A-Rod’s rehabs comes to an end in SWB loss

Apparently the Yankees signed 30th rounder John Brebbia before Monday’s midnight deadline, and have assigned him to Short Season Staten Island. There’s always one or two signings that trickle out a few days later. Josh Schmidt is headed back to Double-A Trenton, I assume to make room on the roster for the recently claimed Raul Valdes.

Triple-A Scranton (3-2 loss to Durham) they faced Matt Moore of the Rays, the best pitching prospect in baseball
Alex Rodriguez, 3B: 1 for 2, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) – walked the first two times, struck out looking the third time, then singled to right the fourth time (Chris Dickerson pinch-ran for him and stole a base) … defensively, he allowed a grounder to get through his legs then misplayed a backhand stop, but he did catch a pop-up … and yes, there were several other plays in the game that he did actually make … he’ll said he’ll be in Minnesota tomorrow, but he’s definitely not playing
Greg Golson, CF: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K – homered off Moore
Jordan Parraz, RF, Jorge Vazquez, 1B, Brandon Laird, LF-3B: all 0 for 4 – Laird struck out once, the other two guys twice each
Jesus Montero, C: 1 for 3, 1 BB – also made a nice block on a ball in the dirt
Luis Nunez, 2B: 2 for 4, 1 K
Doug Bernier, SS: 0 for 2, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K – Lamb pinch-hit late in the game, but didn’t do anything though
Manny Banuelos, LHP: 4 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 5-1 GB/FB – 56 of 91 pitches were strikes (61.5%) … picked a runner off first … A-Rod’s error didn’t help the pitch count (should have ended the inning, Manny ended up throwing 21 more pitches), but he did retire the last seven men he faced to finish strong
Pants Lendleton, RHP: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1-2 GB/FB – 33 of 49 pitches were strikes (67.3%)
Scott Proctor, RHP: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB – 13 of 20 pitches were strikes (65%)
Logan Kensing, RHP: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 0-1 GB/FB – ten of 17 pitches were strikes (58.8%)

Double-A Trenton (9-6 win over Erie)
Austin Krum, CF: 2 for 5, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 SB
Corban Joseph, 2B: 0 for 3, 1 R, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 CS – five for his last 36 (.139)
Austin Romine, C: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB 2 K – three hits in his two games since coming off the DL
Rob Lyerly, 3B & Addison Maruszak, 1B: both 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 R – Lyerly struck out three times and committed both a fielding and throwing error … Maruszak hit a solo jack
Melky Mesa, RF: 1 for 2, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB
Ray Kruml, DH: 4 for 5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 SB, 1 CS
Damon Sublett, LF: 1 for 4, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Yadil Mujica, SS: 4 for 5, 2 R, 1 RBI – got picked off first … 17 for his last 37 (.459), and they’re all singles
Steve Garrison, LHP: 4 IP, 7 R, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, 4-5 GB/FB
Chase Whitley, RHP: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 5-2 GB/FB
Kanekoa Texeira, RHP: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1-2 GB/FB – feels like he allows a run every single time he’s pitched this year
Ryan Pope, RHP: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB

High-A Tampa was rained out. They’re going to play two tomorrow.

Low-A Charleston (3-2 loss to Hickory)
Jose Toussen, SS, Shane Brown, DH, Ramon Flores, LF, Kevin Mahoney, 1B & Mike Ferraro, CF: all 1 for 4 – Toussen doubled and drove in a run … Brown scored a run … Flores struck out and got picked off first … Mahoney tripled and scored a run … Ferraro whiffed twice
Kelvin DeLeon, RF: 0 for 4, 2 K
Jose Mojica, 3B & Anderson Feliz, 2B: both 0 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K
Jeff Farnham, C: 1 for 2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Vidal Nuno, LHP: 6 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 3-2 GB/FB – picked runners off first and second … 54-4 K/BB in 46 IP
Francisco Rondon, LHP: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1-1 GB/FB
Mark Montgomery, RHP: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 0-1 GB/FB

Short Season Staten Island Game One (7-1 win over Connecticut in seven innings) makeup of a July 8th rain out
Mason Williams, CF: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI
Cito Culver, SS: 0 for 4, 1 R, 1 E (throwing) – that’s 15 errors in 52 games at short
Ben Gamel, RF, Cody Grice, LG & Angelo Gumbs, 2B: all 2 for 4, 1 R – Gamel stole a base, drove in two and struck out twice … Grice doubled and drove in two … Gumbs struck out in his first game back
Tyler Austin, 3B, Reymond Nunez, 1B & Nick McCoy, C: all 1 for 3 – Austin doubled and drove in a run … Nunez walked, scored a run, and struck out … McCoy scored and drove in one run
Zach Wilson, DH: 1 for 4
Bryan Mitchell, RHP: 6 IP, 8 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 7-3 GB/FB – just four walks in his last 28 IP after 21 BB in his first 30.2 IP
Phil Wetherell, RHP: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 0-1 GB/FB

Short Season Staten Island Game Two (7-6 loss to Connecticut)
Mason Williams, DH: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 SB
Cito Culver, SS & Zach Wilson, 2B: both 0 for 3 – Culver walked … Wilson got hit by a pitch, drove in a run, came around to score, and struck out
Ben Gamel, RF: 2 for 2, 1 R, 1 2B 1 RBI, 2 BB – absolutely on fire
Cody Grice, CF, Ali Castillo, 2B & Bobby Rinard, LF: all 0 for 4 – Grice struck out … Castillo scored a run … Rinard scored a run, drove one in, and struck out
Tyler Austin, 1B: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
Jhorge Liccien, C: 0 for 1, 1 BB, 1 K – not sure why he was pinch-hit for in the seventh … anyway, Angelo Gumbs pinch-hit and didn’t do anything, Nick McCoy took over behind the plate, then Reymond Nunez pinch-hit for him and struck out
Zach Varce, RHP: 3.2 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 3-4 GB/FB – been a pretty rough year for him, between the injury and ineffectiveness
Fred Lewis, LHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 5-0 GB/FB
Caleb Cotham, RHP: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GB/FB
Zach Arneson, RHP: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
Ben Paullus, RHP: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1-1 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks had their game suspended in the top of the fifth inning, and they’re going to finish it tomorrow. I’ll update the stats then, but you can see the box score here. Long-time RABer Andy in Sunny Daytona was at the game (check out his photos here), and can confirm that a) no, Mark Prior did not throw 4.1 IP like the box score says, and b) Jake Cave made his pro debut in left field, but for whatever reason the box score says it was Fu-Lin Kuo.