We’ve got box scores!
GCL Phillies won 5-0.
Williamsport lost 8-3.
Lakewood won 17-3.
Clearwater lost 4-0.
Reading lost 11-0.
Lehigh Valley lost 6-0.
* Jesse Biddle was good again. 5 IP – 0 ER – 2 H – 2 BB – 3 K. Has been awesome for the last month.
* Kelly Dugan is raking, on his “rehab assignment” 12/20 with 3 2B a BB and a SB
* Leandro Castro 2/6 with 2 HR, Valle with another HR (15) and even Hewitt with #8
The End.
I’ve recently updated the outdated “Primer” page at the top of the site. I included the link to background information on the site, an overview of the 20-80 scale and scouting tools, and then there are a few more advanced baseball statistics that I like to reference here. Please check this page out, and then let me know if there are other topics or items that you think could be added into the page. My goal is to make that page the one stop reference for anyone new to the site. I also addressed the topic of donations. I’ve done this before, but it seems there is still confusion, as I get a few emails a week asking me about the process. The donation button on the right side of the page, which gets way too many clicks every day (in relation to the actual number of donations), directs you to paypal. All donations go toward maintaining and running the site. The site is ad-free, I make no money off of it, and everyone who contributes here does so on a voluntary basis.
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Sorry, I dont have time to post box score links. If one of my fellow authors has time, they can edit this spot and paste in the links in the usual format.
Until then, discuss. Ill give you a topic. Brody Colvin. Go!
Updated:
Lehigh Valley lost 8-1
Reading Off
Clearwater won 1-0
Lakewood won 10-6
Williamsport lost 8-7
Gulf Coast won 14-3
Also, per the Reading Phillies team site, Austin Hyatt has been promoted to Reading
For those of you who aren’t aware, Mike is the brains behind the Scouting the Sally website, and with Lakewood a member of the South Atlantic League, he gets a chance to scout Phillies prospects. After a recent trip to Greenville to see the Blueclaws and the Drive, he wrote up a detailed scouting report on Jon Singleton, which you can read here. Mike was also kind enough to do an interview and share his thoughts on Jon Singleton and other BlueClaws. Check below for the Q/A
Continue reading Interview with Mike from Scouting the Sally
Recap: Lakewood had an uncharacteristic week, going 2-4-1 (including a suspended game that ended in a 2-2 tie, but won’t be resumed although the stats will count). Nonetheless, the ‘Claws remain in first place in the SAL North at 25-17, 1.5 games ahead of Hickory. Overall, they are 67-45. Lakewood needs to go 18-9 over the last month of the year to set a franchise record for wins. Somewhat of an abbreviated report this week due to time constraints on my end… Continue reading Lakewood Weekly Report (8/2-8/8)
Infielder Cody Ransom has cleared waivers and accepted his outright assignment to Lehigh Valley. Prior to his call up to the Phillies, Ransom was among the league leaders in HR and RBI in the International League and should help the stagnant Lehigh Valley offense. With Ransom, Mayberry, and the rehabbing Shane Victorino in the Lehigh Valley lineup there should be a new dynamic, at least for the next few days in Allentown.
Making room for Ransom the ‘Pigs placed starting pitcher Nate Bump on the DL. Bump, who was an International League All Star has struggled to return from Lyme’s disease, going 2 innings and giving up a run on 5 hits in his last start.
In today’s Gelb-Brookover collaboration, they note the Phillies have signed Venezuelan SS Anderson Gonzalez for $300K, the amount that seems to have become the Phillies comfort amount over the last few years in Latin America. For reference (and this is off the top of my head), a $300K bonus for a player drafted in June would be 3rd round money. Here is what G-B have to say
The Phillies lost a talented prospect when they surrendered single-A Lakewood shortstop Jonathan Villar in the deal with Houston that brought them righthander Roy Oswalt at the trade deadline. They are hoping they signed another talented shortstop prospect in Anderson Gonzalez, who recently received a $300,000 bonus. That’s the largest bonus the Phillies have paid to any of their international signings this year. “I love his hands, his athleticism and the way he plays the game,” said Sal Agostinelli, the Phillies’ international scouting supervisor. “He’s built a little bit like [Derek] Jeter. It’s a body that he will fill into. The thing I really love is that he can hit. He doesn’t have a lot of power, but he’s only 16.” Gonzalez is the second Venezuelan shortstop the team has added during the international signing period, which began July 2. They also signed Francisco Silva for $180,000. The Phillies could not sign Gonzalez at the beginning of the international signing period because he was not yet 16 years old. He turned 16 July 25. Agostinelli said Gonzalez will soon join the Phillies’ Venezuelan Summer League team and report to the Florida Instructional League later this year. He will also play in the Venezuelan Parallel League during the winter.
Just a note. The signing deadline is next Monday. At this point, don’t read anything into the chatter about who will and won’t sign. There have been tons of cases where kids were geared up and ready to go to school, only to sign in the last few hours. We’ll find out next Monday, no sense getting bent out of shape before then. Now, the games
Williamsport lost 6-3.
Lakewood lost 5-4.
Reading lost 9-4.
Lehigh Valley lost 5-2.
Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes the bear eats you.
Two games in two days–made it to Reading today (with family, so I missed the start and end of the game). I was interested in watching Harold Garcia and Cody Overbeck as position players (Galvis got the night off) and seeing Drew Naylor throw.
Thanks to JKearse for another interview.
.396/.496/.723 with 16 homeruns and 16 stolen bases in 202 at bats. These were Gauntlett Eldemire’s college stats as a junior for Ohio University. Gauntlett was the Phillies 2010 draft pick, and the 6’3 195 pound outfielder is known to have plus power along with plus speed. Unlike most Phillies outfielder picks, the 21 year old is right handed and murdered left handed pitching last year at a .400 clip. A 2010 All-Mid-American Conference First Team selection, Eldemire was projected to go anywhere from the second to fourth round and the Phillies grabbed him with a sixth round pick. Unfortunately, while in Philly for his physical with the team, the doctors discovered a chipped bone fragment as well as two torn ligaments which came from being hit by a pitch and it prevents Gauntlett from getting on the field immediately. This was his second unfortunate injury recently, the other being a stress fracture in his leg dooming his shot at playing for Team USA. However, he should be healthy in the fall, and while his skills are raw, he has a ton of potential and could be very exciting to watch once he gets on the field. Thanks to Gauntlett for doing this interview.
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