DotF: Tampa walks off in Judge’s debut

Got a bunch of notes to pass along:

• As expected, OF Aaron Judge was officially promoted from Low-A Charleston to High-A Tampa. RHP Nick Goody, UTIL Zach Wilson, and UTIL Jose Toussen were all promoted from Tampa to Double-A Trenton while OF Taylor Dugas went from Trenton to Triple-A Scranton according to Matt Kardos, Nicholas Flammia, and Donnie Collins.
• Keith Law (subs. req’d) posted his thoughts after attending yesterday’s Trenton game. He reiterated that LHP Manny Banuelos’ stuff wasn’t as sharp as it was pre-elbow surgery and that C Peter O’Brien has huge power but might not tap into it at the MLB level because of plate discipline and pitch recognition issues.
• Baseball Prospectus now has a database of all their free firsthand scouting reports, so check that out. There are only two Yankees farmhands so far (RHP Bryan Mitchell and LHP Ian Clarkin), but they’ll continue to add to it.

Triple-A Scranton (7-4 loss to Toledo)

• LF Jose Pirela: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B
• 2B Rob Refsnyder: 2-3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 BB — 8-for-34 (.235) in his first nine Triple-A games
• CF Zoilo Almonte; 1-5, 1 R, 1 RBI
• 3B Scott Sizemore: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K
• 1B Kyle Roller: 2-4
• C Austin Romine: 0-4
• RHP Alfredo Aceves: 3 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 Balk, 4/3 GB/FB — 36 of 63 pitches were strikes (57%)
• SwP Pat Venditte: 2.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 0/3 GB/FB — 34 of 56 pitches were strikes (61%)
• RHP Danny Burawa: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 1/1 GB/FB — only 17 of 37 pitches were strikes (46%) … 32/14 K/BB in 25 innings
• RHP Matt Daley: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB — only six of 14 pitches were strikes (43%)

Double-A Trenton had a scheduled off-day.

High-A Tampa (3-2 win over Lakeland, walk-off style)

• CF Jake Cave: 1-3, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 E (pickoff)
• SS Cito Culver: 2-5, 1 K
• DH Greg Bird: 3-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K — game-tying double in the bottom of the ninth … five of his last eight hits have been doubles
• 3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 1-5, 1 RBI — walk-off single
• LF Yeicok Calderon: 3-3, 1 R,2 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI — Yeicokshot!
• RF Aaron Judge: 2-4, 1 K — nice High-A debut
• LHP Dan Camarena: 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 10 K, 1 HB, 3/3 GB/FB — that’s a new career high in strikeouts
• RHP Jaron Long: 3 IP, zeroes, 4 K, 4/1 GB/FB

Low-A Charleston (10-7 win over Kannapolis)

• LF Michael O’Neill: 2-5, 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI — had five homers all year coming into this game
• SS Tyler Wade: 1-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 2 SB
• 3B Miguel Andujar: 1-4, 3 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
• CF Dustin Fowler: 3-5, 3 2B, 2 RBI — 15-for-39 (.385) with five doubles, two triples, and two homers in his last ten games
• 2B Gosuke Katoh: 1-4, 1 R, 2 K, 1 SB
• RHP Rookie Davis: 4 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1/3 GB/FB — 51 of 78 pitches were strikes (65%)
• LHP Omar Luis: 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 3/0 GB/FB — 20 of 35 pitches were strikes (57%)

Short Season Staten Island (5-4 win over Aberdeen)

• CF Collin Slaybaugh: 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 SB
• RF Austin Aune: 0-5, 1 K
• 1B Chris Breen: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
• 2B Ty McFarland: 1-4, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 BB, 2 K — this year’s tenth round is 6-for-17 (.353) with two doubles, one triple, two walks, and two strikeouts in four pro games
• LF Nathan Mikolas: 2-3, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
• SS Thairo Estrada: 1-4, 1 R, 1 SB, 1 E (throwing) — gets his first hit of the season in his sixth game
• DH Bubba Jones: 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 K
• RHP David Palladino: 4 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 3/3 GB/FB

The two Rookie GCL Yanks teams open their seasons tomorrow. Rumor has it RHP Ty Hensley may appear in a game sometime soon. OF Leonardo Molina, last year’s top international signee, will also be making his debut.