Here are the day’s notes:
- Brendan Kuty spoke RHP Chance Adams about his looming big league opportunity. “Whenever they want to call me up. It’s not really under my control. When they feel I’m ready, they’ll call me up and I’ll do the best I can to help the team win,” he said.
- RHP Ronald Herrera (No. 14) and RHP Zack Littell (No. 19) made this week’s Prospect Hot Sheet. Cool to see two lower profile pitching prospects get some attention. “The 5-foot-11 righthander is not overpowering but can touch 94 mph and is difficult to square up,” said the write-up of Herrera. As for Littell, it says, “Advanced command helps all of Littell’s offerings play up.”
- The Triple-A International League released their second All-Star voting update. A bunch of Lehigh Valley and Buffalo players are in line to start. Adams and SS Gleyber Torres lead the write-in votes though. Here’s the ballot.
Triple-A Scranton (10-1 win over Lehigh Valley)
- SS Tyler Wade: 3-5, 2 R, 1 RBI — 15-for-37 (.405) during his nine-game hitting streak
- 2B Gleyber Torres: 2-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K — 8-for-19 (.421) with a double and two homers in his last five games, so someone is starting to get his bearings at Triple-A
- 1B Greg Bird: 0-5, 1 R
- RF Tyler Austin: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 K
- LF Clint Frazier: 2-5, 2 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI — now hitting .262/.350/.510 on the season
- C Kyle Higashioka: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB
- CF Mason Williams: 1-4
- RHP Luis Cessa: 6 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 6/5 GB/FB — 64 of 90 pitches were strikes (71%) … two earned runs or less in eight of his eleven outings down here
- LHP Tyler Webb: 0.1 IP, zeroes, 1 K — four pitches, three strikes … he usually works full innings or even multiple innings … if he makes a few more of these short left-on-left matchup outings, they might be considering him for that role in the show
Double-A Trenton (2-1 win over Bowie in ten innings, walk-off style)
- SS Thairo Estrada: 0-4, 3 K — there aren’t many rainy days during the Summer of Thairo, but this was one of ’em
- CF Billy McKinney: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K — threw a runner out at third
- 3B Miguel Andujar: 0-4, 1 K — he went 27-for-60 (.450) with nine doubles and two home runs during his 16-game hitting streak
- LF Jake Cave: 0-4, 1 BB, 1 K
- RHP Domingo Acevedo: 8 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 7/4 GB/FB — 64 of 94 pitches were strikes (68%) … he’s now allowed six runs total in five starts and 33.1 innings since the promotion … has a 83/12 K/BB in 74.2 total innings this season
- RHP Nick Rumbelow: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GB/FB — eleven of 16 pitches were strikes (69%) … 7/1 GB/FB in four innings so far
- RHP Colten Brewer: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2/0 GB/FB — eleven of 15 pitches were strikes (73%)
High-A Tampa (2-1 loss to Fort Myers)
- CF Jorge Mateo & DH Trey Amburgey: both 0-4, 1 BB — Mateo stole two bases … Amburgey struck out and got picked off first
- SS Kyle Holder: 0-5, 2 K
- LF Tito Polo: 1-4, 1 K
- 2B Nick Solak: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K
- RHP Zack Littell: 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 7/3 GB/FB — 62 of 92 pitches were strikes (67%), plus he picked a runner off first … he’s allowed no more than one run in eight of his 12 games this year
Low-A Charleston (3-1 loss to Columbia)
- CF Estevan Florial: 1-4, 1 BB, 2 K — not surprisingly, his 76 strikeouts are the most in the farm system
- SS Diego Castillo: 1-5, 1 R, 1 K
- 3B Angel Aguilar: 0-4
- RF Isiah Gilliam: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 K
- C Donny Sands: 2-4, 1 K — no power or walks, but a ton of singles this year
- 2B Oswaldo Cabrera: 1-4
- LHP Phil Diehl: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 6 K, 4/1 GB/FB — 53 of 89 pitches were strikes (60%)
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