DotF: Ellsbury plays six innings in center in second rehab game; Palma almost completes outfield assist cycle

OF Jake Cave, 3B Eric Jagielo, C Gary Sanchez, RHP Eric Ruth, and RHP Nick Goody have all been selected for the Double-A Eastern League All-Star Game, so congrats to them. Jagielo is hurt and won’t play in the game. Sanchez won’t play because he’ll be in Cincinnati for the Futures Game. RHP Brady Lail got snubbed big time.

Also, the Yankees signed OF Joey Falcone as an undrafted free agent out of Columbia, the school announced. Falcone is 26 and a military veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan before returning to school, according to Kieran Darcy. He hit .323/.399/.615 with 11 home runs in 51 games this spring and has been assigned to one of the Rookie Gulf Coast League affiliates.

Triple-A Scranton (3-2 loss to Lehigh Valley in ten innings, walk-off style)

• CF Ben Gamel: 2-6, 1 R, 3 K
• RF Aaron Judge: 2-4, 2 BB — locked in right now
• LF Ramon Flores: 0-4, 1 RBI
• DH Rob Refsnyder: 1-3, 1 R, 2 BB — two strikeouts and eight walks in his last six games
• C Austin Romine: 3-5, 1 2B, 1 K — 44-for-134 (.328) in his last 35 games … what a run he’s been on
• RHP Jaron Long: 6 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 7/2 GB/FB — 57 of 90 pitches were strikes (63%) … he’s either very good or very bad it seems
• LHP James Pazos: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 3/0 GB/FB — 17 of 29 pitches were strikes (59%)
• RHP Danny Burawa: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1/1 GB/FB — seven pitches, eleven strikes

Double-A Trenton (2-0 loss to Altoona)

• CF Jake Cave: 0-4, 2 K
• DH Greg Bird: 0-3
• C Gary Sanchez: 1-3, 1 2B
• 2B Tony Renda & RF Mark Payton: both 0-3, 1 K — Renda committed another throwing error, his eighth error in 16 games since the trade
• LHP Matt Tracy: 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 5/2 GB/FB — 53 of 86 pitches were strikes (62%)
• RHP Johnny Barbato: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 5/1 GB/FB — 24 of 32 pitches were strikes (75%)

High-A Tampa (5-1 loss to Clearwater)

• CF Jacoby Ellsbury: 1-3 — played six innings in the outfield, which was likely the plan … no idea what the plan is next, more rehab or meet the team in New York and come off the DL on Friday?
• 2B Abi Avelino: 0-4, 1 RBI
• SS Tyler Wade: 1-4, 1 E (throwing)
• 3B Miguel Andujar: 0-3, 1 K
• LHP Jordan Montgomery: 6 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 7/2 GB/FB — 81/18 K/BB in 75.1 innings

Low-A Charleston (2-1 loss to Asheville)

• SS Jorge Mateo: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 SB — now up to 53 steals on the season
• CF Austin Aune: 0-4, 3 K
• 2B Angel Aguilar: 1-4
• RF Alex Palma: 1-4, 2 K — threw runners out at first, second, and home … just needed to get a runner at third for the outfield assist cycle!
• LHP Justin Kamplain: 4 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 1/3 GB/FB — 57 of 83 pitches were strikes (69%)

Short Season Staten Island (5-1 loss to Aberdeen)

• SS Kyle Holder: 2-3 — left the game in the sixth for an unknown reason
• 2B Thairo Estrada: 1-4
• 3B-SS Brandon Wagner: 2-4, 2 K — interesting they moved him to short when Holder left the game and not Thairo, a natural shortstop
• RHP Matt Borens: 5.1 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 2 HB, 7/0 GB/FB — 63 of 79 pitches were strikes (80%) … pound the zone, keep the ball on the ground

Rookie level Pulaski (9-5 win over Johnson City)

• SS Hyo-Jun Park: 1-4, 1 K, 1 SB
• DH Billy Fleming: 4-4, 2 R, 1 SB — great game for the undrafted free agent out of West Virginia
• LF Nathan Mikolas: 2-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 K
• 2B Gosuke Katoh: 0-2, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 SB — 14.4 BB% and 32.6 K% this year
• LF Frank Frias: 2-4, 1 R, 1 K, 1 SB, 1 E (fielding) — threw a runner out at second
• RHP Drew Finley: 3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1/1 GB/FB — this year’s third rounder has given up three homers in 4.2 pro innings so far
• LHP Nestor Cortes: 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 8 K, 1 WP, 1/5 GB/FB — 36th rounder in 2013 has an 80/10 K/BB in 67 pro innings, and he’s still only 20 years old too

Rookie level GCL Yanks1 (8-6 loss to GCL Astros)

• SS Wilkerman Garcia: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI — stateside debut for Wilkerman, who signed for $1.35M as part of last summer’s spending spree
• 3B Donny Sands: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI
• RHP Jean Ramirez: 4.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 6/3 GB/FB

Rookie level GCL Yanks2 (5-4 win over GCL Blue Jays, walk-off style)

• SS Yancarlos Baez: 1-5, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI — seven hits this year and five have gone for extra bases (three doubles, one triple, one homer)
• 2B Griffin Garabito: 1-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 SB, 2 E (fielding, throwing)
• LF Dominic Jose: 2-5, 1 R, 1 3B, 2 SB — five steals in his last four games … also, he has four two-hit games and five no-hit games in nine total games played this year
• RHP Gilmael Troya: 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 3/4 GB/FB — that’s a good Bob Sheppard voice name
• RHP Claudio Custodio: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 3/0 GB/FB — rough outing for the ex-position player