DotF: Judge, Austin, Cave lead Scranton to another win

The daily notes:

• In case you missed it, the Yankees signed first round pick OF Blake Rutherford earlier today. He received an over-slot $3.282M bonus. His Tommy John surgery is scheduled for Friday. (I kid!)
• RHP Chad Green, C Gary Sanchez, OF Ben Gamel, and OF Aaron Judge have been named to the Triple-A International League All-Star Team. Congrats to those guys. The game is July 13th.
• SS Jorge Mateo, who has been slumping for a few weeks, told Guy Curtright he’s flying open at the plate and is working to close his stance. He said his slump has nothing to do with the work he’s put in at second base.
• And finally, 1B Nick Swisher was placed on the Triple-A restricted list earlier this week. He left the team to be with his wife, who is giving birth to their second child. Congrats to them.

Triple-A Scranton (11-2 win over Syracuse) they faced former RailRider RHP Jaron Long … they’ve averaging 5.55 runs per game this month

• LF Ben Gamel: 1-4, 1 R, 2 RBI
• RF Aaron Judge: 2-5, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K — 23-for-63 (.365) with nine homers, 14 walks, and 16 strikeouts in his last 17 games
• C Gary Sanchez: 1-6, 1 R, 1 K
• 1B Tyler Austin: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K — 11-for-27 (.407) with three doubles and four homers in his last six games
• CF Jake Cave: 3-4, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB
• RHP Luis Severino: 6 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 1/5 GB/FB — 73 of 100 pitches were strikes … allowed two runs on four hits and a walk in the first inning, then cruised the rest of the way
• LHP Chasen Shreve: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K — eleven of 17 pitches were strikes … 11/3 K/BB in 6.2 Triple-A innings so far
• RHP Johnny Barbato: 1 IP, zeroes, 3 K — ten of 14 pitches were strikes … 22/12 K/BB in 21 innings here
• RHP Mark Montgomery: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K — 12 of 19 pitches were strikes

Double-A Trenton (5-1 win over Portland)

• SS Tyler Wade: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB
• CF Dustin Fowler: 2-3, 1 R, 1 3B, 2 RBI — multiple hits in three of his last four games
• DH Miguel Andujar: 0-2, 2 RBI, 1 K
• C Kyle Higashioka: 0-4, 1 K
• RHP Chance Adams: 7 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 7 K, 5/5 GB/FB — 66 of 103 pitches were strikes (64%) … only the second time in 15 starts that he walked more than two batters
• RHP Jonathan Holder: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K — 12 pitches, nine strikes … 57/5 K/BB in 37.2 innings

High-A Tampa (3-2 win over Lakeland)

• 2B Jorge Mateo & RF Austin Aune: both 0-4, 2 K
• 3B Thairo Estrada: 1-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB
• SS Abi Avelino: 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K — three homers in his last ten games … he hit four homers all of last season, which was a career high
• LHP Ian Clarkin: 5 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 3/2 GB/FB — 50 of 80 pitches were strikes (63%) … seems like he’s reached the point where the Yankees are going to limit him to five innings/80 pitches each time out … they tend to do that in the second half to control workloads, and Clarkin missed all of last season, so yeah
• RHP Jordan Foley: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GB/FB — 13 of 19 pitches were strikes (68%)

Low-A Charleston (5-4 win over Greenville)

• CF Jeff Hendrix: 2-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI — 22-for-35 (.629) in his last ten games, though there’s a two and a half week DL stint mixed in there
• SS Kyle Holder: 1-4, 1 R, 1 K
• 2B Hoy Jun Park: 1-3, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — eight triples ties Cave and Mateo for the system lead
• RF Jhalan Jackson: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 K — 10-for-36 (.278) with three doubles, a homer, six walks, and eight strikeouts in ten games since coming off the DL
• 3B Angel Aguilar: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K
• LF Alex Palma: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB
• RHP Luis Cedeno: 5 IP, 10 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 1 Balk, 4/3 GB/FB — 57 of 90 pitches were strikes (63%)
• RHP Jose Mesa Jr.: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K — 30 of 47 pitches were strikes (64%) … 39/14 K/BB in 25 innings for Joe Table II

Short Season Staten Island (7-0 win over Hudson Valley)

• 2B Nick Solak: 2-5, 2 R, 1 K, 1 SB — this year’s second rounder has been on base multiple times in all six games so far … he’s also 4-for-4 in steals
• RF Dalton Blaser: 2-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 K
• 3B Mandy Alvarez: 2-4, 1 RBI
• C Luis Torrens: 1-4, 1 K
• 1B Drew Bridges: 3-4, 2 R, 2 2B — 12-for-28 (.429) with three doubles, one homer, four walks, and three strikeouts in his last seven games
• RHP Adonis Rosa: 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 8/1 GB/FB — 59 of 84 pitches were strikes (70%)
• RHP Brooks Kriske: 2 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 19 of 26 pitches were strikes (73%)

Rookie Pulaski (6-1 win over Elizabethton)

• CF Estevan Florial: 1-3, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 SB — first two walks of the season come in his eighth games
• SS Wilkerman Garcia: 1-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K
• DH Isiah Gilliam: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — has a hit in all six games so far
• 1B Kevin Cornelius: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K — 9-for-26 (.346) in seven games
• LF Leonardo Molina: 1-2, 1 R, 3 BB — he seems pretty comfortable here
• 3B Dermis Garcia: 1-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 3 K — Never Nervous Dermis
• RHP Chad Martin: 5.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 1 WP, 7/1 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks East (5-2 loss to GCL Phillies)

• CF Jordan Scott: 0-4, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
• RF Trey Amburgey: 0-3, 1 K — left the game after grounding out in the fifth … hopefully he didn’t re-aggravate the hamstring injury
• DH Brandon Wagner: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 CS
• LF-RF Brayan Emery: 1-4, 1 R, 1 K
• RHP Reynal Espinal: 4.2 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 5/7 GB/FB, 2 E (both pickoff) — the 22-year-old did not pitch last year (I assume due to injury), but he had a 41/6 K/BB in 28 Dominican Summer League in 2014

Rookie GCL Yanks West (6-1 loss to GCL Braves)

• 3B Nelson Gomez & 1B Miguel Flames: both 0-4 — Flames struck out
• DH Juan DeLeon: 0-1, 1 BB — left the game in the seventh inning for an unknown reason
• SS Diego Castillo: 1-2
• RHP Daniel Ramos: 3.1 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HB, 3/2 GB/FB
• RHP Leonardo Garcia: 4.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 7/1 GB/FB