Ever wonder why right-handed pitcher Chance Adams is listed as the New York Yankees eighth-best prospect? Wonder no more.
Facing the Portland Seadogs on Thursday night, Adams cruised through 5.2 innings of work with eight strikeouts in an eventual 6-4 win by New York’s Double-A affiliate, the Trenton Thunder. The most impressive aspect of the 22-year old’s start was that he turned in four innings of no-hit ball at Arm & Hammer Park.
Before letting up a leadoff single in the fifth to Rafael Devers, Adams turned in 9.2 innings of no-hit ball to begin the season coming off a major league camp in Tampa in which he struck out five over four innings of work across three appearances for the Yankees.