Here are all the damn notes:
- J.J. Cooper at Baseball America updated their midseason top 100 prospects list. The rankings did not change. They just updated the list to reflect the trade deadline activity. The Yankees and Brewers lead the way with seven top 100 prospects each.
- In a separate piece, Cooper ranked the top 50 prospects traded from June 30th to August 1st. The Yankees added the No. 2 (Clint Frazier) and No. 3 (Gleyber Torres) prospects. Three of the top seven, six of the top 25, and ten of the top 50 (!) all came to the Yankees in various trades.
- Josh Norris spoke to RHP James Kaprielian, who is currently working his way back from a flexor strain. Kaprielian won’t pitch in games in the regular season, but it’s possible he will be ready to go in time for Instructional League and/or the Arizona Fall League.
- RHP Domingo Acevedo was placed on the High-A Tampa DL with a back injury, reports Erik Boland. Sucks. At least it’s not his arm. Matt Kardos says Acevedo received a cortisone shot and will be shut down a few days. Double-A Trenton manager Bobby Mitchell told Kardos that Acevedo was due to join the Thunder soon.
- The Yankees are sending minor league pitching coordinator Danny Borrell to Low-A Charleston specifically to work with RHP Dillon Tate, reports Brendan Kuty. Turns out farm system head Gary Denbo coached Tate with Team USA in 2014, so there is some familiarity there.
- Tate and RHP Erik Swanson, who also came over in the Carlos Beltran trade, are scheduled to make their debuts with Low-A Charleston on Friday, the River Dogs announced. Tate and Swanson made their final starts with the Rangers last Thursday and Friday, respectively.
Also, it’s been a while since I last updated the standings, so let’s do that now. The eight domestic affiliates came into today with a combined 322-251 (.562) record, which is pretty awesome.
Triple-A Scranton (2-1 loss to Lehigh Valley) they’re 67-43 and one game back in the North Division … they have a five-game lead on a postseason spot
- CF Jake Cave: 0-4, 1 K
- LF Clint Frazier: 0-4, 3 K — first game since the trade … bust!
- RF Aaron Judge: 1-3, 1 2B — got picked off second … played six innings as scheduled in his first game back from the knee injury
- C Gary Sanchez: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K
- 1B Tyler Austin: 0-3, 1 K
- 3B Cito Culver: 1-3 — this isn’t his Triple-A debut … he played eight games here last season
- LHP Jordan Montgomery: 6.2 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 9/2 GB/FB — 65 of 102 pitches were strikes (64%) … nice Triple-A debut for the team’s 2014 fourth rounder
- LHP Tyler Webb: 0.2 IP, zeroes, 2 K — nine pitches, six strikes
- RHP Ben Heller: 0.2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB — six pitches, five strikes … first game since coming over in the Andrew Miller trade with Frazier
Double-A Trenton (11-4 win over Hartford) they’re 69-40 and somehow 2.5 games back in the Eastern Division … they do have a 6.5 game lead on a postseason spot though
- SS Tyler Wade: 0-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
- CF Dustin Fowler: 2-5, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 1 K — 22-for-55 (.400) with eight doubles, three triples, three homers, five walks, and five strikeouts during his 14-game hitting streak
- C Kyle Higashioka: 2-4, 1 K — he left the game after pulling up lame while running the bases, so says Matt Kardos … hopefully that’s nothing serious … Sanchez is reportedly on his way up to the big leagues, so I have to think Higashioka would have been going up to Scranton
- RF Billy McKinney: 2-4, 1 K — 5-for-14 (.357) with two walks and one strikeout in five games since the trade
- 3B Miguel Andujar: 1-5, 1 R, 1 K
- 2B Abi Avelino: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI
- 1B Mike Ford: 2-3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB
- LHP Daniel Camarena: 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 6/3 GB/FB — 58 of 88 pitches were strikes (66%), plus he picked a runner off first
- RHP Travis Hissong: 2 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 1/2 GB/FB — 15 of 19 pitches were strikes (79%) … 66/7 K/BB in 56.2 innings for the undrafted free agent signee out of Wright State
High-A Tampa had a scheduled off-day. They’re 63-44 overall and a half-game out of first place in the North Division. Tampa has already clinched a postseason spot by winning the first half division title.
Low-A Charleston (5-1 win over Kannapolis) they’re 61-45 and three games up in the Southern Division … like Tampa, they’ve already clinched a playoff spot by winning the first half division title
- CF Ricardo Ferreira: 0-3, 2 BB, 1 K
- SS Hoy Jun Park: 1-5, 1 K
- DH Jhalan Jackson: 0-4, 1 BB, 3 K
- C Luis Torrens: 0-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
- 3B Mandy Alvarez: 2-4, 2 R, 1 K — Mandy’s getting hot again
- RF Alex Palma: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K
- RHP Luis Cedeno: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 3/4 GB/FB, 1 E (throwing) — 51 of 85 pitches were strikes (60%), plus he picked a runner off first
- RHP Eduardo Rivera: 3 IP, zeroes, 6 K, 0/3 GB/FB — 23 of 32 pitches were strikes (72%) … 28/9 K/BB in 19.2 innings
Short Season Staten Island (2-0 win over Auburn) they’re 24-19 and 1.5 games back in the McNamara Division
- CF Carlos Vidal: 1-4, 1 R
- 2B Nick Solak: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 K
- 1B Drew Bridges: 0-2, 2 BB, 1 K — the team’s 20th round pick in 2013 is quietly hitting .298/.333/.452 on the season
- DH Dom Thompson-Williams: 1-3, 2 K, 1 CS — got picked off first
- SS Angel Aguilar: 1-3
- RHP Chad Martin: 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K,
Rookie Pulaski‘s game was cancelled due to rain and will not be made up. They actually played two and a half innings before the rain came. Here’s the box score. Pulaski is 17-21 and in last place in the East Division. They’re only 5.5 games back of first and 3.5 games back of a postseason spot.
Rookie GCL Yanks East (11-7 loss to GCL Phillies) they’re 11-22 and in last place in the Northeast Division, 4.5 games back of first
- CF Jordan Scott: 0-5, 3 K
- RF Erick Mendez: 2-5, 1 K
- 1B Brandon Wagner: 1-4, 1 BB, 1 K
- RHP Jhony Brito: 4.1 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 5/5 GB/FB — the 18-year-old is just up from the Dominican Summer League, where he had a 6.81 ERA and a 34/8 K/BB in 35.2 innings
Rookie GCL Yanks West (6-4 win over GCL Braves) they’re 14-19 and in last place in the Northwest Division … they’re a whopping 13 games back of first place (the GCL Blue Jays are 27-6)
- 3B Nelson Gomez: 2-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K — walk-off three-run jimmy jack for the $2.25M bonus baby
- DH Donny Sands: 1-4
- C-1B Miguel Flames: 2-4, 1 RBI, 2 PB — caught five innings before moving to first base … seems like the Yankees are really taking it easy on him behind the plate
- RHP Alexander Rosario: 6 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 8/7 GB/FB, 1 E (missed catch) — 37/7 K/BB in 40.1 innings for the 21-year-old
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