Sunday, July 20, 2014

Yankees Minor League Report 7/20/14: Big Offensive Day in Scranton; Eric Jagielo and Dante Bichette Both Homer; Miguel Sulbaran Continues Hot Streak

Scranton (Crushed Charlotte, 16-5)

C John Ryan Murphy:  2-for-3, 2B (8), 3 RBI, RS, SF, BB, K
I write often about players needing a good game.....that applies to Murphy, who has scuffled for pretty much the entire time since his demotion.
OF Zoilo Almonte:  3-for-6, 2 2B (15), 2 RS, 2 K
They really need to allow Almonte to play RF while putting Ichiro back in his 4th OF role.
2B/RF Robert Refsnyder:  1-for-6, RS, K
3-for-20 in four games since ASB.  Every player has their fair share of slumps...
UTIL Jose Pirela:  2-for-6, 3B (5), 3 RBI, RS
Random fact:  In 2010 (for Tampa), he hit 13 triples.
1B Kyle Roller:  2-for-5, HR (10), 2 RBI, 2 RS, BB, K
Unlike Pete O'Brien, at least Roller is hitting in the upper minors....and still isn't anything close to a big prospect.  This is his 19th HR of the season, a new career high.
UTIL Adonis Garcia:  3-for-6, HR (8), RBI, 3 RS, K
The 29-year old is having a nice season here, and is playing a lot of third recently.
C/1B Austin Romine:  1-for-4, 2B (12), 2 RS, BB
13-for-34 in last ten games
SS Carmen Angelini:  2-for-5, HR (1), 4 RBI, 2 RS

LHP Matt Tracy (W, 1-2):  5.1 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 2 HR
111 IP, 124 H, 45 R, 41 ER, 6 HR, 42 BB, 61 K between Trenton/Scranton
RHP Danny Burawa:  1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
5.79 ERA; 37.1 IP, 41 H, 24 R, 24 ER, 3 HR, 23 BB, 49 K
One thing about Burawa:  He is generating a lot of ground balls in addition to his K rate.  The walks are high, but there could be a little bit of overall bad luck here.
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Trenton (Lost to Binghamton, 5-2)

1B/3B/OF Tyler Austin:  2-for-4, 2B (13), 2 K
.264/.324/.377 in 289 AB.  14-for-39 (.359) in last ten games
C Gary Sanchez:  1-for-4
.264/.334/.410 in 307 AB.  16-for-54 (.296) in July, but with little power (two XBH, both doubles)
CF Jake Cave:  1-for-4
3-for-15 since joining level
OF Ben Gamel:  1-for-4, RBI
.284/.328/.377 in 398 AB.  20-for-61 in July
3B Rob Segedin:  0-for-3, RS, K
.275/.386/.408
The .386 is the most important number.  At 25 years old (and he will be 26 before the 2015 season begins), we aren't talking about a young third base prospect here.  But maybe - just maybe - he can be useful for a few years....
C/1B Pete O'Brien:  0-for-4, 4 K
.226/.272/.511 in 235 AB here; .256/.298/.568 in 347 AB overall with 95 strikeouts.  When he hits them, they go.  But it is almost impossible to live in MLB as a home run hitter alone.  His plate discipline isn't showing signs of improvement, and it is hard to rely on hitting .280 when you aren't exactly fleet afoot.   I am not saying he is a dead prospect - he does have 29 HR, afterall - but what I am saying is that nobody should have unrealistic expectations here.  He is what he is.

LHP Dan Camarena (L, 0-3):  4.2 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 7 K, 3 HR
10.22 ERA in 12.1 IP for Trenton with a 10/6 K/BB ratio.   Command guys like Camarena can sometimes run into a brick wall as they hit the upper minors.  We aren't quite at the point of saying that yet, but his first three starts here are obviously not very good.
RHP Phil Wetherell:  2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K
4.29 ERA; 21 IP, 23 H, 13 R, 10 ER, 1 HR, 12 BB, 20 K, 2.15 GO/AO
RHP Nick Rumbelow:  1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
1.67 ERA; 37.2 IP, 24 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 12 BB, 51 K between Charleston/Tampa/Trenton.  With Burawa and Montgomery ineffective, Ramirez and Goody hurt, Rumbelow is in a good place on the depth chart at the moment.  He is having a fantastic overall season.
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Tampa (Defeated St. Lucie, 4-1)

