The season is two months old now and I’m pretty sure I haven’t updated the standings once, so let’s do that now. Daren Willman pointed out that, heading into yesterday’s game, the Yankees had the second highest minor league winning percentage this year at .593. Only the Indians (.620) have been better. Minor league winning percentage means basically nothing, so I caution you not to read too much into it. The standings updates today are more to keep track of postseason races because hey, the playoffs are fun.
Triple-A Scranton (8-1 loss to Charlotte) 31-27 and 1.5 games back in the division
- RF Ben Gamel: 1-3, 1 BB
- CF Aaron Judge: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB — second steal in as many games
- LF Jake Cave: 1-4, 1 RBI
- DH Tyler Austin: 0-4
- 1B Nick Swisher: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 E (fielding)
- RHP Chad Green: 5.2 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 9/2 GB/FB — 70 of 108 pitches were strikes (65%) … 108 pitches in 5.2 innings is an awful lot
- RHP Johnny Barbato: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 17 of 33 pitches were strikes (52%) … you’re not going to get back to the Bronx like that, Johnny
- LHP Neal Cotts: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 15 of 22 pitches were strikes (68%)
- LHP Jame Pazos: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 2/0 GB/FB — nine strikes, 12 pitches
Double-A Trenton had a scheduled off-day. They’re 34-22 and four games back in the division.
High-A Tampa‘s game was cancelled due to Tropical Storm Colin. It will not be made up. They are 36-20 and have a 3.5-game lead in the division.
Low-A Charleston (13-4 win over Rome) they made all sorts of defensive changes and substitutions in the fifth and sixth inning for some reason … 33-22 and five games up in the division
- CF Jeff Hendrix: 0-1, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 SB
- SS Kyle Holder: 1-3, 1 R, 1 K
- DH Chris Gittens: 2-3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K — productive night, I’d say
- 3B-2B Angel Aguilar: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 K — sixth homer in 45 games this season … he hit three homers in 87 games here last season
- RF Leonardo Molina: 0-5, 3 K — you’re making me sad, Leo
- 2B-SS Gosuke Katoh: 1-5, 1 R, 4 K — first game at short in his career … he had only played second prior to this year, now he’s added short and third
- RHP Luis Cedeno: 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 10/4 GB/FB — 47 of 59 pitches were strikes (80%), so he was crazy efficient
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