Mission ’13, Game 43: Yankees win 7-2

Published May 18, 2013 Jays Talk , Regular Season Game Recaps 3 Comments
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Melky’s May Meter

1-4

23 hits

Forgotten last night in our look at the Jays’ pitching staff was Melky’s May Meter. He went 2-4, to increase his May total to 22 hits in 61 ABs. It’s been a good half-month or so for Melky.

Speaking of Melky, watching him chase a fly ball in left field reminds me that it’s time to look at the defense. His hammies are bothering him, and he covers noticeably less ground or, perhaps, he covers the same amount of ground but it takes him longer to do it. Either way, we’ll take a peek at the D.

Brandon Morrow isn’t sharp today, not surprisingly. It’s his first start in 13 days, and it comes against a team that hits well and speed bags the Jays. The damage was done by two players who hit especially well against the Jays: Brett Gardiner and Robinson Cano. Cano hit a pair of 2-run homers against Brandon Morrow. Travis Hafner tacked on a 2-run shot in the 8th to complete the scoring.

The Jays have been quiet against David Phelps for the most part. Phelps is the pitcher who, in 4 innings of relief against the Jays earlier this season, struck out 9 batters. The Jays have put runners on base, but done very little with them. Phelps and Kuroda used the same game plan: to their shame, the Jays didn’t change their approach. The result was strikingly similar.

Buck and Tabby have nailed it. They’ve concluded that “they [the Yankees] know how to win”. I guess that’s it, then. A line-up featuring Vernon Wells, Lyle Overbay, Jayson Nix, Austin Romine, Curtis Granderson (fresh off the DL), Travis Hafner, and David Adams “know[s] how to win.” They didn’t pick up all these scrubs and cast-offs, nor did they call up the young guys simply because they needed to fill holes pretty desperately. No, the Yankees are never desperate; they simply added another layer of criteria to their decision-making process. Yes, they needed to fill holes because their all star line-up is seriously depleted, but not just any player will do. The players have to “know how to win”, and these guys fit the bill. *facepalm*

Here’s the Jays’ defense by the numbers:

Inn

BIZ

Plays

RZR

ARM

DPR

RngR

ErrR

UZR

UZR/150

Total

3363

591

493

.834

2.7

-1.0

-8.9

-2.9

-10.2

-3.6

Rank

6

3

3

10

4

12

13

13

12

9

Prev. Rank

3

6

8

14

4

10

14

14

13

13

This info was adapted from: http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=fld&lg=al&qual=0&type=1&season=2013&month=0&season1=2013&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=19,d

  • There’s good news and there’s bad news: the good news is that the Jays’ D isn’t as bad as it was a month ago; the bad news is that their D is still bad;
  • poor defense has meant extra outs, more batters, and considerably more pressure on a pitching staff and offense that have also underperformed
  • let’s illustrate from today’s game:
    • Morrow’s dropped ball opened the door for a 3-run inning;
    • an Izturis error in the 8th inning led to a 2-run HR by Hafner;
    • this was followed by Adam Lind dropping a ball that was squibbed up the 1B line, allowing Lyle Overbay to reach safely;
    • it meant extra work for Oliver, and that the Jays, instead of facing a difficult 3-run deficit heading into the top of the ninth, faced a near-impossible 5-run deficit;
  • Maicer Izturis has committed 3 errors at 3B (Lawrie’s territory) and 2 errors at SS (Reyes’ territory) but no errors at 2B;
  • Brett Lawrie’s arrival has stabilized the infield somewhat, and Reyes will probably have a similar effect defensively but the Jays don’t have the luxury of waiting;
  • the Jays still have significant defensive weak spots at C, 2B, SS, and wherever Rajai (OF) or Bonifacio (OF/IF) play;
  • taken together with the offense and pitching numbers that we’ve already seen, the Jays are right where they ought to be: the bottom of the AL East, and one of the worst teams in MLB.

Looking at the offense, pitching, and defense is illuminating. Any improvement is slight and slow but, dang it, that glass is half full: they’re improving. Realistically, though, we’re watching a team that has so many big problems that 80-85 wins would be a significant achievement.

Todays’ game illustrates the problems they’ve created for themselves all year. Ineffective starting pitching by Brandon Morrow (5 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO), in concert with a bobble by Morrow himself and ineffective offense (8 H, 3 xbh, 3 BB, 11 SO leading to 2 ER) led to a 5-run loss. Jose Bautista’s base running gaffe in the first set the tone; the errors and ineffective offense finished the job.

