Down On The Farm Minor League Report 8/26/08 Triple A The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees destroyed the Buffalo Bisons and won by a score of 9-1. Starting for Scranton was Kei Igawa and he pitched a great game pitching 6 scoreless innings giving up 4 hits for the win. The problem with Igawa is that he’ll get called up again and get rocked in the majors. Replacing Igawa to start the 7th inning was Zachary Kroenke and he gave up 1 earned run on 3 hits in 2 innings. Scott Strickland pitched a perfect 9th inning. The hitting stars of the game for Scranton worth mentioning were center fielder Melky Cabrera, right fielder Matt Carson, DH Shelley Duncan and short stop Nick Green. Cabrera went 1 for 4 with 2 runs scored. Carson went 2 for 5 with 3 runs scored. Duncan went 1 for 3 with 3 runs scored and 2 rbi’s along with a home run and Green went 2 for 4 with 2 rbi’s. * Scranton/WB Recap - Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees official * Scranton/WB Box Score - Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees official Double A The Trenton Thunder lost to the Bowie Baysox by a score of 10-5. Starting for Trenton was Jason Jones and he gave up 3 earned runs on 7 hits in 6 innings of work for the loss. Michael Gardner then pitched .2 of an inning and gave up 6 earned runs on 4 hits. Jose Valdez came in for Gardner and gave up 1 earned run on 2 hits in 1.1 innings. The hitting star of the game for Trenton worth mentioning were second baseman Reegie Corona, third baseman Kevin Russo and right-fielder Edwar Gonzalez. Corona went 3 for 5 with 1 run scored. Russo went 2 for 4 with 3 rbi’s and Gonzalez went 2 for 3 with 1 run scored and 1 rbi. * Trenton Thunder Recap - Trenton Thunder Official * Trenton Thunder Box Score - Trenton Thunder Official A Adv. The Tampa Yankees won over the Dunedin Blue Jays by a score of 5-1. Starting for Tampa was Christian Garcia and he pitched a great game giving up 1 earned run on 7 hits along with 10 strikeouts in 7 innings of work for the win. His era is 2.90. The strangest thing is that he pitched in the Gulf Coast League and got rocked. Replacing Garcia to start the 8th inning was Michael Dunn and he pitched 2 perfect innings. The hitting stars of the game for the Yankees worth mentioning were second baseman Luis Nunez who went 1 for 4 with 2 rbi’s and third baseman Chris Kunda who went 2 for 3 with 1 run scored and 2 rbi’s. * Tampa Yankees Recap - Tampa Yankees Official * Tampa Box Score - Tampa Yankees Official Class A The Charleston RiverDogs lost to the Savannah SandGnats by a score of 4-2. Starting for the RiverDogs was Ryan Zink and he pitched 6 scoreless innings giving up 2 hits for the no decision. His era is 2.74. Craig Heyer gave up 2 earned runs on 3 hits in 1.2 innings for the loss. Jonathan Ortiz pitched 1.1 innings and gave up 2 runs on 2 hits for the blown save but both runs were unearned because of a because of a fielding error by second baseman Justin Snyder. Ortiz replaced Heyer and let 2 of Heyer’s runs in to score and that’s why he got the blown save and Heyer got the loss. The hitting stars of the game for the RiverDogs worth mentioning were catcher Jesus Montero who went 2 for 4 with 1 rbi and first baseman Brandon Laird who went 1 for 4 with 1 run scored and 1 rbi along with a home run. * Charleston RiverDogs Recap - Charleston RiverDogs Official * Charleston RiverDogs Box Score - Charleston RiverDogs Official Class A Short-Season The Staten Island Yankees won easily over the Lowell Spinners by a score of 9-1. Starting for Staten Island was Casey Erickson and he gave up 1 run on 4 hits in 5 innings of work for the win but the run was unearned because of a fielding error by center fielder Raymond Kruml. He also had 6 strikeouts. His era is 2.86. Replacing Erickson to start the 6th inning was Michael Obradovich and he pitched 2 scoreless innings giving up 2 hits. His era is 1.62. Replacing Obradovich to start the 