Sunday in Trenton

My first minor league game of the year was at a familiar spot in a new role. Trenton's Arm and Hammer Park is the temporary home of the Blue Jays Triple A club, while Buffalo's Sahlen Field hosts the major leaguers.

With the Yankee farm hands -- and injury rehabbers -- visiting, I got a good look at Luke Voit, starting his path back to the majors and Estevan Florial, the organization's top center field prospect.

Florial, who played one game in the Bronx last month, has struggled so far in Triple A, but looked comfortable hitting against Toronto prospect Anthony Kay on Sunday. He scorched this single to right field, one of three hits on the day.
And an even better image of Florial from a later at-bat.
Channeling the long-ago TV show Can You Top This, Ryan LaMarre, who filled in for the Yanks earlier this year before a hamstring injury, had a four-hit day.

Bottom line: a successful day for the Yankees minor leaguers, an 8-0 shutout over the Bisons-as-Thunder.

After a 30 year run hosting Double A clubs for the Red Sox and then the Yankees, Trenton was dropped as the minor leagues realigned this year. 

That was short-sighted and unfair, as the ballpark -- 10 minutes off the New Jersey Turnpike and close to plenty of Central New Jersey towns and Philadelphia suburbs -- has long been a good baseball area. When the city and its ballpark had the chance to welcome the suddenly homeless Bison, Trenton landed what amounts to a season-long audition to remind Rob Manfred what he and his experts overlooked. 





 

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Lois Simmons said…
Regarding the third picture, we've reached that point of the season, even in the delayed minor leagues, when it is really embarrassing to have your batting average posted on the scoreboard.
June 14, 2021 at 12:23 PM
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