Pretty good night for starting pitchers overall. Also, Dom Brown with 4 hits, including two HR, plus an outfield assist. And someone on Twitter said he made a real nice catch in LF, which I cannot confirm.
Monthly Archives: June 2012
Box Score Recap 6-4-2012
All that hitting in Clearwater and Cody Asche takes the collar. Continue reading Box Score Recap 6-4-2012
Draft: Day Two
Rounds 2-15 will take place today and this is your place to talk about it. I will unfortunately be out of the loop until this evening because of work commitments but will try to gather what info I can to post tonight. Feel free to post whatever you all can find in the comments section during the day. Things get underway at noon, and Victor will be providing updates as the day goes along. Continue reading Draft: Day Two
Lehigh Valley Weekly Report
The ‘Pigs were 3-3 over the last week, and are currently 31-26 and in 3rd place in the Northern Division of the International League, 4.5 games behind division leading Pawtucket. After their rainout on Monday, the ‘Pigs continue their homestand Tuesday with four games against Gwinnett.
Probables: Tuesday: Cochran; Wednesday: Cloyd; Thursday: TBA Continue reading Lehigh Valley Weekly Report
The Draft, Day One, Phils Pick Shane Watson, Mitch Gueller
An official post that will be updated throughout the next couple of days with draft information. Please use this post exclusively for your draft comments. No doubt with the loss of James, draft coverage will suffer. That being said, I will do the best I can to keep everyone updated with what is occurring over the next three days…..
And with their #40 pick, the Phillies select……P Shane Watson, a high school pitcher from California.
The Phils go for Watson, who is a big right handed pitcher with a lean body has been clocked up to 95-96 MPH and generally throws around 92. Watson has a good deal of raw arm strength, but like most high schoolers must work on his consistency. The MLB Network put his comp at Jordan Zimmerman. Watson adds what scouts say is an excellent 12-6 curveball that he throws in the low 80’s. Watson is working on his secondary pitches that include a change and slider. Watson is committed to playing at USC.
With their second pick in the Supplemental Round (#54), the Phils pick high school Mitch Gueller, who is committed to Washington State. A big guy, many are calling the Gueller the best pick from the Northwest in the draft. Keith Law ranked Gueller as the 39th best prospect in the draft as an OF, while Baseball America ranked Guellar #107 as a pitcher. As on the mound, Guellar throws his fastball in the low 90’s with a good change up and a breaking ball that is improving. While Guellar is considered more advanced as a pitcher, Guellar has also shown very good potential as a hitter.
More to come tomorrow.
General Discussion – Week of June 4, 2012
Dodgers are in Philly this week. By OPS, Jerry Hairston is their hottest hitter over the last 7 games. Don’t laugh. Ty Wigginton is ours.
Get discussin’.
Box Score Recap 6-3-2012
Dom hits one out. Perhaps he’s heating up. But really, I think Biddle is the story. My official detailed analysis of his last two starts after the jump…
Box Score Recap 6-2-2012
DMitch had a nice double header – 8 RBI on 4 hits, including a walk-off in game 1 and a grand slam in game 2. Also, a nice looking High-A debut from Mario Hollands. Continue reading Box Score Recap 6-2-2012
Four from Clearwater Named to All Star Team
Pitchers Jesse Biddle, Adam Morgan, Austin Wright, along with Catcher Cameron Rupp were all named to the FLorida State League All Star Team representing the North Division in the game to be played June 16th. No time to add much commentary other than to say that the Rupp pick surprises me. More later.
Phillies Pitching Options
With both Roy Halladay and now Jose Contreras looking at long term stints on the DL, the Phils are awfully thin on the mound considering who is on the DL already (Stutes, Herndon, DeFratus). With no pitcher near ready to come off the DL, the Phils will have to take a look at the Lehigh Valley roster for help.
The possibilities: The Phils are going to need a long man, presuming Worley comes off the DL to take Halladay’s spot in the rotation. The most likely candidate for promotion appears to be Dave Bush. Bush has been very consistent for Lehigh Valley, going 4-3 with a 2.61 ERA in 10 starts. He has walked just 8 in 58.2 innings of work and held the opposition to a .186 average with RISP. Bush had an out clause in his contract set for yesterday. With how well he has pitched, I presume there has been some discussion with him about a call up, as he apparently chosen not to exercise his option.
Scott Elarton, who had been outstanding early on, has struggled more recently, most likely removing him from the short term radar screen. Darkhorse is Tyler Cloyd who has been consistently good this tear.
If Worley is not quite ready yet, I would think that the Phils send Erik Kratz back down (they are carrying 3 catchers), have Bush take Halladay’s rotation spot in the short term and bring up a second pitcher from Lehigh Valley bullpen. The most likely candidate at this stage appears to be Michael Schwimer. Schwimer has struggled pitching for the Phils and recently had one of his very few poor AAA outings, however he is on the 40 man roster and if Worley is not ready, the Phils will have to make at least one move opening a spot on the 40, and maybe hesitant to make two. Phillipe Aumont is not currently an option as he is one mediocre appearance removed from the DL himself. A darkhorse candidate for the bullpen is BJ Rosenberg (Would require a 40 man roster move). Rosenberg has not yet gotten his major league shot, and has pitched extremely well for Lehigh Valley as of late, going 1-0 with a 1.45 ERA over his last 10 games. Rosenberg, a 13th round pick out of Louisville in 2008 has help opponents to a .091 average with RISP during his tenure in AAA this year.
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