July 27 Discussion

Box Score Recap

Another day, another roundup

GCL Phillies lost 4-1.
Williamsport lost 3-2.
Lakewood won 4-3.
Lakewood won 5-0.
Lehigh Valley lost 6-3.

* Brody Colvin’s streak of starts without an earned run extends to 4. 1.37 ERA in his last 59 IP, with a 50/16 K to BB rate and 1.46 GB to FB.
* Singleton was 2/3 in the 2nd game, with a walk, up to .313 again.
* Julio Rodriguez with 10 K in 6 IP. 2.81 ERA in 51.1 IP with 58 K and 25 BB. Still just 19.
* Rough night for Schwim, his defense didn’t help.

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  1. Colvin has given up a ton of unearned runs, 19 so far this year. I wonder how much this has to do with the defense per se (the other Lakewood starters don’t have notable UER totals), and how much it has to do with the way he reacts after a bad defensive play behind him.

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  2. Isn’t it nice when your 2 youngest pitchers at the A level have excellent outings. Julio Rodriguez is 15 days younger than Colvin and they are pitching very well. JC Ramirez also pitched well in the Reading suspended game. His line: 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 5K and a BB. Lendy Castillo went 6 innings giving up 5H, 1 ER and had 7Ks. He’s old for the GCL but he started the year in the DSL.

    Over the weekend, Aumont went 7IP with 8H, 3ER, 7K and 2 BBs. Improvement continues. Pettibone went 7 with 3 H, 0 ER 3K. I think we’d all like to see a lot more Ks. Fritsch went 5 innings giving up 3H, 1ER with 6K and a BB.

    Gregg has been pointing out the stable of relievers at LHV: Mathieson, Zagurski, Schwim, Bastardo and Stutes. They’ve been very good. Even Schwim’s small meltdown last night was at the end of a 15 inning affair and as pointed out, the defense had a bit to do with that. I’m sure Schwim wouldn’t blame the D but it played a part. Practically every other reliever on the team had been used at 2 innings each except Stutes and Bastardo because they went the night before.

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  3. Not even mentioned was Rizz goes 4-4 in suspended game with 2 2B’s and an RBI. Also, Villar is up to 41 errors. I don’t care where you play, that’s a ton of errors.

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  4. Bellman
    Faint progress at best. If can get back to the stats he had last year ,it still a lost year.
    Good luck to Aumont anyway. At some point I hope they at least try him at closing.

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  5. Interestingly Brown and Rizzotti each have had 236 AA at bats this season. Rizzo is hitting .360/. 437/.653 and Brown hit .318/.391/.602. Rizzo has 10 more hits, 5 more doubles, one more homer and 12 more total bases than did Brown. They each struck out 51 times.

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  6. Rizz is hot for sure now. He looks like he’s dead set on tearing it up this season. So how come he gets not even the slightest mention from Baseball America? With his impressive stats, is he not an MLB prospect as a 1st baseman or DH?

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  7. Lost in the shuffle…but Anthony Hewitt walked in the second game of the double header. I thought I’d seen everything!

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  8. ****With his impressive stats, is he not an MLB prospect as a 1st baseman or DH?****

    Because he came out of nowhere and was too old for his league…he still is technically as a 24 year old in AA.

    Still, the longer he keeps destroying the ball, the more and more he looks like a fringe MLBer.

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  9. Agreed NEPP. Also, for me personally, I temper my enthusiasm for him because there isn’t a place on the Phillies for him right now or in the foreseeable future. He is of most value as a trade chip.

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  10. ***He is of most value as a trade chip.***

    Definitely. He’d likely be a very solid platoon guy if given a chance as the LH bat of a 1B platoon. His stats are very good overall but he’s absolutely killing RHP.

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  11. I’m probably repeating something that’s been said quite a few times, but now that Singleton is no longer hitting over .400, it’s still ridiculously impressive how consistent he is with drawing walks

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  12. GregA: I get your broad point. But there might be a place for Rizz on Phils bench this September as third LH hitter off the bench. Why not take advantage of maybe the hottest hitter in high minors?

