Minor League Blogs

The extra day off didn’t help Tampa much as they dropped both ends of a doubleheader with Palm Beach.  Game one was a 5-1 loss with the offense being held to five hits.  Austin Romine doubled and drove in a run while D.J. Mitchell took the loss.  He gave up five runs on seven hits [...]

Craig Heyer gave up a pair of runs in the bottom of the ninth but Jonathan Ortiz came in to get the final batter out as the RiverDogs slipped by the Sand Gnats 6-5.  Noel Castillo picked up the win and he improved to 2-0.  He gave up three runs on six hits with three [...]

The RiverDogs walked away with two wins tonight, the first a tight game and the second a blowout.  Game one was 5-4 and while Jairo Heredia wasn’t exceptional, he put together four decent innings in which he struck out an impressive seven batters.  Brad Suttle was the only hitter with two hits and he drove [...]

Noel Castillo fell to 5-3 on the season with a tough start in the GCL Yankees 7-2 loss to the GCL Indians.  He gave up four runs (three earned) on six hits with five strikeouts in five innings.
Jesus Montero had a solid day at the plate. He went two for four with a double and [...]

Noel Castillo improved to 5-2 on the season with a nice start in the GCL Yankees 5-0 win over the GCL Braves.  He gave up three hits and a walk with five strikeouts in six shutout innings.
Zoilo Almonte was the hitting star in the win.  He went two for four with a double and a [...]

Noel Castillo improved to 2-0 on the season with four shutout innings of relief in the GCL Yankees 3-2 win over the GCL Indians.  He gave up two hits and a walk with four strikeouts.
Ryan Wehrle doubled and drove in a run.  Ben Blumenthal had the only other extra base hit with a triple.

The GCL Yankees lost their opener 2-1 but it wasn’t because their pitchers didn’t step up.  Noel Castillo gave up just one run on four hits with six strikeouts in four innings in his start, and despite taking the loss, Jairo Heredia gave up a run in 3 2/3 and he struck out five.
The offense [...]