Will the Jays pull it together this season? Their incremental improvements on offense, on the mound, and in the field suggest that if they do it will be too little, too late sort of like the chicken wing in the game today. Edwin’s solo HR, while welcome, only made the score 5-2. Is RA Dickey vs. CC Sabathia another case of too little, too late? That depends on which RA shows up; we can count on a quality start from CC. The Jays will try and avoid the sweep in game 3.

Other Links:

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Wes Kepstro

Mission ’13, Game 42: Yankees win 5-0

Published May 17, 2013 Jays Talk , Regular Season Game Recaps 1 Comment
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Ah, pitching. It’s the middle of the month and we’re taking a more in-depth look at the Jays at two levels: how they compare to the rest of the AL, and whether they’re improving or declining. Today, as the Jays roll into YS3 to play the Yankees we’ll consider how the pitching staff is performing.

The Yankees swept the Jays in four games late last month; the Jays are looking for a measure of payback. We’re also curious to see what kind of quality this hot streak is. A split is good; a series win is better; a sweep is ideal. Getting swept, well, we won’t go there. Mark Buehrle pitched well his last time out, but struggles against the Yankees; Hiroki Kuroda doesn’t struggle against the Jays.

Kuroda cruised throughout the game as the Jays didn’t really mount a serious challenge after Melky’s double to lead off the game. It was impressive considering how well the Jays were hitting lately. The Jays had some very good AB’s but weren’t able to square up anything against Kuroda.

When we put it into context, Mark Buehrle pitched well through 6 innings. He doesn’t match up well against the Yanks, but held them to 2 runs on 3 hits to that point. It was the seventh inning that was his undoing, as he loaded the bases and gave up a run with none out before being relieved by Aaron Loup. Loup allowed two inherited runners to score, meaning Buehrle gave up 5 ER in the game.

The Jays’ run differential this season (-35 entering the game) means that we’re seeing the bottom of the pecking order in the ‘pen a little too often. The regulars at the bottom of the pecking order are Brad Lincoln, Esmil Rogers, and Brett Cecil. Cameos have been made by Edgar Gonzalez (now with HOU), Mickey Storey, Dave Bush, Justin Germano, and Jeremy Jeffress. I didn’t intend to do this originally, but the numbers just jumped off the page. Here’s how the bottom of the ‘pen has performed:

IP

ER

ERA

H

HR

BB

SO

HBP

WP

sans Cecil

46.0

38

7.77

61

11

24

30

4

3

Cecil

21.0

6

2.57

15

1

7

23

0

2

Total

67.0

44

5.91

76

12

31

53

4

5

This info was adapted from: http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TOR/2013.shtml

  • compare the overall performance by the staff (see below) and the performance by the bottom of the ‘pen;
  • here’s a revealing look at the proportions: the bottom of the ‘pen has pitched 18.3% of the total innings thus far, but have given up 20.8% of the hits, 23.5% of the HR, 19.7% of the BB, 23.5% of the HBP, 31.3% of the WP, but only 18.5% of the Ks (the proportions are worse when Cecil’s numbers are removed);

Brett Cecil has been terrific. However, the Jays get into too many situations where they need to turn to pitchers who are of such low quality that inherited runners are likely to score and their own performance will cost the Jays runs. It’s a fairly significant issue on a team that gives up too many runs and struggles to score runs consistently.

Here’s how the pitching staff as a whole has performed this season:

R/G

ERA

ShO

SV

IP

H

R

ER

HR

BB

SO

HBP

WP

BF

ERA+

H/9

Total

5.12

4.75

1

11

365.2

378

210

193

51

157

287

17

16

1621

91

9.3

Rank

13

13

t-6

t-4

4

3

3

3

t-2

t-2

11

3

t-7

t-3

13

12

Prev. Rank

15

15

t-7

t-2

6

1

1

2

10

13

14

t-3

t-8

3

14

14

This info was adapted from: http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2013.shtml

