DotF: Jagielo homers in latest rehab game

The video above is C/1B Peter O’Brien taking some hacks during batting practice before yesterday’s Futures Game, courtesy of Baseball America. Here are some more notes:

• In his Futures Game write-up (subs. req’d), Keith Law noted O’Brien “struck out in his only two at bats; he was late on fastballs at 95 to 96 and then struck out on a slider down. His home run total this year is outstanding, but he seems to have a lot of trouble hitting above-average stuff. “
• Nathaniel Stoltz at FanGraphs has a write-up and some video on RHP Brady Lail. “If you want comps to dream on, Lail’s arsenal isn’t too far off from Jesse Chavez‘s or Mike Leake‘s,” wrote Stoltz, “and if he can add some weight and prove he can shoulder heavy workloads, he might have a shot to emerge as a quality rotation contributor in that mold.”
• Both LHP Matt Tracy and LHP Tyler Webb will be promoted to Triple-A Scranton after the All-Star break this week, according to Nick Peruffo. Tracy was up for a few spot starts earlier this year, but this will be Webb’s first take of the level. Anytime a southpaw gets to Triple-A, he puts himself in position for an MLB role, even if it’s only as a lefty specialist.
• Matt Kardos reports that both O’Brien and C Gary Sanchez will participate in the Double-A Eastern League Home Run Derby later this week, which is neat. Hard to think O’Brien won’t win it with his power.
• And finally, LHP Miguel Subaran was named the High-A Florida State League Pitcher of the Week, so congrats to him. The Yankees got him from the Twins for Eduardo Nunez.

Triple-A Scranton is off until Thursday for the All-Star break. The actual game is Wednesday night. UTIL Jose Pirela was the only Yankees farmhand selected to the International League squad.

Double-A Trenton (5-2 loss to Akron in ten innings)

• CF Mason Williams: 0-5 — following the game, manager Tony Franklin told Kardos that Williams “is not thinking with clarity” at the plate and dealing with “growing pains”
• DH Gary Sanchez: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
• RF Tyler Austin: 2-4
• LHP Matt Tracy: 6 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 10/4 GB/FB — 54 of 85 pitches were strikes (64%)
• RHP Mark Montgomery: 2 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 1 HB, 0/2 GB/FB — 15 of 26 pitches were strikes (58%) … 37/18 K/BB in 37.2 innings this year

High-A Tampa (6-2 loss to Bradenton in 12 innings)

• CF Jake Cave & DH Cito Culver: both 0-5, 1 K
• 1B Greg Bird: 0-3, 1 R, 2 BB
• 3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) — hitting streak is up to 17 games
• RF Aaron Judge: 2-4, 1 BB, 1 K
• 2B Angelo Gumbs: 2-5, 1 K
• LHP Miguel Sulbaran: 6 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HB, 9/3 GB/FB — he has allowed only three runs total in his last eight starts and 46 innings (1.57 ERA)
• RHP Nick Rumbelow: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 2/0 GB/FB
• RHP Wes Wilson: 1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/0 — the poor backup catcher took the loss

Low-A Charleston had a scheduled off-day.

Short Season Staten Island Game One (4-3 loss to State College) completion of yesterday’s game, which was suspended due to rain in the middle of the third inning

• C Luis Torrens: 1-5, 2 K, 1 E (throwing)
• 2B Ty McFarland: 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K
• 1B Chris Breen: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K — 10-for-36 (.278) with three doubles, two triples, and two homers in his last ten games
• RF Austin Aune: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K — 7-for-18 (.389) with four doubles in his last four games
• RHP Sean Carley: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 4/1 GB/FB — picked yesterday before the rain
• RHP Matt Borens: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/1 GB/FB
• LHP Rony Bautista: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 1/1 GB/FB

Short Season Staten Island Game Two (7-1 loss to State College in seven innings)

• CF Collin Slaybaugh: 0-1, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• DH Ty McFarland & C Isaias Tejada: both 1-3 — Tejeda committed a throwing error
• LF Conner Spencer: 0-3, 1 K — he was a first baseman in a college, so left field seems like a new experiment
• RHP Jordan Cote: 4.1 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 3/6 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks1 (5-4 loss to GCL Yanks2) gonna lump the two teams together in one section

• 2B Junior Valera: 0-2, 1 R, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) — ten walks and five strikeouts in his last nine games
• SS Angel Aguilar: 2-, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 SB, 1 HBP
• LF Frank Frias: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K — threw a runner out at third
• SS Abi Avelino: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B — played seven innings in the field as he works his back from a quad injury
• 3B Eric Jagielo: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI — my guess is he’ll rejoin Tampa when they head out on the road trip Wednesday
• DH Drew Bridges: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 K
• RF Alex Palma: 1-4, 1 2B
• CF Leonardo Molina: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K
• RHP Jonathan Padilla: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 2/4 GB/FB — 18/6 K/BB in 14.2 innings
• LHP Nestor Cortes: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 0/3 GB/FB
• RHP Austin DeCarr: 1.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — rough outing for this year’s third rounder
• RHP Simon De La Rosa: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 1 HB, 1 Balk, 4/1 GB/FB — 20/11 K/BB in 18.2 innings