DotF: Gilliam extends hitting streak in Tampa’s win

The Yankees have signed OF Mitchell Hansen, according to his Instagram account. The Dodgers released him a few days ago. He hit .256/.321/.409 (91 wRC+) in 254 minor league games after being their second round pick in 2015. Baseball America (subs. req’d) ranked Hansen as the No. 28 prospect in the Dodgers’ system before the season and says he has a “lefty swing with good leverage” that creates “good bat speed and average raw power.”

Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (4-2 win over Rochester)

• CF Tyler Wade: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI
• 1B Tyler Austin: 1-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 3 K — 7-for-23 (.304) with three doubles, two homers, and ten strikeouts in six games since being sent down
• DH Brandon Drury: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K — here’s video of the dinger
• RF Billy McKinney: 1-4, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 K — threw a runner out at the plate
• SS Ronald Torreyes: 2-4, 1 R
• LHP Nestor Cortes: 5 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 5/3 GB/FB, 1 E (throwing) — 64 of 91 pitches were strikes (70%)
• RHP Gio Gallegos: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K — 13 of 22 pitches were strikes (59%)
• RHP Cody Carroll: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 0-1 GB/FB — nine pitches, seven strikes … he’s pitched three times in the last four days now, which is not a typical Triple-A relief prospect workload … that’s a “we want to see how he handles it before we call him up” workload … either that or manager Bobby Mitchell has gone rogue and is using Carroll against organizational directives (nah)

Double-A Trenton Thunder (8-4 win over Portland in ten innings)

• SS-2B Gosuke Katoh: 3-5, 1 BB, 1 K
• 1B Ryan McBroom: 3-5, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 E (throwing) — hitting .307/.336/.482 on the season
• CF Jeff Hendrix: 1-3, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 K — got picked off first
• RF Jhalan Jackson: 2-4, 2 R, 2 2B, 1 K
• RHP Dillon Tate: 5 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, 1 HR, 8/3 GB/FB — 53 of 95 pitches were strikes (56%) … first time since May 2nd, nine starts ago, that he failed to complete six innings
• LHP Caleb Frare: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 17 of 26 pitches were strikes (65%) … 0.54 ERA and 44/11 K/BB in 33.1 innings

High-A Tampa Tarpons (5-0 win over Jupiter) they faced Marlins RHP Jorge Guzman, who the Yankees sent to the Marlins in the Giancarlo Stanton trade

• 2B Diego Castillo: 1-4, 1 K
• DH Brandon Wagner: 1-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• LF Isiah Gilliam: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 K — he took a reliever deep, not Guzman … 23-for-65 (.354) with three doubles and three homers during his 16-game hitting streak … 27.7 K% and 4.0 BB% this year after 21.7 K% and 10.8 BB% last year
• SS Hoy Jun Park: 1-4, 1 K
• RHP Garrett Whitlock: 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 11 K, 1 WP, 4/2 GB/FB — 57 of 87 pitches were strikes (66%) … new career high in strikeouts and his best start in an excellent season … 1.41 ERA and 81/15 K/BB in 70 innings so far this year
• LHP Trevor Lane: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 22 of 28 pitches were strikes (79%) … starting to settle back in after a miserable stretch in which he allowed 18 runs in 9.1 innings

Low-A Charleston RiverDogs (8-5 win over Lexington)

• DH Pablo Olivares: 3-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 K — three homers the last two days after hitting three homers in the first 192 games of his career
• SS Oswaldo Cabrera: 1-4
• 1B Dermis Garcia: 1-4, 1 R, 1 K
• RF Leonardo Molina: 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K — 5-for-11 (.455) since a 2-for-18 (.111) rut
• RHP Janson Junk: 6 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2 HR, 8/4 GB/FB — 49 of 73 pitches were strikes (67%)
• RHP Kyle Zurak: 2 IP, zeroes, 4 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 19 of 28 pitches were strikes (68%) … 2.59 ERA and 32/8 K/BB in 31.1 innings for last year’s tenth rounder

Short Season Staten Island Yankees (4-2 win over Aberdeen)

• SS Eduardo Torrealba: 0-4, 3 K
• 2B Kyle Gray: 0-3, 1 R, 1 K
• DH Canaan Smith: 1-4, 2 RBI, 2 K — now 4-for-29 (.138) in his first eight games of the season
• RF Junior Soto: 0-4, 2 K
• RHP Shawn Semple: 4 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 2/4 GB/FB — 49 of 79 pitches were strikes (62%)

Rookie Pulaski Yankees (6-5 loss to Greeneville)

• LF Jordan Scott: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 3 K — 5-for-15 (.333) with three doubles and a homer in four games so far
• DH Everson Pereira: 0-5, 2 K
• RF Juan De Leon: 0-5, 1 R, 1 K
• 3B Nelson Gomez: 1-4, 1 R, 2 K, 1 HBP, 3 E (all fielding)
• SS Max Burt: 2-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 E (fielding) — second pro game for this year’s 28th rounder
• RHP Alex Vizcaino: 5.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 9 K, 2 HR, 4/3 GB/FB — 50 of 73 pitches were strikes (68%)

Rookie GCL Yankees East (5-3 loss to GCL Pirates)

• SS Borinquen Mendez: 0-3, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 2 SB
• RF Alexander Santana: 0-5, 2 K
• RHP Tanner Myatt: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 Balk — pro debut for this year’s 11th rounder

Rookie GCL Yankees West (4-3 win over GCL Phillies West)

• CF Antonio Cabello: 1-4, 1 K, 1 SB
• 2B Robinson Chirinos: 1-3, 1 R, 2 K, 1 HBP, 1 SB, 1 CS
• RF Anthony Garcia: 2-4, 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 K, 1 E (fielding) — a 17-year-old with a two-homer game in the GCL? that does not happen often … signed for $450,000 last July 2nd
• LF Stanley Rosario: 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K — 17-year-old is 5-for-15 (.333) with a hit in all four games so far … the Yankees signed him for $300,000 last July 2nd … he was born in Manhattan but he grew up in the Dominican Republic
• C Hemmanuel Rosario: 1-4, 1 2B, 2 K — the Yankees signed the 17-year-old for $247,500 as an undrafted free agent last year ($122,500 counted against the bonus pool)
• RHP Frank German: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 2/0 GB/FB — pro debut for this year’s fourth rounder