DotF: Severino strikes out ten in Scranton’s win

Triple-A Scranton (9-4 win over Lehigh Valley)

• CF Ben Gamel: 2-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB — he’s been on fire of late
• 2B Rob Refsnyder:  2-5, 2 R, 2 2B, 2 E (fielding, throwing) — the Rob Refsnyder experience
• 1B Greg Bird: 2-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI
• RF Aaron Judge: 0-5, 3 K
• C Gary Sanchez: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 K — final days with the Yankees? or nah?
• LF Ramon Flores: 0-3, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 SB
• 3B Jose Pirela: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 E (throwing)
• DH Austin Romine: 2-3, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB
• RHP Luis Severino: 6 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 10 K, 2 WP, 1 HB, 5/3 GB/FB — 61 of 92 pitches were strikes (66%) … boy he’s going to look great in a Tigers jersey
• RHP Branden Pinder: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 4/0 GB/FB — 20 of 35 pitches were strikes (57%)
• RHP Jose Ramirez: 1.1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2/1 GB/FB — nine of 14 pitches were strikes (64%)

Double-A Trenton (4-2 win over Portland)

• DH Jake Cave: 0-3, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K — 8.4 BB% and 17.4 K% this year after 7.5 BB% and 20.2 K% last year
• RF Mark Payton: 2-4
• 2B Tony Renda: 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB — got picked off first
• RHP Caleb Smith: 5.2 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 3/5 GB/FB — 67 of 103 pitches were strikes (65%)
• RHP Mark Montgomery: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K — 13 of 22 pitches were strikes (59%) … turned back the clock today

High-A Tampa (2-1 loss to Jupiter)

• 2B Tyler Wade: 1-2, 1 3B, 2 BB, 1 E (fielding) — 8.8 BB% and 15.4 K% this year after 9.9 BB% and 20.5 K% last year
• SS Abi Avelino: 1-4, 1 RBI
• CF Dustin Fowler & 3B Miguel Andujar: both 0-4 — Fowler struck out thrice, Andujar twice … Andujar committed a fielding error
• LHP Jordan Montgomery: 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 10/3 GB/FB — 97/26 K/BB in 102.1 innings

Low-A Charleston had a scheduled off-day.

Short Season Staten Island (3-2 loss to Batavia in ten innings)

• CF Jeff Hendrix: 1-4, 1 R, 1 K, 1 SB, 1 HBP
• SS Kyle Holder: 1-4, 1 K, 1 HBP
• 2B Thairo Estrada: 1-5, 1 RBI, 1 K, 2 E (missed catch, fielding) — seven walks and seven strikeouts in his last 18 games
• RF Jhalan Jackson: 1-2, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 SB — 6.5 BB% and 29.6 K%
• 3B Drew Bridges: 0-4, 2 K, 1 E (fielding) — started off very but has since crashed back to Earth
• RHP Kolton Mahoney: 4 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 4/3 GB/FB — 39 of 65 pitches were strikes (60%)

Rookie level Pulaski (10-4 loss to Kingsport)

• CF Carlos Vidal: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• SS Hyo-Jun Park: 0-4, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
• LF Nathan Mikolas: 1-4, 1 R, 1 K
• 2B Gosuke Katoh: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 E (throwing) — 13-for-33 (.394) during his eight-game hitting streak
• LHP Nestor Cortes: 3.2 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 3/1 GB/FB — oh Nestor
• RHP David Sosebee: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1/2 GB/FB — 27/7 K/BB in 24 innings for this year’s 28th rounder

Rookie level GCL Yanks1 Game One (4-0 win over GCL Yanks2) makeup of the July 14th game, which was suspended due to rain after one inning … going to lump the two clubs together

• SS Yancarlos Baez: 1-4, 1 K
• 2B Griffin Garabito: 2-4, 1 E (throwing)
• RF Cesar Diaz: 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 3B,
• SS Wilkerman Garcia: 1-4, 1 R, 1 K — got picked off first … odds he winds up going by Wilky at some point?
• 3B Donny Sands: 1-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB, 1 HBP
• RF Trey Amburgey: 1-4
• CF Leonardo Molina: 0-3 — left the game after grounding into a double play
• LHP Jeff Degano: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 2/1 GB/FB — he started the original game on July 14th, which was actually his pro debut
• RHP Manolo Reyes: 1.2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2/2 GB/FB — 86/62 K/BB in 82 innings for the 25-year-old, who signed for $600,000 back in 2012
• RHP Paddy O’Brien: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 3/0 GB/FB — 5/1 K/BB in 4.2 innings for the converted catcher so far
• RHP Claudio Custodio: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HB, 3/1 GB/FB
• LHP Omar Luis: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1/1 GB/FB — throwing the ninth inning in a GCL game probably isn’t a good sign for Luis, who signed for $2.5M as the team’s last notable Cuban player signing a few years ago
• RHP Taylor Garrison: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 3/1 GB/FB

Rookie level GCL Yanks1 Game Two was suspended due to rain after two innings. They’ll complete the game tomorrow. Degano started this game and Josh Norris said he was 89-91 mph in the short look. Here’s the box score.