Minor League Recap: Staten Island Yankees

Curtain Calls:
Gary Sanchez (c): Sanchez’s strong performance in the Gulf Coast League led to him playing sixteen games with Staten Island.? He put up some of the stronger offensive numbers on the team during his short time there.? His line was .278/333/.426/.759.? He hit two doubles and two homers, driving in seven RBIs.

Garrison Lassiter (3B): Lassiter led the offense for Staten Island during his 39 games.? He hit .285/.389/.325/.714.? He struck out 29 times, walked nineteen times and drove in ten RBIs.

Michael O’Brien (SP):Over eleven starts, O’Brien went 6-2 with a 2.08 ERA.? He gave up nineteen runs (fourteen earned runs), walked just eighteen hitters while striking out 38.

Chase Whitley (RP): This year’s fifteenth round pick has shown some sleeper potential in his first season of professional ball. Whitley gave Staten Island some strong innings out of the ‘pen.? He went 4-2 over 34.1 innings of work (28 games).? His 1.31 ERA was accompanied by 44 strikeouts and just fifteen walks.

Richard Martinez (P): Martinez had a 4-1 record with a 1.69 ERA over sixteen games (two starts).? He allowed just nine runs (six earned) and walked sixteen hitters while striking out 34.

Players to Watch:
Cito Culver (SS): Culver’s fifteen games in Staten Island were a disappointment, but the Yankees’ first round pick from this year showed some great potential in the Gulf Coast League.? During his time on Staten Island, however, Culver hit .186/.340/.209/.549 and committed six errors.

Kelvin De Leon (RF): While De Leon has been viewed at having a significant ceiling as a prospect, his development has been rather slow.? Over 69 games for Staten Island, he went .236/.288/.359/.647.?? Unfortunately, he struck out 80 times while walking just seventeen times.? He had 37 RBIs with six homers and twelve doubles.? De Leon will need to improve on his defense if he is going to continue to move along in the farm system.

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Rhode Island Democrat said Obama can "coarse" non-visa

Some bad words for a Democrat in Rhode Island for President Barack Obama, which is scheduled to visit the State later today.

Frank Caprio, the Democrat running for Governor of Rhode Island, is angry Obama and not afraid to let everyone know.

According to him, that he had learned from reporter last night that Obama does not intend to approve its application against independent Lincoln Chafee, a former Republican Senator who endorsed Obama on Republican John McCain in 2008.?

Caprio unloaded on WPRO-AM and you can hear the full interview on radio station Web site.

"I have never asked the Obama President for his approval.""And what was going on here is really the worst sound political Insider Washington," he says.

"He could take his approval and really rude as I fear," said Caprio.

He criticized the Obama to do step attention in Rhode Island after damaging floods earlier this year.

"There we ignored him and now he entered into Rhode Island treat us as a one-stop automatique.donc, I want to say to President Obama very clearly is wearing a badge of honor as a badge of courage that he does not want to consider me to be a Democrat, because I'm a different type of Democrat, I am fighting for major changes in the State, I will fight for jobs every day,"said Caprio. "

React to the White House, said Sunday that Obama would not be an endorsement of the race of Rhode Island to visit today.

RealClearPolitics public opinion polls mean shows Caprio leading opponents of 1.7 percentage points.

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Photo credit: Reuters/Brian Snyder (man uses the boat to the residents of ferries and supplies in the West, Rhode Island, April floods)

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