  • I re-arranged some ranks on the original table for clarity—some in ascending, some in descending order (it felt wrong to say they were ranked 3rd in the AL in R/G and ERA when it really means 3rd worst): anyhow, the upshot is that it was bad a month ago and it’s bad now, though marginally less bad;
  • HR and BB haven’t been re-arranged—the Jays are tied for 2nd worst in the AL in those categories;
  • something not shown on the table is that they’re the 2nd oldest staff in the AL (31.2; New York Yankees, 32.4);
  • the typical Jays game by the middle of April: 9 IP, 11 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 5 SO;
  • consider that over the last month, the typical game has improved to this: 9 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 4 BB, 7 SO (an error or two will have made one of those runs unearned);
  • two fewer hits per game, one less run per game, and a couple more Ks, combined with improved offense means the Jays are giving themselves better chances to win;
  • in the time between glimpses, the Jays haven’t faced any push-overs either;
  • the home run continues to plague the staff: they’d given up 12 in their first 14 games (1.17/gm), but 37 in the 29 games (1.28/gm) since the last glimpse we took;

I think Hiroki Kuroda’s pitched well enough for long enough in the Major Leagues to include him in any discussion about quality pitchers from the NPB. He’s accumulated 16.5 fWAR while posting a 3.61 FIP and a 3.36 ERA in almost 1000 IP since 2008 with the Dodgers and Yankees. This season he’s stranded 82.7% of the runners he’s put on base in 8 games. He knows how to pitch and is exactly the type of pitcher against whom the Jays struggle.

The Jays let this one get away from them in the seventh. It wasn’t a pretty start to the series for the Jays. They’ve now lost nine in a row in Yankee Stadium.

Wes Kepstro

Blue Jays Series Recap – Jays Hammer Giants 21-9

Published May 16, 2013 Regular Season Series Recaps 1 Comment
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So when most of your lineup is vastly under performing their career norms sometimes math just works to your favour.  The Blue Jays bats woke up in a big way in a mid-week mini series versus the San Francisco Giants.  Barry Zito and Ryan Vogelsong definitely paid the price for statistical noise from the Blue Jays struggling batters.  Blue Jays win on aggregate 21-9 over the two-game set.

Wes recapped Game 2:

We know exactly how it feels when a good pitcher (Vogelsong) has a tough start to the year, then gets victimized by shoddy fielding. Errors by normally-surehanded fielders Marco Scutaro and Angel Pagan led to a 5-1 lead after the first inning. All of the runs were unearned. They kicked it around a little in the second inning, too, and the Jays scored some more. Didn’t the 8-1 lead look familiar, but a little out of place? It’s no time to gloat. We’ve seen some laughers, but it’s been the other team laughing so far this season.

The Jays’ offense is the focus of this recap, and they’ve obliged by taking the Giants out to the wood house. John Gibbons has received his fair share of criticism for the Jays’ bad start, but he doesn’t get much praise for the job he’s done. One of the experiments he’s done since Jose Reyes’ injury is to put Melky at the top of the line-up, followed by Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion, and JP Arencibia. The team’s offensive surge owes part of its momentum to this particular move. Since Gibby filled out that Melky-Jose-Edwin first line-up card against BOS on May 11, they’ve combined to go 21-46 (.457).

Read all of his awesome prior game recaps here.

Wes also wrote an awesome piece on Brandon Morrow.  It’s a must read.

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CURRENT RECORD: 17-24, 5th place, 8.5 games out of first place. (-34 run differential)

Here are the quick recaps and boxscores:

Game 1 – Blue Jays 10, Giants 6 - RA Dickey strikes out ten and Melky Cabrera chips in with four hits.

Game 2 – Blue Jays 11, Giants 3 - Arencibia, Lind homer in rout of Giants.  Jays bat around in two straight games.

UP NEXT: Off day Thursday followed by a huge three game series versus the division leading New York Yankees (25-15, +16 run differential).  The Blue Jays have ten straight games versus AL East teams, all of whom are ahead of them in the standings.  Needless to say…HUGE!

