The Good Phight, basically the greatest Phillies site known to man, recently had a chance to interview RJ Swindle, the super soft tossing lefty currently slinging his vaseline balls at Lehigh Valley. Swindle has generated plenty of interest here, I’ve gotten lots of emails about him, so if you’re curious, or just learning his story now, you definitely want to head over to TGP and check out the excellent interview he gave. Sounds like an insightful guy, and even though it appears the Phillies have no intention of giving him a shot, hopefully he’ll catch on somewhere down the road and have a chance to carve out a big league career for himself.
Daily Archives: June 4, 2008
Clearwater Week in Review
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For the first time this season the Clearwater Threshers had a winning record for the week of their report. The team was 4-3 on the week, though they remain at 25-33 on the year and in last place in their division. The good news on the week was the announcement of the F.S.L. All-Star team. Four Threshers were chosen to represent the Western Division at the game this upcoming Father’s Day weekend in Brevard County, FL.
Edgar Garcia, Matt German, Brett Harker, and Gus Milner will all take part in the game. In addition as the defending Western Division champs the Clearwater Threshers coaching staff has the honor of leading the Western Division squad in the game.
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Mock draft version 3.1, the final cut
Well, its that time. Tomorrow is draft day, and that means its time for my final mock draft. You can see version 2.1 here and version 1.1 here. For the last mock draft I put out (2.1), I tried to base my projections mainly off of draft trends, and not really focusing on the latest rumors, as I think track record is generally more important when considering who will go where. Now that we’re only a few days away from the draft, I’m going to take those track records as well as the latest rumors into consideration and try to give my absolute best guess. I’ll go through the first 34 picks, which would cover the Phillies compensation pick. I think trying to guess after the first round is pretty nearly impossible, as the talent dropoff begins and the signability factor, which few of us really have a handle on, becomes a big issue. So, lets get started….
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