The latest news from the Philadelphia Phillies minor league camp. There have been many releases since the last post.
View the latest minor league rosters under the fold. (Updated 3:45pm)
Still a lot of changes to come, so don’t get married to these.
Continue reading Phillies Minor League Groups 4/01/09
Several players who played in the organization were released over the last week (many just today) by the Phils. The list is as follows, along with where they played last year: Continue reading Releases
Thanks to a commenter for posting the link to this article.
The Phils’ international scouting department signed 16-year-old Domingo Santana from the Dominican Republic. Santana, a 6-foot-5 outfielder with a strong throwing arm, received a $300,000 signing bonus. He had also been pursued by the Yankees.
I’m going to try and find some more info on him, and if I do, I’ll update this post. Stay tuned.
Edit: BA has dug up some information on Santana here.
Santana is a 6-foot-5 righthanded hitter with a plus arm in right field. He’s an average runner with a long, projectable frame and is still learning to adjust to breaking balls.
I’m not going to bother with a depth chart for Lakewood, because after we started doing these I realized that everything is still very much in the air, and there isn’t even a whole lot of value in that. But I did see this in today’s scouting notebook by Kevin Goldstein at BP;
Carlos Carrasco, RHP, Phillies: “He has a chance to be special with that changeup.”
Jason Donald, MI, Phillies: “He gets a lot of hype, but I’m just not on that. He’s a bench player at best.”
Remember, this isn’t Goldstein’s opinion, just what scouts have told him.
UPDATED: 3/24/09
Here is a look at the current workout groups for the Phillies minor league teams. Keep in mind that there will be MANY changes before the season actually gets underway. Players are still going to get sent down from the Phillies ST roster to the minors. That will create a ripple effect of players on this list moving down. Also (and unfortunately) many of these players will be cut before the season starts and may not end up on any roster despite where they are listed now. There was a small first round of cuts this week with 11 guys getting their walking papers.
This is updated weekly (on Tuesdays this year), so I will try to get the new groups up ASAP again next week. .
Continue reading 2009 Minor League Workout Groups: 3/24 Update
Infielder Jason Donald along with pitchers Jake Woods and Dave Borkowski were all optioned to minor league camp this evening, Donald had a strong Spring, seeing time at both SS and 3B, hitting .293 in 58 at bats. He had a homer, 4 RBI’s and 3 stolen bases. Borkowski was effective this spring, throwing 5.1 innings with a 1.69 ERA. He walked two and struck out three. Woods, who had some major league experience had an outside shot at sticking as a lefty out of the pen. That shot was quickly dimished with a 7.94 ERA in his 5.2 innings this Spring. Expect all three to have an impact with the IronPigs this year.
These cuts leave Mike Koplove and Gary Majewski fighting for the last spot in the Phillies bullpen if the Phils go North with 12 pitchers.
Minor League rosters continue being filled out with pitcher Kyle Kendrick, catcher Lou Marson and infielder Brad Harmon all being optioned to minor league camp. Kendrick was extremely disappointing, unable to bring himself out of his late season funk, which is now leaning more towards our reality. He was 1-3 with an ERA over 9 in his 4 starts this spring. His WHIP has hovered right around 2. Expect to see him as a member of the ‘Pigs rotation in Lehigh Valley.
Harmon spent the majority of the Spring with the Australian team that participated in the World Baseball Classic and played well, before going 0-7 in his Spring Training at-bats with the Phils. Lou Marson will join the ‘Pigs as well as their everyday catcher after a Spring which saw him struggle from the plate, hitting .125 in 24 Spring at bats (including exhibitions).
We’re going to keep trucking along here and try to figure out who is likely to start in Clearwater when the season opens. So far we’ve covered Lehigh Valley and Reading, and if you see someone who was missed, please post it on their respective post. Again, we’re not worrying about organizational filler here, we’re just focusing on the legit prospects and the fringe guys. So, check below for more…
Each year the Phillies bring a host of new International players to spring training, mostly from their complex league teams in the Dominican Republic and Venezuela. This article will summarize some notes on all the new players that have not yet made their debuts in U.S.-based minor leagues. Some of these players may get sent back to the DSL or VSL leagues to start the season, though most of them usually end up on a GCL roster. The list of players is based on the minor league work groups posted here on PhuturePhillies. It is possible there are a few others in camp that were not on that initial list of workgroups. Continue reading New International Players In Spring Training – 2009
Same deal as the Lehigh Valley post. We’re going to focus mainly on legit prospects and fringe guys and not worry about the career minor leaguers or org guys. We included Marson, Donald, Slayden, Mayberry, Carrasco, Kendrick, Carpenter, Overholt, Zagurski, and Mathieson at AAA, so we won’t use those guys here, obviously. I’m not going to predict that Stutes or Worley will start in Reading, simply because you rarely see guys skip straight to AA in their first full season. It could happen, but I’m not banking on it.
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