AL East Prospect Report – May 16, 2013

Published May 16, 2013 Daily Prospect Reports 1 Comment

Hitters:

BAL AA Kelly, Ty 3B, 2-4, .252, BB (24)
BAL AA Urrutia, Henry RF, 2-3, .372, 2B (11), BB (8)
BAL HiA Delmonico, Nick DH, 1-3, .327, 2B (6), BB (13)
BAL HiA Webb, Brenden RF, 1-3, .185, 2B (8), BB (15)
BAL LoA Marin, Adrian SS, 2-3, .257, BB (8), CS (2)

BOS AA Vazquez, Christian C, 2-3, .256, BB (17)
BOS AAA Brentz, Bryce RF, 2-3, .284, BB (11)

NYY AA Austin, Tyler RF, 2-5, .271, 2B (8)
NYY AA Heathcott, Slade CF, 2-4, .216
NYY AAA Mesa, Melky CF, 1-5, .264, 2B (7)
NYY AAA Neal, Thomas RF, 3-4, .329, BB (5)
NYY LoA Bichette, Dante 3B, 2-4, .170, 2B (3)

TB AA Mahtook, Mikie RF, 3-5, .252, 2B (11), CS (4)
TB AAA Beckham, Tim 2B, 4-5, .275, 2B (6), HR (1)
TB AAA Myers, Wil RF, 1-5, .259, 2B (6), BB (20)

Pitchers:

BAL HiA Wilson, Tyler 7 3 1 1 2 6 4.40
BAL LoA Bridwell, Parker 5 7 3 3 5 2 5.45
BAL MAJ McFarland, T.J. 2 4 1 1 1 1 2.95

BOS LoA Johnson, Brian 3.1 7 7 6 2 3 4.13

NYY MAJ Marshall, Brett 5.2 9 5 5 5 1 7.94

TB AA Romero, Enny 6.2 2 0 0 4 2 4.58
TB AAA Geltz, Steve 2.2 0 0 0 0 3 2.82
TB AAA Odorizzi, Jake 5.1 6 6 6 2 6 3.83
TB HiA Hahn, Jesse 4 2 1 0 0 4 1.13
TB LoA Snell, Blake 5.2 6 3 3 3 4 3.16

TOR AA McGuire, Deck 6 6 1 1 2 8 4.60

Will the Real Brandon Morrow Please Stand Up? Use the Walker if Necessary…

Published May 16, 2013 Jays Talk 5 Comments
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Is that it? Have we seen his career year? Is 2012 as good as it gets? Will we always be left wondering, “what if”? What if he hadn’t been injured so often? What if he’d found the consistency that seemed to elude him? What if…? He isn’t Tom Seaver, but he isn’t Bobby Witt either. He’s somewhere in between; tantalizingly, maddeningly, frustratingly in between.

Brandon Morrow is injured again. They haven’t shelved him officially but he has lingering back issues, making him unavailable for the last several games. Toronto used Chad Jenkins and Ramon Ortiz in his place. They are going to use Jenkins, Ortiz, or maybe both of them again in Morrow’s place in the near future. However, that’s only part of Morrows’ problem.

Parting with Brandon League and Johermyn Chavez wasn’t difficult, as a fan. League was inconsistent but he was only a reliever; Morrow was going to be used as a starter. The trade-off was more than acceptable. Johermyn Chavez was a promising OF prospect who struck out too much, then got hurt. Thanks, but no thanks.

Brandon Morrow throws hard, has a better-than average repertoire, and the Jays needed starters who could miss bats. Young guys like Jesse Litsch, Shawn Marcum, and Ricky Romero were great for what they offered, but TOR needed a strikeout artist. Then we were given a taste of Brandon Morrow’s promise in a start against Tampa Bay on August 8, 2010:

IP

H

R

ER

BB

K

PC

Strk

GSc

9.0

1

0

0

2

17

137

97

100

It was both impressive and astonishing. It was the type of game against which a career is compared.

That’s only one game, though. Even Phil Humber tossed a perfect game, and the pitching-starved Astros released him a few weeks ago. What’s Morrow been like since he became a Blue Jay? Here are two tables of selected stats that should give us an idea of what Brandon Morrow has accomplished with Toronto. Percentages and ratios have been given priority owing to the fact that, as mentioned above, he’s hurt pretty often (the information for both tables was adapted from http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=9346&position=P):

GB/FB

LD%

GB%

FB%

HR/FB%

RE24

WPA

BABIP

ERA-

FIP

fWAR

2010

0.97

17.8

40.4

41.8

7.1

-1.91

0.02

.342

107

3.16

3.6

2011

0.87

22.4

36.0

41.6

10.4

-9.39

-0.44

.299

115

3.64

3.3

2012

1.03

19.0

41.1

39.9

8.6

17.59

2.18

.252

72

3.65

2.4

2013

0.76

17.5

35.7

46.8

10.2

-1.69

-0.15

.300

113

4.61

0.4
  • Morrow’s struggles in early 2013 are reflected by career-worst or near-career-worst numbers across the board during his time with the Jays;
  • Interestingly, if his shortened 2012 season was removed entirely we would see a fairly consistent decline in performance.

