
• RHP Brian Keller: 6 IP, 8 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 8 K, 1 WP, 6/3 GB/FB — 66 of 96 pitches were strikes (69%), plus he picked a runner off first … 34/3 K/BB in his last four starts and 26 innings

Low-A Charleston and Short Season Staten Island both had scheduled off-days. Staten Island is off until Wednesday for their All-Star break. The game is tomorrow.

Rookie Pulaski‘s doubleheader was rained out. The first game was going to be the completion of yesterday’s game, which was suspended due to rain in the middle of the third inning. That game will be made up as part of a doubleheader tomorrow. The other game was cancelled and will not be made up.

Rookie GCL Yanks East (5-2 win over GCL Braves)

• SS Jose Devers: 0-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 2 SB
• CF Robert Javier: 1-4, 1 R, 1 BB
• LF Canaan Smith: 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB — 10-for-20 with three doubles, five walks, and three strikeouts during his five-game hitting streak
• RF Jhon Moronta: 3-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB — 18-year-old is hitting .319/.396/.403 with eight doubles in 33 GCL games
• LHP Tony Hernandez: 5 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 11/1 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks West Game One (12-0 loss to GCL Phillies) completion of their July 29th game, which was suspended due to rain in the middle of the second inning

• CF Jonathan Amundaray: 0-4
• RF Juan De Leon: 1-4, 1 K
• 3B Miguel Flames: 0-4, 1 K
• DH Jordan Scott: 1-2, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K
• RHP Matt Sauer: 1.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 1/2 GB/FB — he started the original game on July 29th … all four runs scored in the second inning … he’s allowed one run in his other 4.1 pro innings so far

Rookie GCL Yanks West Game Two (3-1 loss to GCL Phillies in seven innings)

• SS Oswald Peraza: 0-2, 1 BB
• DH Gustavo Campero: 0-2, 1 BB, 1 K
• 1B Carlos Tatis: 0-3
• RF Juan De Leon: 1-2, 1 K, 1 HBP, 1 CS — sign for $2M in July 2014 … 19-year-old is hitting .262/.397/.383 with a 29.8% strikeout rate in 31 games this year
• LF Jordan Scott: 0-1, 2 BB — 14 walks in his last ten games after drawing nine walks in his first 19 games of the season
• RHP Anderson Reynoso: 3.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 4/1 GB/FB