DotF: Payton homers for Scranton, King dominates for Trenton

RHP Brody Koerner’s season is over. He was hit by a line drive over the weekend and Conor Foley says Koerner’s arm was broken. Ouch. It’s unclear whether he needs surgery, but, either way, he’s done for the year. Koerner, the team’s 17th round pick in 2015, bounced between Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton this year, and he figured to get an extended look with the RailRiders the rest of the way after the recent trades thinned out their pitching staff. Tough break for him, no pun intended.

Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (8-3 loss to Rochester)

• CF Mark Payton: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI — three homers in his last six games … he hit six homers in 94 games all of last season
• DH Luke Voit: 1-4, 1 K — first game since coming over in the Chasen Shreve/Gio Gallegos trade
• 1B Mike Ford: 0-4, 1 K
• SS Abi Avelino: 1-4, 1 3B, 1 RBI
• RHP Luis Cessa: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 0/1 GB/FB — 13 of 20 pitches were strikes … he was limited to one inning tonight in case the Yankees need him to fill in for J.A. Happ at some point … Happ came down with hand, foot, and mouth disease and was sent home today (no, really)
• RHP Brady Lail: 1.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 1 WP, 2/1 GB/FB — 28 of 52 pitches were strikes (54%) … gave up the homer to Tyler Austin, who only had to change dugouts after the trade
• LHP Stephen Tarpley: 3.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 6/0 GB/FB — 28 of 52 pitches were strikes (54%) … the batter he hit? Austin

Double-A Trenton Thunder (3-2 win over Reading)

• 3B Gosuke Katoh: 1-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 K
• 1B Brandon Wagner: 1-4, 1 K — 6-for-24 (.250) in six games with Trenton
• RF Ryan McBroom: 1-5, 4 K, 1 CS
• SS Kyle Holder: 1-4, 1 K
• RHP Mike King: 7 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 1 HR, 7/3 GB/FB — 62 of 88 pitches were strikes (70%) … 121/23 K/BB in 122.1 innings … he currently leads the system in innings and strikeouts
• LHP Phil Diehl: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2/2 GB/FB — 19 of 36 pitches were strikes (53%) … 91/16 K/BB in 57.2 innings for the 2016 27th rounder

High-A Tampa Tarpons (4-2 loss to Clearwater)

• CF Estevan Florial: 0-4, 1 K
• SS Diego Castillo & C Donny Sands: both 0-4, 2 K — Castillo got caught stealing
• LF Isiah Gilliam: 1-4, 2 K
• 2B Hoy Jun Park: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K — in a 5-for-25 (.200) slump
• 1B Steven Sensley: 0-3, 1 K — now 6-for-40 (.150) in his last 13 games
• RHP Garrett Whitlock: 4.1 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 5/3 GB/FB — 63 of 96 pitches were strikes (66%) … he’s allowed 3+ runs four times in his last seven starts … he did it zero times in his first 12 starts

Low-A Charleston RiverDogs (7-3 loss to Hickory)

• SS Wilkerman Garcia: 0-4, 2 K
• 2B Oswaldo Cabrera: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 K
• DH Dermis Garcia: 1-4, 1 R, 2 K
• CF Leonardo Molina: 1-3, 2 RBI
• RHP Deivi Garcia: 6 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 2 HR, 1 HB, 2/6 GB/FB — 56 of 81 pitches were strikes (69%) … 70/13 K/BB in 45.1 innings for the 19-year-old … that’s a 37.1 K% and 7.4 BB%
• RHP Austin DeCarr: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 2 HR, 1 WP, 3/1 GB/FB — 21 of 34 pitches were strikes (62%)

Short Season Staten Island Yankees (7-5 loss to Aberdeen)

• CF Brandon Lockridge: 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K
• RF Junior Soto: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 CS — 19-for-59 (.322) in his last 17 games
• 2B Kyle Gray: 1-2, 1 2B, 2 RBI
• SS Jesus Bastidas: 2-3, 1 R, 1 E (fielding) — 12-for-32 (.375) in his last ten games
• RHP Matt Sauer: 5 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HR, 1 HB, 4/5 GB/FB — 52 of 82 pitches were strikes (63%) … back-to-back starts with five earned runs allowed after allowing eight earned runs total in his first six starts and 31.1 innings

Rookie Pulaski Yankees (5-4 loss to Burlington in ten innings)

• C Anthony Seigler: 1-2, 2 BB — just moved up here from the GCL … this year’s first rounder now has more walks (eight) than strikeouts (seven) in 13 pro games
• 2B Ezequiel Duran: 0-5, 1 RBI, 3 K
• 3B Nelson Gomez: 0-5, 4 K
• RHP Alex Vizcaino: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 3/0 GB/FB — 22 of 32 pitches were strikes (59%)

Rookie GCL Yankees East Game One (2-0 win over GCL Pirates in seven innings)

• CF Ryder Green: 0-3, 1 RBI, 1 K — got picked off first … in a 3-for-24 (.125) skid with ten strikeouts
• DH Jose Villa: 1-3, 2 K
• LF Alex Santana: 1-2, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 HBP
• C Alex Guerrero: 0-3, 1 SB
• RHP Yoendrys Gomez: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 5/4 GB/FB — 1.80 ERA and 27/11 K/BB in 25 innings for the 19-year-old

Rookie GCL Yankees East Game Two (12-4 loss to GCL Pirates in seven innings) makeup of their July 21st rainout

• CF Sandy Mota: 1-3, 2 R, 1 BB
• 1B Jose Villa: 0-2, 1 R, 1 HBP — left the game four innings after the hit-by-pitch
• LHP Josh Maciejewski: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 21/4 K/BB in 18.1 innings for this year’s tenth rounder

Rookie GCL Yankees West (7-3 loss to GCL Phillies West)

• CF Antonio Cabello: 3-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI — 17-year-old is up to .326/.435/.574 with seven doubles, five triples, and five homers in 36 games
• C Anthony Seigler: 1-1 — he’s listed in the box score but I’m pretty sure that’s a mistake … no way the Yankees had him play a game in Tampa this morning, get on a plane, then play in Virginia tonight
• DH Roberto Chirinos: 1-5, 2 K
• RF Anthony Garcia: 1-5, 4 K
• LF Stanley Rosario: 1-4, 1 R, 2 K
• RHP Kenlly Montas: 4.1 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 1 HB, 2 WP, 4 K, 4/0 GB/FB, 2 E (pickoff, throwing)