Lehigh Valley Weekly Report

Posted on September 3, 2010 by gregg

An abbreviated Lehigh Valley report this week with the seasons final week upon us.  Look for a more in-depth report next Tuesday or Wednesday covering the final 4 games of the season and a review of how the AAA prospects performed this year. Continue reading →

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September 2nd Discussion

Posted on September 2, 2010 by phuturephillies

Here is where you discuss your prospect-related thoughts. I’ll give you a bunch of box scores to start

GCL Phillies won 6-3. Series is tied at 1
Williamsport lost 6-1.
Lakewood won 14-2.
Clearwater lost 2-0 and lost 5-2.
Reading lost 10-7.
Lehigh Valley won 9-3.

Go!

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Singleton, Valle Named to All Star Team

Posted on September 1, 2010 by gregg

The awards continue to roll in at the lower levels of the Minors for the Phils with two members of the Lakewood BlueClaws being named to the South Atlantic League All Star Team. First Baseman Jonathan Singleton was named the league’s most outstanding prospect, the first member of Lakewood to ever win that award. The 18 year old from California is hitting .296 with 14 HR and 73 RBI.

Catcher Sebastian Valle, 20, was named the league’s all-star catcher.  He is hitting .256 with 16 HR and 74 RBI’s. Lakewood opens their quest for the South Atlantic League championship next Wednesday, September 8.

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Arizona Fall League rosters announced

Posted on August 31, 2010 by phuturephillies

Check out the Mesa Solar Sox, the affiliate that will contain the Phillies prospects heading west.

Tyson Brummett, RHP
Justin De Fratus, RHP
Matt Rizzotti, 1B
Chris Kissock, RHP
BJ Rosenberg, RHP
Josh Zeid, RHP
Tim Kennelly, C/INF/OF

I think I’m actually most excited that Kennelly is going!

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Paul Hoover Gets the Call

Posted on August 31, 2010 by gregg

Just a quick note that Matt Gelb of the Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting that Catcher Paul Hoover will be getting the call up to the bigs tomorrow when rosters expand.  Hoover, 34, spent some time in Philly earlier this year with the injuries to Ruiz/Schneider.  He was hitting .247/.326/.345 in 255 AB’s with Lehigh Valley to go along with 2 HR and 21 RBI’s.  In his 18 at bats with the Phillies earlier this year, Hoover hit .278.  As you would expect, Hoover will see little, if any action, but gives the Phillies flexibility to use Ruiz/Schneider late in the game if needed.

More callups to come…

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Austin Hyatt named FSL Pitcher of the Year

Posted on August 31, 2010 by gregg

Former Clearwater Thresher, now Reading Phillie Austin Hyatt has been named the Florida State League Pitcher of the Year.  Hyatt, 24, was a 15th round pick in the 2009 draft and threw in 23 games for the Threshers this year (21 starts).  He went 11-5 with a 3.04 ERA in 124.1 innings of work, walking 35 while striking out 156 hitters.  His WHIP stood at 1.08 in High A, while the opposition hit just .220 against him.  Hyatt recently made the jump to Reading and has started 4 games for the RPhils, going 1-0 with a 4.91 ERA in 22 innings.  He is continuing to strike hitters out at a very high rate (25 in 22 innings in AA). Flying a bit under the radar screen because of his advanced age for High A, the numbers have caused more than a few people to take notice as the year progressed.

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August 31 Discussion

Posted on August 31, 2010 by phuturephillies

I can’t believe its almost September. I can believe that we have box scores

GCL Phillies won 8-4.
Williamsport won 12-10.
Lakewood won 3-2.
Reading won 7-6.
Lehigh Valley won 8-7.

Clean sweep!

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Lakewood Weekly Report (8/23-8/29)

Posted on August 30, 2010 by davput

Recap:  Lakewood went 4-2 in the second-to-last week of the regular season.  The week left them at 36-25 for the second half, 4.5 games ahead of Greensboro in the SAL North.  Their magic number for clinching the second half title is 4 entering Monday night.  The remaining schedule is all at home, with 4 against Augusta and 4 against Kannapolis.  They are 78-53 overall and assuming they end up clinching the second half title, the ‘Claws would open the playoffs at Hickory on 9/8.  A 6-2 finish would allow them to tie the franchise record for wins in a season.  As an aside, I will finally get to my first Lakewood game of the year on Sunday, so if there’s anything anyone wants me to look for in particular, please leave it in the comments. Continue reading →

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Sunday notes column

Posted on August 29, 2010 by phuturephillies

Hi. I wanted to write a notes column, because I haven’t done one of these in a while, and because I felt like I really had to get back to writing more regularly. The last month or so has been a bit turbulent, and because of that, I haven’t been able to devote as much time to the site as I wished I could Things are beginning to get back to normal, so I hope to be able to put in a better shift, but I wanted to thank Gregg and everyone else who regularly contributes here for picking up the slack as I’ve veered off course. I’m not going to do any fancy formatting for this post, I’m just going to give you some thoughts as we wind down the minor league season.

Continue reading →

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‘Pigs Weekend Update, September Callups

Posted on August 29, 2010 by gregg

A review of the weekend for the IronPigs with a few notes and September call up predictions.

Friday–Lehigh Valley was in Scranton on Friday evening and lost in a slugfest, 10-7. Scranton struck early with a run in the 2nd off of Drew Carpenter, taking a 1-0 lead. Lehigh Valley answered back with a John Mayberry RBI single in the 4th, tying the game, however the tie lasted just a few minutes as the Yanks put two more on the board in the bottom of the inning, giving them a 3-1 lead. A three run 5th inning, gave Lehigh Valley the lead at 4-3 in the see saw affair, the key hits being doubles by Joe Savery and Paul Hoover.  Scranton scored 6 runs in the sixth  inning knocking Drew Carpenter (7-11) out of the game, having gone 5.1 Innings, giving up 6 runs on 6 hits. He walked 3 and struck out 3.  Carpenter was replaced by Oscar Villarreal who gave up 3 runs without getting an out. Lehigh Valley did get three back in the 7th, but by then the game was out of reach. Joe Savery led the way offensively, going 3-4 with a double, and two runs scored, while Paul Hoover was 2-3 with a double, 2 runs and an RBI. Continue reading →

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