8th inning was Jason Kiley and he pitched 2 scoreless innings giving up 1 hit. The hitting stars of the game for Staten Island worth mentioning were center fielder Raymond Kruml, left-fielder Daniel Brewer, right fielder Jack Rye and third baseman Mike Lyon. Kruml went 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored. Brewer went 2 for 5 with 1 run scored and 2 rbi’s and Lyon went 2 for 4 with 3 rbi’s along with a home run. * Staten Island Yankees Recap – Staten Island Yankees Official * Staten Island Yankees Box Score – Staten Island Yankees Official Rookie The GCL Yankees won a close scoring game over the GCL Braves by a score of 5-4. Starting for the GCL Yankees was Michael O’Brien and he gave up 4 earned runs on 9 hits in 4.1 innings of work for the no decision. Replacing O’Brien was Clint Preisendorfer and he pitched 1.2 scoreless innings. Following Preisendorfer was Richard Martinez and he pitched 2 scoreless innings. Shawn Joy pitched a perfect 9th inning for his 3rd save. The hitting stars of the game of the GCL Yankees were right-fielder Zoilo Almonte, left-fielder Chad Gross and center fielder Alvaro Ramirez. Almonte went 2 for 4 with 1 run scored and 2 rbi’s along with a home run. Gross went 1 for 3 with 1 run scored and 2 rbi’s along with a home run and Ramirez went 2 for 3 with 1 run scored. * GCL Yankees Recap – GCL Yankees Official * GCL Yankees Box Score – GCL Yankees Official
Good Night For Hughes Pretty good night for Phil Hughes. He only gave up 2 earned runs on 6 hits in 6.1 innings for the win. That’s not a great game but it’s better than what he has been pitching. I bet he feels pretty good right about now. Justin Christian went 2 for 5 with a 1 run scored and Melky Cabrera went 1 for 4 with 1 rbi. My favorite farm hand Eric Hacker came out of the game early for Trenton. He gave up 2 earned runs on 3 innings. First round pick in 2007 Humberto Sanchez gave up 2 earned runs on 3 hits in only 2 innings for Tampa. He’s still just rehabbing though. Triple A Scranton/WB Recap - Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees official Scranton/WB Box Score - Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees official Double A Trenton Thunder Recap - Trenton Thunder Official Trenton Thunder Box Score - Trenton Thunder Official A Adv. Tampa Yankees Recap - Tampa Yankees Official Tampa Box Score - Tampa Yankees Official Class A Charleston RiverDogs/Savannah - Postponed: Rain Class A Short-Season Staten Island Yankees Recap – Staten Island Yankees Official Staten Island Yankees Box Score – Staten Island Yankees Official Rookie GCL Yankees Recap – GCL Yankees Official GCL Yankees Box Score – GCL Yankees Official
Yankees Minor League ReportIn Triple A Scranton, Justin Christian went 1 for 3 for and Melky Cabrera went 1 for 4. They both have great batting averages. Christian is batting .317 and Melky is batting .357. For Trenton, Jeffrey Marquez pitched 5.1 solid innings giving up 1 earned run on 2 hits for the win. His era is 2.93. For the RiverDogs, Catcher Jesus Montero went 2 for 4 with 1 run scored. He’s having a great year. Justin Snyder went 1 for 3 with 1 run scored and 1 rbi. Dellin Betances gave up 2 earned runs on 4 hits in 6 innings of work for the win. In Staten Island, Pat Venditte pitched another perfect inning for his 19th save and his era is 0.94. Triple A Scranton/WB Recap - Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees official Scranton/WB Box Score - Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees official Double A Trenton Thunder Recap - Trenton Thunder Official Trenton Thunder Box Score- Trenton Thunder Official A Adv. Tampa Yankees Recap - Tampa Yankees Official Tampa Box Score - Tampa Yankees Official Class A Charleston RiverDogs Recap - Charleston RiverDogs Official Charleston RiverDogs Box Score - Charleston RiverDogs Official Class A Short-Season Staten Island Yankees Recap – Staten Island Yankees Official Staten Island Yankees Box Score – Staten Island Yankees Official
