DotF: Wade, Payton, and Zehner go deep in Scranton’s win

A few notes to get us started:

• Jim Callis put together a list of top prospects who could help contenders down the stretch and LHP Justus Sheffield is No. 1. “With three quality pitches and no difficulties dealing with Triple-A at age 22, Sheffield might be able to fill (their pitching) voids,” says the write-up.
• Josh Norris posted video of RHP Luis Gil’s most recent start. The Yankees got Gil from the Twins in the Jake Cave trade and he has a 2.10 ERA (3.31 FIP) with 35.9% strikeouts in 34.1 rookie ball innings this year. I ranked him as the team’s No. 25 prospect recently.
• RHP Andrew Schwaab has been released, the team announced. The 25-year-old had a 3.37 ERA (3.09 FIP) in 179 relief innings since signing as an undrafted free agent in 2015. Schwaab was regularly brought up from minor league camp for Spring Training road trips the last few years.

Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (6-3 win over Durham)

• LF Tyler Wade: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K — fourth homer of the season, third in Triple-A
• SS Abi Avelino: 0-4, 1 K — in a 3-for-22 (.136) rut
• 1B Ryan McBroom: 0-4, 3 K
• DH Mike Ford: 2-4, 1 R, 2 2B — 13-for-34 (.382) with seven doubles in his last eight games
• 2B Ronald Torreyes: 0-4, 1 K
• CF Mark Payton: 2-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K — four homers in his last 17 games … he hit six homers in 94 games all of last season
• 3B Gio Urshela: 2-4, 1 R, 2 2B, 1 RBI — 7-for-19 (.368) during his five-game hitting streak
• RF Zack Zehner: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 3 K, 1 E (fielding)
• RHP Mike King: 6.2 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1 HR, 7/6 GB/FB — 70 of 100 pitches were strikes … back-to-back excellent starts to begin his Triple-A career
• RHP Joe Harvey: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 1/1 GB/FB — 23 of 33 pitches were strikes (70%) … haven’t mentioned him much this year, if at all, but he has a 1.57 ERA with 50/16 K/BB in 46 Triple-A innings … the 26-year-old was the team’s 19th round pick in 2014 and he’s been a key late-inning guy for the RailRiders all summer

Double-A Trenton Thunder (6-3 loss to Harrisburg)

• DH Brandon Wagner: 0-5, 3 K
• LF Trey Amburgey: 2-5, 1 SB — hitting .275/.322/.472 in his last 60 games, which is a heck of a lot better than his overall .256/.297/.430 season line
• 1B Gosuke Katoh: 0-5, 2 K
• C Jorge Saez: 3-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 HR, 3 RBI — had three extra-base hits (two doubles, one homer) in 32 games prior to today
• RHP Adonis Rosa: 6.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 11/1 GB/GB — 51 of 73 pitches were strikes (70%)

The High-A Tampa Tarpons had their game suspended due to rain in the middle of the first inning. Here’s the box score. You’re not missing much. The game will be completed on August 31st.

Low-A Charleston RiverDogs (3-1 loss to Hagerstown)

• DH Oswaldo Cabrera: 1-3, 1 BB
• SS Wilkerman Garcia: 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K
• CF Leonardo Molina: 0-3, 1 K — threw a runner out at third
• LHP Reiver Sanmartin: 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 3/5 GB/FB — 59 of 87 pitches were strikes (68%) … 3.16 ERA and 46/3 K/BB in 51.1 innings

Short Season Staten Island Yankees Game One (3-2 loss to Connecticut in eight innings)

• SS Eduardo Torrealba: 0-2, 1 R, 1 BB
• C Josh Breaux: 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (pickoff) — 8-for-23 (.348) in his last seven games … 17.4 K% through 14 games for this year’s second rounder, which is a pleasant surprise … scouting reports indicated there was a lot of swing-and-miss in his game
• 2B Jesus Bastidas: 2-4, 1 RBI
• RHP Matt Sauer: 6.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 1 WP, 7/0 GB/FB, 1 E (pickoff) — 57 of 83 pitches were strikes (69%) … nice bounce back from three straight dud starts … no more than one earned run allowed in six of his ten starts … 41/12 K/BB in 53 innings

Short Season Staten Island Yankees Game Two was rained out. The game was canceled and will not be made up.

Rookie Pulaski Yankees (2-1 win over Danville)

• DH Oswald Peraza: 0-4
• CF Everson Pereira: 0-4, 3 K, 1 E (fielding) — 4-for-23 (.174) with 13 strikeouts in six games back from his mystery injury
• 2B Ezequiel Duran: 1-4, 3 K
• 3B Nelson Gomez: 0-3, 2 K
• RHP Alex Vizcaino: 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 9 K, 1 HR, 5/4 GB/FB — 51 of 80 pitches were strikes (64%) … his second nine-strikeout game of the season … in his other seven starts and 30.2 innings, he has 24 strikeouts total
• RHP Marcus Evey: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 HB, 2/1 GB/FB — 38 of 55 pitches were strikes (69%) … 36/7 K/BB in 23 innings for this year’s 20th rounder

The two Rookie GCL Yankees teams had their regular Sunday off-day.