DotF: Albert Abreu gets rocked in GCL rehab game

FanGraphs ranked all the minor leaguers traded at the deadline. The highest ranked former Yankee? 3B Brandon Drury! Didn’t see that coming. He was fourth. Huh. Among the actual prospects the Yankees traded, OF Billy McKinney (No. 18) is a few spots above RHP Dillon Tate (No. 20).

Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (6-2 loss to Rochester)

• LF Mark Payton: 1-3, 1 BB
• 2B Ronald Torreyes: 1-4, 1 K
• DH Luke Voit: 0-3 — was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning … DJ Eberle says Voit and RHP Luis Cessa are being called up … I assume Voit will replace Shane Robinson … as for Cessa, I guess it means J.A. Happ to the disabled list with his hand, foot, and mouth disease? … whatever it is, it has to be a disabled list situation because Cessa hasn’t been down ten days yet
• 1B Mike Ford: 1-4, 1 R, 2 K
• SS Abi Avelino: 0-4, 2 K
• RHP Erik Swanson: 4.1 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 HR, 3/4 GB/FB — 58 of 86 pitches were strikes (67%) … gave up a homer to Tyler Austin … two homers in two days for Austin against his former teammates
• RHP Tommy Kahnle: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K — eight pitches, seven strikes

Double-A Trenton Thunder (4-1 win over Reading)

• DH Trey Amburgey: 0-3, 1 BB
• 2B Gosuke Katoh: 1-2, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 SB — 15-for-40 (.375) in his last eleven games
• 1B Ryan McBroom: 0-4, 1 K
• SS Kyle Holder: 1-4, 1 R, 1 K — 14-for-41 (.341) during his eleven-game hitting streak
• LHP Ryan Bollinger: 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 2 HBP, 5/5 GB/FB — 54 of 87 pitches were strikes (62%) … he was in the big leagues yesterday, and now he’s back in Double-A

High-A Tampa Tarpons (5-2 win over Clearwater)

• CF Estevan Florial: 1-3, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 2 SB, 1 CS — got picked off first … 9-for-27 (.333) in his last seven games
• 2B-SS Diego Castillo: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
• LF Isiah Gilliam: 1-2, 2 RBI — left the game after trying to stretch a single into a double
• C Donny Sands: 1-3, 1 2B
• SS Hoy Jun Park: 0-1, 1 BB, 1 SB — left the game for an unknown reason in the fifth inning
• 1B-RF Steven Sensley: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
• RHP Adonis Rosa: 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 4/2 GB/FB, 1 E (fielding) — 44 of 69 pitches were strikes (64%)

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

• 1B Dermis Garcia: 1-4, 1 2B
• DH Leonardo Molina: 0-4, 2 K
• RHP Miguel Yajure: 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 6/2 GB/FB — 47 of 67 pitches were strikes (70%) … 40/10 K/BB in 41.1 innings for the 20-year-old

Short Season Staten Island Yankees (8-3 win over Aberdeen)

• LF Canaan Smith: 2-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 BB — even with this game, last year’s fourth rounder is at .178/.250/.315 in 21 games this season
• C Josh Breaux: 0-4, 3 K — caught seven innings as he works his way back from a hamstring injury
• RF Junior Soto: 1-4, 1 R, 2 K — threw a runner out at second
• 2B Kyle Gray: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K — two homers in his last five games
• RHP Juan De Paula: 5.2 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 5/6 GB/FB — 59 of 93 pitches were strikes (63%) … 2.27 ERA but 28/19 K/BB in 31.2 innings

Rookie Pulaski Yankees (3-0 loss to Burlington in six innings) completed early due to rain

• 2B Ezequiel Duran: 0-2, 2 K — in a 1-for-19 (.053) slump
• DH Nelson Gomez: 0-2, 2 K
• C Saul Torres: 0-2, 2 K, 1 PB
• RHP Justin Wilson: 2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 5/1 GB/FB — 5/11 K/BB in 11.2 innings for this year’s 23rd rounder
• RHP Daniel Bies: 1.1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 13 of 18 pitches were strikes (72%) — 26/6 K/BB in 16 innings for this year’s seventh rounder

The Rookie GCL Yankees East had their game suspended due to rain with two outs in the top of the fourth. Here’s the box score. The game will be completed August 10th.

Rookie GCL Yankees West Game One (10-1 loss to GCL Tigers West)

• CF Antonio Cabello: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K — he’s reached multiple times in 23 of his 37 games this year
• SS Roberto Chirinos: 0-4, 1 K
• RF Anthony Garcia: 2-4, 1 3B
• LF Stanley Rosario: 0-2, 1 R, 1 BB
• C Hemmanuel Rosario: 1-3, 1 RBI
• RHP Albert Abreu: 0.1 IP, 8 H, 8 R, 8 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 1 HB — oy vey … this was his second game back from elbow inflammation, so as long as he’s healthy, I don’t really care about the results … but still, that’s ugly

Rookie GCL Yankees West Game Two (5-0 loss to GCL Tigers West) makeup of their July 23rd rainout

• CF Antonio Cabello: 0-1, 3 BB, 1 E (fielding) — make it 24 times in 38 games that he reached base multiple times
• 2B Roberto Chirinos: 0-3, 2 K
• DH Anthony Garcia: 0-3, 1 BB, 3 K — 38.3% strikeout through 32 games for the 17-year-old
• RF Stanley Rosario: 0-3, 2 K
• RHP Carlos Rodriguez: 5 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 1 Balk, 5/1 GB/FB — even after this game, the 19-year-old has a 2.35 ERA and 30/8 K/BB in 30.2 innings