Saturday, June 14, 2014

Yankees Minor League Report 6/14/14: Pete O'Brien Hits #23; Aaron Judge With Another Multi-Hit Game; Latest from Luis Severino; Staten Island Opens with a Loss

Scranton (Lost to Columbus, 7-0)

2B Robert Refsnyder:  0-for-4, K
2-for-12 in Scranton (0-for-12 in last three games).  Your prototypical AA.5 player.
OF Zoilo Almonte:  1-for-4, 2 K
.287/.330/.506 in 174 AB
IF Scott Sizemore:  4-for-4, 2B (8)
The night after I say the Yankees shouldn't give him a major league shot.    .266/.333/.391
1B Kyle Roller: 1-for-3, BB
UTIL Jose Pirela:  1-for-4
23-for-56 in June.
UTIL Russ Canzler:  0-for-3, BB, K
.268/.335/.393 in 168 AB.  First game since 6/9, and he played right field.
C Austin Romine:  0-for-4, K
IF Corban Joseph:  0-for-4
.214/.261/.282 in 131 AB

RHP Brian Gordon (L, 4-6):  5 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, HR
RHP Matt Daley:  1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, HR
RHP Robert Coello:  1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K
1.85 ERA; 24.1 IP, 19 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 13 BB, 32 K
Switch Pat Venditte:  1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K
3.60 ERA; 15 IP, 16 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 4 BB, 13 K
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Trenton (Lost two to New Britain, 3-2 and 4-3)

CF Mason Williams:  2-for-10, 2 RS, K
3B Rob Segedin:  2-for-7, 2B (7), RBI, BB,  2 K
.233/.365/.358 in 176 AB with 32 walks and 33 strikeouts
C Pete O'Brien: 2-for-8, HR (13), RBI, 3 K
23rd HR in 244 AB.     Has driven in 50 runs with 63 strikeouts and 11 walks.
1B/3B/OF Tyler Austin:  2-for-8, 3B (4), RS, K
.240/.315/.354 in 175 AB. 
OF Taylor Dugas:  2-for-7, 3B (5), RBI, RS, K
The kid hasn't slowed down all season.  He is hitting .311 now on the season.
OF Ben Gamel:  2-for-7, RBI, BB, K, SF
.285/.329/.367 in 281 AB.  He has pretty much held steady right around this stat line for most of the season.
C Francisco Cervelli:  0-for-5, 2 BB, 2 K
3-for-28 on rehab stint.

LHP Manny Banuelos:  3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
3.34 ERA; 32.1 IP, 24 H, 12 R, 12 ER, 2 HR, 11 BB, 34 K
RHP Zach Nuding:  4.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, HR
Demoted from Scranton, where he had a 6.25 ERA in 40.1 innings.
LHP Fred Lewis (L, 0-2):  0.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 K

LHP Eric Wooten (L, 2-2):  6.1 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, HR
75.1 IP, 83 H, 38 R, 28 ER, 3 HR, 18 BB, 49 K
LHP Ty Webb:  0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
Allowed two inherited runners to score.
3.24 ERA; 33.1 IP, 29 H, 12 R, 12 ER, 0 HR, 11 BB, 49 K
RHP Manny Barreda:  1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
2.63 ERA; 37.2 IP, 29 H, 12 R, 11 ER, 4 HR, 22 BB, 41 K
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Tampa
They are on their All-Star Break.  The Yankees are represented by 3B Dante Bichette, OF Jake Cave, OF Zach Wilson, and LHP Dan Camarena.  I believe 3B Eric Jagielo was also originally selected, but couldn't make it due to his injury.   Of the above players (minus Jagielo), Cave is one of my favorite prospects, and Camarena is a solid pitching prospect.  Bichette's story you should know well by now, while Wilson is not much of anything to get excited about.
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Charleston  (Defeated Lexington, 3-1)

OF Aaron Judge:  2-for-4, RS
.333/.428/.530.  Even though he is doing exactly what an advanced college hitter should do at this level, the bottom line is that "should be able to do it" vs. "actually doing it" are two different things.  Judge is pulverizing the competition.     This is his fifth consecutive multi-hit game and he is 19-for-44 in June.
OF Dustin Fowler: 2-for-3, RBI, BB
.242/.310/.396 in 91 AB; 11-for-35 in his last ten games.  Four multi-hit games in his last six played.   
SS Tyler Wade:  1-for-5, RBI, RS, K
.269/.339/.339 in 242 AB
OF Michael O'Neill:  1-for-3, 2B (10), RS, BB, K, SB (21)
.238/.317/.381 in 231 AB
3B Miguel Andujar:  0-for-4, K
2B Gosuke Katoh:  0-for-3, BB, 2 K
.183/.295/.311 in 180 AB

RHP Luis Severino (W, 3-2):  6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
2.79 ERA; 67.2 IP, 62 H, 24 R, 21 ER, 2 HR, 15 BB, 70 K
I will bet you anything that any team looking to trade with the Yankees this summer is looking hard at Severino.
LHP Evan Rutckyj:  2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K
6.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 11 K
Has handled his demotion quite well, I would say.  
RHP Philip Walby (S, 4):  1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K
3.42 ERA; 23.2 IP, 10 H, 11 R, 9 ER, 0 HR, 17 BB, 38 K
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Staten Island (Lost to Brooklyn, 8-2)

SS Thairo Estrada:  0-for-4, BB
18-year old hit .278/.350/.432 in 176 AB in the GCL last season.   He is an interesting prospect who should be able to stay at shortstop, though he supposedly isn't flashy there.   He is only 5'10", so don't expect huge power in his future - but last year, he showed off some gap power.    He is very young for this league, and supposedly is a very smart baseball player for his age. In other words, nobody is going to go crazy speaking about his "upside" - but he has a lot of average-to-above-average tools in his arsenal.
OF Austin Aune:  0-for-2, RBI, BB, K
The guy who became a punchline in many jokes last year following a horrible .192/.230/.263 slash in the GCL last year still finds himself in Staten Island this year.   In 2012, when he was drafted, he was considered a strong shortstop prospect who the Yankees pretty much bought out of a scholarship to play QB at TCU.  He put up a .273/.358/.410 line that year, but it became apparent that shortstop was not in his future.   Is he a completely dead prospect?  At 19 years of age, can't really say that - but wow, what a tremendous fall he took.
OF Nathan Mikolas:  0-for-3, BB, 3 K
Progressed in 2013 after a bad 2012 campaign, but it is hard to get too excited about a 2-year GCL guy.   That said, we'll see what he does here to reestablish his value.
1B Chris Breen: 1-for-3, BB
Breen is all about bat potential, and little else right now.  He is limited in the field, so he will have to hit his way up the chain, something he didn't really do in the GCL.
2B Jose Javier:  2-for-4
21-year old played well in the DSL in 2012, but not so well in the GCL last year (.247/.285/.386)
CF Daniel Lopez:  0-for-2, RS, 2 BB
I will venture to guess that spending a third season in this league is not a good thing.

RHP David Palladino (L, 0-1):  3.1 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 5 BB, 1 K
Pitched to a 4.67 ERA in 54 IP at this level last year with a 49/25 K/BB ratio.  Huge (6'8") and filled with upside, but that is what he is: A pure upside guy with a big frame, developing stuff, etc. 

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