DotF: Ford, Mateo, and Sensley all hit home runs in wins

Earlier today MLB announced team assignments for the 2017 Arizona Fall League. Yankees prospects will play for the Scottsdale Scorpions this year. They’ll be on a team with Mets, Reds, Angels, and Giants prospects. High-A Tampa manager Jay Bell will manage the team. The AzFL rosters won’t be announced until the end of August.

Triple-A Scranton (5-4 win over Norfolk in ten innings)

• CF Jake Cave: 1-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB — hitting streak is up to 12 games
• DH Mike Ford: 1-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI — go-ahead two-run home run in the top of the tenth … he hit it off former Yankees farmhand RHP Matt Wotherspoon, who was traded to the Orioles for international bonus money earlier this month
  
• 3B Miguel Andujar: 1-4, 1 RBI
• RF Mason Williams: 2-4, 2 R, 1 SB — had been in a 4-for-36 (.111) slump
• RHP Chance Adams: 7 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 1 WP, 4/4 GB/FB — 64 of 102 pitches were strikes (63%) … vintage Chance Adams tonight … his last few starts were a bit weird
• LHP Chasen Shreve: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1/0 GB/FB — 17 of 27 pitches were strikes (63%)
• RHP Ben Heller: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 18 of 34 pitches were strikes (53%)

Double-A Trenton (8-4 win over Hartford)

• SS Jorge Mateo: 1-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 BB — four homers in 26 games with Trenton after hitting four homers in 69 games with Tampa … eight homers overall ties his career high set last year
• CF Rashad Crawford: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
• 1B Ryan McBroom: 0-3, 1 BB
• RF Jhalan Jackson: 3-4, 2 R, 1 SB — 10-for-21 (.476) in his last seven games
• 2B Abi Avelino: 1-4, 1 K
• RHP Brody Koerner: 6.1 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 9/4 GB/FB — 58 of 88 pitches were strikes (66%) … nice rebound after allowing five runs in each of his last two starts

High-A Tampa (5-2 win over Palm Beach)

• 1B Gosuke Katoh: 2-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB — he’s hitting .289/.384/.428 as a utility player these days
• DH Trey Amburgey: 0-2, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HBP
• SS Kyle Holder & RF Alex Palma: both 2-4, 1 2B — Palma drove in a run, Holder two
• RHP Jose Mesa: 3.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 3/2 GB/FB — 38 of 61 pitches were strikes (62%) … his stats in three spot starts this year: 9.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 15 K

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

Rookie Pulaski (1-0 win over Elizabethton)

• SS Jesus Bastidas, DH Saul Torres & 1B Eric Wagaman: both 0-3, 1 K
• RF Steven Sensley: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI — that’s nine homers in 26 pro games for this year’s 12th rounder … only eleven other players in the system have hit 9+ homers this year … here’s the list
• LF Brayan Emery: 0-3
• RHP Luis Medina: 4.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 9/1 GB/FB — 33 of 70 pitches were strikes (47%) … stateside debut for the 18-year-old who signed for $280,000 back in 2015 … Josh Norris says Medina was 97-100 mph in the first inning tonight

Rookie GCL Yanks East Game One (3-0 loss to GCL Tigers East)

• DH Jose Devers & CF Robert Javier: both 1-3 — Javier struck out and got caught stealing
• RF Canaan Smith: 0-3, 1 K
• LHP Tony Hernandez: 5 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 5/5 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks East Game Two (3-2 win over GCL Tigers East in eight innings, walk-off style)

• SS Jose Devers: 0-2, 1 R, 2 BB, 2 SB — 17-year-old has five walks in 24 games this season, and he drew two of the five in this game
• RF Robert Javier: 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 CS
• DH Canaan Smith: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K
• LF Jonathan Amundaray: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K
• PR-3B Ricky Surum: 0-0, 1 R, 1 RBI — walk-off sac fly for this year’s 16th rounder
• LHP Deivi Diaz: 2.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 3/1 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks West (4-3 win over GCL Blue Jays)

• CF Evan Alexander: 0-3, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
• SS Oswald Peraza: 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP
• C Gustavo Campero: 1-5, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 K — the 1-for-5 day drags his overall season batting line down to .310/.425/.569 in 19 games
• 1B Miguel Flames: 0-4, 1 K
• RHP Nelvin Correa: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 6/3 GB/FB