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Yankees Arizona Fall League updates

September 24, 2019

Four former Pulaski Yankees are playing for the Surprise Saguaros in the 2019 Arizona Fall League: Right-handers Daniel Bies (2018) and Derek Craft (2019), catcher Donny Sands (2016), first baseman Brandon Wagner (2016).

Four former Pulaski Yankees are playing for the Surprise Saguaros in the 2019 Arizona Fall League: Right-handers Daniel Bies (2018) and Derek Craft (2019), catcher Donny Sands (2016), first baseman Brandon Wagner (2016).

Here's a day-by-day look at how New York's AFL contingent is faring:
Sept. 22:Surprise 2, Peoria 1
The 6-foot-9 Daniel Bies , a 2018 draftee by the Yankees, made his second appearance of the Fall and was tagged for a run for the second time. A single, stolen base and a double led to Sunday night's run and allowed Peoria to tie the score at one in the sixth inning.
Sept 21: Surprise 12, Salt River 0
Donny Sands , who homered on Friday, didn't have quite as good of luck at the plate Saturday as he finished 1-for-5. He did however, drive in a pair of runs. Brandon Wagner reached base three times, finishing 1-for-3 with a pair of walks. He also drove in two runs via a double in the fifth inning, and got credit for a third RBI when he was walked with the bases loaded in the eighth.
Sept. 20: Surprise 4, Salt River 1
Donny Sands, who hit two homers over 68 games in the regular season, hit his first homer of the AFL and finished 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs. Sands, an eighth-round pick from the 2015 Draft, hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning and singled in the sixth. He also drew a walk in the eighth and reached base in three of his four plate appearances. Brandon Wagner went 0-for-3 at the plate, but he also drew a walk and scored.
Sept. 19: Scottsdale 8, Surprise 6
Batting fifth and starting at first base, Brandon Wagner went 1-for-5 with an RBI for Surprise on Thursday. Wagner spent nearly the entire season with Double-A Trenton -- aside from two games in Triple-A to end the season -- where hit a combined .179 with eight home runs and a .570 OPS, so the Arizona Fall League will be a welcome fresh start for the 24-year-old.
Right-hander Daniel Bies was the lone Yankees pitcher to appear. The 6-foot-9 Bies threw two innings and allowed one run on four hits with three strikeouts.