Yankees prospects Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, Ben Gamel, and Chad Green have been selected for the Triple-A All-Star Game in Charlotte, North Carolina on July 13, according to Sweeny Murti of WFAN.
Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, Ben Gamel, Chad Green all chosen for AAA All-Star Game July 13 in Charlotte.
— Sweeny Murti (@YankeesWFAN) June 29, 2016
Judge, New York’s top rated prospect according to Baseball Prospectus, has hit the cover off the ball in the month of June with the Railriders, boosting his batting average to .266 with a whopping nine home runs and 21 RBI in the last 25 games. On Monday, Judge was named the International League’s Batter of the Week, with a .458 average and five home runs in a span of six games.
For Sanchez, the Yankees’ top catching farmhand has hit .280/.322/.490 in 49 games, with 17 extra-base hits and 32 RBI. Along with his invitation to Charlotte, Sanchez will also play for the World Team in Major League Baseball’s Futures Game on Sunday, July 10 at Petco Park in San Diego.
Green, who was acquired from Detroit last December in exchange for reliever Justin Wilson, earned a loss in his major league debut on May 16 in Arizona, and has started 14 games in his first Triple-A season, earning a 6-6 record and 1.54 ERA with 82 strikeouts in 81.2 innings.
The latter selectee, Gamel, has earned a .293 average in 65 games, with 16 extra-base hits, 12 stolen bases and 29 RBI.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre owns the best record in the International League at 47-32.
