DotF: Sanchez, O’Brien homer in Trenton’s two wins

Some notes:

• Baseball America (no subs. req’d) covered 2B Rob Refsnyder as part of their What To Expect series today. You get a scouting report and a general overview of why he is not in the big leagues right now.
• 3B Rob Segedin has (finally) been promoted to Triple-A Scranton, according to Chad Jennings. LHP Jeremy Bleich has been placed on the Triple-A DL for an unknown reason in a corresponding move. He’s had a lot of arm issues over the years.

Triple-A Scranton (2-1 win over Gwinnett)

• 2B-1B Jose Pirela, RF-2B Rob Refsnyder & CF-RF Zoilo Almonte: all 1-4, 1 K — Refsnyder doubled in a run
• C John Ryan Murphy: 2-3, 1 K
• 3B Rob Segedin: 0-3, 1 RBI, 1 K — Triple-A debut
• LF Taylor Dugas: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SB
• RHP Bruce Billings: 7 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 7/1 GB/FB — 65 of 91 pitches were strikes (71%)
• RHP Edgmer Escalona: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 5/0 GB/FB — 19 of 23 pitches were strikes (83%)

Double-A Trenton Game One (4-1 win over New Hampshire in seven innings) makeup of the Fourth of July rainout

• CF Jake Cave: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 K
• LF Ben Gamel: 2-4, 1 R
• C Gary Sanchez: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI — 7-for-26 (.269) during his modest six-game hitting streak
• 1B Peter O’Brien: 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B — had been in a 1-for-20 (.050) slump
• RF Tyler Austin: 1-3, 1 K
• DH Mason Williams: 0-3, 1 K — got picked off first
• RHP Jaron Long: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 13/1 GB/FB — 58 of 86 pitches were strikes (67%) … 85/21 K/BB and 118/32 GB/FB in 93.1 innings
• RHP Diego Moreno: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K — eight of eleven pitches were strikes

Double-A Trenton Game Two (8-5 win over New Hampshire in seven innings)

• CF Mason Williams: 3-4, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 K
• RF Tyler Austin: 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI
• Peter O’Brien: 3-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K — 30th homer of the year is the third most in the minors behind Cubs 3B Kris Bryant (33) and Rangers 3B Joey Gallo (31)
• RHP Mark Montgomery: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GB/FB — 13 of 25 pitches were strikes (52%)

High-A Tampa (5-2 win over St. Lucie)

• SS Cito Culver: 0-4, 1 RBI, 1 K
• 1B Greg Bird: 1-2, 1 RBI, 2 BB — 8-for-17 (.471) in his last five games
• 3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 1-4, 1 K
• DH Eric Jagielo: 0-4, 2 K
• RF Aaron Judge: 1-4, 1 R, 1 K
• 2B Angelo Gumbs: 0-3, 1 R, 2 K
• RHP Rafael DePaula: 5.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 7 K, 3/2 GB/FB — 104/38 K/BB in 89 innings

Low-A Charleston (8-5 win over Augusta)

• CF Mark Payton: 2-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
• SS Tyler Wade: 3-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 SB — 15-for-36 (.417) in his last nine games
• RF Dustin Fowler: 2-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB
• 3B Miguel Andujar: 0-4, 1 K
• 2B Gosuke Katoh: 2-3
• LF Brandon Thomas: 4-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 1 E (fielding) — got picked off first … despite the big game, he’s still hitting a miserable .167/.272/.237 on the season
• RHP Gabe Encinas: 3 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 3/1 GB/FB — 30 of 43 pitches were strikes (70%) … 11/7 K/BB in 15.1 innings since coming back from Tommy John surgery
• LHP Ian Clarkin: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 3/2 GB/FB, 1 E (pickoff) — 34 of 48 pitches were strikes (71%) … 68/20 K/BB in 61.2 innings this year

Short Season Staten Island (2-1 win over Jamestown)

• C Luis Torrens: 1-4, 1 RBI, 3 K — pushes his hitting streak to 17 games … he’s had a hit in every game he’s played with Staten Island except the first one
• 1B Chris Breen & CF Austin Aune: both 0-4, 3 K
• RF Nathan Mikolas: 1-2, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 HBP — got picked off first
• LHP Justin Kamplain: 4 IP, zeroes, 5 K, 2/2 GB/FB — one run allowed on seven hits and two walks in 17 innings (20 strikeouts) for this year’s 18th rounder

Rookie GCL Yanks1 (7-6 loss to GCL Tigers in 12 innings, walk-off style)

• SS Abi Avelino: 0-6, 1 K, 1 E (throwing)
• CF Leonardo Molina: 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 3 BB, 1 K — in a 6-for-36 (.167) slump
• RF Alex Palma: 1-5, 1 K
• 3B Drew Bridges: 0-5, 1 RBI, 1 K
• LF Dominic Jose: 3-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 K — nice game for this year’s 24th rounder
• RHP Dayton Dawe: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 1/0 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks2 (7-3 win over GCL Phillies)

• SS Angel Aguilar: 2-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 SB, 1 CS
• DH Frank Frias: 0-3, 1 R, 1 K, 1 SB, 1 HBP
• 1B Bo Thompson: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI
• 2B Tyler Palmer: 3-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 SB
• RHP Branden Pinder: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GB/FB — first appearance since late-May due to a groin strain
• RHP Melvin Morla: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 5 BB, 3/1 GB/FB