Yankees minor league notes

[jacksonianmarch]

Figured I'd make a thread on the minor leaguers as the minors kicked off last night.

AAA
SWB lost to Norfolk 7-5.

In the loss, Clippard had a very good line

5IP 2ER 4H 3K 2BB

Beam and Bean cost them the game. The only offensive prospects on that team are Gonzalez and Duncan

Gonzalez went 1-4
Duncan 1-4 with an RBI double


AA
Trenton lost to Bowie 1-0

Chase Wright was magnificent. 7IP 0ER 2H 9K 0BB as he is the highest lefty pitcher in the yankee system to this point.

Gardner and Piliterre were the only ones who had hits for trenton.

Other notes

Jose Tabata went 1-2 in a rain shortened loss for Tampa

Charleston Yankees of the A ball leage beat the Red Sox affiliate even though Lester was dominant in his 4 IP of work. Tim Norton threw 5 scoreless in that one as he tries to crack into Tampa's rotation by the end of the yr.

As for tonight, Phil Hughes throws at 7pm.

[Optimist]

Phil Hughes won his start last night

5.0 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K

Whoa! A pitcher in the Yankees organization going 5 innings?!

[jacksonianmarch]

AAA

see post above for Hughes' dominance

Eric Duncan went 1-4 with a 2 run homer

Alberto Gonzales went 2-3 with a walk.

AA

Top 10 prospect Jeff Marquez threw a gem on his way to the win. He threw 5IP of 2H 2ER ball with 5K and 1BB en route to a 4-2 victory.

Offensively, Cody Ehlers went 1-2 with 2BB and a double and Brett Gardner went 2-4 with a run scored.

A+

Yankees first round draft pick from a yr ago, Ian Kennedy was dominant in his debut. He threw 5IP 2H 1ER 2BB and 8K.

Anthony Claggett, acquired in the Sheffield deal, went 2IP of relief allowing 2H and K'ing 3

Jose Tabata went 3 for 4 with a triple and a run scored. He has started the season 4 for 6.

A

Eric Hacker threw 6 shutout innings for the win. Austin Jackson went 2 for 4 with his first homerun on the campaign as the charleston riverdogs won.

[jacksonianmarch]

I didnt update from yesterday, so now seems like a good time. As for today, all games were rained out except Charleston.

AAA

Yankees win 5-3.

Ross Ohlendorf started out awful, but gutted his way through 5IP, while allowing 3ER and 11 baserunners.

On the offensive side, Eric Duncan hit his second homer of the season a 3 run shot and is positioning himself for a late season callup to snag the 1b spot. To this point, he is hitting .300 with 2HR and 6RBI in 3 games.

AA

Alan Horne threw 5IP allowing 3ER for the win. Horne K'd 7 in the win. Lefty reliever Garrett Patterson, the enigmatic, erratic, power armed lefty K'd 2 in his one inning of scoreless relief.

On offense, Brett Gardner went 2 for 5 with a triple and his first SB of the season, raising his average to .308.

A+

Tampa Yankees lost 3-1. In the loss, George Kontos threw 6 strong innings, 6IP 2ER 6H 5K 1BB.

On the offensive side, Jose Tabata went 2 for 3 and hit his first homer on the campaign. He is now 6 for 9 on the young season and starting out absolutely on fire.

A

Riverdogs won yesterday, 2-1.

Grant Duff threw 5IP of 1 hit ball en route to the win. Highly touted rookie, Austin Jackson went 2 for 3, raising his average to .364.

Riverdogs won today, 8-1.

Dunn pitched 6IP of 1ER ball with 8K's.

Mitch Hilligoss had 2 hits and Austin Jackson contributed 1 in the win.

[AlexanderTheGreat13]

When will Joba Chamberlain pitch?

[jacksonianmarch]

When will Joba Chamberlain pitch?

Joba strained a hamstring in the early part of ST and is currently on the DL. He should be back in a week to 10 days at this point.

[yankees228]

Nice to see Eric Duncan finally swinging the bat well.

[jacksonianmarch]

Nice to see Eric Duncan finally swinging the bat well.

yeah, something clicked when he was sent back to AA last yr. The power stroke is there, and with the talent he has, we could be looking at 25-30 homers in AAA and a 23 yr old starting at 1b for NY next yr.

[jacksonianmarch]

AAA

SWB wins 8-5.

Matt DeSalvo had a tough start, 3IP 2ER 5H 2BB 3K

Duncan 1 for 4 with 3K's.

Gonzalez 1 for 4 as well

AA

Trenton tied 4-4 in the 9th.

Smith went 5IP with 3ER, nothing great.

Gardner 1 for 3 with a double, 2 runs and 2 walks.

A+

Tampa wins 10-4

Tabata 1 for 3 with a BB and an RBI dropping his average to .583.

Vecchionacci 2 for 5.

Miranda broke out with a 2 for 4 day.

Curtis, drafted last season, went 3 for 5.

Phil Coke with a shitty start, but Claggett got the save, working 1.2IP 2K and 1H, 0ER.

A

Angel Reyes with an interesting line today. 3.1IP 9K 2ER 1H 3BB. He is the most promising lefty in our system, but most likely in relief. I think Chase Wright is the most rotation ready lefty in our system.

[jacksonianmarch]

Chase Wright threw 7IP 1H 0ER 10K 0BB today. He has now thrown 14 innings of scoreless ball, with only 4H given up and 19K

[jacksonianmarch]

Phil Hughes was uninspiring today. Location was off a bit.

[jacksonianmarch]

BTW, Trenton, the yankees AA team, has now thrown 46 consecutive scoreless innings. The pitching in this system is nice!

[TheKilo]

BTW, Trenton, the yankees AA team, has now thrown 46 consecutive scoreless innings. The pitching in this system is nice!

sigh.

[jacksonianmarch]

Tabata had another 3 hits and raised his AVG to .389.

Miranda chipped in with 2 hits and is finally coming around. He is now hitting .312 in A+ ball. I expect him to see a callup soon as he is on the fasttrack after defecting from Cuba.

[jacksonianmarch]

Tabata went 2 for 4 with a triple yesterday raising his average to .400.