DotF: Aaron Judge goes deep in Scranton’s win

RHP James Kaprielian has been bumped up from the Rookie GCL Yanks to Short Season Staten Island, the team announced. The Yankees’ top three picks in this year’s draft (Kaprielian, SS Kyle Holder, LHP Jeff Degano) are all with Staten Island now. I guess I’m going to have to jump on the ferry and catch a game at some point these next two weeks.

Triple-A Scranton (2-1 win over Lehigh Valley)

• DH Ben Gamel: 2-4, 1 RBI — got picked off first
• 2B Rob Refsnyder: 0-2, 2 BB — in a 2-for-16 (.125) slump
• LF Jose Pirela: 1-4, 1 2B
• C Gary Sanchez: 0-4 — in a 3-for-30 (.100) slump after the hot start
• RF Aaron Judge: 2-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB — 19 homers in 106 games this year after hitting 17 homers in 131 games last year
• CF Slade Heathcott: 1-4
• 1B Austin Romine: 0-4
• RHP Brady Lail: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HB, 11/2 GB/FB — 48 of 76 pitches were strikes (63%) … starting to settle in at this level
• LHP James Pazos: 1.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 20 of 27 pitches were strikes (74%)
• RHP Andrew Bailey: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GB/FB — half of his 26 pitches were strikes … 39/11 K/BB in 30 innings

Double-A Trenton (6-4 win over Bowie)

• CF Jake Cave & 2B Tony Renda: both 1-5 — Cave struck out and committed a fielding error … Renda stole a base and scored a run
• RF Tyler Austin: 0-4, 1 K — threw a runner out at second
• RHP Eric Ruth: 6 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 4/5 GB/FB — 60 of 96 pitches were strikes (63%)
• LHP Matt Tracy: 1.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 3/0 GB/FB — 23 of 30 pitches were strikes (77%)

High-A Tampa Game One (3-2 loss to Lakeland in eight innings) makeup of yesterday’s rainout

• SS Jorge Mateo: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 SB, 1 E (fielding) — 17-for-38 (.447) in his last nine games
• 2B Abi Avelino & CF Dustin Fowler: both 0-4, 1 K — Fowler drove in a run
• 3B Miguel Andujar: 1-4, 1 K
• LHP Dietrich Enns: 6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 5/5 GB/FB — 45 of 73 pitches were strikes (62%) … 43/16 K/BB in 42.2 innings as he works his way back from Tommy John surgery

High-A Tampa Game Two (3-1 loss to Lakeland in seven innings)

• SS Jorge Mateo & 2B Abi Avelino: both 0-3
• CF Dustin Fowler: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B — broke up the no-hitter with two outs in the seventh, so they just narrowly avoided the seven-inning no-no
• 3B Miguel Andujar: 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 SB, 1 E (throwing)
• RHP Jonathan Holder: 5.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 HB, 6/5 GB/FB — 58 of 96 pitches were strikes (60%) … 78/17 K/BB in 99.1 innings for the converted reliever

Low-A Charleston Game One (1-0 win over Rome in seven innings) makeup of yesterday’s rainout

• SS Angel Aguilar: 0-3
• DH Vince Conde: 0-2, 1 R, 1 BB
• LF Austin Aune: 1-3, 1 2B
• RF Alex Palma: 0-2 — threw a runner out at second … he’s up to 14 assists in 66 games in the outfield this year
• LHP Justin Kamplain: 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 9/3 GB/FB — 56 of 78 pitches were strikes (72%)

Low-A Charleston Game Two (5-1 win over Rome in seven innings)

• DH Angel Aguilar: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 K — 10-for-32 (.313) in his last eight games
• SS Vince Conde: 0-4
• CF Austin Aune: 0-1, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K — nice little doubleheader
• RF Alex Palma: 0-2, 1 R, 1 HBP
• RHP Matt Wotherspoon: 7 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 9 K, 5/2 GB/FB — 60 of 83 pitches were strikes (72%) … 96/29 K/BB in 89.2 innings for last year’s 34th rounder

Short Season Staten Island Game One (2-1 loss to Aberdeen in seven innings) completion of the July 9th game, which was suspended after four innings because the power went out at the ballpark

• SS Thairo Estrada: 0-3, 1 K
• RF Jhalan Jackson: 0-2, 1 K — started the original game but did not play today because he’s on the DL
• CF Jeff Hendrix: 0-1, 1 K — replaced Jackson
• 3B Drew Bridges: 0-2, 1 K
• 2B Brandon Wagner: 1-2, 1 2B, 1 K
• RHP Kolton Mahoney: 3.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 5/3 GB/FB — 39 of 61 pitches were strikes (64%) … started the original game
• LHP James Reeves: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 26 of 41 pitches were strikes (63%)

Short Season Staten Island Game Two was suspended due to wet grounds after the first inning. They’ll finish the game tomorrow. Here’s the box score.

Rookie level Pulaski had a scheduled off-day.

Rookie level GCL Yanks1 (8-7 win over GCL Astros, walk-off style)

• LF Jordan Barnes: 3-5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 2 K — threw a runner out at third … walk-off single
• CF Terrance Robertson: 1-3, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 K
• 3B Donny Sands: 2-5, 1 R, 1 RBI — this year’s eighth rounder is up to .302/.403/.358 with 19 walks and 13 strikeouts in 37 pro games
• DH Chris Gittens: 3-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB
• RHP Anyelo Gomez: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 4/1 GB/FB

Rookie level GCL Yanks2 (4-2 win over GCL Blue Jays)

• SS Yonauris Rodriguez: 0-5, 1 K
• DH Isiah Gilliam: 3-4, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI — 10-for-22 (.455) in his last six games
• 3B Dermis Garcia: 0-4, 2 K
• RHP Daris Vargas: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 12 K, 3/1 GB/FB — double digit strikeout games are pretty rare down here because no one pitches deep into the game … also, Vargas is 23 and nearly two years older than the average GCL player