DotF: Florial continues hot streak in Tampa’s loss

Organizational utility guy IF Billy Fleming will miss the rest of the season following shoulder surgery, according to Conor Foley. Fleming, 25, signed as an undrafted free agent in 2014 and he hit a strong .290/.347/.440 (118 wRC+) with 19 doubles and six homers in 71 games for Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton this year.

Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Game One (2-1 win over Norfolk in seven innings, walk-off style)

• RF Tyler Wade: 0-3, 1 K
• SS Gio Urshela: 1-3
• DH Luke Voit: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K — walk-off homer
• 1B Mike Ford: 0-2
• RHP Mike King: 7 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HR, 10/3 GB/FB — 63 of 93 pitches were strikes (68%) … four runs allowed and 14/2 K/BB in three starts and 20.2 innings with the RailRiders … there are 383 pitchers in the minors with at least 100 innings pitched and his 1.95 ERA is fifth best

Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Game Two (3-1 win over Norfolk in seven innings) makeup of yesterday’s rainout

• RF Tyler Wade: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K — got picked off first
• SS Gio Urshela: 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K — 14-for-38 (.368) in his last 12 games
• DH Luke Voit: 0-2, 1 BB
• 1B Mike Ford: 0-2, 1 R, 1 BB
• RHP Adonis Rosa: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 5/3 GB/FB — 51 of 76 pitches were strikes (67%) … up from Trenton to make the doubleheader spot start … this isn’t his Triple-A debut, however … he made two starts here back in 2016
• RHP George Kontos: 1 IP, zeroes, 3/0 GB/FB — eleven of 19 pitches were strikes … he cleared waivers after being designated for assignment last week and has apparently accepted his outright assignment to Triple-A, so he’s still in the organization as a non-40-man roster player

Double-A Trenton Thunder Game One (5-4 win over New Hampshire in nine innings, walk-off style)

• 2B Bruce Caldwell: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 CS — drew the walk-off walk
• 1B Brandon Wagner: 0-3, 1 BB
• DH Trey Amburgey: 1-3, 1 RBI
• 3B Gosuke Katoh: 1-4, 1 R, 1 K, 1 CS — got picked off first
• RHP Brian Keller: 7 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 HR, 3 WP, 1 HB, 5/8 GB/FB — 67 of 101 pitches were strikes (66%) … 3.58 ERA and 104/33 K/BB in 108.2 innings … he had a 3.13 ERA with 157/28 K/BB in 144 innings last year

Double-A Trenton Thunder Game Two (3-2 win over New Hampshire in seven innings, walk-off style) makeup of their July 17th rainout

• DH Bruce Caldwell: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
• SS Wendell Rijo: 0-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB — drew the walk-off walk … so that’s two walk-off walks for Trenton in one day
• 3B Brandon Wagner: 0-2, 1 BB, 1 K
• LF Trey Amburgey: 0-3
• 1B Gosuke Katoh: 0-1, 2 BB, 1 K
• RHP Garrett Whitlock: 5.2 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 2 HB, 6/4 GB/FB — 60 of 103 pitches were strikes (58%) … his 1.84 ERA is third lowest among those 383 minor leaguers with at least 100 innings pitches, so between Whitlock and King, the Yankees have two of the top five in minor league ERA (LHP Justus Sheffield is 20th with a 2.48 ERA)

High-A Tampa Tarpons (9-4 loss to Daytona) there were eleven games in the system today due to doubleheaders, and this is the only loss (womp womp)

• CF Estevan Florial: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — 11-for-30 (.367) with four doubles and a home run in his last seven games … he has multiple hits in five of those seven games
• SS Diego Castillo: 0-4, 1 RBI, 1 K, 2 E (throwing, fielding)
• RF Isiah Gilliam: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) — threw a runner out at the plate … first homer since July 24th
• 2B Hoy Jun Park & 1B Steven Sensley: both 0-4 — Park struck out
• RHP Rony Garcia: 3.2 IP, 7 H, 8 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 3 HB, 5/4 GB/FB — 45 of 75 pitches were strikes (60%) … he’s allowed at least four runs in seven of his last 12 starts

