News & Notes
- Trevor Stephan threw a no-hitter and the only baserunner was an error. It’s the 18th no-hitter in Tampa Tarpons franchise history.
- Meanwhile, Luis Gil made his High-A debut for Tampa in the second game of a doubleheader.
- LHP Rex Brothers was activated from the IL and RHP Will Carter was sent back down to Trenton. That pushed RHP Greg Weissert back to Tampa.
- The Yankees acquired MiLB catcher Biran Navarreto from the Twins and he was assigned to Double-A Trenton.
Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: (4-2 loss to Louisville) … It’s Deivi day!
- Starter: RHP Deivi Garcia: 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 1 BB, 4 K, 2 HR, 1 HBP, 5/6 GB/FB — 65 of 97 pitches (67%) were strikes … Has now allowed three HR in Triple-A after allowing just two in High/Double-A.
- In Relief: RHP Domingo Acevedo: 1 IP, 1 H, zeros, 1 K
- In Relief: LHP Rex Brothers: 1 IP, zeros, 1 BB, 3 K
- Hitting Star: 1B Mike Ford: 2-for-4, solo homer — His team-leading 22nd homer tips his OPS back above 1.000 by one point.
- On Deck: LF Clint Frazier: 1-for-4, 2B, 1 R, 1 K — Has reached base safely in nine straight games.
- On Deck: 3B Breyvic Valera: 1-for-3, 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB — 5-game hitting streak for Valera
- Notables: RF Trey Amburgey went 1-for-4 and has a six-game hitting streak … SS Thairo Estrada went 0-for-3 with a BB while 2B Tyler Wade went 0-for-4 with 2 K … C Erik Kratz went 1-for-4 with a SB.
Double-A Trenton Thunder: (2-1 win over Erie) … Held to one run over first six innings by top Tigers prospect Casey Mize.
- Starter: RHP Nick Nelson: 6.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 8 K, 1 HR, 4/4 GB/FB — 59 of 99 pitches (60%) were strikes … 2.91 ERA with 68 strikeouts in 52.2 IP for Trenton this season
- In Relief: LHP Trevor Lane: 1.2 IP, zeros — 1.89 ERA in 52.1 IP this season.
- In Relief: RHP Brooks Kriske: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K
- Hitting Star: DH Mandy Alvarez: 2-for-4, 2B, 1 RBI, 1 R — Six-game hitting streak from the Trenton infielder.
- On Deck: CF Ben Ruta: 2-for-4, 1 K
- On Deck: 2B Gosuke Katoh and 1B Chris Gittens: Each 1-for-4
- Notables: LF Isiah Gilliam had a sacrifice fly in three PAs.
High-A Tampa Tarpons Game 1: (2-0 win over Jupiter F/7) … Trevor Stephan ends his recent slide with a seven-inning no-hitter. How about that!?
- Starter: RHP Trevor Stephan: 7 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 9 K, 8/4 GB/FB — 60 of 89 pitches (67%) were strikes … Only baserunner reached on a Wilkerman Garcia throwing error … Had allowed 20 runs in last 21 IP.
- Hitting Star: DH Alexander Palma: 1-for-3, 2-run homer
- On Deck: LF Pablo Olivares and SS Diego Castillo: Each 2-for-3
- Notables: CF Estevan Florial went 0-for-2 with a BB and a K … 3B Wilkerman Garcia went 2-for-2 with a CS and that key error.
High-A Tampa Tarpons Game 2: (4-3 win over Jupiter F/7) … Makeup of yesterday’s rainout.
- Starter: RHP Luis Gil: 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 6/4 GB/FB — 57 of 88 pitches (65%) were strikes … High-A debut for the 21-year-old Gil, who carved up the South Atlantic League until his call-up.
- In Relief: RHP Bryan Blanton: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 2 K — Back with Tampa for first time since May.
- Hitting Star: CF Estevan Florial: 2-for-2, 3B, 2 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB — He’s hitting slightly better in July after an abysmal June. Still putting up a .650-ish OPS for the month.
- On Deck: 2B Oswaldo Cabrera: 1-for-2, 2B, 2 RBI, Sac fly, GIDP
- Notables: RF Leonardo Molina went 1-for-1 with a 2B, 2 R and a BB … LF Pablo Olivares went 1-for-3 with a 2B and a R
Single-A Charleston Riverdogs: (4-3 loss at Delmarva)
- Starter: RHP Yoendrys Gomez: 6 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 1 BB, 4 K, 7;4 GB/FB — 58 of 94 pitches (62%) were strikes … Low-A debut for the 19-year-old Venezuelan after having a 2.12 ERA in Pulaski.
