Box Score Recap 6-11-2012

Box Score Recap

Not bad from Perci Garner tonight.  Struck out 5 over 6 innings of 2 hit ball, but he did walk 4.  Cameron Rupp went deep in that one. 

Lakewood game 2 is all the way at the end.

LV  REA Off  CLR  LKW1  LKW2  DSL  VSL

43 thoughts on “Box Score Recap 6-11-2012”

  1. Is Myers for real? Only one way to find out. Nothing to lose by moving him to Reading. Who knows he might surprise.
    Franco needs time off until short season. He needs to regroup

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    1. No. He is 23 and in his third year at A+. He has 1,500 ABs in the minors during which he has shown poor contact rates and poor walk rates.

      That said I admire him for his willingness to stick with it despite his stuggles. On the plus side he is reportedly fast and a good fielder.

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  2. Tyler Cloyd still getting it done, yet we still suffer thru BLanton giving up 5 ER a game for 10 million………….. ???????????

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      2. I agree with Anonymous #1. In Cloyd, he could be effective in the ML as a finesse pitcher. Kyle Kendrick has lived with it and some others even more successfully. He should be given an opportunity soon, as he’s likely to best Blanton who typically gives you a five-six inning, four-five run effort.

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        1. I disagree. I know what i am getting with Blanton, but we have no idea what cloyd will do in the majors. I let fat joe ride until the winter then let cloyd battle for a starters spot in spring training.

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          1. Truth is that unless Blanton gets better, he probably only remains in the rotation until Halladay returns anyway. They are fine with letting Cloyd remain at LV until September.

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            1. The discussion started the other day about the Phils possibly considering calling up May to pitch out of the bullpen. How crazy would they be to call up May to start in Blaton’s place if May were to pitch another good outing or two and Blanton to pitch another bad one or two? I can’t imagine he would do any worse, but I guess it’s more a matter of whether they think it would hinder his development if he comes up and gets hit around.

              To me, the best bet is to let the next 3 weeks play out until Utley is back and Halladay and Howard are close to getting back, and see where we are in the standings. If at that point we are too far back (which I don’t think we will be) then it might be time to get D Brown and T May up here and let them learn on the job. I would consider May before Cloyd.

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  3. That entire Lakewood team needs to regroup. Same thing kinda happened to them last year too. Could be a product of drafting really raw guys without a solid hit tool (or kinda wimpy drafting in 10/11) – but come on, every single guy is slumping! Time for a change of scenery. Bring in a vet player/coach – or maybe just a new coach period.

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    1. +1 on that. I was just thinking about how poorly that team is doing offensively. It seems like there are some quality prospects on the team, yet only Dugan and Pointer seem to be doing anything to get excited about, and both of them (Pointer moreso) are underperforming. Maybe Mickey Morandini wants his team to put up offensive numbers similar to his – even then, Mickey was usually good for a decent batting average at least

      – Jeff

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  4. The good Aumont showed up last night. Let’s see if he can make it two in row before another setback.

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  5. I know it’s harder now getting draft signing information and analysis now so here’s a little info from Baseball America. The information is under the free section.

    The Phillies have signed 8 of their first 10 round draft picks including the first three picks. It seems like from other reports every pick they have signed has been for slot or under slot so far.

    http://www.baseballamerica.com/draftdb/2012xteam.php?team=1024

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    1. Just to be clear, the Phils had 12 picks in the first ten rounds, of whom eight are listed as having signed and two others (Gueller and Pullin) have said that they have signed.

      The only two players who count towards the Phils’ pool amount that haven’t signed are Alec Rash (2nd round) and Josh Ludy (8th). Rash will be a tough sign and has said it may take weeks for him to decide (my advice – take the half a mil, Alec!). Baylor’s season ended yesterday, so my guess is that Ludy signs in the next couple of days.

      The Phils also signed two young high schoolers, Stephen Golden (13th round) and Richard Bielski (14th round). Both of these guys turn 18 in the fall, so there is a lot of projection for both. I am particularly intrigued by Bielski, who can apparently hit 94: http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phillies/157249985.html

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      1. Caught the tail end of the Baylor/Arkansas game and saw Ludy’s stats…pretty damn good for a catcher I might say…are there reports on his D behind the dish, and can he stick there?

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        1. Phillies draft list has him at 5’9 225, and I heard the announcer on the first game say Ludy told them he was actually 5’8 , so I would say he better to able to stay at C. I saw on the ESPN crawl he was 0 for 1 yesterday with 4 walks , is that it. Saw the 1st game vs. Arkansas, it looked like he had some trouble catching some balls. Who knows?

