Yankees Minor League Baseball Blog

Philip Hughes continues to his impress in his rehab stint and he improved to 4-1 for SWB.  He gave up just three hits and three walks with four strikeouts in 6 2/3 shutout innings in the 3-0 win.  As an aside, the Yankees are going to put Joba Chamberlain in the pen because the big league club appears to be pretty dissatisfied with Kyle Farnsworth so his time at SWB could be coming to an end pretty soon.

Angel Chavez went one for three with two RBIs.  Justin Christian went two for three with a walk and a run in the loss.

Philip Hughes continued his rehab assignment to the delight of SWB Yankees fans as he picked up the win.  He gave up just two hits and a walk with seven strikeouts in six shutout innings and with the promotion of Joba Chamberlain and Ian Kennedy to Triple A, SWB now has most of the top flight pitching prospects in the organization.

Erubiel Durazo was one of the hitting stars in the 4-0 win over the Bats.  He went two for three with a walk, a double a run and an RBI.

The Thunder took care of the Mets 5-1 in an eight inning rain shortened game.  Philip Hughes gave up one run in four innings in another rehab start while Jason Jones threw four shutout innings to pick up his eighth win of the season.

Alberto Gonzalez went three for four with an RBI and a run.  Matt Carson went two for three with a solo homerun.

Philip Hughes got three innings of work in and he gave up just three hits with six strikeouts in an impressive performance.  Jason Jones then threw five shutout innings and the Thunder took a 5-0 lead into the ninth when Tim Lavigne gave up five runs to put the Fisher Cats back into the game.  Then in the tenth, Michael Gardner gave up the losing run in the 6-5 loss.

Juan Miranda provided most of the offense with a nice day at the plate.  He went two for five with a double, a homerun and four RBIs.  Alberto Gonzalez went four for five with a triple and two runs.

Philip Hughes came back from a rough start and showed his stuff tonight in a 4-0 Yankees win.  He gave up just two hits and he struck out ten in six innings of work in a truly impressive start.

Andrew Beattie singled home two runs in the win.  Kevin Reese went two for five with a double and a run.

Philip Hughes showed he was mortal with a lackluster start against Richmond.  He was knocked around for five runs on seven hits and two walks with one strikeout in five innings.

The Yankees were shutout and they managed just four hits.  Two of those came off the bat of Bronson Sardinha.

All eyes were on the SWB Yankees as Philip Hughes made his season debut.  He looked pretty sharp and he struck out six in five innings of work.  He gave up two runs on two hits and he gave up two walks.

Eric Duncan and Chris Basak each hit two run homeruns to provide the bulk of the offense in the 6-3 win.  Alberto Gonzalez also had a solid game.  He went two for three with a walk and two runs.

Jayson Stark’s last column was on Phillip Hughes and the Yankees shift towards rebuilding their farm system.  When asked, Brian Cashman pulled no punches when he said those days where the Yankees purged their farm system for some immediate help was over with.  The Yankees are going to build a solid core of young players and tops on the list is Phillip Hughes.

In addition, you should check out this organizational preview of the Yankees farm system.  Good stuff.

The Yankees are pretty well represented on Baseball America’s top 100 prospect list.  Of course Phillip Hughes is near the top at number four.  Further down the list is outfield prospect Jose Tabata at 27, Humberto Sanchez landed at number 57, Joba Chamberlain was 75 and just making the cut is Dellin Betances at 100.

That’s a solid crop.  You figure an average team should have about three guys on there and for the Yankees to have three in the top 60 is particularly impressive.