DotF: Frazier, Wade, and Drury all stay hot in Scranton’s win

Earlier today the Yankees acquired IF Wendell Rijo from the Brewers to complete last month’s Erik Kratz trade, the team announced. Rijo has been assigned to High-A Tampa. He was a good prospect with the Red Sox a few years ago, but not anymore. The soon-to-be 23-year-old was hitting .200/.304/.375 (94 wRC+) in 93 Double-A plate appearances before the trade. Dudes like Kratz usually don’t fetch much.

Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (9-7 win over Syracuse in 11 innings)

• CF Clint Frazier: 3-5, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K — now hitting .322/.400/.577 in 37 Triple-A games
• SS Tyler Wade: 3-6, 3 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 2 K, 1 SB — tripled in the go-ahead run in the 11th … 22-for-60 (.367) with four doubles, one triple, and two homers in his last 13 games
• 3B Brandon Drury: 3-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB — now hitting .353/.463/.511 in 38 Triple-A games
• 1B Ryan McBroom: 1-5, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 2 K
• RF Billy McKinney: 1-5, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
• 2B Abi Avelino: 1-5, 1 RBI, 1 K, 2 E (fielding, throwing)
• RHP David Hale: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HB, 8/4 GB/FB — 57 of 98 pitches were strikes (58%) … teams always need dudes like Hale to chew up innings in the minors, but man, I am so happy the Yankees can plug guys like Domingo German and Jonathan Loaisiga into the rotation when they need a starter rather than someone like David Hale
• RHP Cody Carroll: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 1/1 GB/FB — 20 of 38 pitches were strikes (53%) … had allowed three runs total in his previous 13 appearances and 18.2 innings

Double-A Trenton Thunder (10-2 loss to Erie)

• LF Jeff Hendrix: 0-4, 3 K
• 2B Billy Fleming: 0-4, 2 K
• RF Trey Amburgey: 0-4, 1 K
• RHP Luis Cessa: 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 4/4 GB/FB — 31 of 45 pitches were strikes (69%) … much better than his first rehab start

The High-A Tampa Tarpons are off until Monday for the All-Star break. The All-Star Game itself was played tonight at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. The North All-Stars beat the South All-Stars (NOR 5, SOU 0).

• 1B Brandon Wagner: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 K — started and played the entire game as the No. 6 hitter
• 2B Diego Castillo:2-4, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 2 E (missed catch, throw) — named All-Star Game MVP, so congrats to him … started and played the entire game as the No. 7 hitter
• RHP Nick Green: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — nine of 14 pitches were strikes … started the game
• RHP Adonis Rosa: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 2/1 GB/FB — nine of 14 pitches were strikes … threw the fifth inning
• LHP Trevor Lane: 0.1 IP, zeroes, 0/1 GB/FB — all four pitches were strikes … recorded the final out
• C Francisco Diaz, RHP Mike King, RHP Trevor Stephan, and RHP David Sosebee were all selected for the All-Star Game as well. They’re all with Trenton right now though.

Low-A Charleston RiverDogs (10-4 win over Greenville)

• DH Wilkerman Garcia: 2-5, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 K
• SS Oswaldo Cabrera: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B — 18-for-54 (.333) with four strikeouts in his last 13 games
• RF Steven Sensley: 2-4, 3 R, 1 3B, 1 HBP — had been in a little 6-for-29 (.207) rut
• 3B Dermis Garcia: 2-4, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 BB, 1 K — seems like the bat is starting to come around a bit
• 1B Chris Hess: 4-4, 1 R, 2 2B, 5 RBI, 1 HBP — great game for last year’s 17th rounder
• CF Leonardo Molina: 0-5
• LHP Dalton Lehnen: 5.1 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 5 BB, 5 K, 4/3 GB/FB — 49 of 91 pitches were strikes (54%)

Short Season Staten Island Yankees (7-0 loss to Brooklyn)

• 2B Jesus Bastidas & SS Eduardo Torrealba: both 0-4, 2 K
• LF Canaan Smith: 0-3, 2 K
• CF Junior Soto: 1-2, 1 2B, 1 BB
• RHP Alex Mauricio: 4.1 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 5/2 GB/FB — 55 of 88 pitches were strikes (63%) … first career start for last year’s 27th rounder
• RHP Drew Finley: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 1/0 GB/FB — 19 of 35 pitches were strikes (54%) … because of all the injuries, the 2015 third round pick is a full-time reliever now

The Rookie Pulaski Yankees begin their season Tuesday. The roster has not been announced yet but supposedly RHP Luis Medina is getting the ball on Opening Day.

The two Rookie GCL Yankees clubs begin their seasons Monday. It appears the East roster has been posted, though take it with a grain of salt. It can change in a hurry. The West roster isn’t out yet.