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  13. we need to pay more attention to Julio Rodriguez . very impressive numbers. very impressive. does anyone have a report on his stuff? he looks like an 8th round gem.

    the 2008 draft is looking to be a great draft. not good. great! kinda funny, because i recall people being so down on the draft because we took hewitt in the first round. and while our two first round picks seem to be staring “bust” right in the eye, the scouts really hit with a bunch of other picks. gotta tip your hat to our scouts. i remember when they didn’t have the prospects to land one ace at the trade deadline. remember the days of “we just didn’t have enough to get it done”. it was so painful. no one wanted to trade with us. now, we have more than enough prospects to land a second ace in 6 months, and still have a bunch of great prospects left over.

    it does seem like every year a lot of posters on this blog bash the phillies for their draft strategy. “they don’t go over slot enough, like the red sox.” “they keep making the same mistake by taking raw athletes.” those quotes seem kinda silly to me looking at their results.

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  14. I really do wish they would promote Rizzotti. If people recall, the year Howard tore up AA, they gave him a little more than 100 ABs in AAA to determine if he was for real (he was) and they promoted him to the big leagues in September. I don’t know if Rizzotti is for real, but far be it from me to say that a 24 year-old guy hitting nearly .360 with power and discipline is a mirage. We have to let Matt Rizzotti continue to write this story while we watch . . . in amazement.

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  15. NEPP ~~~ no one uses a platoon at 1B. 1B is an offensive position and most teams have a big banger there. Rizzotti is a fringe MLBer…maybe a bench player. Very unlikely he ever cracks a major league lineup as a full-time 1B. And its doubtful that he can play LF. He is a big, lumbering guy. Do you think he is more athletic than Ryan Howard? I don’t. And if you remember, the Phillies tried Howard in LF and he couldn’t cut it. Not trying to downplay what Rizzotti is doing this year, but in reality he is probably never a starting 1B in the bigs and he isn’t playing the OF in the majors. And there’s nothing wrong with that! Sticking around the majors as a bench player/pinch hitter is impressive in its own right. Not everyone can be the Ryan Howards and the Chase Utleys. Teams need the Greg Dobbs/Ross Gload types too…

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  16. ***Rizzotti is a fringe MLBer…maybe a bench player. Very unlikely he ever cracks a major league lineup as a full-time 1B. ***

    i must admit, i truly don’t understand quotes like this. it just doesn’t make any sense to me. maybe the author is an advanced mlb scout that has spent considerable time analyzing Rizzotti’s swing and sees holes that make him not t projectable to mlb. but i doubt it.

    i understand that he has come out of no where. and there is a very real possibility that he is a one year wonder. maybe. maybe not. i know one thing for certain…i have no clue what the future holds for Matt Rizzotti. so i am just going to sit back and enjoy the show.

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  17. PPFan –

    Despite Hewitt (and possibly Collier) being a bust, the 2008 draft looks like quite a successful one. Keep in mind they were able to “sell high” on Knapp as a trading chip. Worley already made it to the bigs, and Stutes and Schwimer are looking like they are just about ready for the Bigs. A 38th rounder has become a premium prospect. Gose and May have some star potential. Heck, even guys like Cisco have far exceeded expectations.

    Looking back at a list of the draft picks, there was also Damarii Saunderson in there. I still think there was some ballot box stuffing to get him into the top 30.

    – Jeff

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  18. Don’t we always hear that High A to AA is the biggest jump? Don’t people always claim that the best prospects are in AA? Somehow, in the case of Rizzotti, his production is regarded an anomaly. Obviously, no one knows how he will do at the highest level, but anything close to what he is doing now makes him a major league starter. It seems that the Phillies tried him in the outfield at the beginning of his minor league career and it didn’t work so his position will be either first base or DH.

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  19. BA mentions Pettibone in their round-up today. Says he “throws downhill with good sink on a 92-93 mph fastball” and has a decent breaking pitch. Good ground ball numbers and throws him in the “to watch” bin with Valle, Villar, Colvin ect…

    Man, I need to get me to New Jersey to see these guys.

