DotF: Pirela, Garcia have big days in Scranton’s blowout win

Some quick notes:

• Both 2B Rob Refsnyder (#4) and OF Aaron Judge (#6) made this week’s Prospect Hot Sheet after their torrid weeks. Refsnyder in particularly has been tearing the cover off the ball for a few weeks now.
• RHP Cole Kimball has been released, according to Nick Peruffo. The Yankees rolled the dice on him after some injury problems and it just didn’t work out. RHP Phil Wetherell was bumped up from High-A Tampa to Double-A Trenton in a corresponding move.

Triple-A Scranton (12-6 win over Norfolk)

• LF Jose Pirela: 3-3, 3 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB — 33-for-90 (.367) with 13 doubles and three homers in his last 22 games
• RF Adonis Garcia: 4-5, 3 R, 3 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI — have yourself a game, Adonis
• DH Zoilo Almonte: 1-5, 1 RBI, 1 K
• 1B Kyle Roller: 4-5, 3 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K — 14th homer of the year and his third in the last nine games
• 3B Zelous Wheeler: 2-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI
• C Austin Romine: 2-5, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 2 K
• RHP Bruce Billings: 5 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 6/6 GB/FB — 48 of 75 pitches were strikes (64%)
• RHP Danny Burawa: 1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 2/0 GB/FB — 15 of 29 pitches were strikes (52%)
• RHP Mark Montgomery: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 19 of 29 pitches were strikes (66%)

Double-A Trenton (11-2 loss to Altoona)

• CF Mason Williams: 1-5, 1 K
• LF Ben Gamel: 2-4, 1 BB, 1 CS
• C Gary Sanchez: 0-3, 1 R, 2 BB — two strikeouts and six walks in his last five games
• DH Peter O’Brien: 0-4, 2 K
• 1B Tyler Austin: 2-4, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI — three straight games with an extra-base hit, which is good news following the wrist problem
• 2B Rob Refsnyder: 3-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI — 47-for-110 (.427) in his last 28 games
• RHP Graham Stoneburner: 5 IP, 10 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 9/3 GB/FB — 51 of 81 pitches were strikes (63%)
• RHP Phil Wetherell: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K,  1/1 GB/FB — 16 of 27 pitches were strikes (60%) … not the Double-A debut he envisioned, I’m guessing
• LHP Fred Lewis: 1 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 21 of 35 pitches were strikes (60%) … 15/14 K/BB and 18 runs allowed in 18.2 innings this year, all after nearly making the team out of Spring Training

High-A Tampa (4-1 win over Charlotte)

• CF Jake Cave & DH Frankie Cervelli: both 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K — Cave drove in a run … this is the second game of Cervelli’s rehab assignment
• 1B Greg Bird: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI — he’s been alternating two-hit games with no-hit games for about a week now
• 3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 1-4, 1 K
• RHP Rafael DePaula: 5 IP, 8 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 1 HB, 4/0 GB/FB — 21/3 K/BB in his last 17 innings
• RHP Nick Goody: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 0/2 GB/FB — 14/2 K/BB with two hits allowed in his last eight innings

Low-A Charleston (10-4 loss to Savannah)

• LF Michael O’Neill: 3-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K — 8-for-22 (.364) in his last five games
• SS Tyler Wade: 0-4, 1 BB, 1 K
• RF Aaron Judge: 2-4,  BB — 12-for-33 (.364) in his last nine games
• DH Mike Ford: 1-1, 1 2B, 1 RBI — left the game after the double in the third inning, so I guess he hurt himself somehow
• 3B Miguel Andujar: 2-5, 1 R, 1 K
• CF Dustin Fowler: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
• 2B Gosuke Katoh: 1-4, 1 K
• LHP Caleb Smith: 3 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 46 of 74 pitches were strikes (62%)
• LHP Evan Rutckyj: 2 IP, zeroes, 3 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 15 of 19 pitches were strikes (79%) … was just demoted after posting a 12/15 K/BB in 12.1 innings for Tampa