- Baseball America released their midseason top 100 prospects list earlier today. Seven Yankees made it: SS Gleyber Torres (3rd), OF Blake Rutherford (36th), OF Clint Frazier (48th), RHP Chance Adams (55th), OF Estevan Florial (70th), LHP Justus Sheffield (72nd), and OF Dustin Fowler (88th). I’ll have some thoughts on this next week.
- The Yankees signed Alabama-Birmingham RHP Garrett Whitlock (18th round) to a $247,500 bonus, reports Jim Callis. That is over the $125,000 slot for each pick after the tenth round, so the remaining $122,500 counts against the bonus pool. The signing deadline was 4pm ET today. Here is our Draft Pool tracker.
- 1B Mike Ford (hamstring) and RHP Ronald Herrera (shoulder) were placed on the Triple-A Scranton disabled list, the team announced. Ford isn’t expected to be out long. Also, RHP Bryan Mitchell was sent from Triple-A Scranton to High-A Tampa. That allows him to make a start next week during the Triple-A All-Star break.
- Two Yankees made Baseball America’s Prospect Team of the Month for June and they are not among the team’s top prospects: 2B Nick Solak and RHP Zack Littell. Hooray farm system depth! Solak hit .392/.453/.595 (204 wRC+) with three homers in June. Goodness. Littell had a 0.58 ERA (1.92 FIP) in 31 innings.
- A bunch of Yankees made this week’s Prospect Hot Sheet: SS Jorge Mateo (7th), RHP Dillon Tate (8th), RHP Jorge Guzman (11th), and OF Billy McKinney (16th). That’s a good sign. Mateo, Tate, and McKinney are trying to rebuild prospect stock right now while Guzman is trying to establish his.
Triple-A Scranton (4-1 loss to Lehigh Valley)
- CF Jake Cave: 1-4, 1 K
- 3B Miguel Andujar: 0-4, 1 K
- RF Billy McKinney: 0-3, 1 K
- SS Abe Avelino: 0-3
- RHP Chance Adams: 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 3/4 GB/FB — 62 of 95 pitches were strikes (65%) … he’s walked at least three batters in seven of his 17 starts this year, which is a few too many
- RHP J.P. Feyereisen: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 2/2 GB/FB — 28 of 44 pitches were strikes (64%)
- RHP Gio Gallegos: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 0/1 GB/FB — 14 of 21 pitches were strikes
Double-A Trenton (2-1 win over New Hampshire)
- SS Jorge Mateo: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) — 17-for-37 (.459) with four doubles, three triples, and one home run during his nine-game hitting streak
- CF Rashad Crawford: 1-3, 1 K
- 2B Thairo Estrada: 2-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI — third homer of the season and his first since May 29th
- RHP Yefry Ramirez: 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 2 HB, 4/5 GB/FB, 1 E (throwing) — 57 of 88 pitches were strikes (65%) … had allowed 13 runs in 12.1 innings in his last three starts
- RHP Branden Pinder: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 B, 3 K, 0/2 GB/FB — 17 of 28 pitches were strikes (61%) … his rehab has been moved up here from Staten Island
- RHP Colten Brewer: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 20 of 31 pitches were strikes (65%)
High-A Tampa (6-5 loss to Bradenton, walk-off style)
- LF Alex Palma: 1-5, 1 2B, 1 K
- 2B Nick Solak: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B — 8-for-23 (.348) during his little six-game hitting streak
- CF Trey Amburgey: 2-3, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB — three homers in his last five games
- SS Angel Aguilar: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 K
- RHP Taylor Widener: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 6/3 GB/FB — 47 of 82 pitches were strikes (57%) … converted reliever might be hitting a little bit of a wall … his last two starts have been rough
Low-A Charleston (7-1 win over Columbia)
- 2B Hoy Jun Park: 2-4, 2 R, 1 BB
- SS Diego Castillo: 2-5, 1 R, 2 RBI
- CF Estevan Florial: 1-5, 1 RBI, 1 K — I imagine he’s leaving to go to the Futures Game tomorrow
- DH Isiah Gilliam: 1-5, 1 R
- C Donny Sands: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 BB — five walks in his last eight games after drawing seven walks in his first 50 games
- RHP Nick Green: 6.2 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 10/1 GB/FB, 1 E (pickoff) — 59 of 93 pitches were strikes (63%), plus he picked a runner off second … one earned run or fewer in five of his last seven starts
Short Season Staten Island (4-3 win over Brooklyn)
- DH Oswaldo Cabrera: 1-4, 2 K
- SS Wilkerman Garcia: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 SB
- CF Dom Thompson-Williams: 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — 9-for-19 (.474) with five walks and four strikeouts in his last six games
- RF Leonardo Molina: 2-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB — got picked off first … 11-for-26 (.423) during his seven-game hitting streak
- 3B Nelson Gomez: 0-4, 3 K
- RHP Daniel Alvarez: 5.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 5/1 GB/FB — 53 of 82 pitches were strikes (65%)
Rookie Pulaski (6-1 win over Bristol)
- CF Pablo Olivares: 0-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
- RF Steven Sensley: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 K, 1 SB — now 14-for-36 (.389) with five doubles and three homers in ten pro games
- 3B Dermis Garcia: 1-5, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 SB
- 1B Eric Wagaman: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB
- RHP Gilmael Troya: 5.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 11/2 GB/FB, 1 E (pickoff) — 53 of 87 pitches were strikes (61%)
Rookie GCL Yanks East (4-0 win over GCL Blue Jays)
- CF Robert Javier: 2-5, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K
- RF Canaan Smith: 0-4, 1 BB — this year’s fourth rounder has drawn a walk in seven of nine pro games after drawing over 60 walks in roughly 40 high school games this spring
- DH Jhon Moronta: 1-5, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K
- RHP Elvis Peguero: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 5/5 GB/FB
- RHP Kyle Zurak: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — pro debut for this year’s eighth round pick
Rookie GCL Yanks West (7-0 win over GCL Pirates)
- SS Brayan Jimenez: 1-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K — 18-year-old is batting .348/.348/.348 through seven games this year
- C Gustavo Campero: 3-4, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB — 19-year-old was born about 60 years too late … a 5-foot-6 catcher named Gus Campero should be playing in the 1950s
- RF Jordan Scott: 0-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
- RHP Pedro Barrios: 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 4/8 GB/FB
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