DotF: Pulaski Yankees open their season with a loss

Some notes and links:

• OF Tyler Austin has been activated off the Triple-A Scranton DL, reports Chad Jennings. Austin hurt his hip diving for a ball in the outfield a week or two ago. Now he just needs to start hitting (76 wRC+).
• RHP Jordan Foley will be bumped up from Low-A Charleston to start for Triple-A Scranton tomorrow, according to Donnie Collins. The RailRiders need a spot starter because their rotation is discombobulated thanks to all the recent call-ups. Foley, last year’s fifth rounder, gets the nod.
• Check out this Josh Leventhal story on Calfee Park, home of the Pulaski Yankees. The park opened in 1935 and needed an upgrade, so team owners David Hagan and Larry Shelor spent $3.2M to give the place a facelift. By the way, the team mascot is Calf-E.

Triple-A Scranton (6-4 win over Louisville)

• CF Ben Gamel: 0-5, 1 K
• 2B Rob Refsnyder: 0-4, 1 R, 1 SB, 1 HB — in a 7-for-39 (.179) slump
• RF Aaron Judge: 0-3, 1 RBI, 1 K
• C Austin Romine: 4-4, 2 R, 2 2B — 10-for-20 since coming off the DL
• RHP Esmil Rogers: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 6/2 GB/FB — 46 of 67 pitches were strikes (69%)
• RHP Chris Martin: 2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2/2 GB/FB — 27 of 46 pitches were strikes (59%)
• RHP Jose Ramirez: 1 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 0/1 GB/FB — only 13 of 29 pitches were strikes (45%)
• LHP Tyler Webb: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 14 of 20 pitches were strikes

Double-A Trenton (4-0 loss to Richmond)

• CF Jake Cave, 1B Greg Bird & 2B Tony Renda: all 1-4 — Bird and Renda each struck out once, Cave struck out twice … Bird was also caught stealing
• RF Mark Payton: 0-4, 1 K — threw a runner out at second … 0-for-13 in his last five games
• RHP Eric Ruth: 5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 5/3 GB/FB — 59 of 93 pitches were strikes (63%)

High-A Tampa was rained out. They’ll play a doubleheader tomorrow.

Low-A Charleston is off until Thursday for the All-Star break. The North Division beat the South Division by the score of 7-5. Here’s the box score. 1B Connor Spencer was only River Dog to make the All-Star team and he didn’t even play in the game. Womp womp.

Short Season Staten Island was rained out. They’re going to play a doubleheader tomorrow as well.

Rookie level Pulaski (9-6 loss to Danville) it’s Opening Day, so full lineups per DotF tradition

• CF Carlos Vidal: 1-3, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB — I don’t know who this is! … CF Derek Toadvine pinch-hit in the eighth and grounded out
• SS Hoy Jun Park: 1-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K– signed for $1.16M last July … SS Jose Javier pinch-hit in the ninth and struck out
• DH Austin Afenir: 1-5, 3 K
• LF Nathan Mikolas: 1-4, 2 RBI, , 1BB, 1 K
• 2B Gosuke Katoh: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 E (fielding) — the return of Gosuke
• RF Kendall Coleman: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB — first career homer for the team’s 11th rounder in 2013
• 1B Kane Sweeney: 0-4, 2 K
• C Jesus Aparicio: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (throwing)
• 3B Allen Valerio: 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
• RHP Simon De La Rosa: 1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 WP — not a great season debut for the sleeper prospect
• RHP Jonathan Padilla: 4 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 2 HB, 6/1 GB/FB, 1 E (throwing)
• RHP Cody Carroll: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB — pro debut for this year’s 22nd rounder
• RHP Eduardo Rivera: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 3/2 GB/FB

Rookie level GCL Yanks1‘s game was suspended due to rain in the middle of the fourth inning. Here’s the box score. The game will be completed on July 8th.

Rookie level GCL Yanks2 (8-7 loss to GCL Braves in ten innings)

• SS Yancarlos Baez: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K
• 3B Renzo Martini: 2-5, 1 R, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 3 K
• LHP Dietrich Enns: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 2/1 GB/FB — rehabbing from Tommy John surgery
• RHP Claudio Custodio: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 5/0 GB/FB — former shortstop and outfielder — he played center for High-A Tampa earlier this season — is now giving the mound a try
• RHP Brandon Stenhouse: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 1/0 GB/FB — 18-year-old signed for six figures out of Australia last January