Freddy Garcia was sent to Triple-A last weekend due to the 6 man rotation issue as well as the cut to his pitching finger. He pitched this past Monday in Scranton for 4 innings, allowing 2 runs on 8 hits. It wasn’t Freddy’s best game as he didn’t strike out a batter but he was able to throw about a dozen splitters which indicate his finger has healed. Garcia will pitch Saturday (assuming there is a game in the midst of this hurricane) against Baltimore as part of the doubleheader.
Dellin Betances is coming off a rough start this past week lasting only 3 innings but allowing 2 earned runs. The runs were the result of issuing 9 walks within 3 innings, as he only allowed 1 hit. It was somewhat of a bizarre outing for the young righty as he still managed to strike out 4 even though he only threw 41 of 84 pitches for strikes. He now has a 5.00 ERA in two starts for the Triple-A Yankees but has a strikeout ratio of 12K/9IP. He’s certainly not ready for the big leagues just yet, but if he can work on his high walk rate of 9BB/9IP we could see him pitching as early as next season.
Manny Banuelos got his first Triple-A win of the year this week. He allowed only 3 runs over 5 innings allowing 6 hits while striking out 3. It wasn’t his best game but he kept the Scranton Yankees in the game for the win. So far with Triple-A, Banuelos is 1-2 with a 3.86 ERA over 5 games (25IP). His strikeout ratio has continued to be a strong point at 8.4K/9IP, but similar to Betances he needs to work on his control as his walk ratio is too high at 4.2BB/9IP. I still don’t know whether the Yankees will make him a September call up with the expanded rosters starting next week. I would assume they would like to continue stretching him out into as many starts as possible in Triple-A as he didn’t pitch as many innings as expected this season but the Scranton Yankees aren’t going to make the playoffs and their season will end somewhat soon. I would give him a 50-50 chance of getting called up by the Yankees and used in the bullpen. Either way, he needs to pitch as many innings as possible this season before they run into a situation next season where they need to limit his innings.
Andrew Brackman had some serious early season struggles and was assigned to the bullpen. In July he retooled his delivery similar to his college years and it has been successful. Since July 29 Brackman has pitched 11.2 innings out of the pen, allowing only 5 hits and 3 earned runs. More importantly for a reliever, he has struck out 12 and only walked 2.
Since we are talking about the pitchers in Triple-A, I can’t go and ignore Scott Proctor who just pitched another inning of relief this week allowing no hits and striking out 2. I still can’t believe they signed him… maybe they just feel bad that Torre destroyed his arm. Proctor pitched against last night for a scoreless inning.
Jesus Montero is ready to join the big leagues at this point especially after last nights performance with 2 home runs and 4 RBI’s. Over his last four games he is 7 - 18 with 4 homers and 11 RBI’s. He is hitting .285 on the season with a .345 on base percentage and a .449 slugging percentage. This guy is a power hitter as he has 20 doubles, 17 home runs and an OPS of .794. I think he will get called up next week by the Yankees during the roster expansion and I have a funny feeling they will use him against lefties either as DH or even catcher since his power numbers against lefties are strong with an OPS of .982.
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