DotF: Bird homers again in Trenton’s loss

OF Tyler Austin made the In The Team Photo section of this week’s Prospect Hot Sheet. In other news, Chris Cotillo says RHP Chris Leroux cleared waivers and accepted his outright assignment to Triple-A. He was designated for assignment to clear a spot on the roster for Michael Pineda the other day.

Triple-A Scranton (9-4 win over Pawtucket)

• LF Jose Pirela: 2-4, 1 R, 2 BB
• 2B Rob Refsnyder: 3-6, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K — 13-for-38 (.342) in his last nine games
• CF Zoilo Almonte: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
• 1B Kyle Roller: 1-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
• 3B Zelous Wheeler: 3-4, 2 R, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• LHP Nik Turley: 5.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 5 BB, 4 K, 1 HB, 3/5 GB/FB — 52 of 99 pitches were strikes … 39/36 K/BB in 50.1 innings
• SwP Pat Venditte: 2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1/0 GB/FB — 31 of 46 pitches were strikes (67%)

Double-A Trenton (8-1 loss to Bowie)

• CF Jake Cave: 0-5, 2 K
• LF Ben Gamel: 1-4, 1 K
• 1B Greg Bird: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K — five homers in 13 game with Trenton after hitting seven homers in 75 games with Tampa
• DH Tyler Austin: 0-4, 3 K
• 3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (missed catch)
• RF Mason Williams: 1-3, 1 BB
• RHP Danny Burawa: 2.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 3/2 GB/FB — 30 of 50 pitches were strikes
• RHP Mark Montgomery: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 0/2 GB/FB — nine pitches, eight strikes

High-A Tampa (10-2 loss to Daytona)

• CF Mark Payton: 0-4, 1 BB, 1 K
• SS Cito Culver: 1-2, 1 RBI, 3 BB — 50 walks are the sixth most in the system
• 3B Eric Jagielo: 0-4, 1 K, 1 HBP
• RF Aaron Judge: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 2 K
• RHP Chris Smith: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 2/0 GB/FB — 44/13 K/BB in 47.1 innings

Low-A Charleston (7-2 win over Rome)

• LF Michael O’Neill: 3-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 SB — ten homers and 37 steals (in 44 attempts) this year
• SS Abi Avelino: 0-4, 1 K
• 3B Miguel Andujar: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K — 9-for-29 (.310) in his last seven games
• 2B Gosuke Katoh: 1-2, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K — ten walks and three strikeouts in his last nine games
• RHP Gabe Encinas: 3 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HB, 3/2 GB/FB — 33 of 54 pitches were strikes (61%)
• LHP Chaz Hebert: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 9/2 GB/FB — 42 of 69 pitches were strikes (61%) … down to a 2.72 ERA in 59.2 innings with the River Dogs

Short Season Staten Island (6-1 loss to Tri-City)

• 2B Ty McFarland: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) — 17 errors in 52 games
• 1B Connor Spencer: 1-3, 1 E (fielding)
• C Luis Torrens: 0-3, 1 K
• LF Chris Breen: 1-3, 1 K
• RHP David Palladino: 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 8/3 GB/FB
• RHP Rony Bautista: 2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 1/2 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks1 Game One (5-0 loss to GCL Yanks2 in seven innings) makeup of yesterday’s rainout … combining the two teams together since they played each other

• RF Alex Palma: 0-2, 1 HBP — left the game after being hit by a pitch in the sixth, though he did stay in to run the bases
• 3B Drew Bridges & CF Leonardo Molina: both 0-3, 1 K
• LF Dominic Jose: 0-3, 2 K
• RF Ramon Flores: 1-3, 1 2B, 2 K — played five innings as he works his way back from the ankle injury
• DH Jake Hernandez: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K
• SS Yancarlos Baez: 2-2, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 1 BB
• RHP Simon De La Rosa: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 5 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 1 Balk, 1/1 GB/FB — 51/23 K/BB in 40 innings for the 21-year-old
• LHP Orby Tavares: 2.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 4/1 GB/FB — 25/16 K/BB in 33.1 innings
• RHP Jhon Morban: 5 IP, zeroes, 4 K, 1 HB, 5/4 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks2 (3-1 win over GCL Yanks2 in seven innings) combining them again

• Jose Figueroa: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 K — 13-for-39 (.333) in his last ten games
• SS Yancarlos Baez: 0-3, 1 K
• SS Bryan Cuevas: 0-0, 1 R, 3 BB
• DH Drew Bridges: 1-2, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
• LF Dominic Jose: 0-3, 2 K
• CF Leonardo Molina: 0-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 2 SB
• LHP Carlos Diaz: 3 IP, 0 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 5 BB, 3 K, 1 Balk, 2/2 GB/FB — picked a runner off first … 37/38 K/BB in 34.2 innings for the 19-year-old
• RHP Juan Cedeno: 4 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 2/4 GB/FB — 25/6 K/BB in 30 innings for the 20-year-old
• RHP Manolo Reyes: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 3/0 GB/FB
• LHP Jonny Drozd: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 1/0 GB/FB — 15/0 KB in 10.1 innings for the 6-foot-7 undrafted free agent