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  20. “no one uses a platoon at 1B. 1B is an offensive position and most teams have a big banger there.”

    The Rangers are trying to acquire a RH 1B to platoon with Chris Davis. It’s rare, but it happens.

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  21. Actually the thought that most teams have a big banger at first is just an illusion. Many teams could use an upgrade. The Phils just don’t happen to be one of them.

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  23. None of us know how good Rizz will be as a fielder. BlueClaws blog ran a quote recently cite a Phils guy saying he was much improved as a fielder. Still it’s hard to imagine that if he were even as good as Howard before Howard got better the last two years, he would be playing there every day, with his bat. You have to think he is still at the level of a fielding liability, even if improving. I don’t know for sure, but that is the logical conclusion to draw from reports we have heard and the fact that they DH him (less DHing recently though, I think).

    Bring him up in September and get a first-hand idea how he handles the bat. Then keep him improving at 1B, even if you have to send him to FIL for that this fall. That gives you the best options of keeping him for depth (in case of Howard injury in 2011/12) or trading him to either a NL or (more likely) AL team for good value.

    I would not trade him this year. That would likely be selling low. Unless he is the throw-in that fetches someone good.

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  24. DiamondDerby makes a lot of sense and can people please stop calling Rizzotti old for his league. He is only 24 and was drafted out of college which automatically makes him and other college draftees slightly old for their leagues. Rizzotti should be in 3A right now and then he wouldn’t be old at all for the league.

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  25. Seems to me that there is very little difference between the level of play at AA and AAA. Am i correct in assuming this or not. And if I am correct then a 24 year old Rizzotti is not really old

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  26. He’s been old at every level he’s been to until now. Now, he’s just slightly above the average age for a “legitimate” prospect. I doubt that the Phillies will call him up in September, and I doubt even less that he would have any meaningful at bats if he were called up. I would love to see him get to AAA before the end of the season and then head off to the Arizona League to really see what they have.

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  27. Well … as time has passed, I do sense that some of the Rizzotti skeptics have remained perhaps a little TOO skeptical, and the non-skeptics have gotten a little less … overboard, shall we say.

    But his BABIP remains unsustainable (.402, well above even the best historical performances in that category; very few hitters can sustain a BABIP over .330, the few who do tend to be fast & extreme line drive hitters, and even stars are usually lower than .330).

    I tend to think that if he does get a chance at a regular major league job he will keep it for a couple years (which of course is a way of saying that he should get that chance, assuming continued solid minor league performance). The average ML 1B this year has a slash line of .271/.355/.460. If Rizz can equal that (and I think he has a good shot of doing that, even if his upside isn’t much higher than that), he will play regularly for someone.

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  28. ****NEPP ~~~ no one uses a platoon at 1B. 1B is an offensive position and most teams have a big banger there.****

    Actually teams have and do use a platoon on occasion. Most teams dont but again, it does happen. As a baseball “expert” I’m sure you already knew that though.

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  29. Obviously when I said no one uses a platoon at 1B, I didn’t mean that it is NEVER done. Perhaps I worded that too strongly. There are rarely platoons at 1B. So far the only proof anyone has given that teams use a platoon at 1B is that the Rangers are TRYING to get a RH bat to platoon with Chris Davis. What other 1B platoons are there in the majors? Please list them. Thank you

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  30. It will cost Phils very little to have Rizz on the bench to hit for the pitcher in 5th or 6th inning or hit for a Valdez when a long ball is needed and Gload/Dibbs have been used. I do not discount the possibility. Phils could well do it, IMO. He is locked in like maybe only a half dozen other hitters in minors. He could get 10-15 ABs and 3 or 4 could help win a game.

