The Yankees have signed OF Omar Carrizales and assigned him to Triple-A Scranton, report Kegan Lowe and Conor Foley. The former Rockies prospect (another former Rockie!) hit .229/.289/.376 (84 wRC+) with seven homers and eleven steals in 90 Double-A games last season. Carrizales took 1B Mike Ford’s spot on the roster. Ford was called up to replace the injured Greg Bird. Just a warm body move to help get through the injuries. Nothing more.
The Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders were rained out. They’ll play a doubleheader tomorrow.
Double-A Trenton Thunder (7-6 win over Akron in ten innings, walk-off style)
- 2B Hoy Jun Park: 1-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 K — holding his own in Double-A so far
- SS Kyle Holder: 0-4, 2 K, 1 HBP
- RF Ben Ruta: 0-6, 2 K, 1 SB
- PR-1B Brandon Wagner: 1-1, 1 RBI — he pinch-ran for 1B Chris Gittens in the late innings, then provided the walk-off single
- CF Rashad Crawford: 1-5, 1 RBI, 1 K
- RHP Trevor Stephan: 3 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1/2 GB/FB — 50 of 72 pitches were strikes (69%) … his first three starts this year haven’t gone too well … hopefully he turns things around soon
- RHP Domingo Acevedo: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1/1 GB/FB — eleven pitches, nine strikes
High-A Tampa Tarpons (11-6 loss to Bradenton)
- CF Pablo Olivares: 1-3, 1 R, 3 BB — got picked off third … working on a four-game vitamin hit streak (one a day)
- 2B Diego Castillo: 1-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (throwing) — three-game hitting streak! … he’s also 4-for-45 (.089) on the season
- SS Oswaldo Cabrera: 0-3, 2 RBI, 1 E (fielding)
- DH Dermis Garcia: 2-4, 2 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI — fourth career two-home game … 48 homers in 243 career games now, which is pretty nuts for a just turned 21-year-old
- RF Isiah Gilliam: 0-4, 1 K
- C Donny Sands: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K
- RHP Clarke Schmidt: 4.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1 HR, 1 HB, 3/4 GB/FB — 54 of 85 pitches were strikes (64%) … the last two starts have been a bit of a grind following that brilliant Opening Day start, but give it some time and he’ll get it right
Low-A Charleston RiverDogs (4-3 loss to Greenville)
- CF Brandon Lockridge: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 3 K
- 2B Kyle Gray: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
- RF Josh Stowers: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB — breaks out of his little mini-slump
- C Josh Breaux: 1-3, 1 BB
- LF Canaan Smith: 1-4, 2 RBI
- RHP Roansy Contreras: 4.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 3/3 GB/FB — 51 of 89 pitches were strikes (57%) … 14/4 K/BB in 14.1 innings … he’s going to play the entire season at age 19, remember
The Short Season Staten Island Yankees, Rookie Pulaski Yankees, and two Rookie Gulf Coast League Yankees teams begin play in June.