Here’s a peek at his pitch distribution and velocity as a  Blue Jay:

FB% (velocity)

SL%

CT%

CB%

CH%

2010

58.4 (93.4)

15.3 (86.9)

—-

12.2 (81.0)

14.1 (87.6)

2011

61.6 (93.9)

26.6 (87.9)

—-

5.6 (81.5)

6.2 (86.8)

2012

60.5 (93.0)

21.3 (87.4)

0.5 (91.3)

5.5 (79.7)

12.1 (84.7)

2013

58.3 (93.5)

19.7 (87.1)

4.4 (89.8)

2.8 (79.8)

14.8 (83.6)
  • Brandon Morrow is a fastball/slider pitcher (combining for as much as 88.2% of his overall pitch percentage);
  • the addition of a cutter and increased use of the change-up over the last three seasons has resulted in the curve ball falling out of favour;
  • velocity is fairly consistent except for his change-up, which has dropped 4 mph over his 4 seasons with the Jays.

2012 was a breakout season for Brandon Morrow, but he hasn’t followed it with consistency or high-level performances. As a matter of fact, 2013 fits into his career trajectory very nicely; it’s 2012 that’s the aberration. The problem is that now we’ve seen what he’s capable of doing (single game vs. the TBR in 2010; pre-injury 2012), we’re waiting for him to repeat it. Is it possible?

He didn’t put out max effort when he threw his fastball in 2012, leaving him something extra for tougher situations and tougher outs. Also, the introduction of a cutter and the re-emergence of an old friend—his change-up—helped to keep hitters off balance. This allowed Brandon Morrow to induce more ground balls and leave runners on base at a career-high 77.3% rate, even though his K-rate was the lowest of his Jays’ career to that point (21.4%).

This season, his K-rate is down and his walk rate has climbed but he’s throwing fewer fastballs, sliders, and curves, but more cutters and change-ups. His fastball velocity is back where it was previously, but his cutter and change-up are noticeably slower. He’s changed his approach and, though it may not be the primary problem, the change hasn’t improved his performance.

What will we see for the balance of 2013? If he can get—and stay—healthy, it remains to be seen. One thing we do know is that he’s better than he’s shown thus far.

Wes Kepstro

Mission ’13, Game 41: Jays win 11-3

Published May 15, 2013 Jays Talk , Regular Season Game Recaps 12 Comments
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Melky’s May Meter

1-3

20 hits

Ryan Vogelsong vs. Ramon Ortiz isn’t exactly a marquee match-up. Truly, it would have been difficult to predict even a week and a half ago. Injuries have called for a shuffle in the Jays’ pitching staff, including a four-man rotation and moving Brandon Morrow’s start date to accommodate nagging back issues.

We know exactly how it feels when a good pitcher (Vogelsong) has a tough start to the year, then gets victimized by shoddy fielding. Errors by normally-surehanded fielders Marco Scutaro and Angel Pagan led to a 5-1 lead after the first inning. All of the runs were unearned. They kicked it around a little in the second inning, too, and the Jays scored some more. Didn’t the 8-1 lead look familiar, but a little out of place? It’s no time to gloat. We’ve seen some laughers, but it’s been the other team laughing so far this season.

The Jays’ offense is the focus of this recap, and they’ve obliged by taking the Giants out to the wood house. John Gibbons has received his fair share of criticism for the Jays’ bad start, but he doesn’t get much praise for the job he’s done. One of the experiments he’s done since Jose Reyes’ injury is to put Melky at the top of the line-up, followed by Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion, and JP Arencibia. The team’s offensive surge owes part of its momentum to this particular move. Since Gibby filled out that Melky-Jose-Edwin first line-up card against BOS on May 11, they’ve combined to go 21-46 (.457).

The general upswing by the offense has taken advantage of the extra base runners, as well. The Jays’ improved focus at the plate, mentioned in yesterday’s recap, includes longer at bats, better situational hitting, more walks, more base runners, more runs, and deeper pitch counts for the opposing pitchers. They have taken greater advantage of opportunities, such as errors committed by the opposition. Tonight’s game serves as Exhibit #1. Vogelsong threw 64 pitches in 2 innings; Chad Gaudin threw 72 pitches in 3.1 innings. Eleven runs, 10 hits, 5 BB, and 3 K on 136 pitches in 5.1 innings. Teams are paying for their mistakes.

