Another promotion: RHP Cale Coshow was bumped up to Double-A Trenton, so says Nick Flammia. Coshow has a 2.01 ERA (2.40 FIP) with a 24.8 K% and 4.9 BB% in 80.2 innings split between Low-A Charleston and High-A Tampa this year. The big (listed at 6-foot-5 and 260 lbs.!) hard-thrower started the season in the bullpen before moving to the rotation. Coshow was the team’s 13th round pick in 2013.
Triple-A Scranton (4-2 loss to Toledo)
- CF Ben Gamel: 1-4, 1 R, 1 3B, 2 K — another day, another triple
- 2B Rob Refsnyder: 0-3, 1 RBI, 1 K
- 1B Greg Bird: 1-4, 1 2B — has an extra-base hit in four of his last six games
- C Gary Sanchez: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K — my guess is he gets a September call-up to be the third catcher but rarely catches, a la Jesus Montero in 2011 … Montero caught three games that September but only a full nine innings once, after the team clinched the division
- RF Aaron Judge: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 3 K — 42 extra-base hits in 97 games this year after 45 extra-base hits in 131 games last year, so the power’s coming
- LF Jose Pirela: 0-2, 1 K — ejected for arguing balls and strikes
- RHP Joel De La Cruz: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1 HB, 3/5 GB/FB — 52 of 81 pitches were strikes (64%)
- RHP Johnny Barbato: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 0/1 GB/FB — 18 of 29 pitches were strikes (62%)
Double-A Trenton (4-2 win over Binghamton)
- CF Jake Cave, DH Tyler Wade & 2B Tony Renda: all 1-4, 1 R — Wade and Renda both struck out once … Renda also committed a throwing error, believe it or not
- RF Tyler Austin: 3-4, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 HR, 2 RBI — three hits and a homer in each of his first two games back with the Thunder
- RHP Rookie Davis: 5.