Not going to do an update every day, but since it was 20 months since the last minor league games (Sept 2019) and since NY had some very exciting performances on the first night, I am doing one tonight.
Strong performances from guys on the 40 man:
Estevan Florial homered in his first AA AB.
Luis Gil: got the start in AA, 3.2 2 0 0 1 6
Luis Medina: got the start in high A, hopefully he will not stay there long: 4 1 0 0 2 8
Recent high draft picks in low A:
Anthony Volpe, Austin Wells and Trevor Hauver (1st in 2019, 1st in 2020, 3rd in 2020) were in the top three spots in the batting order for Tampa (who are in a league one level lower this year, low A from high A) and wow did they have a game.
Volpe: 2-3 with a double, a triple, three walks and two stolen bases.
Wells: 2-4 with a double and a HR, two walks and a SB.
Hauver: 3-4 with two HRs and two walks.
Back from injury:
Matt Sauer was the SP NY paired in the 2017 draft with Clarke Schmidt, they paid Schmidt less because he had just had surgery so they could take Sauer in the second round and pay him more. He had Tommy John since and this was his first start since April 2019, a strong 3.1 1 0 0 3 6.
Sad he is gone:
Roansy Contreras, the 21 year old SP NY sent to PIT as part of the Taillon deal, debuted in AA with a 5 5 0 0 0 11. I would guess that Contreras is probably the pitcher Cashman regrets having to deal the most recently, more than Sheffield or Whitlock or Widener or Caleb Smith or Gallegos or whoever, but he had to do it.