MLB.com posted their midseason top 100 prospects list today. Three Yankees made it: OF Estevan Florial (No. 39), LHP Justus Sheffield (No. 42), and RHP Albert Abreu (No. 65). 2B Gleyber Torres and 3B Miguel Andujar are no longer prospect eligible while RHP Chance Adams, who was No. 66 before the season, has dropped out of the top 100.
Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (3-1 loss to Rochester)
- CF Tyler Wade: 2-4, 1 BB, 1 K — threw a runner out at second
- 3B Brandon Drury: 0-4 — in a little 1-for-16 (.063) skid
- 1B Tyler Austin: 1-2, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB
- DH Billy McKinney: 0-4, 1 K — 3-for-21 (.143) in his last six games
- SS Ronald Torreyes: 0-2, 1 RBI, 2 BB — two walks???
- C Kyle Higashioka: 0-1, 3 BB
- LHP Justus Sheffield: 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 1 HR, 4/6 GB/FB — 65 of 95 pitches were strikes (68%) … gave up a three-run homer to a rehabbing Byron Buxton on a cement mixer slider (here’s video)
- RHP Tommy Kahnle: 1 IP, zeroes, 3 K — nine of 12 pitches were strikes … 15/3 K/BB in 8.2 innings with the RailRiders