Down On The Farm Minor League Reports 8/29/08 Minor League Reports For Scranton, Justin Christian went 1 for 5 with 1 run scored. Melky Cabrera went 0 for 3 with 1 run scored and walk. He also struck out once. Juan Miranda went 2 for 3 with a double. Victor Zambrano got rocked giving up 8 earned runs on 11 hits in 4 innings. For Trenton catcher Francisco Cervelli went 1 for 4 with 1 run scored and struck out twice. Kevin Whelan pitched 1.1 innings giving up 2 runs on 4 hits but 1 run was unearned. He did get the win. For Staten Island, catcher Brian Baisley went 1 for 3 with 2 rbi’s. For the RiverDogs, DH Jesus Montero went 3 for 7 with 2 runs scored. Third baseman Bradley Suttle went 3 for 7 with 3 runs scored and 2 rbi’s. Second baseman Justin Snyder 3 for 4 with 3 rbi’s. Jairo Heredia pitched 5 innings giving up 1 earned run on 4 hits. He gave up 5 runs but 4 runs were unearned. Triple A Scranton/WB Recap - Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees official Scranton/WB Box Score - Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees official Double A Trenton Thunder Recap - Trenton Thunder Official Trenton Thunder Box Score - Trenton Thunder Official A Adv. Tampa Yankees Recap - Tampa Yankees Official Tampa Box Score - Tampa Yankees Official Class A Charleston RiverDogs Recap - Charleston RiverDogs Official Charleston RiverDogs Box Score - Charleston RiverDogs Official Class A Short-Season Staten Island Yankees Recap – Staten Island Yankees Official Staten Island Yankees Box Score – Staten Island Yankees Official
How's Juan Miranda doing? Could you be called up in September? I'd love to see him take some ABs from Giambi, so we can see how he'll do against major league pitching.
Miranda is doing very well. He could be called up right now and take at bats away from Giambi but if the Yanks go after Tex, which I have a feeling they won't, but if they do, he might get traded.
Down in Scranton, left-fielder Justin Christian went 1 for 4 with runs scored and a walk. Melky Cabrera went 3 for 5 with 1 run scored and a walk. Juan Miranda went 0 for 3 with 1 run scored and 1 rbi along with a walk. Ian Kennedy dominated. He pitched 6.2 scoreless innings giving up 6 hits but get this, he had 11 strikeouts. He walked no one. Not bad Kennedy. Mark Melancon gave up 2 runs on 2 hits but 1 run was unearned for the blown save and the win. He struck out 2 batters and walked none. Down in Trenton, Austin Jackson went 1 for 5 with 1 rbi and struck out once. His average is .287. George Kontos pitched 6.1 innings and gave up 3 earned runs on 10 hits for the no decision. He had 8 strikeouts but gave up 2 home runs. Down in Charleston, catcher Jesus Montero went 3 for 5 with 2 runs scored and his batting average is .325. First baseman Brandon Laird went 3 for 5 with 1 run scored and 2 rbi’s along with a home run. Second baseman Justin Snyder went 2 for 4 with a walk. In Staten Island catcher Brian Baisley went 1 for 3 with 2 rbi’s and his average is .347. Triple A Scranton/WB Recap - Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees official Scranton/WB Box Score - Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees official Double A Trenton Thunder Recap - Trenton Thunder Official Trenton Thunder Box Score - Trenton Thunder Official A Adv. Tampa Yankees Recap - Tampa Yankees Official Tampa Box Score - Tampa Yankees Official Class A Charleston RiverDogs Recap - Charleston RiverDogs Official Charleston RiverDogs Box Score - Charleston RiverDogs Official Class A Short-Season Staten Island Yankees Recap – Staten Island Yankees Official Staten Island Yankees Box Score – Staten Island Yankees Official
At worst, Miranda is trade bait. At best, we get a viable alternative to Giambi, and don't risk a long term contract on Tex. We could potentially shave off, I keep thinking 86million off the top of my head. Resign moose for 20mil/2, and give CC 6 years, 120mil.
