DotF: A-Rod begins rehab assignment; Sanchez hurt in AAA

The day’s notes:

LHP Phil Coke has accepted his outright assignment rather than elect free agency, reports Chad Jennings. Coke is going to start for Triple-A Scranton tomorrow. The Yankees want to keep him stretched out, apparently.
RHP Eric Ruth has been sent from Scranton down to Double-A Trenton, per Shane Hennigan. The move clears a roster spot for Coke. The RailRiders will need to clear a spot for the recently claimed RHP Layne Somsen soon too.
UTIL Jose Rosario needs surgery to repair fractures in his face near his right eye, reports Matt Kardos. Rosario was hit by a pitch the other day. Ouch. Sounds like he escaped without any serious eye or neurological damage. All things considered, it could have been worse.

Triple-A Scranton (5-3 loss to Louisville)

CF Ben Gamel: 0-4 — 8-for-45 (.178) since being sent back down
RF Aaron Judge: 1-3, 1 BB, 2 K
C Gary Sanchez: 1-2, 1 K — left the game after taking a foul tip to the hand, according to Hennigan … Sanchez did try to make some throws to see if he could stay in, but no dice … needless to say, hopefully it’s just a bruise
1B Nick Swisher: 2-4 — odds his agent has called the Mets after the Lucas Duda injury? probably 99%
LF Jake Cave: 3-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 K — ten extra-base hits (five doubles, three triples, two homers) in 12 games with the RailRiders
DH Cesar Puello: 1-3, 1 R, 1 H, 3 RBI, 1 K
RHP Brady Lail: 6 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HB, 6/5 GB/FB — 66 of 103 pitches were strikes (64%)
RHP Johnny Barbato: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB — 16 of 25 pitches were strikes (64%) … 4/4 K/BB in six innings since being sent down

Double-A Trenton (3-2 win over New Hampshire in eleven innings, walk-off style)

SS Tyler Wade: 0-5, 1 BB
DH Alex Rodriguez: 2-4, 1 RBI — Jared Diamond says this non-prospect who is way too old for the level hit a rocket back up the middle for his first base hit … A-Rod got his four at-bats and was out of the game, he didn’t play in extra innings
PH-DH Juan Silva: 1-2, 1 RBI, 1 K — replaced A-Rod and came up with the walk-off single
LF Tyler Austin: 0-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
2B Billy Fleming: 2-5
3B Cito Culver: 2-4, 3 R, 1 BB — The Summer of Cito
LHP Daniel Camarena: 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 5/2 GB/FB — 57 of 84 pitches were strikes (68%), plus he picked a runner off first … 30/8 K/BB in 38 innings after missing all of last season with an elbow injury
RHP J.R. Graham: 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 Balk, 2/2 GB/FB — 25 of 36 pitches were strikes (69%) … it must stink to spend a full year in the big leagues as a Rule 5 pick only to wind up in Double-A the next year
RHP Tyler Jones: 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 3/2 GB/FB — 31 of 52 pitches were strikes (60%) … blew the save in the ninth, the hung around to get the win … he Clip’d the win

High-A Tampa (3-2 loss to Daytona, walk-off style)

2B Jorge Mateo: 0-2, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K — third game at second base
DH Abi Avelino: 0-4, 2 K
3B Miguel Andujar: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (throwing) — seven homers in 41 games … last year he didn’t hit his seventh homer until his 116th game
SS Thairo Estrada: 1-4, 2 K, 1 E (fielding) — High-A debut
RF Austin Aune: 0-1, 2 BB, 1 K
RHP Chance Adams: 6 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 HB, 3/5 GB/FB — 55 of 80 pitches were strikes (69%) … 49/14 K/BB in 43.1 innings … the conversion to a starter seems to be working well so far

Low-A Charleston (6-0 win over West Virginia)

2B Kyle Holder: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B — hitting streak is up to 13 games
SS Hoy Jun Park: 0-4, 1 K
CF Leonardo Molina: 0-4, 2 K
3B Gosuke Katoh: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K — first pro game at a position other than second base
RF Nathan Mikolas: 2-3, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
RHP Luis Cedeno: 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 6/4 GB/FB — 50 of 79 pitches were strikes (63%), plus he picked a runner off first
LHP Nestor Cortes: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1/2 GB/FB — 24 of 40 pitches were strikes (60%) … Nestor can do it all