DotF: Gamel and Fowler have big games in wins

The day’s notes:

Both C Gary Sanchez and OF Leonardo Molina made MLB.com’s Prospect Team of the Week. “(Molina) hasn’t had much statistical success, in part because he has been so young, but that hasn’t stopped evaluators from raving about his tools and upside,” said the write-up.
Molina was also named the rookie Appalachian League Offensive Player of the Week, so that’s cool. LHP Nestor Cortes was named the High-A Florida State Pitcher of the Week. He took a perfect game into the seventh inning last time out.
The Yankees have released RHP Willie Gabay, reports Matt Eddy. They picked him up as a minor league free agent prior to last season. Gabay had a 5.37 ERA in 66.2 innings at the lower levels as an organizational arm.

Triple-A Scranton (5-3 win over Lehigh Valley) they now have a five-game lead over Lehigh Valley in the division with 14 games remaining

LF Ben Gamel: 2-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 K — 20-for-50 (.400) with four doubles and a homer during his 12-game hitting streak
RF Clint Frazier: 0-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
2B Rob Refsnyder: 2-5, 2 K
C Kyle Higashioka: 0-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB
CF Mason Williams: 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — 11-for-29 (.379) during his eight-game hitting streak
LHP Richard Bleier: 3 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 4/2 GB/FB — 34 of 59 pitches were strikes (58%)
LHP Dietrich Enns: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 4/0 GB/FB — 39 of 67 pitches were strikes (58%) … they had him piggyback with Bleier because off-days and rainouts threw a wrench into the schedule, and he would have gone more than a week between starts had they remained on rotation
RHP Johnny Barbato: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 12 of 21 pitches were strikes (57%)
LHP Chasen Shreve: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 0/2 GB/FB — ten of 17 pitches were strikes (59%)
RHP Jonathan Holder: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 1/0 GB/FB — ten of 15 pitches were strikes

Double-A Trenton (5-2 win over Bowie)

RF Dustin Fowler: 3-4, 2 R, 1 3B, 1 HR, 3 RBI — double short of the cycle doesn’t happen very often … third game in right field this season
CF Billy McKinney: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 CS
3B Miguel Andujar: 0-4
SS Abi Avelino: 1-4, 1 2B
LHP Daniel Camarena: 6 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 7/3 GB/FB — 63 of 87 pitches were strikes (72%)

High-A Tampa had a scheduled off-day.

Low-A Charleston (8-2 win over Greenville)

CF Ricardo Ferreira: 2-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 SB
SS Hoy Jun Park: 1-4, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K
1B Chris Gittens: 3-4, 2 R, 3 HR, 5 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) — leads the system in homers (21) and strikeouts (122)
RF Alex Palma: 1-4, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB, 1 CS — 15-for-46 (.326) during his 12-game hitting streak
DH Jhalan Jackson: 1-3, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K — 7-for-23 (.304) with three doubles and a triple during his six-game hitting streak
C Luis Torrens: 0-5, 3 K
3B Mandy Alvarez: 0-4, 1 K
Nick Green: 6 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 10/3 GB/FB — 50 of 77 pitches were strikes (65%) … 17/4 K/BB and a 1.19 ERA in 22.2 innings since coming over as part of the Carlos Beltran trade

Short Season Staten Island (1-0 loss to Connecticut)

2B Nick Solak & SS Angel Aguilar: 1-4, 2 K
3B Drew Bridges: 2-4, 2 K — the 20th round back in 2013 is hitting .280/.335/.416 on the season
CF Timmy Robinson: 0-4, 2 K — threw a runner out at third
RHP Kolton Mahoney: 5 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 6/2 GB/FB — 45 of 79 pitches were strikes (57%)
LHP James Pazos: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 18 of 27 pitches were strikes (67%) … second rehab outing after missing a month and a half with an unknown injury … I wonder if they’ll just keep him here on rehab until rosters expand next week rather than move him up to Scranton and demote/release someone else

Rookie Pulaski Game One (5-1 loss to Princeton in seven innings) makeup of one of the games that was rained out earlier this month … they were rained out three straight days at one point

SS Wilkerman Garcia: 2-3, 1 CS — 10-for-29 (.345) in his last eight games
CF Blake Rutherford: 0-2, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — he’s already back in center field, in his second day back from the reported knee injury, so that’s good
C Donny Sands & LF Leonardo Molina: both 0-3 — Molina struck out twice
DH Brandon Wagner: 1-3, 1 K
RF Isiah Gilliam: 0-2, 1 BB, 2 K
RHP Raynel Espinal: 4.2 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 Balk, 5/1 GB/FB

Rookie Pulaski Game Two (3-2 win over Princeton in seven innings)

SS Wilkerman Garcia: 2-4, 2 RBI, 1 E (fielding) — make it 12-for-33 (.364) in his last nine games
CF Estevan Florial: 0-3
DH Leonardo Molina: 1-3
3B Dermis Garcia: 0-2, 1 BB, 1 K
2B Oswaldo Cabrera: 3-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 SB — he’s hitting only .224 in 21 games here, but he was so insanely hot in the Dominican Summer League and GCL that he’s still gone 56-for-158 (.354) in his last 41 games
RHP Brian Keller: 5.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 7/5 GB/FB — 41/6 K/BB in 34.2 innings for this year’s 39th round pick

Rookie GCL Yanks East (2-1 loss to GCL Tigers West) they faced RHP Matt Manning, the ninth overall pick in this year’s draft

CF Jordan Scott: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 K
RF Brayan Emery: 0-4, 3 K
LF Edel Luaces: 1-4, 1 2B, 3 K
RHP Kelvin Magallanes: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 2 HB, 7/3 GB/FB — 27/17 K/BB and a 7.04 ERA in 30.2 innings for the 22-year-old

Rookie GCL Yanks West (9-6 win over GCL Tigers East)

CF Terrance Robertson: 0-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K — got picked off first and threw a runner out at third … 30/23 K/BB in 35 games this year after 39/7 K/BB in 38 games last year
SS Diego Castillo: 0-4, 1 RBI, 1 E (fielding)
3B Nelson Gomez: 2-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) — leads the GCL with eight homers … 1B Chris Gittens, a college guy, hit eight homers year last season … before that, you have to go back to OF Yeicok Calderon in 2012 for the last Yankees’ farmhand to hit eight homers in the GCL (Yeicok!)
1B Miguel Flames: 3-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI — 20-for-58 (.345) with four walks and five strikeouts in his last 18 games, so Miggy Fire is on fire
RHP Julian Aybar: 5 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 6/2 GB/FB

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