Yankees Minor League Report 8/31/14: Jaron Long Finishes Off Strong Campaign; Caleb Smith Ends On Sour Note

Trenton (Lost to Reading, 4-2)

1B Greg Bird:  1-for-4, 2B (7), RS, K

C Gary Sanchez:  1-for-3, BB, K

CF Jake Cave:  1-for-4, BB, K, CS (3)
The 12-for-18 line stealing bases this season isn't ideal, but he has certainly put himself into the future OF conversation.

3B Rob Segedin:  1-for-4, 2B (21), RBI, K

CF Mason Williams:  3-for-3, 2B (18), RBI, BB

Hitting .223 in 502 AB. A kid with his speed should luck his way into more doubles than 18.

OF Ben Gamel:  1-for-5, 2 K

A very disappointing .261 from Gamel, who has shown off some doubles power (31), but very little else.

RHP Jaron Long:  6.1 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K

Finishes season 12-5 with a 2.18 ERA between Charleston/Tampa/Trenton with a 122/22 K/BB ratio over 144.1 IP.  The undrafted FA out of Ohio State has, at the very least, put his name on the map.

LHP James Pazos:  2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

Nice way to finish his season.  Threw 67 innings this season, allowing 20 runs (18 earned) on 50 hits with 25 walks and 75 strikeouts.   One of three options (Lindgren, Webb) the Yankees will have for a left-handed relief slot in 2015 (they also still can control David Huff and Josh Outman if they desire, and veterans will be invited to camp, etc.)

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Tampa (Lost to Daytona, 6-3)

RF Aaron Judge:  2-for-3, BB

89th walk in 131 games

1B Mike Ford:  1-for-3, 2B (4), 2 RBI, BB
.292/.383/.458 in 373 AB between Charleston/Tampa

SS Cito Culver:  2-for-4, 2B (21), HR (5), RBI, 2 RS, K

CF Mark Payton:  1-for-4, 2B (11), RS

.320/.418/.497 in 175 AB between Charleston/Tampa.  11 doubles in 26 games since joining Tampa

LHP Caleb Smith (L, 5-2):  3 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 1 K

Thanks to this clunker, he finishes his season with a 4.81 ERA at this level over 39.1 IP.  Overall, he tossed 117.2 innings this season, allowing 99 hits with 46 walks and 116 strikeouts.

RHP Philip Walby:  2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K

4.21 ERA; 51.1 IP, 37 H, 30 R, 24 ER, 0 HR, 42 BB, 61 K.  It will all be about gaining some command of his stuff - having a blah BB/9 ratio is OK - but his will be impossible to get by with.

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Charleston (Defeated Augusta, 5-0)

3B Miguel Andujar:  2-for-4, RBI, RS, BB, K

.268/.320/.399 in 481 AB with 70 runs batted in.   His second half surge has been well-documented.

SS Tyler Wade:  0-for-4, BB, 2 K

.274/.353/.352 in 503 AB

OF Michael O'Neill: 2-for-4, RBI, RS, 2 K, SB (42)

,258/.335/.388 in 485 AB

2B Gosuke Katoh: 0-for-4, 2 K

.222/.345/.326 in 383 AB; 142 strikeouts

C/3B Kale Sumner: 1-for-4, 2 RBI,2 K

.238/.423/.373 in 126 AB

OF Yeicok Calderon: 0-for-4, RS, BB, K

LHP Justin Kamplain:  4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K

Finishes campaign with a 1.65 ERA over 43.2 IP with a 46/13 K/BB ratio.  18th round pick out of Alabama

RHP Angel Rincon (W, 7-3):  5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K

3.01 ERA; 68.2 IP, 56 H, 25 R, 23 ER, 2 HR, 18 BB, 56 K

21-year old is not a major prospect, but he did his job here in 2014 and will get his way to Tampa for 2015.

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Staten Island (Lost to Brooklyn, 11-3)

C Isaias Tejada: 2-for-4, HR (5), 2 RBI, RS

29 RBI in 50 games this season for the 22-year old

1B Connor Spencer:  1-for-4

11-game hitting streak

C/OF Collin Slaybaugh:  2-for-4, 2B (8), RBI

CF Devyn Bolasky:  0-for-3, 2 BB, 3 K

OF Nathan Mikolas:  0-for-3, BB, 2 K

LHP Andrew Chin (L, 1-1):  2.1 IP, 5 H, 8 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, HR

RHP Jordan Cote:  4.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 5 K

The 21-year old has a 6.49 ERA at this level over 51.1 IP with a 37/13 K/BB ratio.