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  31. Here you go NEPP. Here is a list of every major league team and their 1st Baseman. There are 30 major league teams. Only the Pirates use anything close to a platoon. So…1 out of 30 teams use a platoon at 1B. Now let’s do another exercise. Let’s say Rizzotti makes the majors next year. Which of the following teams could he start for? What MLB starting 1B is he better than. The whole list is right here. Please put your thoughts on record…which of these starting 1B will Rizzotti be better than at the major league level. Thanks…

    Yankees – Texeira
    Rays – Perez
    Red Sox-Youkilis
    Blue Jays-Overbay
    Orioles-Wiggington
    White Sox-Konerko
    Twins-Mourneau
    Tigers-Cabrera
    Royals-Butler
    Indians-LaPorta
    Rangers-Davis
    Athletics-Barton
    Angels-Morales
    Mariners-Kotchman

    Braves-Glaus
    Phillies-Howard
    Marlins-Sanchez
    Mets-Davis
    Nationals-Dunn
    Cardinals-Pujols
    Reds-Votto
    Brewers-Fielder
    Cubs-Lee
    Astros-Berkman
    Pirates-Jones/Clement
    Padres-Gonzalez
    Giants-Posey
    Dodgers-Loney
    Rockies-Helton
    DBacks-LaRoche

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  32. In case this means anyone to anything, the Baseball America Daily Prospect Report that was started by KG when he was there had Matt Rizzotti (4-4, 2 Doubles) listed in yesterday’s report.

    They certainly don’t just put anybody on there. I am not sure who updates that for them nowadays (what with KG at BP now), but the mere fact that he is on that list shows that someone at Baseball America considers him a prospect.

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  34. TheAnswer333:

    Well I’m with you on the platoon issue. And “next year” is probably too much to expect.

    But if he can hit .271/.355/.460 – not unreasonable, I think, by, say, 2012 – then he would be better than 8 of the NL firstbasemen on your list, at least offensively based on this year’s numbers. I didn’t look at the AL.

    So why is is so hard to believe that he could be a ML regular at some point in his career?

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  35. From the Q&A of the prospect hot sheet report on BA. Looks like we didn’t need to “restock” the farm after all…..yes I am still bitter about Cliff Lee!

    Ben (Leland Grove): If you had to pick one team’s farm system as the most impressive overall at present, who would it be and why?

    Matthew Eddy: I’m really coming around on the Royals. I liked Moustakas, Hosmer, Myers and Lamb perhaps more than most coming into the year, and they certainly have done nothing to extinguish that flame this year. The Braves and Phillies would also have to be in the discussion, but what separates the Royals is the two elite hitters at the upper levels.

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  36. So ESPN keeps on saying that the Phils have Singleton as untouchable. I don’t understand that, even if he is the 2nd coming, he would need a position switch and is years away. Not saying that you give him away but if you can get value for him, he would have to be trade bait.

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  37. RULZ,

    For whom, though? I mean, in the abstract, yes, I can see players for whom I’d include him in a package – but for the players on the market? Would you include him in a package for Oswalt? If not him, who?

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  38. The Phillies have two all-stars in their outfield that were pulled off of other teams scrap heaps. There are guys that break out late that end up having decent careers. There are outliers everywhere that defy the odds and general logic. Maybe Rizz is one of them, but the offensive demands of 1st base are so high that it seems very unlikely that he will end up being better than league average. I think he ends up being a really good PH who gets traded to another team who losses their 1st base/DH for an extended time. Not sure he starts beyond that, but I am no expert…

    Interesting question: what do people see as Rizzotti’s floor/ceiling potential?

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  39. Well, for one, the Orioles have mixed and matched at 1B this year, the Giants are using Aubrey Huff now that Posey is their everyday C, the Mariners had huge issues at 1B as do the Pirates and a couple other clubs. There is some small value in his bat and some 2nd division clubs might very well go the value platoon route instead of trying to use an overpriced veteran “name” player or what they currently have. Saying its NEVER done is a simplication as platoons in general aren’t used all that often anymore with the expansion of bullpen sizes.

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  40. ****what do people see as Rizzotti’s floor/ceiling potential?****

    Floor: Career minor-leaguer ala Andy Tracy
    Ceiling: Fringe MLB 1B on second division club.

