DotF: Avelino goes deep twice in Trenton’s win

Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (3-2 win over Lehigh Valley)

• SS Tyler Wade: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 K
• 1B Brandon Drury: 0-5, 3 K — third game at first base … 2-for-30 (.067) with ten strikeouts in his last eight games
• CF Billy McKinney: 2-5, 1 R, 2 K
• DH Tyler Austin: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K — 7-for-30 (.233) with two walks and 14 strikeouts in eight games since being sent down
• RHP David Hale: 5 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 4/2 GB/FB — 60 of 95 pitches were strikes (63%)
• RHP Tommy Kahnle: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB — ten of 21 pitches were strikes

Double-A Trenton Thunder (10-3 win over Binghamton)

• SS Abi Avelino: 3-4, 3 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 1 BB — eleven homers in 78 games now … he hit 13 homers in 347 games from 2015-17 … he is this year’s breakout fringe guy who is going to force a 40-man roster decision after the season, like Jake Cave last year and Kyle Higashioka two years ago
• 1B Gosuke Katoh: 1-2, 2 R, 1 2B, 3 BB, 1 K
• CF Jeff Hendrix: 1-4, 1 R, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 2 K, 2 E (fielding, throwing)
• RF Jhalan Jackson: 1-5, 2 RBI, 4 K
• RHP Domingo Acevedo: 5 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 7/4 GB/FB — 50 of 79 pitches were strikes (63%) … 23/11 K/BB in 33 innings so far this year … that swing-and-miss ability just hasn’t been there so far

High-A Tampa Tarpons (10-3 win over Fort Myers)

• SS Kyle Holder: 3-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 5 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB — 7-for-13 (.538) with a double and two homers in three games back from the temporary inactive list
• 2B Diego Castillo: 2-5, 1 RBI
• 1B Brandon Wagner: 0-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 2 K
• RF Isiah Gilliam: 2-5, 2 K — threw a runner out at second
• C Donny Sands: 2-4, 1 R, 1 K, 1 HBP, 1 PB — 12-for-24 in seven games back from the broken arm
• RHP Will Carter: 3 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 1 K, 1 HR 5/0 GB/FB — 45 of 79 pitches were strikes (57%)
• LHP Phil Diehl: 2 IP, zeroes, 6 K — 19 of 24 pitches were strikes (79%) … 63/10 K/BB in 41.1 innings for the 2016 27th round pick

The Low-A Charleston RiverDogs had their doubleheader rained out. The games were cancelled and will not be made up.

Short Season Staten Island Yankees (2-0 win over Tri-City)

• 2B Eduardo Torrealba: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 K
• RF Canaan Smith: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (throwing) — kinda sorta maybe starting to come around the last few games
• SS Jesus Bastidas: 0-4, 2 K
• LF Frederick Cuevas: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 K
• RHP Nolan Martinez: 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HB, 9/4 GB/FB — 48 of 87 pitches were strikes (55%) … hasn’t been healthy much the last few years, good to see him strong enough to go six innings
• LHP Reiver Sanmartin: 3 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 28 of 34 pitches were strikes (82%) … 17/0 K/BB in 12.1 innings for the dude who came over from the Rangers in the Ronald Herrera trade

Rookie Pulaski Yankees (7-5 loss to Bristol)

• 2B Max Burt: 2-4, 1 R, 1 K, 1 HBP, 3 E (throwing, two fielding)
• CF Everson Pereira: 1-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K — threw a runner out at the plate … 9-for-36 (.250) with four doubles through seven games
• 1B Nelson Gomez: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP
• C Saul Torres: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 2 K
• RHP Wellington Caceres: 5 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 10/3 GB/FB — 56 of 75 pitches were strikes (75%)

Rookie GCL Yankees East (7-1 loss to GCL Blue Jays)

• SS Borinquen Mendez: 0-4, 1 K
• 2B Matt McGarry: 1-1, 1 BB, 1 E (fielding) — this year’s 34th rounder played five innings in a pro debut
• RF Ryder Green: 1-1, 1 BB, 1 CS — threw a runner out at the plate … pro debut for this year’s third rounder, who signed for an above slot $1M … he played five innings
• C Alex Guerrero: 0-2 — this year’s 18th rounder played six innings behind the plate in his pro debut
• RHP Anderson Munoz: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 4/1 GB/FB
• RHP Keegan Curtis: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K — pro debut for this year’s 22nd rounder

Rookie GCL Yankees West (2-1 win over GCL Pirates)

• CF Antonio Cabello: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
• SS Roberto Chirinos: 2-4, 1 K — 7-for-21 (.333) with three doubles in six games … 17-year-old signed for $900,000 last July 2nd
  
• LF Stanley Rosario: 0-2, 2 BB
• C Hemmanuel Rosario: 1-4, 1 K
• 3B Mitchell Robinson: 0-2, 1 K — this year’s 21st rounder played five innings in his pro debut
• RHP Yoiber Marquina: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/3 GB/FB — second game back from Tommy John surgery … the Yankees got him from the Indians as the player to be named later in the Nick Goody trade
• RHP Nelvin Correa: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 4 HB, 5/2 GB/FB — four hit batsmen? that might be a new DotF record