Notes From Tonight's Staten Island Game

Written by Greg Fertel | 23 August 2010

I attended tonight's Staten Island Yankees game, in which they faced off against the Aberdeen IronBirds(Baltimore's NYPL affiliate). The big lefty Nik Turley got the start for the Yankees; he was drafted in the 50th round of the 2008 draft and received a well-above slot signing bonus of $125,000.

Before going on with my notes for the game, I just want to put out a disclaimer that I am in no way any type of scout. What you're going to see here is my opinion, which is probably meaningless, so don't put too much stock into it.

I was very unimpressed with Turley. His fastball was around 88-91and his stuff just didn't seem above average or anything. His command was also pretty poor. He walked six batters in four innings, and it seemed like 3 or 4 of those walks came on just four pitches. He did strike out four batters, though. He's only 20 years old, and is a 6'7" lefty, so I wouldn't give up on him yet.

Relief pitcher Daniel Burawa pitched an inning, giving up a run on three hits and a walk. I'm not sure I saw him throw any breaking balls. He was sticking with his fastball that was fast. The person with a radar gun next to me said he was hitting 95. He also has an odd delivery and throws from a 3/4 slot, I'd say.

Gary Sanchez is a big dude. He is only 17 years old and looked like a Molina behind home plate. For such a young guy, I doubt that's a good thing. Onto what I saw out of him on defense, he did a good job of blocking a few pitches and consistently tried to frame some pitches as well. He doubled and struck out in four at-bats.

Third baseman Rob Segedin can field. All I had heard about Segedin was that he could hit, and he's a stocky guy, but he moved really well in the field. He made two good plays on ground balls and one good play on a pop-up. Everything he did in the field just seemed very smooth.

Cito Culver got his first hit for Staten Island. He also made a few decent plays in the field. On one of them he started an inning-ending double play very quickly.

I also took some pictures, but I'm not sure how well any of them came out. I will try to post some of them within the next few days. Oh, and Staten Island won 5-1. If you've never been to a Staten Island game(I hadn't), I'd recommend checking one out.