Thursday, August 28, 2014

Yankees Minor League Report 8/28/14: Jake Cave Keeps Powering Along; Miguel Andujar Stays Hot; Austin Aune Homers

Scranton (Destroyed by Buffalo, 11-3)

UTIL Jose Pirela: 2-for-5, K
His offensive season is well-documented.  It has been quite good.  The more intriguing part at this point is his position from night to night.  Tonight, he got the start at SS
C John Ryan Murphy:  2-for-4, RBI, RS, K
Hitting just .233 in 172 AB, Murphy has not had a very good offensive season here.  Still, he should be considered a major contender to be the backup catcher in 2014.  As we are seeing with Cervelli right now, that position does come with plenty of playing time, even with the presence of McCann.
2B Robert Refsnyder:  0-for-4, 2 K
1B Kyle Roller:  1-for-2, RS, 2 BB, K
Still intrigued to see if the Yankees call him up as a bench bat in a few days.
OF Zoilo Almonte:  0-for-4, 2 K
UTIL Adonis Garcia:  1-for-4, RS
OF Taylor Dugas:  2-for-4, K
Hitting .305 since his promotion
OF Chris Young:  1-for-4, RBI, 2 K
A few tune up games before coming up to the big club.  I don't see him as much of a difference maker overall (he has been terrible for a few seasons straight), but he can play defense, still has power when he actually hits the ball, and good enough speed for pinch-running duties.

RHP Chris Leroux (L, 6-4):  2 IP, 9 H, 11 R, 9 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, 2 HR
I have always said - if someone is going to get destroyed, may as well be Chris Freakin Leroux.
Switch Pat Venditte:  3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K
Good night, which means everyone will crawl out from under the woodwork demanding his promotion.
RHP Chase Whitley:  1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
Up to 97.1 IP between Scranton and the big club
RHP Preston Claiborne:  1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
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Trenton (Also destroyed, 11-3.  Akron took the honors here)

CF Jake Cave:  1-for-4, HR (4), RBI, RS, BB
.289/.358/.491 in 159 AB since joining the level.  That .491 is an important number.   Home runs in three of last five games.
C Gary Sanchez:  1-for-3, 2 BB, K
1B Greg Bird:  0-for-4, BB, K
OF Ben Gamel:  1-for-4, 2B (31), RBI, BB
CF Mason Williams:  1-for-4, 2B (17), K
3B Rob Segedin:  0-for-2, BB, HBP, K

RHP Joel De La Cruz (L, 4-4):  3.1 IP, 11 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
As mentioned many times, he keeps the ball on the ground - but doesn't have a put away pitch, which leads to disasters like this.
LHP James Pazos:  1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 2 K
Walk rates have been generally decent, but not great, in his minor league career.  Let us hope this is a one night thing.
RHP Nick Goody:  1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
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Tampa (Defeated Clearwater, 8-2)

3B Eric Jagielo:  2-for-5, 2 RBI, 2 K
See you in Trenton in 2015, kid
CF Mark Payton: 2-for-4, 2B (9), RS, K
The Yankees took a lot of college-aged players without tremendous upside, but with the ability to make quick jumps in the system in the 2014 draft.  Payton is one of them - he could see himself in Trenton as early as next spring.
OF Aaron Judge:  1-for-5, RS, 3 K
131 Ks in 129 games.   Also has 86 walks
1B Mike Ford:  2-for-4, HR (2), RBI, 2 RS, BB, K
14-for-37 since promotion
SS Cito Culver:  0-for-2, RS, 3 BB
57 walks in 129 games, which is pretty good.  It is everything else that sucks
1B Reymond Nunez:  2-for-4, 2B (9), HR (5 - Grand Slam), 4 RBI, RS

RHP Taylor Garrison:  4 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
LHP Conner Kendrick (W, 6-8):  5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
5.78 ERA; 76.1 IP, 95 H, 52 R, 49 ER, 5 HR, 34 BB, 62 K
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Charleston (Defeated Greenville, 10-0)

3B Miguel Andujar:  3-for-5, 2B (25), 2 RBI, 2 RS
.266/.318/.400 in 467 AB.   Hitting .320/.369/.468 in 231 AB since the All-Star Break. He has just been a completely different hitter after a horrendous start.
SS Tyler Wade:  1-for-4, RBI, RS, BB, K
.277/.353/.357 in 487 AB.   I thought the 19-year old, playing in his first full season and logging a lot of innings at shortstop, would begin to wear down a bit down the stretch.  Nope.  .285/.362/.374 since ASB.
OF Michael O'Neill:  2-for-5, RS, K
.254/.330/.387 in 473 AB
2B Gosuke Katoh: 0-for-3, RBI, RS, BB, K
.227/.350/.333 in 375 AB.  As I have said recently, drawing walks is a strength right now.
OF Yeicok Calderon:  4-for-5, RBI, 2 RS
26-for-73
OF Brandon Thomas:  1-for-4, RS, BB, K
.205/.319/.313 in 288 AB
C Jackson Valera:  3-for-5, 2B (10), 4 RBI

RHP Luis Niebla (W, 3-1):  7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K
2.63 ERA; 54.2 IP, 52 H, 20 R, 16 ER, 1 HR, 11 BB, 39 K between GCL/Staten Island/Charleston.   Has a 2.23 ERA in 36.1 IP for Charleston.
RHP Conor Mullee:  2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
UTIL Claudio Custodio:  1-for-4, 2 RS, 2 BB
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Staten Island (Defeated Vermont, 9-1)

RF Austin Aune:  1-for-2, HR (4), SF, 4 RBI, HBP, 0 (!!!) K
1B Connor Spencer:  3-for-5, 2B (14), 2 RS, K
Up to .367 in 180 AB
LF Chris Breen:  2-for-3, 2 RS
Was pinch-hit for late in the game - let us hope it is nothing serious.
OF Nathan Mikolas:  2-for-4, 2B (6), RS, K
C/OF Collin Slaybaugh:  2-for-4, RBI, RS
SS Vincent Conde:  2-for-4, 2B (3), 3 RBI, K
Much needed offensive game for the struggling Conde
OF Devyn Bolasky:  1-for-4, RBI, K

RHP Jonathan Holder:  4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 1 HR
3.03 ERA; 32.2 IP, 35 H, 16 R, 11 ER, 10 BB, 30 K, 1 HR - The HR he allowed tonight was the first allowed in his brief career.


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