3B Eric Jagielo:  2-for-4, HR (11), RBI, RS, K
.256/.330/.491 in 176 AB.  First HR here since 5/20, due to injury.
3B Dante Bichette:  1-for-4, HR (9), 2 RBI, RS, K
.284/.369/.431 in 348 AB.  Nice way to bounce back after his 20-game hitting streak was snapped.
1B Greg Bird:  1-for-3, BB, K
.274/.360/.427 in 234 AB
OF Aaron Judge:  2-for-4
.311/.427/.495 here; .326/.428/.519 in 337 AB overall
SS Cito Culver:  1-for-4, RS, K
.216/.287/.283.  Modest 5-game hitting streak
2B Angelo Gumbs:  0-for-4, 2 K
UTIL Anderson Feliz:  1-for-2, SAC

LHP Miguel Sulbaran (W, 2-1):  5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, HR
2.26 ERA; 79.2 IP, 66 H, 22 R, 20 ER, 2 HR, 20 BB, 58 K
Is the 20-year old a soft-tossing organizational filler prospect or something more than that?  Time will tell.  Oh, and he has now allowed four runs in his last 51 IP.   Incredible run.
LHP Jacob Lindgren:  1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K
First professional walks allowed (8.2 IP).  Has struck out 19.
RHP Cesar Vargas (S, 4):  1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
1.80 ERA; 20 IP, 11 H, 7 R, 4 ER, 1 HR, 5 BB, 22 K
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Charleston (Destroyed by Augusta, 14-3)

CF Dustin Fowler:  1-for-4, HR (9), 2 RBI, RS, K
Only ten walks in 54 games, so that needs to be worked on.  But the teen has definitely showed off the power potential.
OF Michael O'Neill:  1-for-4, 2B (18), RS, 3 K
.254/.329/.408 in 346 AB.  He has reached 100 strikeouts on the season.
The hits by Fowler and O'Neill were the only two Charleston had today
SS Tyler Wade:  0-for-3, RBI, RS, BB
2B Gosuke Katoh:  0-for-1, 2 BB
3B Miguel Andujar:  0-for-4, K, SB (3)
C Kale Sumner:  0-for-4, 3 K.  Also pitched, throwing two scoreless innings.

LHP Omar Luis (L, 2-4):  2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
5.71 ERA; 41 IP, 41 H, 29 R, 26 ER, 4 HR, 30 BB, 25 K
They could have used the $1M or so spent on him to..to...well, just about anything would have been better.
LHP Evan Rutckyj:  1 IP, 4 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 HR
YIKES
RHP Philip Walby:  1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
What a night to be a pitcher....
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Staten Island (Defeated Jamestown, 7-4)

C Luis Torrens:  2-for-4, 3B (3), RBI, RS, K 
Simply tearing up this league right now.  .397/.438/.632 in 17 games
CF Devyn Bolasky:  2-for-5, 2 RS, SB (7)
.289/.309/.367 in 90 AB
2B/3B Ty McFarland:  1-for-5, RBI, RS, SB (3)
.296/.338/.464 in 125 AB
SS Vincent Conde:  0-for-4, RBI, SB (3)
7-for-26 and has yet to strike out
C Isaias Tejada:  1-for-3, 2B (11), 2 RBI, 2 RS, BB
OF Nathan Mikolas:  2-for-3, RS, BB, SB (5)
.213/.351/.275 in 80 AB
1B Connor Spencer:  1-for-4

RHP Matt Borens:  4 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, HR
14.1 IP, 11 H, 9 R, 9 ER, 1 HR, 2 BB, 11 K since joining level
RHP Jordan Cote (W, 1-2):  5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
5.94 ERA; 50 IP, 68 H, 40 R, 33 ER, 3 HR, 14 BB, 37 K between Charleston/Staten Island


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