The Clearwater Threshers earned their best first-half record in their short four-year history going 39-31. The team had six players selected to the FSL All-Star game: pitchers Carlos Carasco, Andrew Carpenter, Pat Overholt, OF/DH Jeremy Slayden, and catcher Lou Marson were elected by the managers in the league and Greg Golson was selected by the commisioners office to attend the game.
Daily Archives: June 25, 2007
Durbin it is
The Phillies announced JD Durbin would get the call Friday against the Mets. Talk about being thrown into the fire. Durbin is out of options, so if he bombs out as a starter, they might try to stash him in the bullpen for a while, because if he’s sent down to AAA, he has to clear waivers again, and that seems unlikely. Good luck JD, you’re going to need it.
Midseason Review, Part 3
We’ll finish it off today, with 20 prospects left. Starting from the ground up…
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Jarrod Freeman, RHP – Freeman was and still is a promising arm, but it didn’t work out for him in Lakewood. He got battered around, allowing a .518 slugging % in 43.1 IP. He’s still plenty young, so hope is not lost.
Jesus Sanchez, C – Short season ball.
Alex Concepcion, RHP – Concecpcion was one of my picks to have a breakthrough year, and he’s shown some positives, including his 10.3 K/9. He’s given up a few walks (3.99/9) and has averaged a hit per inning. He’s also been a flyball pitcher, which could jump up and bite him at the next level.
Drew Carpenter, RHP – Carpenter has struggled more at High A than I thought he would, but that is to be expected for a guy who skipped Low A in his first season. 6.51 K/9 and 3.55 BB/9 is not what you want to see, especially because he doesn’t have dominant groundball tendencies.
Scott Mitchinson, RHP – Recovering from surgery, short season ball.
Brett Harker, RHP – Harker was rolling along, stringing together save after save, but he’s blown up over the last few weeks, seeing his ERA rise above 8. A definite setback.
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