Notes From Today's Games 4/14

Written by Greg Fertel | 14 April 2010

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre

Starter Dustin Mosely had some sort of forearm injury and will miss his next start. Scranton activated Kevin Whelan as well. Whelan has great stuff but has never been able to harness it. Since Mosely is only missing one start, I'd expect the bullpen to just eat up the innings that day.
Center fielder Greg Golson hit his first home run of the season. The owner of the best first name in the farm system hit only two homers in 500 PA last season after hitting 13 in 2008. His ridiculous athleticism will always make him someone to keep an eye on.
Jesus Montero had his best Triple-A performance. He went 3 for 4 and now has a team high .321 batting average.
Zach McAllister had a pretty poor second start. He only lasted four innings and threw 87 pitches. He struck out two, walked four, and gave up six hits.

Trenton

Ryan Pope gave up only one run in five innings, but he walked three batters and only struck out three. He also got six flyouts and only five groundouts.
Grant Duff is acting as closer for Trenton. This is not something the Yankees typically do with their relief prospects; they like to keep their workload more monitored. This may suggest that the Yankees don't really have long-term plans for Duff and he'd have to force their hand.
Hitting his first home run of the season was Damon Sublett, who is now hitting .182 on the year.
Trenton is really having a hard time hitting the ball. In today's lineup, no one had a batting average over .250 except for the ridiculously hot David Adams.

Tampa

Down in Tampa, the Yankees got another disconcerting performance from Andrew Brackman. He gave up six runs in the first inning and his final line was 4 IP, 10 H, 7 ER, 1 BB, and 0 K. Nothing is going well for Brack right now. His velocity is down, his stuff is down, and his results are down.
Abraham Almonte showed off some good plate discipline, going 1 for 2 with three walks and a strikeout. He's off to a nice start this season.
The Phillies' A+ affiliate really had their way with the heart of the lineup, getting the 2-5 hitters to strike out 11 times.

Charleston

Graham Stoneburner had his second impressive start to begin his career. He pitched 6.2 innings, allowed just two hits and one earned run while striking out seven and walking just one. He now has 14 strikeouts through just 11 innings.
On the offensive side of the ball, the team didn't get it done and was shut out. Kyle Higashioka is off to a very slow start, hitting just .105 so far this season. This offense doesn't look like it will be very good, but it would be nice if guys like Higashioka and Jimmy Paredes started hitting a bit.