Yankees prospects: ‘Gades strike out 19 batters in walk-off win

Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: Postponed due to rain, single game scheduled today with a makeup game later in the year

Double-A Somerset Patriots: W, 6-4 (11) at Bowie Baysox

SS Trey Sweeney 1-5, 1 R, 1 K

LF Jasson Domínguez 2-5, 1 K, 1 SB — 20th steal of the year

C Austin Wells 0-5, 1 R, 1 K, dropped foul ball

DH Everson Pereira 2-4, 2 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K

1B T.J. Rumfield 1-5, 1 K

CF Jeisson Rosario 2-4, 1 RBI, 2 R, 1 BB

RF Aaron Palensky 2-5, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 R, 2 K

2B Matt Pita 2-5, 1 RBI, 3 K

3B Delvin Pérez 1-5, 1 CS

Blane Abeyta 6 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 2 BB, 9 K, 1 HR

Ryan Anderson 1 IP, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K

Alex Mauricio 2 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 3 K, 1 HR (blown save)

Blas Castano 2 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 2 K (win)

High-A Hudson Valley Renegades: W, 6-5 vs. Wilmington Blue Rocks

DH Spencer Jones 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SB — scored walk-off run on wild pitch

SS Benjamin Cowles 0-3, 2 RBI, 1 K

LF Christopher Familia 0-5, 1 K

1B Rafael Flores 2-3, 1 R, 2 BB, fielding error

C Antonio Gomez 1-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 K

CF Grant Richardson 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K

RF Aldenis Sanchez 1-4, 1 2B, 1 R, 1 K

2B Eduardo Torrealba 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB

3B Marcos Cabrera 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K

Juan Carela 4.2 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 4 BB, 9 K

Indigo Diaz 2 IP, 3 R, 2 H, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HR

Jack Neely 2.1 IP, 0 R, 7 K (win) — seven up, seven struck out, dang

Low-A Tampa Tarpons: L, 1-6 (10) vs. Daytona Tortugas

SS Jared Serna 1-4, 1 BB

3B Jesus Rodriguez 1-4, 1 2B, 1 BB

DH Benjamin Rice 0-1, 3 BB

PH-DH Ronny Rojas 0-1, 1 R, 1 K

2B Brenny Escanio 0-4, 1 BB, 1 K

C Omar Martinez 0-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, two catcher’s interferences

CF Daury Arias 1-5

LF Jake Palmer 1-3, 1 2B, 1 BB

RF Tayler Aguilar 1-2, 1 BB

1B Beau Brewer 1-4, 1 2B

Justin Lange 5 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 6 BB, 4 K — wild it went to extras scoreless with six free passes

Yorlin Calderon 1.2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 BB, 3 K

Ocean Gabonia 2.1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 K

Adam Stone 1 IP, 6 R, 4 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 1 K (loss)

Florida Complex League Yankees: Off-day

Dominican Summer League Yankees: Off-day

Dominican Summer League Bombers: Off-day

Tonight’s game against the Syracuse Mets, slated for 6:35 P.M. at NBT Bank Stadium, has been postponed due to inclement weather.

The RailRiders and Mets will play a single game on Monday as scheduled and will make tonight’s game up at a later date this season.

As previous trade partner pieces have touched on, the addition of an extra Wild Card team has really shrunk the market. The window of contention extends to a ridiculous number of teams, particularly with the mediocrity of both central divisions.

With that in mind, there are always going to be a handful of ballclubs whose window to sell is crystal clear given their poor records. And in 2023 one of those teams is the Oakland A’s, whose 22-62 campaign thus far is easily the worst in the sport.

A 22-62 record means that a large portion of your roster is composed of quote-unquote undesirables, at least when it comes to potential trades. However, even the A’s have a couple of pieces whose potential availability may pique the interest of a contender like the Yankees.

OF – Brent Rooker

Foreseeing a Brent Rooker trade is tricky business for a few reasons we’ll touch on, but working under the assumption no one is off-limits, he’d likely be the most enticing chip the A’s front office could put out there.

Coming off a journeyman beginning to his career, with the Twins, Padres, and Royals before settling into an everyday role with Oakland in 2023. Rooker has seemingly unlocked something which has allowed him to go from Quad-A player to above-average big-league bat … for a time at least.

Across 60 games entering play on Friday, Rooker has 13 homers, and a 126 wRC+, as one of the few bats standing out in the worst lineup in the American League. A lot of that production was fueled by a scorching hot first month and a half though; since mid-May, he’s hit .171/.248/.265 with two homers and a 49 wRC+. So the question is whether or not he can catch fire again.

What makes a Rooker trade tricky is that although the right-handed batter has trips across four organizations, he is still in only his second year of service time, and thus is controllable through the 2027 season. Any trade package for Rooker will have to account for this level of team control, and there’s a healthy level of skepticism from any potential trade partner as to his ability to sustain these numbers.

Nevertheless, the A’s have very little to lose by selling high with a contending window on the not-so-near future, to put it lightly.

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