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  41. When did .271 .356 .460 become the baseline for Mike Rizzotti? From where were those numbers pulled? I believe the 271 is a reasonable figure for projection of BA. The OBP of .355 is a stretch. The .460 slugging is totally out of line from his career. He had a .477 in the “pro stadiums” of the FSL, and that was with a .358 average. If Rizzotti hits .271 in the major leagues, I doubt that he would have a 355 OBP. A .460 SLG makes no sense for a 271 average from Rizzotti. And for a player with no defensive position, those numbers would have to be the minimum production.
    Sell high.

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  42. Ignoring the option year issue, yeah I’d have to consider trading him for Oswalt. He’s at least 2.5 years away and blocked at first until 2016. Why not include him in a package that gives you any type of top end pitching talent. Oswalt, Davis, Hellickson, Carmona, whoever.

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  43. Those are the numbers for this year’s average NL first baseman. My point was that (a) I could see him hitting that well, and (b) if he does, he’ll have a regular job for someone.

    Now, what support did I provide for (a)? Well, none. But let me try to defend it here. (a) OBP – he can take a walk Let’s take this year’s BB% (.106) and apply it to a full season with .271 BA. It would yield an OBP of roughly.348. So .355 is not much of a stretch if he can maintain that. (b) As for the slugging %, his ISO this year is .238, verus “only” .189 for the average NL first baseman. Now, that may or may not be realistic, but I don’t see how it doesn’t “make sense” to believe that he may be capable of that in the major leagues at some point.

    To put it another way, in 600 plate appearances, getting to .271/.355/.460 would require 69 BB, 145 hits, 37 doubles and 21 HR in 600 PA. I’m not predicting that for Rizzotti, but I see it as well within the realm of the possible.

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  44. Rulz,

    Regarding Oswalt – It won’t be straight up, though. Add Happ and another lesser prospect or two … and I no, I wouldn’t do that. Even without picking up the option year – and I think they would have to.

    Now, I WOULD include him in package for (say) Carmona, but I gather that the price for Carmona would be quite prohibitive, likely Singleton AND one of other other top 5 prospect, plus other prospects.

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  45. I never said that it would be straight up. Just saying that I can’t understand why he would be viewed as untouchable.

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  46. Other than Brown, who in this organization is projected to be an above average hitter who can hit for power? No one other than Singleton right now in my opinion (still to early for me to project Santana). The top 10 prospects in this organization is flooded with pitching and speed outfielders.

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  47. Greg Dobbs at AA: .389 OBP, .521 SLG, .910 OPS, (334 PA), 20 BB/41 K

    Ross Gload at AA: .333 OBP, .494 SLG, .826 OPS (439 PA), 29 BB/53 K

    Matt Rizzotti at AA: .437 OBP, .653 SLG, 1.089 OPS, (268 PA), 28 BB/51 K

    I’m not saying, I’m just saying…

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  48. You hold on to Singleton because right now he is a top 50 guy. 2 more years of good production and he is a top 10 guy.
    Top 10 guys get you Cliff Lee (Justin Smoak). Top 50 guys have to be combined with other good prospects for Roy Oswalt.
    The Phillies are continuing to take the long view. Let’s not complain as the Phils are set up to compete through 2013.

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  49. gov,

    Well sure, and if your point is that Rizz isn’t going to be a star, you’re correct. But what I see lately around here is that expectations have been (appropriately) reduced after the first enthusiasm, and maybe some people have gone too far in that direction. After all, both Gload and Dobbs, now past their peaks, have had decent careers & spent a little time as semi regulars. And both had somewhat less impressive AA numbers than Rizz.

    Just trying to restore the balance here. Look, a guy like Rizz won’t get multiple chances; if he (say) hits .200/.250/.300 in his first 100 MLB PA, which even a good hitter can do, then he turns into Andy Tracy. But he could easily have a Gload/Dobbs career or even a bit better, and that’s nothing to sneeze at.

