The VSL Phillies finished their 2007 a little while ago. The team was a little younger than in past years and consequently struggled a little early in the season after last year’s championships. This year the team finished a respectable 36-31, finishing in 4th place 11.5 games behind the Pirates (who fielded a very old squad). The Phillies were about average for the league in age, though they had several younger prospects with notable performances. Continue reading VSL Phillies Season Wrapup – Top Prospects
Daily Archives: August 17, 2007
The 2007 draft, in one word
Decent. And here’s why I think it’s a decent draft. In the first 10 rounds, the Phillies made more low ceiling picks than high risk/high reward picks. Joe Savery is a good gamble if he can regain his pre injury form, but not everyone is convinced he can do that. d’Arnaud and Mattair are prep prospects with big ceilings, and patience will be needed to see how they develop. Four of the next five picks, however, represent low ceiling, affordable guys. The Phillies took Spencer, Mach, Taylor, Rizzotti and Brummett in rounds 3-7, and of that group, the only guy with a high ceiling is Taylor, and he’s always been the “tools are there, just not the results” guy. Mach and Brummett signed for well below slot, the others right around slot. To make matters worse, the Phillies finished the first 10 rounds with 3 more low ceiling college guys, Chapman, Kissock, and Rocchio. The problem with this, is that the Phillies only took 3 potential above average starting players with their first 10 picks, and they were the first 3 guys taken. The guy with the next highest ceiling is Brandon Workman, and he’ll be at Texas for 3 years.
Ottawa Lynx Week Nineteen
Ottawa began week nineteen on a two game winning streak, (doesn’t sound like much but it had been awhile since they’d won back to back), and had two remaining games in Buffalo before a brief two game series in Rochester. Game one saw the streak end 10-1 but the game was closer than it looked until the eighth inning when the Bisons scored four times off of Lynx reliever Joe Besinius. Although Lynx starter John Ennis, (4-4), wasn’t lights out, he left the game having allowed five runs, (four earned), with Ottawa trailing 5-1 and not completely out of the game yet. Bisons starter Jeffrey Harris, (6-7), pitched seven innings and allowed only four Ottawa hits and one run and the Buffalo pen held the Lynx scoreless over the final two innings.
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