DotF: Refsnyder and Judge homer in Scranton’s win

OF Tyler Austin has been demoted to Double-A Trenton, reports Donnie Collins. OF Taylor Dugas was bumped up to take his place. Austin has not had a good year (.235/.309/.311 and 82 wRC+) and this will allow him to bat higher in the lineup and get more at-bats. The Triple-A Scranton lineup is stacked. Austin’s been batting ninth of late.

Triple-A Scranton (3-2 win over Toledo)

• LF Ben Gamel: 2-4
• 2B Rob Refsnyder: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — third homer in his last 20 games
• 1B Greg Bird: 0-3, 1 RBI, 2 K
• C Gary Sanchez: 1-4, 1 K, 1 CS
• RF Aaron Judge: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB — had been in an 0-for-15 slump before the homer
• CF Slade Heathcott: 0-4, 1 K
• 3B Jose Pirela: 1-4
• C Austin Romine: 2-3, 1 R
• LHP Chris Capuano: 4 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, 1 WP, 0/3 GB/FB — 45 of 65 pitches were strikes (69%)
• LHP James Pazos: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 1/0 GB/FB — 24 of 38 pitches were strikes (63%)
• RHP Nick Goody: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 1/2 GB/FB — 21 of 32 pitches were strikes (66%) … 75/16 K/BB in 53.1 innings
• RHP Andrew Bailey: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 2/0 GB/FB — nine of 15 pitches were strikes (60%)

Double-A Trenton (6-3 win over Binghamton in eleven innings)

• CF Jake Cave & SS Tyler Wade: both 0-5 — Cave struck out once, Wade twice
• RF Tyler Austin: 3-4, 3 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB — gets off to a nice start down here
• DH Mark Payton: 0-4, 1 R
• 2B Tony Renda: 2-5, 1 R, 1 RBI
• LHP Eric Wooten: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 7/3 GB/FB — 44 of 73 pitches were strikes (60%)
• RHP Mark Montgomery: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 1/2 GB/FB — 23 of 36 pitches were strikes (64%)

High-A Tampa‘s game was postponed because the flashing lights at the circus across the street were in the hitters’ eyes. I’m not joking. They’re going to play a doubleheader tomorrow.

Low-A Charleston (3-2 loss to Savannah)

• SS Angel Aguilar: 0-4, 3 K
• RF Austin Aune: 0-3, 2 K
• LF Alex Palma: 0-2 — left the game after grounding into a double play for an unknown reason
• RHP Matt Wotherspoon: 6 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 4 WP, 6/2 GB/FB — 63 of 89 pitches were strikes (71%) … four wild pitches might be a DotF record, too bad I don’t keep records or anything
• LHP Josh Rogers: 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 4/1 GB/FB — 27 of 44 pitches were strikes (61%)

Short Season Staten Island (6-4 win over Hudson Valley)

• CF Jeff Hendrix: 1-5, 1 R, 3 K
• SS Thairo Estrada: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K — played shortstop with Kyle Holder out of the lineup
• RF Jhalan Jackson: 0-4, 2 R, 2 K, 1 SB
• 3B Drew Bridges: 0-4, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
• 2B Brandon Wagner: 4-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 RBI — only his fourth and fifth extra-base hits of the season in 31 games for this year’s sixth rounder
• RHP Derek Callahan: 6 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 7/5 GB/FB — 50 of 83 pitches were strikes (60%)

Rookie level Pulaski (3-2 win over Danville)

• CF Carlos Vidal: 3-5, 1 RBI, 1 K
• SS Hyo-Jun Park: 0-5, 1 R, 1 K
• 2B Gosuke Katoh: 2-4, 1 BB, 2 K
• LF Nathan Mikolas: 0-5, 2 K
• RHP Drew Finley: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, 8/1 GB/FB — only the second time in his eight starts he hasn’t allowed a homer
• RHP Simon De La Rosa: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 HB, 8/1 GB/FB — 41/24 K/BB in 36.1 innings

Rookie level GCL Yanks1 Game One (13-8 loss to GCL Pirates in eight innings) the game was completed early due to rain … makeup of the July 23rd rainout

• RF Cesar Diaz: 2-4, 2 R, 1 SB
• SS Wilkerman Garcia: 0-3, 1 RBI, 1 K
• 3B Donny Sands: 0-4, 1 K
• LF Trey Amburgey: 1-4, 1 R, 2 K, 1 SB
• DH Leonardo Molina: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K — he turned 18 last week by the way
• CF Terrance Robertson: 1-3, 1 R, 1 K, 1 HBP
• RHP Abel Duarte: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 2/3 GB/FB
• RHP Juan Escorcia: 1 IP, 2 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 5 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 0/1 GB/FB — this has to be the worst crop of GCL pitching the Yankees have had in years, it seems like every game they’re allowing double digit runs

Rookie level GCL Yanks1 Game Two was rained out. They’re going to play a doubleheader tomorrow.

Rookie level GCL Yanks2 Game One (7-1 loss to GCL Tigers)

• SS Yancarlos Baez: 0-5, 2 K
• 2B Yonauris Rodriguez: 0-2, 2 BB, 1 K — got picked off first
• RF-LF Isiah Gilliam: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K
• LHP Jeff Degano: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 1/1 GB/FB
• RHP Taylor Garrison: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GB/FB — he’s been down here pitching in rehab games as he works his way back from an unknown injury for almost a month now
• RHP Artur Strzalka: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 3/0 GB/FB — 5/8 K/BB in 9.1 innings for the 19-year-old from Poland

Rookie level GCL Yanks2 Game Two was suspended due to rain after three batters. Not three innings, three batters. Here’s the box score. They’ll finish the game tomorrow.