DotF: Dermis hits first homer of the season in Charleston’s win

Following this afternoon’s win, the Yankees sent OF Clint Frazier down to Triple-A Scranton, the team announced. No idea who is coming up. Maybe Tommy Kahnle is being activated? Brandon Drury can’t come up yet because of the ten-day rule. I guess we’ll find out tomorrow. Anyway, I’ve got two other quick notes to pass along:

• In case you missed it earlier, the Yankees have re-signed RHP David Hale to a new minor league contract. He is stepping right into Triple-A Scranton’s rotation. LHP Daniel Camarena was released to clear a roster spot, the team announced.
• RHP Erik Swanson will make his next start with Triple-A Scranton, according to Kyle Franko. He’s been great this year. Swanson has a 0.44 ERA (1.61 FIP) with 34.9% strikeouts and 8.1% walks in 40.2 innings with Double-A Trenton.

Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (4-3 loss to Buffalo) no Greg Bird or Billy McKinney in the lineup today … I assume they were traveling to join the team

• SS Tyler Wade: 0-3, 1 BB
• 3B Brandon Drury: 1-4
• DH Adam Lind: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
• C Kyle Higashioka: 2-4, 1 RBI, 2 K, 1 SB, 1 E (throwing) — second steal of the season! … he had two steals total in 534 minor league games coming into the season
• RHP David Hale: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 HR, 3/3 GB/FB — 44 of 63 pitches were strikes (70%) … timing always plays a part in this, but with RHP Chance Adams having an uneven start to the season, I wonder if Hale is next man up should the Yankees need a starter
• LHP Nestor Cortes: 3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 3/1 GB/FB — 30 of 47 pitches were strikes (64%) … he had been in the rotation, so I guess Swanson is taking his starting spot
• RHP Cody Carroll: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 0/1 GB/FB — nine of 16 pitches were strikes

Double-A Trenton Thunder (10-5 loss to Bowie)

• LF Jeff Hendrix: 0-5, 1 K, 1 SB — 2-for-23 (.087) since coming off the disabled list
• 1B Chris Gittens: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 K
• SS Gosuke Katoh: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K — three homers in 38 games this season … he hit six homers in 84 games last year
• CF Trey Amburgey: 1-4, 1 K, 1 SB
• RF Jhalan Jackson: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
• RHP Mike King: 5 IP, 10 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HR, 4/2 GB/FB — 53 of 74 pitches were strikes (72%) … first career Double-A start didn’t go as planned
• RHP Kaleb Ort: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 0/3 GB/FB — 12 of 20 pitches were strikes

The High-A Tampa Tarpons had their doubleheader rained out. They’ll make up these two games when they play Lakeland again from May 29th to May 31st.

Low-A Charleston RiverDogs (2-1 win over Columbia)

• 2B Wilkerman Garcia: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 K
• SS Oswaldo Cabrera: 0-3
• DH Steven Sensley: 0-3, 2 K
• 3B Dermis Garcia: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K — took Mets LHP David Peterson, the 20th overall pick in last year’s draft, deep for his first homer of the season
• CF Pablo Olivares: 2-3 — got picked off first … 13-for-24 (.542) with three walks and three strikeouts in his last seven games
• RF Leonardo Molina: 0-3, 1 K — threw a runner out at third
• RHP Rony Garcia: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 1 HB, 2/2 GB/FB — 61 of 92 pitches were strikes (66%) … 33/8 K/BB in 39 innings for the 20-year-old
• RHP Austin DeCarr: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 3/1 GB/FB — 18 of 33 pitches were strikes (55%) … 5/6 K/BB in 5.2 innings