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  51. The Reading game that was suspended last night is now being played. Rizzotti just got a single so he’s 5 for 5 in the game.

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  52. Greg Dobbs got to AA at age 23 and hit .365 /.425 /.541 for a .966 OPS. He has played 3B, RF, 2B and LF.
    At the age of 23, Rizzotti was in A ball hitting. 265 and a defensively challenged 1B…
    just say’n.

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  53. Difference is Dobbs and Gload can play multiple positions making them much more valuable as bench players

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  54. Mike77, from what I’ve heard, the stadiums at FSL are actually slightly larger than the average MLB stadium and the humidity does tend to kill a lot of long balls. That said, your larger point is well taken. Aside from his recent stint at Reading, we really haven’t seen outstanding power numbers from Rizzotti.

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  55. While Rizzotti is no Keith Hernandez with the glove, he only has 2 errors. Don’t know if I would call that “defensively challenged,” especially considering most balls go through 1B.

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  56. Worley liked his taste of the majors. He wants to come back.

    So far tonight:

    5 IP, 7 K, 4 H, 0 ER, 8 to 0 GO/FO

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  57. No one on here can say how good this kid riz could be. There are a lot of average fielders , howard, dunn, ortiz,when he play a positon and so on.With this kid its all here say. How many people have seen him a lot to say he cant field? or did a scout say it. scout vary on players. This kids numbers shouldn’t be ignore. He is having a breakout year, if he keeps it up they will find a place for him. The only thing is he is lefthanded,

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  58. I’ve seen Matt Rizzotti play in all but a handful of games since he came to Reading. He has some issues on sharp balls but it definetly is improving. I really don’t like when people on here call him a DH/occasional 1st baseman, he has played almost every game at first base for a while now. I don’t like how people on here think of him as this lumbering first baseman also, he is mush more athletic than his reputation is on here, heck I’ve even seen him steal, he isn’t that slow.

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  59. Decided to look thru my ticket bin, I’ve been to 29 Reading phillies games since Rizzotti came.

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  60. Rizzotti has 8 straight hits in his last 8 at bats from his last two at bats Sat. night, four at bats last night and his first two at bats tonight so far.

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  61. The past few times I’ve seen Worley he just seemed to jump to another level in ability. Early in the year he had his above average moments and then other times where he was just average with his stuff. But his past few starts just before the call up his stuff just seems dramtically better, making batters look foolish at times

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  62. Rizz is just on fire, he keeps hitting like this and he will make a strong case for a september call up (baring a trade package of course)

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  63. Either do I Jermey they listen to one scouting report and bam he is nothing , org filler, cant field. The other day didnt someone post the org, scouting report on cosart. two different scouting bureau one was not too postive on him, the other was very high on him.Singelton off his senior year couldnt have great reports by a lot of scouts, You never know how a kid will develop

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  64. Six more shutout innings for Worley on 99 pitches. He now has 23 straight shutout innings, 17 with Reading and 6 with Lehigh Valley, sandwiched around a shut out inning in the EL All Star game and a shutout inning for the Phils on Sat. over his last 5 appearances.

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  67. Astros scouts are currently at this game. Obviously nothing to get too excited about, but Worley once was drafted by Ed Wade in 2005 I believe, and the tear he’s been on can only make him look good.

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  73. doubtful. If Victorino gets DL’d Ill put money on it being John Mayberry being called up and Ross Gload starting.

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  75. What I think is most impressive about Rizz is that has production has kept pace without having Bozeid or Brown in the line ups anymore. There’s no protection

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  76. Still don’t believe they would start Dom Brown’s clock early. Victorino isn’t tearing it up. They’ll just play Gload and call up Mayberry until September.

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  77. Brown is already past the Super Two deadline. If the Phillies wanted to prevent from starting his clock early, they would have to hold him out until around June of next year. With Werth probably leaving in free agency, I really don’t see Amaro being able to justify that move.

