DotF: Austin and Fowler go deep in wins

Got some notes to pass along:

• The Yankees posted a photo of a bunch of rehabbing players visiting a children’s hospital in Tampa, and the good news is RHP James Kaprielian’s arm was not in a sling or anything. He went for a second opinion on his elbow a week or two ago and it was easy to assume the worst. The fact he’s not wearing anything on his elbow tells us he didn’t have Tommy John surgery. (That doesn’t mean he won’t at some point, unfortunately.)
• The Yankees reportedly picked SS Gleyber Torres over OF Eloy Jimenez as part of the Aroldis Chapman trade, and J.J. Cooper wrote about that decision. “They were faced with a fascinating choice,” he wrote. “(What) gives Torres the edge is his increased defensive value, and a slightly better hit tool, but it was surely a difficult decision for the Yankees.”
• Cooper also put together an updated list of the youngest players in each pro league. I’ll let you skim through yourself, but I do want to point out Torres is the second youngest player in the High-A Florida State League. Also, four of the ten youngest players in the rookie Appalachian League are Yankees.
• Randy Miller spoke to a scout with an NL team about several of the Yankees’ top prospects, so check that out. The scout sure does love him some RHP Chance Adams. “He’s the best-kept secret in baseball,” the scout said. “I see a guy who can be a No. 2 starter in the big leagues.”
• RHP Conor Mullee (hand) is with Triple-A Scranton and he threw a bullpen session today, according to Shane Hennigan. He’s expected to make a rehab appearance in the coming days. Mullee is on the big league DL with some sort of nerve issue at the moment.
• Thanks to their notable Tuesdays, both Gleyber (debut with Yankees) and RHP Luis Cessa (shutout in Triple-A) landed in today’s Prospect Report, so make sure you give that a click.

Triple-A Scranton (6-0 win over Buffalo)

• CF Mason Williams: 1-4, 1 R, 1 K
• RF Ben Gamel: 1-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K — 5-for-20 (.250) during his five-game exactly one hit streak
• C Gary Sanchez: 0-4 — he took a foul tip to the thumb but remained in the game, according to Shane Hennigan … apparently it was his left thumb, his glove thumb, not the thumb he fractured on a foul tip earlier this year
• 1B Ike Davis: 1-4, 1 R, 1 K
• DH Tyler Austin: 3-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI — that’s his 16th homer of the season … he hit six last year, nine the year before, and six the year before that
• LF Jake Cave: 1-3, 1 HBP
• RHP Brady Lail: 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 6/2 GB/FB — 53 of 72 pitches were strikes (74%) … that is pretty easily the best of Lady Brail’s 17 career Triple-A starts
• RHP Johnny Barbato: 1 IP, zeroes, 2/1 GB/FB — five pitches, four strikes
• RHP Kirby Yates: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 2/0 GB/FB — nine of 16 pitches were strikes

Double-A Trenton (10-6 win over Portland)

• SS Tyler Wade: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 CS — he has a .378 OBP despite being a no-power guy who is more than three years younger than the average Eastern League player
• CF Dustin Fowler: 2-5, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 K — 15-for-37 (.405) with five doubles, two triples, and two homers during his nine-game hitting streak
• 3B Miguel Andujar: 0-5, 2 K
• 2B Cito Culver: 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) — 7-for-18 (.389) with two doubles and a homer in his last four games
• LHP Daniel Camarena: 2.2 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 39 of 57 pitches were strikes (68%) … he’s allowed 27 runs in his last 36 innings after allowing 17 runs in his first 66 innings of the season
• RHP Travis Hissong: 3.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1/3 GB/FB — 32 of 46 pitches were strikes (70%) … 64/7 K/BB in 54.2 innings … Hissong and two relievers allowed one hit in 6.1 scoreless innings, allowing the offense to get back in the game

High-A Tampa (2-0 win over Brevard County)

• 2B Jorge Mateo: 0-3, 1 RBI, 2 K — 4-for-28 (.143) since coming back from the suspension
• CF Rashad Crawford: 0-4, 2 K — first game in the organization since being the fourth guy in this week’s Aroldis Chapman trade
• SS Gleyber Torres: 1-4, 1 K, 1 CS — first hit as a Yankee
• LF Jeff Hendrix: 1-4, 1 K
• RF Trey Amburgey: 2-4, 1 R, 1 K — he’s starting to come around a bit
• 3B Thairo Estrada: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB
• RHP Domingo Acevedo: 6 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 4/2 GB/FB — 59 of 90 pitches were strikes (66%) … 98/20 K/BB in 88.2 innings … he made eight starts with Charleston and this was his eighth with Tampa … I wonder if he’ll get a late-season look in Trenton
• RHP Matt Marsh: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 0/1 GB/FB — 16 of 22 pitches were strikes (73%)

Both Low-A Charleston and Short Season Staten Island had scheduled off-days.

Rookie Pulaski (5-2 loss to Elizabethton)

• CF Blake Rutherford: 4-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 3B — hitting .342/.409/.579 through his first 21 pro games nbd
• SS Wilkerman Garcia: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 HBP
• LF Estevan Florial: 0-4, 1 BB, 4 K — has a 31.8% strikeout rate
• 3B Dermis Garcia: 0-4, 1 BB, 1 K
• DH Isiah Gilliam: 2-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — third straight game with a homer
• 2B Oswaldo Cabrera: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K
• RHP Chad Martin: 7 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 10/4 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks East (7-3 loss to GCL Braves) they faced LHP Kyle Muller, the 44th overall pick in this year’s draft

• CF Jordan Scott: 1-5, 1 R, 3 K
• RF Erick Mendez: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
• 1B Brandon Wagner: 1-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — 21-for-56 (.375) with five doubles and four homers in his last 14 games
• RHP Juan Escorcia: 4 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 7/3 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks West (9-3 win over GCL Phillies)

• DH Donny Sands: 1-4, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K — still hasn’t returned to catching after suffering an unknown injury a few weeks back
• PR-1B Miguel Flames: 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 5 RBI — nice game for Miggy Fire off the bench … he replaced starter 1B Chucky Vazquez after he was hit by a pitch in the first inning
• SS Diego Castillo: 2-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB — had been in a 3-for-28 (.107) rut
• RHP Isaac Padilla: 3.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 2/3 GB/FB