Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (9-5 win over Buffalo)
- 2B Thairo Estrada: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 3 RBI — 8-for-23 (.348) with three doubles and two homers in his last five games
- 1B Mike Ford: 2-3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI — up to .471/.525/1.029 with nearly twice as many extra-base hits (four doubles, five homers) than strikeouts (five) … he has to be loving life with the MLB ball against Triple-A pitching
- RF Trey Amburgey: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 SB
- DH Ryan McBroom: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — 7-for-15 (.467) with a double and two homers in his last five games
- SS Gosuke Katoh: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 CS
- LHP Gio Gonzalez: 5 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, 3/1 GB/FB — 61 of 93 pitches were strikes (66%) … Gonzalez has one more start to show the Yankees they should add him to their roster before his April 20th opt-out date arrives … my guess right now is they will add him to the roster and figure out where exactly he fits later
- RHP Jake Barrett: 2 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 1/2 GB/FB — 20 of 25 pitches were strikes (80%)
Double-A Trenton Thunder (10-6 win over Portland)
- SS Kyle Holder: 2-5, 1 2B, 2 RBI — 5-for-16 (.313) in his last four games
- DH Brandon Wagner: 1-3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HBP — kinda sorta starting to get going at the plate
- RF Ben Ruta: 3-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
- LF Rashad Crawford: 1-2, 1 R, 3 BB, 1 CS
- RHP Nick Nelson: 5 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 6 BB, 7 K, 1 HB, 0/5 GB/FB — 57 of 106 pitches were strikes (54%) … without seeing the game, I have a hard time imaging an uglier five shutout inning performance
- RHP Domingo Acevedo: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 23 of 34 pitches were strikes (68%) … 11/1 K/BB six innings into his time as a full-time reliever
High-A Tampa Tarpons (4-3 win over Daytona)
- CF Pablo Olivares: 1-5
- SS Diego Castillo: 1-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) — now 2-for-39 (.051) on the season … he has to get 14 hits in his next 14 at-bats to get his batting average up to .300
- 3B Oswaldo Cabrera: 0-4, 2 R, 1 K
- DH Dermis Garcia: 2-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K
- RF Isiah Gilliam: 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI — threw a runner out at the plate … 12-for-35 (.343) with two doubles and two homers in ten games
- C Donny Sands: 1-4, 1 K
- RHP Rony Garcia: 5 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 3/2 GB/FB — 54 of 86 pitches were strikes (63%) … 17/4 K/BB in 13.1 innings for the 21-year-old
Low-A Charleston RiverDogs (11-2 loss to Greensboro)
- 2B Kyle Gray: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB
- C Josh Breaux: 0-4, 1 K
- LF Canaan Smith: 1-3, 1 BB — 2-for-13 (.154) through four games
- RHP Luis Medina: 3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 1 HB, 3/0 GB/FB — 41 of 72 pitches were strikes (57%) … much better than his first start, when he allowed ten runs (!) in two innings
- RHP Rodney Hutchison: 2.2 IP, 4 H, 8 R, 7 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 3/2 GB/FB — 36 of 73 pitches were strikes (49%) … 15 runs with an 8/6 K/BB in 6.1 through two innings, and yikes
The Short Season Staten Island Yankees, Rookie Pulaski Yankees, and two Rookie Gulf Coast League Yankees teams begin play in June.