{"id":256258,"date":"2026-07-31T11:23:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T11:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/256258\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T11:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T11:23:07","slug":"yankees-prospects-bethancourt-hits-two-homers-in-scranton-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/256258\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees prospects: Bethancourt hits two homers in Scranton debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: W, 11-0 at Iowa Cubs<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">SS George Lombard Jr. 0-5, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 CS<br \/>DH J.C. Escarra 2-5, 1 RBI<br \/>2B Marco Luciano 0-3, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K<br \/>3B Oswaldo Cabrera 3-5, 1 RBI, 1 R<br \/>RF Yanquiel Fern\u00e1ndez 0-5, 1 RBI, 2 K<br \/>1B Tyler Hardman 1-5, 1 RBI, 1 R<br \/>C Christian Bethancourt 3-4, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 3 R, 1 BB \u2014 first game since being signed to a minor-league deal, if no other catchers get acquired over the deadline he could be the backup option<br \/>CF Kenedy Corona 2-3, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 CS<br \/>LF Cole Gabrielson 2-4, 2 R, 1 BB<br \/>Alexander Cornielle 5.2 IP, 0 R, 5 H, 2 BB, 4 K (win)<br \/>Rafael Montero 1.1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 3 K<br \/>Will Brian 1 IP, 0 R, 1 BB<br \/>Jake Bird 1 IP, 0 R, 2 K<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Double-A Somerset Patriots: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/gameday\/flying-squirrels-vs-patriots\/2026\/07\/30\/818237\/final\/box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">W, 4-2<\/a> vs. Richmond Flying Squirrels<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">2B Connor McGinnis 0-4, 1 K<br \/>CF Jace Avina 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB<br \/>3B Coby Morales 0-4, 2 K<br \/>LF Jackson Castillo 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SB<br \/>C Miguel Palma 0-3<br \/>1B Josh Moylan 0-3, throwing error<br \/>DH Tomas Frick 1-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 R<br \/>RF Luis Durango 1-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 SB \u2014 first three steals at this level, 39th overall in just 62 games<br \/>SS Owen Cobb 0-0<br \/>PH-SS Kevin Verde 2-3, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 R, 1 K<br \/>Xavier Rivas 6 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 4 H, 3 BB, 7 K (win) \u2014 electric run since June started has dropped his ERA from north of seven to below four<br \/>Ben Grable 1.1 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 2 K (hold)<br \/>Luis Velasquez 1.1 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 1 BB (hold)<br \/>Trent Sellers 0.1 IP, 0 R, 1 BB, throwing error (save)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">High-A Hudson Valley Renegades: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/gameday\/blueclaws-vs-renegades\/2026\/07\/30\/822003\/final\/box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">L, 1-2<\/a> (8) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/gameday\/blueclaws-vs-renegades\/2026\/07\/30\/822009\/final\/box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">L, 4-6<\/a> (7) vs. Jersey Shore BlueClaws<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">3B Roderick Arias 0-4, 3 K<br \/>SS Jackson Lovich 1-4, 1 R, 2 K, 1 SB<br \/>C Eric Genther 2-3, 1 2B, 1 K<br \/>1B Kyle West 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 K<br \/>2B Enmanuel Tejeda 1-3<br \/>RF Willy Montero 0-4, 2 K<br \/>CF Camden Troyer 1-3<br \/>DH Robbie Burnett 0-3, 1 K<br \/>LF Gabriel Lara 1-2<br \/>Henry Lalane 6.1 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 2 BB, 5 K, 1 HR, throwing error<br \/>Wilmy Sanchez 0.2 IP, 0 R, 2 K<br \/>Hansel Rincon 1 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 1 K (loss)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">3B Roderick Arias 0-4, 4 K \u2014 0-8, 7 K combined in the doubleheader, ouch<br \/>SS Jackson Lovich 2-4, 1 RBI, 2 K<br \/>DH Eric Genther 1-3, 1 2B<br \/>1B Kyle West 0-3, 3 K<br \/>2B Enmanuel Tejeda 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K<br \/>CF Willy Montero 0-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K<br \/>RF Camden Troyer 2-3, 1 2B, 