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  78. That’s the part that’s confusing to me. From most places that I hear, it doesnt matter if Dom is brought up now or in September, he’d still be controlled for the same number of years before arbitration starts. Isnt that the reason Buster Posey was held back until June so that the Giants could squeeze an extra year out of him?

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  79. If the Phillies wanted to showcase Mathieson as a “throw in” piece to a trade with Houston, he ruined that tonight. Gave up 4 runs, including 2 HRs in one third of an inning.

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  81. I truly think that Amaro wants to bring D Brown up and see what he’s got. One thing this injury did is kill any talk of a Werth trade. Brown has to get the call, bringing up Mayberry and starting Gload, would be viewed as throwing in the towel. Now if the Hawaiian is only out a day or two, Amaro doesn’t make the call and Gload plays for a few games. But one way or another the decision has to be made in short order.

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  82. So, two things… if you’re going to bring up Brown, who do you get rid of on the 40 man? Because to me, I think it’s John Mayberry. If they don’t get rid of him, then Mayberry is the call up. Or can they put Moyer on a long term DL and bring Brown onto the 40 man?

    Second, it occurred to me to ask if Ryan Howard was hurt today, who would be first in line to fill his shoes… I’m sure they would do Gload etc. but then who would be called up? What I’m getting at is… Rizz? I’m not saying this would or is to happen, it just kinda struck me as interesting.

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  83. if its a short DL stint it would be dumb to bring Brown up. Its just going to cause issues for when Victorino comes off the DL.

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  85. This definetly complicates any trade, what’s disconcerning about that was Ozwalts comments about being willing to play for an east coast team and that he was willing to negotiate the 12′ option. Just when progress was made this happens. Further ticking me off is my intention to see the Ironpigs play tomorrow, will be upset if Brown isn’t there.

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  86. Werth is basically completely off the market at this point. And that’s the right call anyway.

    I dont see Oswalt happening.

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  87. Lilly or Myers or Carmona would fit the bill nicely. Even if the Phils make the playoffs is anyone confident with Blanton going out there for a game 3?

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  88. The Phillies only have 38 guys on the 40 man roster…so if they had to they could add Brown w/no problem

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  89. The only person I have less faith in than Blanton is Lidge, something needed to be done about the rotation and this definetly mucked that up.

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  90. I would add Rizzotti to the 40 man and call him up if Victorino goes on the DL and use him as my lefthanded bat off the bench and platoon Francisco and Gload in right with Raul in left and Werth in center.

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  91. It’s now official. Rizz has enough plate appearances and leads the EL with a .364 BA. He also leads the Southern and Texas league AA.

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  93. I’m surprised no one took umbrage to Rizz’s ceiling as “Fringe MLB 1B on second division club.” I am trying not to drink the kool aid on him, but even I would say his ceiling appears to be higher than that. I think his *ceiling* would be more like Lyle Overbay. Not many players reach their ceiling, but I think that is a best-case scenario for him, not just a fringe guy.

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  97. LV manager told the press after the game that he would think it would be Mayberry called up if Vic is out. Also he refused to answer if Brown was “ready”. He said that all indications from the front office he has received is that when Brown would come up it would be for good. Brown left the stadium immediatly and avoided any questions on the matter.

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  98. Ive been reading an old article in the Inquirer thats about 2 weeks old and I cam across this snippet regarding the current state of Jonathan Singleton.

    “He had a 17-pitch at-bat the other day and he’s starting to hit line drives. He has been pitched as tough as anybody in the league.”

    17 pitches!

    Read more: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/20100717_Phils__prospects_blooming_on_the_farm_in_Lakewood.html#ixzz0uxOQvnWz
    Watch sports videos you won’t find anywhere else

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  99. Something that’s kind of gone unnoticed amid all the Rizz/Brown/May talk- Anthony Gose has 8 steals in his last 10 games, and has only been thrown out once. Maybe a sign of more progress for him.

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  100. its past june, there is no excuse for not bringing up dom brown, the phils are in a tight race right now so if vic has to go on the dl you have to bring up your best player which is brown

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