Huppert not yet asked to Philly

Transactions

Sometimes it is the lack of a move that tells a story.  During their last two post season appearances, Lehigh Valley Manager Dave Huppert was asked to join the Phillies following the minor league season for the final month of the major league regular season and for the post season run to help out with coaching responsibilities.  According to sources, Huppert has not gotten that call this season as of yet, a call he generally would receive by this juncture of the season.  With Lehigh Valley 28 games below .500 and generally exhibiting a stunning lack of fundamentals at many times throughout the season, speculation is that his player’s performance may have caught up with Huppert after three sub par years.  Currently at 2-10 in extra inning games and 14-34 in one run games, Lehigh Valley has exhibited the talent to remain close in games (they have played the most one run games in the league), however their late inning inability has left many a viewer/fan scratching their head.

11 thoughts on “Huppert not yet asked to Philly”

  3. Astute observation. Looks like it’s time to bring in a new head of the ‘Pig family to get things in order on the farm.

    Like

  4. Mark Parent might be a good idea. Someday Charlie will retire and it would be nice to groom someone from within the org.

    Like

  5. Just let him go after the season and move every other minor league manager up a peg. It would keep Mark Parent together with the vast majority of Lakewood prospects that he’s brought along this season as they all moved to Clearwater together. I’m not the biggest Steve Roadcap(Reading manager) fan so if he was let go as well I wouldn’t have a big problem with it. I think Roadcap leaves his pitchers in the game too long and makes some pretty odd moves at time.

    I think Clearwater’s manager (Dusty Wathan) did a very good job with Lakewood last year obviously (won the sally league), and he’s got Clearwater close to .500 this year despite having a lot of problems. His ace pitcher from Lakewood ’09 blew up at Clearwater this year (Trevor May), his 3 best hitters were all promoted to Reading during the season (Rizzotti, Garcia, Overbeck), the guy who would have been the starting catcher for Clearwater was traded in the Halladay deal (Travis d’Arnaud) and their starting CF who was a SB machine at Lakewood was getting picked off once for almost every time he stole a base (Anthony Gose) and got traded in July.

    Like

  6. You guys are so easily fooled . Huppert was sent to Lehigh to die.
    84 wins at Lakewood
    83 wins at Clearwater
    The next progress should of been to Reading but he was sent to a no talent team in a
    graveyard league to make him look bad.

    Huppert almost never lost a pitcher and deserved better than this treatment.

    Like

  7. I agree with Nowheels please–I was at Friday nights game–Huppert did not walk in 3 runs with the bases loaded–it was painful watching Savery walk in two straight after going 4 innings with only 2 hits–he was a poor first round pick. Huppert also did not make the second base and shortstop errors after they had made some sensational plays.

    The Pigs have limited talent and except for the bullpen, the Phillies do not kept any good prospects there for any length of time–Dom Brown only was there for 28 games.
    Huppert cannot make up for the lack of ability of these players.

    Like

  9. You could have John McGraw and Casey Stengel come back from the dead and coach this team and they would suck just the same. At times, they’re almost like a glorified Atlantic League team. I can see next year being a completely different team as the only fielders I would want back are Thompson, Tracy (if he’s still playing), Hoover, and Rizzotti. I think their pitching will be a little better next year with Worley there and Schwimmer there for a full year.

    Like

  10. He’s gone. Haven’t heard the official reason yet but I’m sure it’s related to both his record and his impact on prospects’ development.

    Like

Comments are closed.