Miranda & Montero, the new M&M Boys

First of all, make sure you scroll down for tonight’s game thread.

Jim Callis provided a little info on some of the Yankees’ top minor league arms in this week’s Ask BA, including guys like David Phelps, Hector Noesi, Adam Warren, and Schaeffer Hall. So yeah, check it out. Meanwhile, Paul Bush has been released after a whole lotta injury trouble and Rene Rivera was demoted to Double-A Trenton just because the team needs another catcher while Austin Romine is away at the Futures Game.

Triple-A Scranton (9-5 win over Rochester)
Justin Christian, DH: 1 for 6, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K
Reid Gorecki, CF & Reegie Corona, 2B: both 2 for 5 – Gorecki doubled … Corona tripled, scored twice & K’ed
Chad Huffman, LF: 1 for 5, 1 RBI, 1 K
Juan Miranda, 1B: 4 for 5, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 E (throwing) – nine for 15 (.600) with a double & three homers since coming off the DL … seriously, get this man on a plane to Oakland
Jesus Montero, C: 1 for 3, 1 R, 2 BB – nine walks & four strikeouts in his last eight games
Jorge Vazquez, 3B: 2 for 4, 3 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI – second straight day with a bomb … his third in the last nine days
Eric Bruntlett, SS & Greg Golson, RF: both 1 for 4 – Bruntlett drove in a run … Golson doubled, walked, drove in two, K’ed twice & committed a fielding erro
Jason Hirsh: 4 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 4-2 GB/FB – 44 of 68 pitches were strikes (64.7%) … that’s about all he could give after working in relief for a few weeks
Romulo Sanchez: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1-1 GB/FB – 15 of 26 pitches were strikes (57.7%) … shifted to relief in advance of a big league job … the thing with him will be strikes, if he’s throwing them, he’ll be very tough to hit
Eric Wordekemper: 1 IP, zeroes, 2-0 GB/FB – seven of his ten pitches were strikes
Boone Logan: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1-0 GB/FB – 17 of his 24 pitches were strikes (68%)
Jon Albaladejo: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 0-1 GB/FB – all six pitches were strikes

Double-A Trenton (9-3 loss to Akron)
Just Snyder, 2B, Brandon Laird, DH & Edwar Gonzalez, RF: all 0 for 3 – Snyder drew a walk … Laird drove in a run & K’ed … Gonzalez K’ed & committed a fielding error
Luis Nunez, SS & Matt Cusick, 3B: both 2 for 4 – Nunez doubled, scored a run & K’ed … Cusick got caught stealing
Dan Brewer, CF: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB – he reminds of Nick Swisher, not that he’ll be that good or anything … I mean he moves all around the lineup & keeps producing, that kind of guy
Jose Gil, C: 0 for 4, 1 K, 1 PB, 1 E (pickoff) – picked a runner off first with a snap throw
Marcos Vechionacci, 1B: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 K
Jack Rye, RF: 1 for 3, 1 2B, 1 RBI – just up from Tampa because Austin Krum is on the DL
Andrew Brackman: 6 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 3-11 GB/FB – meh, not awful
Kevin Whelan: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP – good grief man
Josh Schmidt: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1-1 GB/FB

High-A Tampa
Game One (2-1 win over Brevard County in 9 innings) makeup of one of this weekend’s rain outs
Ray Kruml, LF & Corban Joseph, 2B: both 1 for 4, 1 K – Kruml doubled … CoJo scored a run
Jose Pirela, SS & Zoilo Almonte, RF: both 0 for 4 – Pirela K’ed & committed a throwing error … Almonte threw a runner out at second
Bradley Suttle, 3B: 2 for 4
Melky Mesa, CF: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI – six for his last 14 (.429)
Mitch Abeita, C: 0 for 3, 1 K
Adam Warren: 7 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 1 HB, 7-4 GB/FB – 1 ER or fewer in six of his last nine starts
Pat Venditte: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 3-2 GB/FB – the walk was intentional
Game Two (4-1 loss to Brevard County in 7 innings)
Zoilo Almonte, RF: 2 for 3, 1 K – threw another runner out at second
Everyone Else: combined 0 for 18, 1 R, 1 RBI, 3 BB, 4 K – Bradley Suttle drove in a run, K’ed & committed a fielding error at the hot corner
Graham Stoneburner: 4 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 1 HB, 5-0 GB/FB – first start since June 23rd because of rain outs … first ER he’s allowed since May 24th
Juan Marcano: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1-0 GB/FB

Low-A Charleston (11-1 win over Asheville)
Slade Heathcott, CF: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 2 K – got picked off first … six of his 13 walks have come in the last ten games
Justin Milo, LF: 1 for 2, 1 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB
Jimmy Paredes, 2B: 1 for 5, 1 R
J.R. Murphy, DH: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI – five of his last nine hits have gone for extra bases
Rob Lyerly, 1B: 0 for 5, 1 K – couldn’t join the party
DeAngelo Mack, RF: 2 for 5, 2 R
Kyle Higashioka, C: 3 for 5, 2 R, 1 2B
Kelvin Castro, SS: 1 for 3, 1 BB
Emerson Landoni, 2B: 3 for 3, 3 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI
Michael Solbach: 4 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 1-3 GB/FB – nice spot start
Andy Shive: 2 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 5-1 GB/FB
Ben Watkins: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 0-4 GB/FB, 1 Balk
Gabriel Tatis: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GB/FB

Short Season Staten Island (11-6 win over Auburn)
Eduardo Sosa, CF: 3 for 6, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 SB – 11 for his last 31 (.355)
Jose Mojica, SS: 1 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B,  2 RBI, 1 BB – 11 for his last 32 (.344)
Francisco Arcia, DH: 2 for 5, 1 R, 2 RBI
Kyle Roller, 1B: 3 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB – 14 for his last 33 (.424) with five doubles, two triples & a homer
Kelvin DeLeon, RF: 2 for 6, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 2 K – threw a runner out at the plate
Kevin Mahoney, 3B: 0 for 5, 1 BB, 1 K
Mike Ferraro, LF: 2 for 5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
Jeff Farnham, C: 1 for 3, 2 R, 2 BB – I love how this guy goes from batting third to batting eighth or ninth on a daily basis
Luis Parache, 3B: 3 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI
Mikey O’Brien: 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 12-3 GB/FB – rock solid … kid just turned 20 this spring
Nathan Forer: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 0-1 GB/FB
Preston Claiborne: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 0-1 GB/FB
Chase Whitley: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks were rained out. They’re going to play a pair tomorrow.