- In Relief: RHP Tanner Myatt: 2 IP, zeros, 2 BB, 1 K
- Hitting Star: CF Brandon Lockridge: 3-for-5, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 K, 1 CS
- On Deck: LF Canaan Smith: 1-for-3, R, BB, K — Raised average to .312 for the season
- On Deck: DH Josh Stowers and 2B Oliver Dunn: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI — Stowers struck out twice, Dunn thrice.
- Notables: 1B Eric Wagaman went 0-for-4 with 2 K … RF Frederick Cuevas went 0-for-2 with 2 BB and 1 K … 3B Max Burt went 1-for-4 with a 2B, R and 2 K.
Short-Season Staten Island Yankees Game 1: (3-2 loss to Lowell F/7)
- Starter: RHP Wellington Diaz: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 5 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 2/2 GB/FB — 34 of 65 pitches (25%) were strikes … Has allowed nine runs in last 6.1 IP
- In Relief: RHP Barrett Loseke: 2.1 IP, 1 H, zeros, 4 K
- In Relief: RHP Daniel Ramos: 2 IP, 2 H, zeros, 1 K
- Hitting Star: 2B Ezequiel Duran: 1-for-3, 3B, R, BB — The 20-year-old, who has a .880 OPS, is 22nd among NYY prospects on Fangraphs.
- On Deck: CF Jake Sanford: 1-for-4, 2 K, 1 SB
- 2nd rounder: SS Josh Smith: 0-for-2, 2 BB, 1 K — Tough to top his debut yesterday, though the two walks is impressive.
- Notables: 3B David Metzgar went 1-for-3 with a 2B, BB and K … RF Jose De Leon went 1-for-4 with an RBI and K.
Short-Season Staten Island Yankees Game 2: (5-4 loss to Lowell F/7) … Makeup of July 6 postponement
- Starter: RHP Austin Gardner: 3 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 0 BB, 5 K, 1 HR, 2 WP, 2/2 GB/FB — 33 of 50 pitches (66%) were strikes.
- In Relief: RHP Justin Wilson: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 3 K, 2 WP
- In Relief: RHP Marcus Evey: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K
- Newby!: DH Pat DeMarco: 1-for-4, 2-run homer, 2 K — 17th-round pick out of Vanderbilt … Make his debut on Thursday.
- Hitting Star: 3B Andres Chaparro and C Chase Illig: 1-for-2, 2B, R, 2 BB — Illig’s SI Yanks debut … was also picked off.
- On Deck: 2B Ezequiel Duran: 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 K
- Notables: CF Evan Alexander went 1-for-4 with a 2B and 3 K … CF Jake Sanford went 1-for-2 off the bench.
Rookie-Level Pulaski Yankees: (6-1 win at Kingsport)
- Starter: RHP Reid Anderson: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 9 K, 4 WP, 1/0 GB/FB — 48 of 71 pitches (68%) were strikes … The 2018 40th-round pick out of Brown has a 2.77 ERA in his pro debut season with Pulaski.
- In Relief: RHP Mitch Spence: 2 IP, zeros — Six of seven outings have been scoreless for the 2019 10th-round pick.
- In Relief: RHP Tyler Johnson:1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K — 0.00 ERA this year.
- Hitting Star: DH Chad Bell: 1-for-4, 2-run homer, 2 K — .267/.347/.467 slash line w/ 5 HR for the 19th-round pick.
- On Deck: LF Ryder Green: 0-for-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
- On Deck: RF Jake Pries: 1-for-4, 2B, 1 K — Nine of his 15 hits this year are for extra bases.
- Notables: CF Madison Santos went 0-for-4 with 1 R, SB and K.
GCL Yankees East was down 7-1 in the fourth inning when its game was suspended. They’ll resume the game Aug. 3. Here’s the box score. GCL Yankees West had the day off.
Joy Illimited
(Sorry to do this here, mods)
Yanks317, I hope you saw my response about the new slack on yesterday’s game thread. Hoping to see you there.
Yanks317
Yes I’m there, thank you!