Comments on: Monday quick hits

By: PhillyFriar

PhillyFriar — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:03:31 +0000

I know it’s a week later, but I wanted to add to phuturephillies’ point about Mattair: after a 2-for-4 outing tonight, he’s now hitting .341 for the month of May with a couple of RBI’s. The power hasn’t quite come around yet (still slugging only .385 this month), but maybe we can chalk that up to the transition to wood bats. Whatever the case, he’s got his average up to .244, so as James says, if he can hold his head above water as a 19 year old in the Sally league, we may be on to something here.

By: DiamondDerby

DiamondDerby — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:56:40 +0000

The Swami sees Marson hitting .280, .365 OBP, w 10 HR, 25 2B, 75 RBI in 2-3 years (he will find his power stroke, but hopefully not at the expense of consitent line drive contact). His career year: .305, .390 OBP, 15 HR, 90 RBI at age 28. I see 2-3 AS appearances in his future. That’s good eneough for me.

I see Marson, Ruiz and even Jaramillo all having good careers. Jaramillo, will hit .260, .350 OBP, 8 HR somewhere or be a solid backup who starts 50 games and gets in 100 games a year.

By: Jeff O

Jeff O — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:00:18 +0000

Mattair went 3-4 last night. Definitely a good sign.

In fact, all of the minor league teams (I didn’t even bother checking Lehigh, they don’t count) had nice wins yesterday

By: NEPhilliesPhan

NEPhilliesPhan — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:07:50 +0000

****I have read some mixed reports about his defense but I am very excited that he is really establishing himself in AA at a young age (particularly for a catcher).****

He was a plus on defense in his last 2 seasons in the minors according to BP. That’s something I suppose.

By: Bellman

Bellman — Tue, 06 May 2008 10:34:28 +0000

I saw Overholt against the Ct. Defenders in Reading. He had good velocity. He was consistently 93 and touched 95. From where I was I couldn’t detect movement or location but the opponents weren’t catching up to him. 1 game doesn’t mean much but there’s my 2 cents.

I got to see a lot of Marson that day and I was impressed. He handled a couple of foul popups very well. He had 2 hits. Knocked in the first run and scored on Slayden’s game winning homer. After every walk, he visited the mound or at least stepped out from behind the plate and hollered some encouragement. As a pitcher, I hated when my catcher came out to talk to me and tell me I did something stupid. I knew it better than anyone. But Marson was showing leadership.