Yankees Minor League Report 7/29/13: Robert Refsnyder Collects 3 Hits; Jake Cave Collects 4; Luis Severino Starts for Charleston

Scranton (Lost to Louisville, 5-3)

JR Murphy:  1-for-4, CS (1) - Who do you think you are, Jason Kendell?  Average at .291.    11-for-20 career stealing bases.

Randy Ruiz:  3-for-4, 2 2B (8), RBI

Adonis Garcia:  2-for-5, 2B (5), HR (2), RBI, RS

David Adams:  0-for-4

Thomas Neal:  1-for-4, RS - Hitting .321 in 252 AB.

Yoshinori Tateyama:  1.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K (2.57 ERA; 21 IP, 21 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 HR, 2 BB, 21 K)

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Tampa:

Mason Williams: 2-for-5, RBI - Hitting .277.    41-for-117 (.350) since ASB.

Robert Refsnyder:  3-for-5, 2B (22), RBI, RS - 13 hits in last 36 AB.    Numbers slowly creeping back up.

Pete O'Brien: 1-for-4, 2B (9), RBI - Has 31 doubles and 17 HR in 327 AB between Charleston/Tampa.

Gary Sanchez:  0-for-4 - Down to .256.  16-for-80 (.200) in July.

Mikeson Oliberto:  3-for-4, RBI, 2 RS - 21-year old right-handed bat put up a .819 OPS in the GCL last year.

Bryan Mitchell:  5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K (4.78 ERA; 113 IP, 124 H, 71 R, 60 ER, 5 HR, 45 BB, 96 K)  -  A blah overall season for Mitchell.

Branden Pinder:  3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K - 2.10 ERA with a 28/3 K/BB ratio over 25.2 innings since being demoted.  Had a 6.29 ERA in 19 games for Trenton earlier in the season.

Taylor Garrison: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K - Blew the save in the bottom of the 9th.   Has a 1.24 ERA in 20 games for Tampa with a 26/7 K/BB ratio.

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Charleston:  (Swept in DH by Hickory, 3-1 and 5-4)

Greg Bird:  0-for-6, 2 BB, 5 K

Angelo Gumbs:  2-for-7, 2B (7) 

Jake Cave:  4-for-7, 2B (27), 2 RBI, RS, SB (11) - Up to .279 on the season.  

Cito Culver:  0-for-4, 2 K

Danny Oh:  1-for-3, RBI

Reymond Nunez:  1-for-5, 2B (13), RS

Ty Afenir:  1-for-1, 2B (1), 2 RS, BB

Luis Severino:  3.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K - 19-year old RHP.    3-1 with a 1.37 ERA for the GCL squad in 26.1 innings with a 32/6 K/BB ratio.  In his debut last year (DSL), he compiled a 1.68 ERA in 64.1 innings with a 45/17 K/BB ratio.    Signed out of the Dominican Republic for $225,000 in 2011.   I don't know if he will stay in Charleston, or if this was just a one start deal because they needed someone for the double-header today.

Cesar Vargas:  6 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, HR  - Was cruising along until allowing a pair of walks in the 7th, followed by an Angelo Gumbs error.    Has a 2.87 ERA with a 78/34 K/BB ratio over 97.1 innings.  Solid season.

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Staten Island:  (Split DH with Aberdeen; won 7-3; lost 5-1)

Michael O'Neill: 2-for-6, RS, SB (8), 2 K

Eric Jagielo: 0-for-5, HBP  - 4-for-28 slide.

Brandon Thomas:  1-for-3, RBI

Bubba Jones:  1-for-3

John Murphy:  1-for-3

Yeicok Calderon: 2-for-4, 2 RS, BB

Kale Sumner:  0-for-2, RBI, RS, BB

Daniel Lopez:  1-for-3, 2B (3), 3 RBI, RS  (.250/.408/.357 in 21 games since joining Staten Island)

Giovanny Gallegos (L, 2-3):  3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, HR (3.03 ERA; 38.2 IP, 34 H, 14 R, 13 ER, 3 HR, 6 BB, 27 K)

Cale Cashow:  3 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K (3.42 ERA; 23.2 IP, 23 H, 19 R, 9 ER, 12 BB, 22 K, 1 HR)
Andy Beresford:  1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K (2.77 ERA; 13 IP, 20 H, 9 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 11 K, 1 HR)

David Palladino:  4 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 4 K (5.11 ERA; 24.2 IP, 34 H, 16 R, 14 ER, 3 HR, 14 BB, 25 K)

Kelvin Castro: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 3 K (3.18 ERA; 17 IP, 16 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 3 HR, 6 BB, 22 K)