YEEP 8/18/11: Betances pretty sharp in AAA debut, but could be better.

Evil Em VP: Mariel Checo of the GCL Yankees for pitching a perfect 3 K inning. Image thanks to fivebrosports.com

AAA SWB: L 1-5 to Durham. L: Betances
Montero: 0/3, BB, 2 K (.281). He misses A-rod.
JoVa: 2/4, RBI, K (.251). He doesn't.
Laird: 0/4 (.257). He's indifferent.
Russo: 0/3, K (.273). Him too.
Betances: 6 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 8 K, HR (4.5 ERA). Not a bad debut. The K's and lack of BB's are encouraging.
Brack Attack: 2 IP, H, 2 ER, BB, 3 K, HR (6.83 ERA). My prediction after his last performance was accurate.

AA Trenton: W 5-2 vs Erie. W: Heyer. S: Texeira
Krum: 2/5, R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, K. 2nd HR of the year (.259)
Kruml: 0/4, R, RBI, 2 K (.290)
Austin BRomine: 1/3, BB, K (.288)
R-Ly Lyerly: 2/4, RBI, K (.248). Positive steps lead to ends in slumps.
Melkman Mesa: 0/4, K (.237). Take R-Ly's advice
Craig Heyer: 8 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 5 K (3.64 ERA)

High A Tampa: W 7-2 vs Lakeland. W: Gil
Honest Abe Almonte: 2/3, 2 R, 3B, RBI, BB (.255). 13 for his last 36 (.361). Good for him.
Walt Ibarra: 3/4, 3B, 4 RBI, K (.298). Looking forward to seeing the first decent SS since Ed Nunez to grace Trenton's infield next season.
K-Roll Roller: 0/3 (.277).
Mustelier Musketeer: 2/4, R, 2B (.319)
Dee Mack: 0/2 (.308)
Seggy Segedin: 0/3, 2 K (.226)
Luke Murton: 0/1, 2 BB (.282)
Castrol GTX Castro: 1/3, R, RBI (.298). I'll be taking bets on whether he finishes the season above or below .300.
Cozmo Kramer Sneed: 1 IP, H, 2 K (3.19). Thumbs up.

Charleston River Dogs: L 6-9 to Augusta
Shane Brown: 2/4, R, 2B, RBI, K, SB (1) (.286)
Eddy Sosa: 1/1, SB (14) (.255)
Ray-Flo Flores: 0/3, K (.263)
Recchia: 4 IP, 6 H, ER, 4 K (2.62 ERA)

Short Season Staten Island: L 0-1 to Connecticut. L: Pinder
Mad Mase Williams: 0/4, K (.358).
Cheeto Culver: 0/3 (.270)
Ben Gamel the Camel: 0/4, 2 K (.309)
Grice: 0/3, K (.262)
Gumbs: 1/3, 2B, E (8). Heyy, a hit! (.284)
Ty Austin: 1/3, 2B (.244) Heyy, another hit!
Reymond Nunez: 0/3 (.279)
Brebbia: 1 IP, H, 0 ER (0.00)
Pinder: 1 IP, 3 H, ER, BB, K (1.23 ERA). Got the loss.

GCL Yankees: Double Header
Game 1: W 4-3 vs GCL Braves. W: Vinas. S: Checo
Daniel Lopez: 1/3, 2 R, HR, RBI, K (.291). That's 3 HR on the year.
Janitor Custodio: 1/2, R, HR, RBI, K (.326). Congrats on your first career HR in America.
Bichette Happens: 1/2, 2 RBI (.341)
Bubba Jones: 1/3, 2B (.265)
Rutzkrieg Rutckyj: 4 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, BB, 2 K, HR (5.36 ERA).
Hayden Sharp: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 K, 0 ER (21.6 ERA) That's more like it. We'll just forget that first performance ever happend.
Checo: 1 IP, 3 K, 0 ER. Perfect inning. (2.53 ERA). 3rd save of the season.

Game 2 was a continuation of yesterday's game. See YEEP 8/17/11 for the box score.