It’s the middle of the month, so get out the shovels: it’s time to dig deeper. Here’s how the Jays’ offense ranks among AL teams and relative to their position last month:

R/G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO OBP SLG OPS TB
Total 4.10 1489 1341 164 326 61 6 51 29 7 118 308 .307 .412 .733 544
Rank 12 7 6 10 12 12 t-6 2 t-1 t-4 t-8 6 t-13 8 7 8
Prev. Rk 9 8 11 10 12 5 5 7 3 7 10 2 11 10 11 11

*This info was adapted from: http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2013.shtml

Here are a few observations:

  • The Jays are have played more games than most teams;
  • The Jays have improved from a bottom-of-the-league offense to an average offense;
  • The improvements (SB, BB, SO, OPS, TB) are encouraging, while we need to keep an eye on some of the declines (R/G, 2B, OBP);
  • The Jays steal bases at an 80.6% success rate—this is an underused weapon in the arsenal;
  • In an average game, the Jays get about 8 hits, about 3 of which are xbh;
  • However over the last 10 games they’re 7-3, scoring 68 runs (6.8/gm) on 107 hits (10.7/gm)–prior to that they were 10-21, scoring 107 runs (3.5/gm) on 230 hits (7.4/gm);
  • The drop in OBP is almost insignificant as their OPS has actually improved, leap-frogging a quarter of the AL teams;
  • The Jays ground into a lot of DPs (37; 3rd, AL)–the teams with the fewest GIDP are typically the weakest offensive teams in the AL.

Did anyone see this coming? Sure, Zito and Vogelsong are their #4 and #5 starters, but to beat San Francisco in both games the way they did? The Jays have run their streak to seven wins in 10 games to end the first ‘quarter’ of the season at 17-24. It’s not where many of us thought they’d be, but they’re showing signs of playing to their capabilities. Some are even—dare I say it?—overachieving: Ramon Ortiz (7 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K) pitched seven complete for the first time since 2007. Thursday is an off day for the Jays, then they head into the Big Apple for a three-game set against the Yankees. Can they keep it going?

Wes Kepstro

AL East Prospect Report – May 15, 2013

Published May 15, 2013 Daily Prospect Reports Leave a Comment

Hitters:

BAL HiA Walker, Christian 1B, 1-5, .308, HR (1)
BAL LoA Lorenzo, Gregory CF, 2-5, .218, 3B(3), BB (10), SB (16)
BAL LoA Marin, Adrian SS, 2-4, .245, 2 BB (7), SB (4)

BOS AAA Brentz, Bryce RF, 2-4, .275
BOS HiA De La Cruz, Keury RF, 1-4, .239, 2B (11)
BOS HiA Jacobs, Brandon DH, 1-4, .192, 2B (12)
BOS HiA Swihart, Blake C, 2-3, .274, SB (3)

NYY AA Austin, Tyler RF, 2-4, .267
NYY AAA Adams, David 3B, 2-4, .316
NYY AAA Mesa, Melky CF, 2-4, .267
NYY LoA Bird, Greg 1B, 2-4, .297, 2B (9)

TB AA Mahtook, Mikie RF, 1-3, .240, 2B (10), BB (16)
TB HiA Shaffer, Richie 3B, 3-5, .256, 2B (7), SB (2)
TB HiA Vettleson, Drew RF, 2-4, .248

TOR AA Pillar, Kevin CF, 3-4, .325, 2B (11), CS (5)

Pitchers:

BAL HiA Rodriguez, Eduardo 7 5 0 0 3 6 3.35
BAL LoA Rutledge, Lex 2 0 0 0 1 4 1.35

BOS AA Britton, Drake 5 6 2 2 4 5 4.35
BOS AAA Webster, Allen 5 3 1 1 4 5 2.52

NYY AAA Betances, Dellin 2 2 1 1 0 1 5.40
NYY HiA Black, Corey 4 5 4 4 3 4 4.89

TB HiA Rivero, Felipe 7 4 2 2 1 7 4.58

TOR AA Stilson, John 1.1 1 0 0 0 4 0.00

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