Low-A Charleston RiverDogs (7-6 win over West Virginia)

• 1B Dermis Garcia: 1-4, 1 R, 1 B, 2 K, 1 E (fielding) — got picked off first
• SS Wilkerman Garcia: 3-4, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K — 6-for-14 (.429) in his last four games after a 5-for-39 (.128) skid
• RHP Roansy Contreras: 2.1 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2 HR, 1 WP, 2/2 GB/FB — 43 of 63 pitches were strikes (68%) … 4.38 ERA and 17/7 K/BB in 24.2 innings with Charleston after a 1.26 ERA and 32/9 K/BB in 28.2 innings with Staten Island
• RHP Alex Vargas: 5.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 6/2 GB/FB — 43 of 60 pitches were strikes (72%) … I’m a bit surprised he’s been working in relief pretty much all season

Short Season Staten Island Yankees Game One (7-3 win over Vermont) completion of yesterday’s game, which was suspended due to rain in the fifth inning

• SS Eduardo Torrealba: 0-2, 1 R, 3 BB, 1 K
• C Josh Breaux: 0-5, 2 K
• 2B Kyle Gray: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (throwing) — 15-for-50 (.300) with five homers in the last 16 games for this year’s 14th rounder
• LF Canaan Smith: 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K — had been in a 1-for-24 (.043) slump
• RHP Rodney Hutchison: 4 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 7/0 GB/FB — 43 of 73 pitches were strikes (59%) … pitched yesterday before the rain … 1.88 ERA and 21/6 K/BB with 65.1% grounders in 24 innings for this year’s sixth rounder

Short Season Staten Island Yankees Game Two (1-0 win over Vermont)

• 2B Eduardo Torrealba: 0-2, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
• 3B Kyle Gray: 1-2, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — 26 games at second base and only two games at third base so far
• SS Jesus Bastidas & LF Canaan Smith: both 0-3, 1 K
• RHP Juan De Paula: 4 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 7 K, 2/3 GB/FB — 53 of 87 pitches were strikes (61%) … 1.98 ERA and 42/25 K/BB in 41 innings for the 20-year-old, who is somewhat surprisingly repeating the level

Rookie Pulaski Yankees (5-1 win over Kingsport)

• DH Mickey Gasper: 1-4, 1 R, 1 BB — 17 strikeouts and 28 walks for this year’s 27th rounder
• 3B Nelson Gomez: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K — five of his last six hits have gone for extra bases (three doubles and two homers)
• RHP Alex Vizcaino: 7 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, 5/6 GB/FB — 57 of 86 pitches were strikes (66%) … 50/18 K/BB in 49 innings for the 21-year-old

Rookie GCL Yankees East (7-1 win over GCL Tigers East)

• LF Alexander Santana: 3-4, 3 R, 1 2B, 1 BB — reached base four times in this game after reaching base four times total in his previous five games
• RHP Yoendrys Gomez: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 HB, 0/3 GB/FB — 2.48 ERA and 35/14 K/BB in 32.2 innings for the 18-year-old
• LHP Josh Maciejewski: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 0/1 GB/FB — 31/6 K/BB in 23.2 innings for this year’s tenth rounder

Rookie GCL Yankees West (5-0 win over GCL Braves)

• DH Raimfer Salinas: 1-4, 1 BB, 2 K
• SS Roberto Chirinos: 1-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) — second career home run and second home run in the last seven games for the 17-year-old who signed for $900,000 last year
• RF Anthony Garcia: 0-3, 1 BB, 3 K — leads the league with nine home runs and his 63 strikeouts (in 39 games) are second most in the league
• LF Stanley Rosario: 0-3, 1 R, 1 B, 2 K
• RHP Deivi Diaz: 5 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 1 HB, 4/2 GB/FB — 48/14 K/BB in 33 innings for the 19-year-old