MLB.com posted their midseason top 100 prospects list today. Three Yankees made it: OF Estevan Florial (No. 39), LHP Justus Sheffield (No. 42), and RHP Albert Abreu (No. 65). 2B Gleyber Torres and 3B Miguel Andujar are no longer prospect eligible while RHP Chance Adams, who was No. 66 before the season, has dropped out of the top 100.
Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (3-1 loss to Rochester)
- CF Tyler Wade: 2-4, 1 BB, 1 K — threw a runner out at second
- 3B Brandon Drury: 0-4 — in a little 1-for-16 (.063) skid
- 1B Tyler Austin: 1-2, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB
- DH Billy McKinney: 0-4, 1 K — 3-for-21 (.143) in his last six games
- SS Ronald Torreyes: 0-2, 1 RBI, 2 BB — two walks???
- C Kyle Higashioka: 0-1, 3 BB
- LHP Justus Sheffield: 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 1 HR, 4/6 GB/FB — 65 of 95 pitches were strikes (68%) … gave up a three-run homer to a rehabbing Byron Buxton on a cement mixer slider (here’s video)
- RHP Tommy Kahnle: 1 IP, zeroes, 3 K — nine of 12 pitches were strikes … 15/3 K/BB in 8.2 innings with the RailRiders
Double-A Trenton Thunder (7-2 loss to Portland)
- RF Trey Amburgey & DH Abi Avelino: both 0-4, 2 K
- SS Gosuke Katoh: 0-1, 1 R, 3 BB, 1 CS
- LHP Ryan Bollinger: 4 IP, 9 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 2 HR, 1 HB, 2/3 GB/FB — 60 of 85 pitches were strikes (71%) … 25 runs in 17.2 innings since his day as a big leaguer
High-A Tampa Tarpons (5-4 loss to Jupiter in eleven innings)
- SS Kyle Holder: 1-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB — spent the last three weeks on the temporary inactive list, which is usually reserved for personal issues and things like that
- 2B Diego Castillo: 0-5, 2 K
- 1B Brandon Wagner: 1-3 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K
- DH Hoy Jun Park: 0-4, 1 K
- C Donny Sands: 3-5, 1 R, 1 K — 6-for-15 (.400) in five games back from the broken arm
- RHP Nick Green: 5.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 2 WP, 1 HB, 8/2 GB/FB — 55 of 99 pitches were strikes (56%) … ground ball rate is at 65.1%
Low-A Charleston RiverDogs (10-4 loss to Lexington)
- CF Pablo Olivares: 3-5, 2 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI — my dude had three home runs in 192 career games before this one
- 2B Wilkerman Garcia: 0-4, 1 BB
- SS Oswaldo Cabrera: 1-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K
- RF Steven Sensley: 0-1, 1 BB, 1 K — was removed for a pinch-hitter in the fourth inning for an unknown reason
- 3B Dermis Garcia: 1-5, 3 K, 1 E (fielding) — got picked off first
- RHP Miguel Yajure: 5 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 HR, 7/2 GB/FB — 39 of 57 pitches were strikes (68%) … home runs going for unearned runs is one of favorite weird baseball quirks
- RHP Jio Orozco: 4 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 6/2 GB/FB — 33 of 47 pitches were strikes (70%)
Short Season Staten Island Yankees (2-0 loss to Aberdeen)
- SS Eduardo Torrealba: 1-4, 1 K
- 2B Kyle Gray: 0-4, 2 K — pro debut for this year’s 14th rounder
- RF Junior Soto: 1-4, 1 K — threw a runner out at the plate
- LF Canaan Smith: 0-4, 1 K — 3-for-25 (.120) with ten strikeouts through seven games
- DH Jesus Bastidas: 0-4, 3 K
- RHP Alex Mauricio: 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 HB, 12/1 GB/FB — 54 of 85 pitches were strikes (64%)
Rookie Pulaski Yankees (8-7 loss to Greeneville in eleven innings)
- DH Robert Javier: 3-6, 2 K
- 2B Ezequiel Duran: 1-6, 3 K — now 1-for-20 (.050) in four games
- CF Everson Pereira: 2-6, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 3 K — first pro homer for last year’s $1.5M bonus baby
- 3B Nelson Gomez: 2-5, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 3 K
- RF Juan De Leon: 2-4, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 HR, 2 K — hit the game-tying two-run homer in the ninth
- RHP Luis Gil: 4 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 2/2 GB/FB — 52 of 76 pitches were strikes (68%) … he came over in the Jake Cave trade
Rookie GCL Yankees East (11-8 win over GCL Tigers East)
- SS Brayan Jimenez: 2-4, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
- CF Sandy Mota: 0-2, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K
- RF Alexander Santana: 2-3, 1 R, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB — 17-year-old hit .274/.362/.447 (135 wRC+) with five homers in 57 Dominican Summer League games last year
- RHP Clarke Schmidt: 1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1/0 GB/FB — first pro game action for last year’s first round pick, who is on the way back from Tommy John surgery … wouldn’t sweat the results one bit, it’s his first game back and still has a ways to go to get into midseason form … this year is all about shaking off the rust and whatnot, the real coming out party is set for next season
- RHP Daniel Bies: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2/1 GB/FB — pro debut for this year’s seventh rounder
- LHP Josh Maciejewski: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GB/FB — pro debut for this year’s tenth rounder
Rookie GCL Yankees West (8-2 win over GCL Braves)
- LF Antonio Cabello: 3-4, 2 R, 1 3B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB — 6-for-12 with two triples, a homer, one walk, and one strikeout in three games
- C Anthony Seigler: 1-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 PB — this year’s first rounder caught seven innings in his second pro game
- SS Roberto Chirinos: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K
- DH Stanley Rosario: 1-4, 1 3B, 1 BB, 1 K
- CF Brandon Lockridge: 2-4, 1 2B
- RHP Pedro Barrios: 4 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 3/2 GB/FB
- RHP Connor Van Hoose: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB
- RHP Sean Boyle: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — pro debut for this year’s 25th rounder
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