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          1. I was watching the game. The only Baylor game I watched all year. His first PA was a liner to left. Not a tough play but solid contact. The rest of the game it didn’t seem like they gave him anything to hit at all. He did a good job of staying patient though.

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  6. That’s good news – I’ve been a bit out of the loop the past week, but it’s good to see the picks getting signed.

    Let’s get short-season started!

    – Jeff

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    1. Who would have predicted that a guy with a .400 BABIP would see his BA regress?

      Oh wait …

      A comment on that topic, not that it will change minds. I do agree that it is lazy and inaccurate to talk about extreme BABIP as entirely a matter of luck (in fairness, this is usually more lazy writing than lazy thinking). It is partly luck, but obviously not entirely. On the other hand, what some people don’t realize is that, especially in the minor leagues, line drive rates are also volatile – not because of luck, but because developing players will sometimes be over-matched by pitchers at their level, or vice versa. Then adjustments set in.

      Look at a guy like Valle. Sure, his extraordinary BABIP the first part of last season was not JUST luck – he was hitting the ball hard. But if you put the weight on BA that some people here do, and ignore BABIP, Valle has had a weirdly uneven minor league career, good some years, bad other years. In reality, he is developing pretty evenly – his biggest problem, unfortunately not conquered, is a combination of somewhat poor contact rate and horrible BB rate. (FWIW, I am as optimistic about Valle as I was prior to the season – he is young for his level and still a great prospect.)

      Similarly, Asche was not JUST lucky earlier in the year – he was also hitting the ball hard. But of course his BA was going to regress. And yet again, those of us who understand statistics are right, and the kiddos who are seduced by small sample size BA are wrong, and yet no minds change.

      None of this changes the fact that Asche is indeed a prospect worth watching.

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      1. Why dont you share what his avg, babip, and ld % was per month and ibet it will all add up.

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            3. Well thanks. I must say that I AM legitimately humble on some topics. So humble that I don’t even comment, so I guess the humility doesn’t show through. (A specific example is that you will rarely hear me say much about minor league pitchers. I just don’t feel confident evaluating them. The same is true of the draft, which I follow avidly but don’t comment much on because I don’t feel I have much of value to add.)

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      3. The thing about Asche is that he was hitting a rather empty .350, you’d think a guy who was consistently hitting the ball hard would have a few more extra base hits to show for it

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        1. Well In fairness he does have 11 doubles and 3 triples. Only 2 HR, but a high LD rate generally does not mean more HR – in fact, all else being equal, it can mean fewer HR.

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          1. I know what you’re saying, but remember Sweet Lou also walked 18% of his PAs. 18%!!! Cody is at 4%. Yikes.

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        3. The Florida State League has proven to be tough on hitters so take that into consideration.

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          1. and the double jump. Everything about Asche’s season has been a real positive. Hopefully he can carry it through the season so it could actually mean something. Too small of a sample particularly considering his lack of success in the NYP last season.

            Still, good to see

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            1. All true, as I said I’m not knocking him. What was crazy were the cries to promote him based upon his unsustainable BA.

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          1. Well he does have 8 SB versus 2 CS, so maybe he does have some speed. Scouting reports that I can find are kind of meh on his speed – “good speed,” and “decent runner when he gets going” – but it seems almost an afterthought, the emphasis is on his hitting. It would be nice to have some data on IF hits.

            Really the bottom line on Asche isn’t even his hitting so much as his fielding – if he can stick at third, he’s a real prospect. If he gets moved to the OF, not so much.

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  8. You can get away with walking 4 in six innings (as Garner did) if you only allow two hits for a WHIP of 1. Some would call this ‘effectively wild’.

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  10. Even though he is a reliever, Knigge, with his ERA under 1 would appear to be a more deserving cadidate than Morgan, who has been about average.

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  11. I see that Colvin is listed as the starter tonight for Clearwater. I guess the little stint in the BP was to get his mind straight. I’m glad they didn’t pull the plug on him as a starter.

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    1. I actually like how they handled that situation so far. He settled down. Lets see if he has the maturity now to move forward. I am particularily watching Colvin, Asche & Aumont. Each are fascinating projects who are in midst of some performance adversity.

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  12. Great great outing for Colvin. 6IP, 2H, 1ER, 6SO, and only 2BB. Please get back on track and be a surprise the second half.

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    1. Oh my…that’s Brody Colvin’s music!

      Jslasher88, please tell me you were at the game…

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