Down On The Farm Minor League Reports 8/31/08 Minor League Report Down in Scranton in game 1, left-fielder Justin Christian went 0 for 4 with a strikeout. Center fielder Melky Cabrera went 1 for 4 with an rbi. Kei Igawa pitched 6 innings giving up 3 earned runs on 7 hits. He struck out 4 and walked one. Gave up a home run. In game 2, Justin Christian, Melky Cabrera and Juan Miranda all went 0 for 3. David Robertson pitched 2 innings giving up 2 earned runs and 2 hits. Down in Trenton center fielder Austin Jackson went 1 for 3 with 1 run scored and a walk. Whelan pitched 1 inning giving up 2 earned runs on 2 hits. Catcher Francisco Cervelli went 1 for 3 with a strikeout. Down in Tampa Luis Nunez went 3 for 4 with 2 runs scored along with a home run and 4 rbi’s. Josh Schmidt pitched a perfect 8th inning striking out 2 batters for his 16h save. Down in Charleston, Angel Reyes pitched 2.1 innings giving up 2 earned runs on 3 hits with 3 walks and 2 strikeouts. DH Jesus Montero went 2 for 5 with 3 rbi’s. First baseman Brandon Laird went 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored and 2 rbi’s along with a home run. Second baseman Justin Snyder went 0 for 3 with 1 run scored and 2 walks and 3 strikeouts. In Staten Island, 1st baseman Brian Baisley went 1 for 4 with 1 rbi and 2 strikouts. Triple A Game 1 Scranton/WB Recap - Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees official Scranton/WB Box Score - Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees official Game 2 Scranton/WB Recap - Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees official Scranton/WB Box Score - Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees official Double A Trenton Thunder Recap - Trenton Thunder Official Trenton Thunder Box Score - Trenton Thunder Official A Adv. Tampa Yankees Recap - Tampa Yankees Official Tampa Box Score - Tampa Yankees Official Class A Charleston RiverDogs Recap - Charleston RiverDogs Official Charleston RiverDogs Box Score - Charleston RiverDogs Official Class A Short-Season Staten Island Yankees Recap – Staten Island Yankees Official Staten Island Yankees Box Score – Staten Island Yankees Official
Ian Kennedy and Phil Hughes will both get called up again because they both pitched very well in their last outings and with the Yankees about to be eliminated mentally from the playoff race, the Yankee brass might want to see what they have for next year.
Minor League Reports Down in Triple A Scranton, left-fielder Justin Christian went 1 for 3 with a run scored and a stolen base. First baseman Juan Miranda went 1 for 3 with a walk. Phil Hughes started and pitched a good game. He gave up 1 earned run on 4 hits in 5.2 innings of work for the no decision. He struck out 8 batters and walked 4. Down in Trenton, center fielder Austin Jackson went 0 for 4 with a strikeout. Starting for Trenton was Humberto Sanchez and he gave up 1 earned run on 2 hits in 1 inning along with 2 strikeouts. Down in Charleston, short stop Carmen Angelini went 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored. First baseman Justin Snyder went 1 for 3 with 1 rbi and a walk along with a strike out. Third baseman Brandon Laird went 0 for 4 with a strike out. Pitcher Craig Heyer pitched 3 innings giving up 2 hits along with 2 strikeouts. Down in Staten Island, first baseman Brian Baisley went 1 for 5 with 1 run scored and 1 rbi. Pitcher Brad Rulon pitched .1 of an inning striking the batter out and his era is 0.44. Triple A Scranton/WB Recap - Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees official Scranton/WB Box Score - Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees official Double A Trenton Thunder Recap - Trenton Thunder Official Trenton Thunder Box Score - Trenton Thunder Official Class A Charleston RiverDogs Recap - Charleston RiverDogs Official Charleston RiverDogs Box Score - Charleston RiverDogs Official Class A Short-Season Staten Island Yankees Recap – Staten Island Yankees Official Staten Island Yankees Box Score – Staten Island Yankees Official
Yeah, I hope they remove Dassel Rassel and Ponson from the Rotation and give the kids a chance. It'd be awesome seeing Hughes start Sunday (I'm going that game . Last game at the stadium ), and watch Phil get the win, Joba get the Hold, and Mo get the save. Will Melcancon get called up? Miranda? Who was called up today, I missed the game.
