Yankees Arizona Fall League updates
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
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
Sept 21: Surprise 12, Salt River 0
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.