Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Yankees Minor League Report 5/27/14: Tyler Austin Finally Homers; Cito Culver (Yes, Cito Culver) and Dante Bichette Continue Their Hot Streaks

Scranton (Crushed Louisville again, 11-4.  Only 16 hits tonight after 24-hit outburst yesterday)

IF Corban Joseph:  2-for-5, 2B (4), 3B (1), 4 RBI, RS
First game since 5/19.  Hitting .217 in a very much lost season.
1B Kyle Roller:  2-for-5, HR (3), 2 RBI, 2 RS, 2 K
Raised average to .298 since joining level (17-for-57 with 21 strikeouts).  This was his 12th home run overall and he has driven in 31 in 37 games.  
C Austin Romine:  2-for-3, 2B (4), 2 RS, 2 BB
I do wonder what opposing GMs think of Romine, who has obviously fallen down the chart a bit with the Yankees.
IF Scott Sizemore:  3-for-6, 2B (6), 3B (2), RBI, RS, 2 K
How the heck do you hit .272 with 49 K in 125 AB?    I guess that .411 BABIP entering tonight helps?
1B/OF Ramon Flores:  1-for-6, 2B (15), RS, K
SS Dean Anna:  3-for-5, 3B (3), 2 RBI, 2 RS
Hitting .191 (18-for-94).  7 of this hits have gone for extra bases, which is really a fairly small silver lining.
UTIL Zelous Wheeler:  2-for-6, 2 RS, SB (1)
Wheeler has been solid here, hitting .301 with 13 XBH in 33 games.   Again, type of guy you can see spending a little time in the majors because of his versatility, though he has yet to spend a day in the majors in his eight year career.
2B Jose Pirela:  1-for-5, BB
17 hits in last 41 AB
OF Antoan Richardson:  0-for-2, RBI, BB, 2 K, 2 SB (15)
Fascinating player with the high OBP numbers and big stolen base rates (15-for-15 this year).   At 30 years old and with four major league at-bats to his name, obviously not a prospect - but he has been a solid minor league player.

RHP Bruce Billings:  2.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
Always remember this name if anyone asks you to name every player who played for the 2014 Yankees.
Switch Pat Venditte:  3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
Allowed bases loaded single with two outs in the third.  Tsk, tsk.  
27.2 IP, 14 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 HR, 6 BB, 35 K between Trenton/Scranton
RHP Jose Ramirez (W, 2-0):  2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K
1.17 ERA; 7.2 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 0 HR, 6 BB, 9 K
RHP Mark Montgomery:  1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K
2.35 ERA; 23 IP, 13 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 HR, 16 BB, 28 K
Conveniently wild.  Yeah, that's it.
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Trenton (Defeated Reading, 3-1)

1B/OF Tyler Austin:  2-for-3, HR (1), 2 RBI, RS, BB
First home run comes in 30th game of the season.  
CF Mason Williams:  1-for-3, 2B (8), RS, SAC
CF Slade Heathcott:  1-for-4, RS, 2 K
6-for-33 with 13 strikeouts
C Gary Sanchez:  0-for-4, K
C/RF Pete O'Brien:  0-for-4, 2 K
OF Ben Gamel:  1-for-4
3B Rob Segedin:  0-for-1, HBP
Came out of the game with injured back.  Don't know if it was related to HBP.
UTIL Ali Castillo:  1-for-2, SB (3)
UTIL Dan Fiorito:  2-for-4

LHP Matt Tracy (W, 5-2):  6.2 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Spent the last few weeks in Scranton (3.46 ERA in 13 IP).   Last two starts for Trenton:  13.2 IP, 12 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
LHP Ty Webb (S, 2):  2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K
He is the middle reliever, the setup man, and the closer!
26.1 IP, 20 H, 9 R, 9 ER, 0 HR, 8 BB, 35 K combined with Tampa/Trenton
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Tampa (Lost to Bradenton, 9-6, in 12 innings)