Staten Island loses 3-1 The Staten Island Yankees lost to the Hudson Valley Pirates Renegades by a score of 3-1. Jonathan Albaladejo pitched 2 scoreless innings giving up a hit and had 2 strikeouts. Center fielder Raymond Kruml went 1 for 4 with a strike out and first baseman Brian Baisley went 1 for 4 with 1 rbi and a strikeout. He’s batting .341. Class A Short-Season Staten Island Yankees Recap – Staten Island Yankees Official Staten Island Yankees Box Score – Staten Island Yankees Official
Minor League Playoff Report 9/03/08 The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees beat a Pawtucket Red Sox team in the first game of the playoffs. Just beating a Red Sox team in the playoffs is pretty cool. Justin Christian really showed up. He went 2 for 3 with 2 runs scored and 2 rbi’s along with a home run. Now that’s clutch. I hope the Yankees bring him up again. He’s so fast that he makes the opposing pitcher miserable. He had a stolen base tonight as well. Chase Wright pitched well. I’d like to see a Scranton/Wilkes Barres game especially since they are in the next state over from me. Hacker. Come on now. I was singing his praises all year. What amazes me is that no one brings his name up when it comes to “Who can help the Yankee pro club” in the future. Trenton must have a lot of confidence in him to let him start the first game of the series against another Red Sox affiliate. They must think highly of him. Hacker gave up 1 earned run in 5.2 innings. You can’t be surprised that the game was low scoring because these are the best of the best of the minor leagues at the highest level and a lot of players are almost pro ready. Oh yeah, Trenton won, 2-1. Triple A Scranton/WB Recap - Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees official Scranton/WB Box Score - Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees official Double A Trenton Thunder Recap - Trenton Thunder Official Trenton Thunder Box Score - Trenton Thunder Official Class A Short-Season Staten Island Yankees Recap – Staten Island Yankees Official Staten Island Yankees Box Score – Staten Island Yankees Official
Minor League Playoff Reports 9/04/08 Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees lost to the Pawtucket Red Sox by a score of 3-1. It was a well pitched battle. Ian Kennedy started and gave up 2 earned runs in 7 innings for the loss. That’s a good performance but we all know that he can’t pitch at the pro level. I don’t know if the Yankees should waste their time with him. He’ll come up to the pro level and get rocked like he has been doing all year. Since the Yankees aren’t really in the playoff race, they should let Kennedy start just to see if he has anything left. Justin Christian, Melky Cabrera and Juan Miranda all went 0 for 4. Series is tied 1-1. The Trenton Thunder won a low scoring game over the Portland Sea Dogs by a score of 4-3. The Thunder dropped some thunder on Clay Buchholz, the failed Boston Red Sox pitcher and scored 3 earned runs off of him. The best thing about it is that super prospect Austin Jackson hit a 3 run bomb off of him. Catcher P. J. Pilittere was the hero however with his rbi single in the bottom of the 8th that drove in Chris Malec. P.J. Pilittere is supposed to be the Anti – A-Rod because he comes through in the clutch a lot. I’m surprised Trenton gave Jeffrey Marquez the start considering he only had 3 starts in Trenton. Trenton leads the series 2-0. Staten Island clinched a playoff berth with their win on Thursday. Triple A Scranton/WB Recap - Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees official Scranton/WB Box Score - Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees official Double A Trenton Thunder Recap - Trenton Thunder Official Trenton Thunder Box Score - Trenton Thunder Official Class A Short-Season Staten Island Yankees Recap – Staten Island Yankees Official Staten Island Yankees Box Score – Staten Island Yankees Official
