The Yankees made a minor trade today. RHP Chad Whitmer was sent to the Brewers for an undisclosed sum of international bonus money, the team announced. Whitmer was a senior sign as last year’s tenth round pick and he’s spent this entire season in Extended Spring Training. The Yankees started with a $4,983,500 bonus pool for the 2018-19 international signing period and can max it out at $8,721,125. They’ve already been connected to several top prospects.
Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (14-2 win over Syracuse)
- CF Clint Frazier: 1-5, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — how many MLB teams would he start for right now?
- RF Tyler Wade: 2-6, 1 R
- 3B Brandon Drury: 4-6, 3 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 E (throwing) — now hitting .344/.455/.508 in 37 Triple-A games
- 1B Ryan McBroom: 5-6, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI — 16-for-34 (.471) with two doubles, one triple, and three homers in eight games since rejoining the team
- DH Billy McKinney: 2-6, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI — four homers in his last six games and nine homers in his last 17 games … homer binge is just in time for the trade deadline!
- SS Abi Avelino: 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 E (throwing)
- LF Mark Payton: 3-5, 3 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 1 K — second career multi-homer game
- LHP Josh Rogers: 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 1 HB, 8/5 GB/FB — 67 of 92 pitches were strikes (73%) … great rebound start after getting smacked around last time out
- RHP Tommy Kahnle: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB — six of 13 pitches were strikes
- RHP Gio Gallegos: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 1/1 GB/FB — eight of 11 pitches were strikes