DotF: Gilliam goes deep in Tampa’s win

Two quick injury notes to get things started:

• RHP Dillon Tate has been removed from the Double-A Eastern League All-Star Game due to injury, the league announced. That’s not good. No idea what’s wrong with him. Hopefully it’s something minor and Tate will get back on the mound soon. This could have trade deadline ramifications.
• OF Pablo Olivares was placed on the Low-A disabled list, the team announced. He left last night’s game with an unknown injury. Olivares is hitting .338/.404/.453 (147 wRC+) in 56 games for the RiverDogs this year. He was one of my Not Top 30 Prospects before the season.

The Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders are off until Thursday for the All-Star break. The Triple-A All-Star Game is Wednesday night in Columbus. RHP Cody Carroll and 3B Brandon Drury were selected to the All-Star Game. I wonder if Drury will make it to the All-Star Game after being sent down today. Technically he has three days to report, so he could skip it.

The Double-A Trenton Thunder are off until Thursday for the All-Star break. The Eastern League All-Star Game itself will be played Wednesday night at Trenton’s Arm & Hammer Park. Tickets are still available. 3B Mandy Alvarez, OF Trey Amburgey, SS Abi Avelino, LHP Caleb Frare, LHP James Reeves, and RHP Dillon Tate were all selected to the All-Star Game. Avelino has since been moved up to Scranton and Tate will miss the game with his new mystery injury.

High-A Tampa Tarpons (4-3 win over Jupiter in ten innings)

• SS Diego Castillo: 0-5
• 1B Brandon Wagner: 1-2, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 2 HBP
• DH Isiah Gilliam: 1-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI — ten homers in 79 games … he hit 15 homers in 125 games last year
• LHP Dalton Lehnen: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 5/5 GB/FB — 53 of 89 pitches were strikes (60%) … second start since being bumped up from Charleston

Low-A Charleston RiverDogs (2-1 loss to Columbia)

• RF Frederick Cuevas: 1-5, 1 2B
• SS Wilkerman Garcia: 1-4, 2 K, 2 E (throwing, fielding) — he’s up to 24 errors in 75 games in the field
• 1B Dermis Garcia: 1-4, 2 K
• LHP Reiver Sanmartin: 5 P, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 10/0 GB/FB — 52 of 77 pitches were strikes (68%), plus he picked a runner off first … 54.5% ground ball rate for the guy who came over from the Rangers in the RHP Ronald Herrera trade over the winter

Short Season Staten Island Yankees (2-1 win over Brooklyn) they faced a rehabbing Jason Vargas

• 1B Mike Ford: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K — homered against a reliever, not Vargas
• DH Miguel Flames: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K — also homered against a reliever
• SS Jesus Bastidas: 0-3, 2 K
• RHP Erik Swanson: 3.2 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2/5 GB/FB — 49 of 64 pitches were strikes (77%) … second rehab start for the groin … with RHP Jonathan Loaisiga out, Swanson could rejoin Scranton for his next start

Rookie Pulaski Yankees (4-3 loss to Johnson City)

• SS Oswald Peraza: 1-4, 2 K, 1 E (throwing)
• 2B Ezequiel Duran: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB — up to two walks in 15 games
• RHP Pedro Espinola: 3.1 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 1 HR, 2 WP, 1 HB, 3/1 GB/FB — 50 of 86 pitches were strikes (58%)

Rookie GCL Yankees East Game One (6-2 loss to GCL Phillies East in seven innings)

• LF Alexander Santana: 0-4, 4 K
• CF Ryder Green: 2-3, 1 K — this year’s third rounder is 5-for-16 (.313) with a home run, six walks, and nine strikeouts … that gives him a 37.5% strikeout rate and an .833 BABIP … love small samples sizes
  
• 1B Jose Villa: 1-3
• RF Jesus Severino: 3-3, 2 SB — 18-year-old is hitting .350/.435/.450 with eight steals in nine attempts in 14 games … no, he’s not related to Luis
• RHP Anyelo Luna: 4.2 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 5/3 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yankees East Game Two (7-6 win over GCL Phillies East in eight innings, walk-off style) makeup of their June 29th rainout

• CF Isiah Pasteur: 2-3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 SB
• DH Jose Villa: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 3 RBI — 19-year-old is hitting .436/.436/.691 through 13 games … he’ll draw a walk one of these days
• C Alex Guerrero: 0-3, 1 K
• RHP Juan Then: 4.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 7/4 GB/FB — 4.50 ERA and 19/5 K/BB in 20 innings for the 20-year-old who came over in the Nick Rumbelow trade
• RHP Tanner Myatt: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 0/1 GB/FB

The Rookie GCL Yankees West had a scheduled off-day.