The Yankees have asked Brandon Laird to start taking fly balls in the outfield before games, obviously because they want to try him out at there at some point in the future. That point may not be until next season, but it’s clear the team is trying to increase his versatility. Nothing is imminent though, this is just the start of the process.
Meanwhile, Dickie Marquez got released. I had him in my top 30 prospects list once upon a time, long before RAB. I blame that on the team’s lack of prospects at the time, not my poor judgment. Yeah, that’s it.
Triple-A Scranton (11-7 loss to Toledo)
Kevin Russo, 0 for 5, 4 K – understand since he’s had two plate appearances in the last 28 days
Reegie Corona, 2B: 1 for 5, 1 K
Eduardo Nunez, SS: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
Chad Tracy, 3B: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB – nine for 22 (.409) with four homers since signing
Jesus Montero, C: 0 for 4
Reid Gorecki, DH & Greg Golson, CF: both 1 for 4, 1 R – Gorecki K’ed three times … Golson homered, drove in two & K’ed
Eric Bruntlett, RF: 3 for 4, 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 1 K – 12 for his last 23 (.522)
Zach McAllister: 2 IP, 7 H, 8 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 2-2 GB/FB – 35 of his 61 pitches were strikes (57.4%) … first time he’s walked three batters since his first start of the season … there was talk in the comments earlier about whether McAllister or Ivan Nova would replace A.J. Burnett if he had to miss a start, and frankly Z-Mac hasn’t done enough to earn a shot at the big leagues this year
The Ghost of Kei Igawa: 3.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2-5 GB/FB – 40 of his 67 pitches were strikes (59.7%) … first action in 19 days … he gave up three homers
Eric Wordekemper: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 0-2 GB/FB – 12 of his 17 pitches were strikes (70.6%)
Royce Ring: 1 IP, zeroes, 3-0 GB/FB – six of his 10 pitches were strikes … lowers his ERA to 1.52
Zack Segovia: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 1-0 GB/FB – all nine pitches were strikes
Double-A Trenton (4-3 win over Reading)
Justin Christian, LF: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI – 13 for his last 30 (.433)
Luis Nunez, SS: 0 for 4
Austin Romine, C, Brandon Laird, 3B & Dan Brewer, CF: all 1 for 4 – Laird doubled, scored a run & K’ed … Brewer drove in a run
Matt Cusick, 2B & Jack Rye, RF: both 0 for 3 – Cusick K’ed once, Rye twice
Marcos Vechionacci, DH: 1 for 3, 1 R
Justin Snyder, SS: 1 for 2, 1 R, 1 BB
Cary Arbiso: 5.2 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 Balk, 1 HB, 7-7 GB/FB
Wilkin DeLaRosa: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 0-2 GB/FB – back to relief for him
Josh Schmidt: 0.2 IP, zeroes, 2 K – very nice
Kevin Whelan: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GB/FB
High-A Tampa (6-1 loss to Jupiter)
Ray Kruml, RF & Jose Pirela, SS: both 1 for 4 – Kruml scored a run & K’ed twice … Pirela K’ed once & committed a fielding error
Bradley Suttle, 3B & Trent Lockwood, DH: both 0 for 4 – Suttle K’ed twice, Lockwood once
Melky Mesa, CF: 2 for 4, 1 2B, 1 RBI – eight for his last 43 (.186)
Jose Gil, C, Myron Leslie, 1B & Henry Pena, LF: all 0 for 3 – Gil K’ed once, Pena twice
Walt Ibarra, 2B: 2 for 3, 1 CS
Dellin Betances: 4 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 5-2 GB/FB, 1 E (throwing) – the important thing are the walks & punchouts … as long as he’s throwing strikes & missing bats, all is good
Phil Bartlewski: 2 IP, zeros, 2 K, 2-2 GB/FB
Trenton Lare: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2-3 GB/FB
Low-A Charleston (3-2 win over Augusta)
Slade Heathcott, CF: 2 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB, 1 CS – ten for his last 28 (.357)
DeAngelo Mack, RF & Neil Medchill, LF: both 1 for 3, 1 BB – Mack hit a solo bomb … Medchill stole a base & K’ed
Jimmy Paredes, 2B & Kyle Higashioka, C: both 0 for 4 – Paredes K’ed twice & committed two fielding errors … Higashioka scored a run & K’ed
Luke Murton, 1B: 0 for 3, 1 BB, 2 K – first game in exactly a month because of an ankle injury
Rob Lyerly, DH: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 K
Kelvin Castro, SS: 4 for 4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 SB – might be the best game of his career
Josh Romanski: 7 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 15-3 GB/FB – that GB/FB is Matt DeSalvo-esque
Ryan Flannery: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 4-0 GB/FB
Short Season Staten Island (7-0 loss to Vermont)
Eduardo Sosa, CF: 1 for 4, 1 BB, 1 K – got picked off first
Isaiah Brown, RF: 0 for 5, 1 K – threw a runner out at second
Casey Stevenson, DH: 0 for 3, 1 K, 1 HBP
Kyle Roller, 1B: 0 for 4, 1 K
Kevin Mahoney, 2B, Garrison Lassiter, 3B & Nick McCoy, C: all 1 for 3 – Mahoney drew a walk & K’ed … Lassiter got hit by a pitch … McCoy got hit by a pitch & K’ed
Jose Mojica, SS: 0 for 1, 1 BB, 2 E (both fielding) – left the game in the 6th for an unknown reason
Nik Turley: 5.1 IP, 6 H,7 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 6-4 GB/FB
Bryant Cotton: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-2 GB/FB
Nathan Forer: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 2-1 GB/FB
Rookie GCL Yanks (3-2 win over GCL Tigers in 11 innings)
Kelvin Duran, CF: 0 for 5, 1 K – just six for his last 47 (.128)
Anderson Felix, 2B, Damian Taveras, DH & Jose Toussen, LF: all 1 for 4 – Felix walked, scored a run, got caught stealing & K’ed … Taveras stole a base, drove in two & K’ed … Toussen stole a bag
Ramon Flores, RF-1B: 2 for 3, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K – nine for his last 18
Reymond Nunez, 1B: 2 for 5, 1 RBI
Judd Golsan, PR-RF: 0 for 0, 1 R – pinch ran for Nunez in the 11th inning & went on the score the winning run
Cito Culver, SS: 0 for 2, 1 R, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 E (fielding) – 14-11 K/BB ratio in 20 games, pretty damn good for a kid just out of high school
Fu-Lin Kuo, 3B: 0 for 4, 1 K – just two for his last 17 (.118)
Jhorge Liccien, C: 0 for 4, 1 BB, 2 K – that’s two straight days without Gary Sanchez, maybe he is hurt after all
Bryan Mitchell: 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 8-2 GB/FB – 15-13 K/BB ratio in 19.1 IP … gotta work on that
Conor Mullee: 2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 3-2 GB/FB
Freddy Lewis: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB
Jose Quintana: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 3-0 GB/FB
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