2 R, 1 K<br \/>LF Robbie Burnett 1-2, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K<br \/>C Diomedes Hernandez 0-2, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K<br \/>Franyer Herrera 4.2 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 2 BB, 7 K<br \/>Bryce Warrecker 1.1 IP, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K<br \/>Jackson Fristoe 0.1 IP, 4 R, 1 H, 3 BB, pickoff error (loss, hold)<br \/>Tanner Bauman 0.2 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 2 K (blown save)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Low-A Tampa Tarpons: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/gameday\/flying-tigers-vs-tarpons\/2026\/07\/30\/820255\/final\/box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">L, 3-9<\/a> vs. Lakeland Flying Tigers<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">CF Yostin Pena 0-4, 1 R<br \/>SS Bryce Martin-Grudzielanek 2-4, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K<br \/>3B Hans Montero 1-3, 1 2B, 1 BB<br \/>C Luis Puello 0-4, 3 K<br \/>DH David McCann 2-4, 2 K<br \/>2B Luis Escudero 0-3, 1 R, HBP, throwing error<br \/>1B Engelth Urena 0-4, 3 K<br \/>LF Brando Mayea 1-3, 1 R<br \/>RF Isael Arias 0-3, 1 K<br \/>J.T. Etheridge 4 IP, 6 R, 5 ER, 6 H, 3 BB, 6 K, 1 HR (loss)<br \/>Greysen Carter 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 BB, 2 K<br \/>Josh Tiedemann 0.2 IP, 3 R, 4 H, 2 BB, 1 K, 2 HR<br \/>Jose Ledesma 2.1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 BB, 4 K<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Florida Complex League Yankees: Season over<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Dominican Summer League Yankees: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/gameday\/dsl-nyy-yankees-vs-dsl-giants-orange\/2026\/07\/30\/849510\/final\/box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">L, 6-7<\/a> (7) at DSL Giants Orange<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">CF Isaias Castillo 1-3, 1 2B, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K<br \/>C Juan Martinez 1-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 CS<br \/>SS Stiven Marinez 1-2, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 CS, fielding error<br \/>2B Juan Torres 0-4, 1 RBI, 1 K<br \/>1B Cesar Lopez 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K<br \/>LF Stalen Ramirez 0-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K<br \/>DH Manuel Aguilar 2-2, 1 3B, 1 2B, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 CS<br \/>RF Alfiery Matos 0-3, 2 K<br \/>3B Abrahan Pichardo 0-1, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB<br \/>Jhosneyker Colina 5 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 2 BB, 2 K, 2 HR<br \/>Dariel Chalas 1.2 IP, 5 R, 3 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 HR (loss, blown save) \u2014 five-run seventh blew a four-run lead after the offense got him two insurance runs in the top half<br \/>Brandon Rodriguez 0.0 IP, 0 R, 1 BB<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Dominican Summer League Bombers: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/gameday\/dsl-mets-blue-vs-dsl-nyy-bombers\/2026\/07\/30\/848481\/final\/box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">W, 13-2<\/a> (7) vs. DSL Mets Blue<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">CF Ruben Castillo 2-5, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 K, 1 SB<br \/>2B Dariel Santana 0-3, 1 R, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 SB<br \/>C Alessandro Rodriguez 0-1, 2 R, 3 BB<br \/>3B Carlos Bello 0-2, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K<br \/>RF David Carrera 3-3, 1 3B, 2 2B, 4 RBI, 2 R, 1 BB<br \/>DH Kenneth Melendez 0-4, 1 R<br \/>SS Germayhoni Beltre 3-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, 1 K, 1 SB<br \/>LF Sebastian Pinto 1-4, 1 RBI, 3 K<br \/>1B Alfred Ciriaco 1-1, 1 RBI, 2 R, 1 BB<br \/>Cesar Acosta 4.2 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 3 BB, 10 K<br \/>Diego Carrillo 2.1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 BB, 2 K (win)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: W, 11-0 at Iowa Cubs SS George Lombard Jr. 0-5, 1 R, 1 BB, 1&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179,68986,65905],"class_list":["post-256258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-yankees-minor-league-recaps","tag-yankees-prospects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}