Covering July 16th – June 22nd games. Don’t forget to check out our interview last week with Triple-A 2B Corban Joseph.

Pitcher:
Mark Montgomery, 21, RHP, AA (recently promoted)
4.1 IP, 6 K, 0 BB, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 HR
Notable: 3 appearances on the week, one at Tampa/two at Trenton

D-Rob 2.0 or whatever you’d like to call him, Mark Montgomery is flying through the Yankees’ system. It was only two weeks ago when we wondered about a promotion to Trenton. After striking out 61 in 40.1 innings at Tampa (A+), he got bumped to Double-A, where he promptly K’d 4 hitters in 3 innings (in 2 appearances).

The numbers speak for themselves:

Year Age Tm Lev ERA G SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2011 20 2 Teams A-A- 1.91 26 15 28.1 20 6 0 13 51 1.165 6.4 4.1 16.2 3.92
2011 20 Staten Island A- 2.25 4 1 4.0 3 1 0 2 10 1.250 6.8 4.5 22.5 5.00
2011 20 Charleston A 1.85 22 14 24.1 17 5 0 11 41 1.151 6.3 4.1 15.2 3.73
2012 21 2 Teams A+-AA 1.31 32 14 41.1 23 6 0 16 63 0.944 5.0 3.5 13.7 3.94
2012 21 Tampa A+ 1.34 31 14 40.1 23 6 0 16 61 0.967 5.1 3.6 13.6 3.81
2012 21 Trenton AA 0.00 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.0 0.0 18.0
2 Seasons 1.55 58 29 69.2 43 12 0 29 114 1.033 5.6 3.7 14.7 3.93
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 7/22/2012.


Notice he’s yet to allow a HR. At this pace and performance, we can expect Montgomery to be in the Bronx bullpen by early next year…maybe even a September cup of coffee.

Hitter:
Jose Pirela, 22, RHB Utility, AA
.414/.500/.740 in 34 PAs
Notable: Second MLPW of the season

The Jose Pirela Awakening continues…

After another fantastic week, Pirela is now hitting .329/.399/.516, which is by far is the best offensive output of his professional career. Of players with at least 200 PAs, he ranks 5th in the Eastern League in OPS, 6th in wOBA (.400), and 6th in wRC+ (147). He suffered a concussion in April that kept him out until mid-May, and he came back like a man possessed.

How possessed? Well, look at this career output:

Year Age Tm Lg Lev PA HR BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
2007 17 Yankees 1 DOSL FRk 283 4 34 36 .273 .367 .378 .746
2008 18 Yankees GULF Rk 153 0 8 19 .234 .288 .277 .564
2009 19 Charleston SALL A 447 0 37 65 .295 .354 .381 .736
2010 20 Tampa FLOR A+ 573 5 57 87 .252 .329 .364 .693
2011 21 Trenton EL AA 521 8 25 88 .239 .292 .353 .645
2012 22 Trenton EL AA 251 7 20 30 .323 .390 .495 .886
6 Seasons 2228 24 181 325 .267 .335 .375 .710
AA (2 seasons) AA 772 15 45 118 .266 .324 .398 .722
A (1 season) A 447 0 37 65 .295 .354 .381 .736
FRk (1 season) FRk 283 4 34 36 .273 .367 .378 .746
Rk (1 season) Rk 153 0 8 19 .234 .288 .277 .564
A+ (1 season) A+ 573 5 57 87 .252 .329 .364 .693
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 7/22/2012.


A rather signficant change.


Honorable Mentions:

Nik Turley, 22, LHP, A+
6 IP, 7 K, 1 BB, 3 H, 0 ER
19 K / 2 BB over last 16 innings

Aaron Dott, 24, LHP, A+
5 IP, 7 K, 0 BB, 2 H, 0 ER
Former Rays draft pick, 46.2 IP, 3.28 ERA / 2.58 FIP

Brett Gerritse, 21, RHP, A
6 IP, 6 K, 0 BB, 3 H, 0 ER
59 IP, 3.81 ERA / 3.49 FIP

Mason Williams, 20, LHB CF, A+
.458/.458/.666/ in 24 PAs
His best week since being promoted to Tampa

Melky Mesa, 25, RHB CF, AA
.333/.400/.629 in 30 PAs
Quietly having a very nice season, .273/.345/.460, 126 wRC+