SS Cito Culver:  4-for-6, 2B (8), 2 RBI, SB (6)
Average is up to .242 thanks to a 12-for-23 surge.  
3B Dante Bichette:  1-for-4, 3 RBI, SF, HBP, 2 K, E (6)
Bichette has driven in 15 runs in his last six contests, giving him 33 on the season.
CF Jake Cave:  2-for-5, 2 RS, BB
Now 37-for-103 in May.  Just an incredible start to the season for the 21-year old.  (.324/.372/.433)
1B Greg Bird:  0-for-5, BB, 2 K
8-for-42 slide, though he does have nine walks in that time span.
UTIL Claudio Custodio:  2-for-5, RBI, RS, SB (15)
OF Danny Oh:  3-for-6, RS, CS (1)
Nothing more than acknowledging a good game.  27th round pick in 2012 did put up a .373 OBP in 72 games last year, but prospect, he is not.
1B Matt Snyder:  2-for-6, 2B (3), 3 K

LHP Miguel Sulbaran:  4 IP, 11 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
4.97 ERA; 26.1 IP, 32 H, 17 R, 14 ER, 1 HR, 7 BB, 15 K
This is coming off of an outing where he tossed seven scoreless innings.  
RHP Brett Gerritse:  3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
4.43 ERA; 40.2 IP, 49 H, 28 R, 20 ER, 5 HR, 13 BB, 21 K
He has been consistent throughout his career, but this year has not started well.
RHP Nick Goody:  1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
4.32 ERA; 8.1 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 HR, 3 BB, 13 K
Don't let the ERA fool you, as he is rehabbing from Tommy John.   Goody is a legit major league relief prospect in a system that seemingly has an endless supply.
RHP Phil Wetherell:  2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
20.1 IP, 17 H, 7 R, 1 ER, 0 HR, 7 BB, 17 K
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Charleston (Swept Greenville, 4-2 and 3-0)

SS Tyler Wade:  2-for-5, 3 RBI, RS, K
OF Aaron Judge:  0-for-5, RBI, BB
3B Miguel Andujar:  0-for-6
Now hitting .220 in 173 AB
OF Michael O'Neill:  0-for-4, RBI, 2 RS, 2 BB, SB (16)
Four walks and NO strikeouts in last four games.   That is as close to a miracle as you will find.
1B Mike Ford:  3-for-6, 2B (9), 2 RBI
Not much to complain about with Ford, who is hitting .319 and is one of the best overall stories of the Yankees system in 2014 - note that "story" does not necessarily equate to "prospect".  
OF Dustin Fowler:  0-for-6, 3 K
OF Brandon Thomas:  0-for-1, RS, HBP, K, SB (8)
2B Gosuke Katoh:  0-for-0, 2 BB, SB (11)
We all played Little League.  We all had that kid on our team that batted 9th, played right field, and would stand at the plate hoping that four balls came before three strikes.  That describes Katoh, who is hitting .176 but with 23 walks in 40 games.  Of course, those 56 strikeouts cannot be ignored.   11-for-14 stealing bases

LHP Caleb Smith (W, 4-3):  5.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
1.51 ERA; 47.2 IP, 30 H, 10 R, 8 ER, 1 HR, 19 BB, 52 K
Through his first 99 professional innings:  66 H, 26 R, 19 ER, 1 HR, 35 BB, 109 K
RHP Cesar Vargas (S, 3);  1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
2.45 ERA; 25.2 IP, 24 H, 9 R, 7 ER, HR, 6 BB, 28 K
Breaks string of three straight appearances with allowing at least one run.

RHP Jaron Long (W, 3-1):  7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 9 K
1.80 ERA; 45 IP, 42 H, 14 R, 9 ER, 0 HR, 8 BB, 41 K.
Complete game shutout for Long, who has been on fire this season.    This is his third consecutive scoreless outing (20.2 IP).    The 22-year old went undrafted out of Ohio State last season.  Yankees signed him after scouting him in the Cape Cod League.    Throws a fastball that can touch the low-90s with a sinker and a change.   Nothing to get too worked up about, but another nice story to follow.



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