Betances demotion headlines night on the farm

A trio of notes…

• Big Story: RHP Dellin Betances was demoted to Double-A Trenton. Something had to be done here, the poor kid must have zero confidence left after these last three months. Hopefully getting away from the traveling circus in Triple-A and closer to home allows him to catch his breath for a bit and get back on track. RHP Preston Claiborne went from Double-A to Triple-A in a corresponding move.
• Medium Story: RHP Adam Miller was released. I kinda called it after his latest dud outing last night. Miller was a very intriguing minor league free agent pickup as a former top prospect, but it just wasn’t working out. He wasn’t missing bats or consistently throwing strikes.
• Small Story: Triple-A Empire State has just one All-Star representative: LHP Juan Cedeno. DH Jack Cust, UTIL Ronnie Mustelier, and RHP Ramon Ortiz all had great All-Star cases, though Mustelier may not have been with the team long enough. I guess they just wanted to go prospect-heavy for the first time in basically ever.

Triple-A Empire State (3-2 win over Gwinnett)
CF Chris Dickerson: 3-4, 2 R, 1 3B, 1 K, 1 SB — nine extra-base hits in 16 games since coming off the DL
C Frankie Cervelli & LF Ronnie Mustelier: both 1-3, 1 RBI, 2 K — Cervelli got hit by a pitch … Mustelier drew a walk
DH Jack Cust: 0-2, 2 BB, 1 K — up to 59 walks on the season
1B Russell Branyan & SS Doug Bernier: both 0-4 — Bernier struck out thrice and committed a throwing error
3B Brandon Laird: 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K — 22nd homer in 923 plate appearances at Triple-A after hitting 23 homers in 506 plate appearances at Double-A
RF Cole Garner: 3-4, 1 K, 1 CS
2B Ramiro Pena: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K
RHP Ramon Ortiz: 6 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 4/8 GB/FB — 63 of 100 pitches were strikes
LHP Juan Cedeno: 0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K — 11 pitches, six strikes
RHP Manny Delcarmen: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 4/2 GB/FB — 29 of 49 pitches were strikes (59.2%) … nice effort even though he Clip’d the win

Double-A Trenton (9-4 win over New Britain)
DH Damon Sublett: 0-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K
LF Jose Pirela: 3-5, 3 R, 1 RBI — hitting .408/.468/.541 in June
1B David Adams: 2-4, 2 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 1 BB — those are his first two homers of the year
RF Zoilo Almonte: 1-4, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
CF Melky Mesa: 0-5
1B Luke Murton: 3-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K — three homers in the last five games and five in the last ten
3B Addison Maruszak: 1-4, 1 CS
C Jose Gil: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B
SS Yadil Mujica: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K
RHP Brett Marshall: 6 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 9/2 GB/FB — 56 of 86 pitches were strikes (65.1%) … decent return after a brief stint on the DL
LHP Lee Hyde: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GB/FB — only half of his 26 pitches were strikes
RHP Ryan Pope: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 12 of 19 pitches were strikes
RHP Jon Meloan: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 15 of 22 pitches were strikes (68.2%)

High-A Tampa (6-2 loss to Fort Myers)
CF Ramon Flores: 1-4, 1 R
C J.R. Murphy: 2-4 — 16 hits in his last 46 at-bats (.348)
DH Slade Heathcott & LF Neil Medchill: both 0-4, 1 K — Slade struck out … Medchill committed a fielding error
RF Rob Segedin: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 K
1B Tyson Blaser: 0-1, 1 R, 3 BB, 1 E (throwing) — six walks and three strikeouts in his last five games
3B Zach Wilson: 1-4
SS Jose Mojica: 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 K
2B Jose Toussen: 0-3
RHP Sean Black: 2.1 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 3/2 GB/FB
LHP Aaron Dott: 3.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 4/1 GB/FB
RHP Tommy Kahnle: 2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 3/0 GB/FB

Low-A Charleston (8-5 win over Savannah)
CF Mason Williams & LF Ben Gamel: both 1-4, 1 R, 2 K
RF Tyler Austin: 1-3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K — first extra-base hit in six games, which is a slump for him
C Gary Sanchez: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K — just his 15th extra-base hit in 66 games
1B Rey Nunez: 0-4, 1 RBI
SS Cito Culver: 0-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
DH Kelvin DeLeon: 0-2, 1 BB
2B Ali Castillo: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI
RHP Wilton Rodriguez: 5 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 7/3 GB/FB — 52 of 80 pitches were strikes (65%)
RHP John Brebbia: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 16 of 20 pitches were strikes
RHP Mariel Checo: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 19 of 28 pitches were strikes (67.9%)

Short Season Staten Island (7-2 loss to Aberdeen)
LF Taylor Dugas: 1-3, 1 BB — on-base 12 times in six games
2B Jose Rosario: 0-3, 1 BB
DH Saxon Butler: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI
1B Matt Snyder, CF Ravel Santana & C Wes Wilson: all 0-4 — Santana struck out twice … Wilson committed a fielding error
RF Exicardo Cayones: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K – threw a runner out at second, already his third outfield assist in nine games
3B Matt Duran: 1-3
SS Claudio Custodio: 1-2, 1 R, BB
LHP Tim Flight: 3.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 0/8 FB/FB — he was sitting 84-88 and was limited to 50-60 pitches after a heavy workload in school this spring (102.2 IP)
LHP Alex Smith: 2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 4/1 GB/FB, 1 E (missed catch)
LHP James Pazos: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1/0 GB/FB —came into the game with a 0/9 K/BB in 5 IP (not a typo)
LHP Evan DeLuca: 2 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2/2 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks (8-6 win over GCL Pirates in 11 innings)
LF Kelvin Duran: 1-6
2B Jerison Lopez: 3-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 BB — five doubles, six walks, and three strikeouts in nine games
3B Miguel Andujar: 1-6, 1 R, 1 RBI, 3 K, 1 SB — singled in the go-ahead run in the top of the 11th
1B Bubba Jones: 1-5, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K
RF Ericson Leonora: 3-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 K — you don’t see many homers down here, especially not from a 19-year-old kid listed at 5-foot-11 and 174 lbs.
DH Austin Aune: 0-4, 1 BB, 3 K — ouch
CF Mikeson Oliberto: 2-3, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB
C Eduardo DeOleo: 0-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 PB, 2 E (both throwing)
SS Fernando Perez: 0-4, 3 K
RHP Gio Gallegos: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 2/0 GB/FB — picked a runner off first … he’s coming off Tommy John surgery, remember
LHP Rony Bautista: 3.2 IP, 0 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 5 BB, 6 K, 1 Balk, 3/2 GB/FB, 1 E (fielding)
LHP Yoely Bello: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1/0 GB/FB — picked a runner off first
RHP Melvin Mercedes: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 2 WP, 3/0 GB/FB
RHP Victor Beriguete: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB