Box Score Recap 7-17-2012

Box Score Recap

Brian Pointer with a run-scoring triple in the top of the 11th to get the win for Williamsport. Big night from Austin Wright, 6IP, 0R, 2H, 2BB, 7K. And Dom Brown went 3-5, scored a run, and made a throwing error. Somehow that seems better than a fielding error.

LV  REA  CLR  LKW  WIL  GCL  DSL  VSL1 completion of 7-16 game VSL2

143 thoughts on “Box Score Recap 7-17-2012”

  1. -I’m about ready to stop really monitoring Rodriguez. He needs to be traded to San Diego or some other team with a huge outfield. While he continues to K people at a great rate, he gives up entirely too many BB and HR.

    – I don’t know what to make of Austin Wright. Great start tonight, and kept the BB down. I think he’s just really inconsistent, and will have fantastic stuff one night, and rather mediocre on others. I think he’s also overshadowed at Clearwater, as I like all four other guys potential a bit more than him.

    – If Roman Quinn ends the year at a .775 or greater OPS, I might have to rank him ahead of LG2. His speed appears to be incredibly elite, and if he can stick at SS that would be huge.

    – Watching Dom Brown tonight, and looking forward to seeing him up with the big club. He just looks like he has such a handle on the strike zone. 3-5 tonight, and he crushed the ball on a line to CF that was caught in one of his ABs.

    – Sleeper: Kevin Brady is going to be the under-the-radar guy to move up our rankings and through the system. I expect him to be starting once he gets his feet wet a bit. I could see him doing what Morgan is doing in CLW next summer

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    1. If Quinn sticks at SS, I agree. As I mentioned in Hot or Not, he’s leading the NYPL in triples and second in stolen bases. His speed appears to be game-changing. Another plus: He’s only struck out once in the last week, a sign that he’s making the necessary adjustments at the plate.

      As for Dom: He’s making Rube’s decision at the trade deadline easy with his performance since returning from the DL. Dom’s always seemed like a guy who needs a little mojo to be successful, and he appears to have that in spades since his return. When Rube trades Victorino/Pierre and opens up a full time spot in the big club’s outfield, I think we’re finally going to see the player we’ve been waiting for the past two years.

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    3. Based on scouting reports, it seems like Wright’s ceiling is a little higher than Morgan’s. He throws harder, I believe, but Morgan is a little more advanced right now. It’s nice to have 5 actual prospects at that level in the rotation. Could even be six if you want to count Simon.

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    4. Kevin Brady looked excellent in his Crosscutters debut in Auburn. His fastball has really good zip to it, and they think it can consistently reach 95 mph with some work. If he develops his slider into a plus pitch, he’ll be a very nice arm in this system.

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      1. He was supposed to be a top 50-100 pick coming into the season, before his injuries (non-arm) happened.

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  2. RE Throwing error: It’s because throwing errors are generally mental mistakes and hence correctable while fielding errors are more likely to be talent related.

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  3. Agree on Brown. As soon as he is comfortable and healed up, he needs to go to the big league club. If Brown can just be himself, he will be a substantial upgrade over what they currently have and I think, this time, the fans’ expectations will be tempered and he will be better adjusted. He is, IMHO, incredibly close to a complete break through and, for those asking, I have noted repeatedly that his swing is fixed. It’s nice, short and compact – not loopy and uncontrolled. The more controlled swing may cost him a little power at first, but he should more than make up for it with more contact and an approach that does not leave him too vulnerable to inside pitches (as the old swing did).

    Why can’t people realize that some baseball prospects take a few years longer to develop.

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    1. Because we live in a society that wants everything at the tip of their fingers. Now, not later, NOW. The pace of the advancements in technology have made us spoiled and now we want everything as soon as possible.

      Anyway, I’m loving Dom’s short compact stroke. If this team keeps up its winning ways, he would slot in perfectly in LF in the 7th hole in the lineup.

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    2. It is not that people don’t realize some prospects need more time to develop. It is that Dom Brown was the #1 prospect in all of baseball 2 years ago. The status of #1 prospect in all of baseball causes anticipation beyond the norm. Heck, even the Phils had more immediate expectations and have paid the price for their error in judgement. I do not think that the expectations were unrealistic for a #1 prospect. Now, it is possible, the people who made him the #1 prospect were wrong, but we are depending on them to make the right call. If they had said he was #75 and had to work things out for two years, I am sure people would be more patient. But no, they said this guy is the best prospect out there and hence people believed that would likely translate into an everyday starter at the ML level before this point. I know he would not be the first top prospect to stumble or fail, but past failures do not prevent the hopeful anticipation.

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      1. The delay mostly stemmed from (1) injuries and (2) the decision to change his swing.

        We will never know what would have happened had Brown stayed healthy and stuck with his old approach for a while. But given that (1) and (2) happened, I don’t think that where he is now is all that surprising.

        Also, when he has been in the majors, he hasn’t performed all that differently from how one might expect a number 1 prospect at his age and experience level to perform. The defense was the biggest disappointment I think.

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      2. Correct if I am wrong, but Utley, Rollins and Howard never cracked the top ten in any national publication prospects list.

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      3. Doug, I don’t mean to jump all over you, but your comment actually is evidence that many people don’t understand prospect development. Even highly ranked prospects sometimes take years to develop. (Sometimes they fail, too, though less frequently). Just 2 recent examples off the top of my head – there are PLENTY more: Alex Gordon wasn’t any good for 3 years – didn’t reach his potential until last year. Jason Heywood is not a perfect example, given his rookie year. But he looked lost last year, started to get some of the criticism Brown has gotten, but this year is the guy everyone predicted he would be. Doesn’t mean the experts were “wrong” about Gordon and Heywood. Just that even the best prospects sometimes take a few years to get it together.

        It doesn’t always happen, but it happens a lot.

        Of course, not to beat a dead horse, but in Brown’s case we also have the injuries. The hand injury especially is something that it usually takes at least a year to fully recover from (even now it may still be sapping his power).

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        1. Brown, will be fine, he is clearly not %100, more like %90. I was at the game last night and he sorta galloped to fly balls in Right looked kind of weird but you could tell he is favoring his left knee. He is also wearing a knee brace.

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        2. I was simply pointing out that the high expectations are understandable given the hype. I was just making note on the average fan psychology. I also stated that there plenty of top rated prospect failures. Injuries r a part of failure and do not alleviate disappointment. Again, there is a difference between not understanding the prospect market and having heightened expectations caused by the reports and ratings. I am not upset with Dom brown, I am just sorry he was not able to take his place in the OF yet. I also still hold out hope for success.

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  4. I hadn’t noticed Cisco was promoted. I’m in a ‘throw everything against the wall and see what sticks’ sort of mood when it comes to the big league ‘pen.

    Asche continues his slow climb to respectability…1-3

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  5. Wow thats a ton of errors by Quinn…
    After watching Pence bumbling around in RF for a year, I could care less about Dom’s throwing errors. As long as hes not straight up dropping fly balls but hits, Ill take him in LF.
    Might be late to the party but with strikeouts you have got to assume that Austin Wright is very much a legit prospect. If the Phils are able to retain Hamels, they definitely have a surplus of high level pitching guys this offseason to make some moves for the big clubs offense.

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    1. Quinn is still adjusting to shortstop, but his feel of the position is improving bit time. He’s figuring out when to charge, when to stay back. He has a strong arm and his range is excellent. If he can get his throws on target, those errors will come down fast.

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  6. “have a surplus of high level pitching guys this offseason to make some moves for the big clubs offense.”

    Wish I shared your optimism but I don’t see a surplus.

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    1. Maybe not “high level” but there are definitely a lot of guys. I know people say every organization has that, but I sort of doubt that most have as many as we do. I see from 6-9 potential starting pitchers between Clearwater and Reading, depending on what you think of Hollands, J-Rod and Simon. I’m kind of writing off Hyatt at this point

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      1. I’m not sure I see the 6-9 potential starting pitchers that you see at those levels. I see about 5 (Biddle, May, Pettibone, Morgan and maybe Wright). The rest of those guys will most likely become relievers if they ever make it to the majors. If the Phillies truly had 6-9 future starters at those levels, the system would be rated higher.

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        1. The other guy I would include is Colvin. It seems like he’s still got the stuff and he may have the highest ceiling of any of our pitching prospects. I might even add Garner, based on stuff. Although I know most see him as a reliever eventually.

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  7. I should have gone out of my way to mention that Valle got run on 6 times last night and all 6 made it through. 4 on JRod and 2 on Morillo. Not so good.

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  8. Ok, so I’m going to give a little diatribe here regarding a couple of points…

    Why is it that we all insist on playing Dom in LF? To me, his greatest strength in the field is his ability to throw runners out (regardless of todays throwing error). His second greatest strength in the field is probably his raw speed which to me profiles as “above average” but not plus. I don’t know about you guys but that screams “NOT LEFT FIELD”.

    I agree with most that he “probably doesn’t” have the speed for center field, but the phillies were willing to give it a go there before his latest injury. What I’m saying is this… if his arm strength exceeds pence’s, he belongs in right and pence should shift to left neither is a wizard in the field so maximise the talent as best you can.

    If they trade Vic (which based on this 4 game winning streak and his increase in XBH lately becomes slightly less likely), I someone is going to have to play center, and i’ll give you a hint, it won’t be Mayberry… outside chance they plug Gillies in there and use pence and dom in LF/RF (in any order).

    At this point there are 11 games remaining before mid-night on the 31st (trade deadline). If the phillies win 9 of those 11 (or if you drop the last game from the list, say 8 for 10), that would give the phillies 13 wins in their last 15 games and it would put them at 50-53, easily within striking distance of a playoff spot. Should that occur, IMO the odds of any kind of talent “sale” occuring is slim to none. The fact of the matter is, when healthy, top to bottom this is still the best roster in the NL. No one could tell me that a year older, this team suddenly goes from a 102 win team (could easily have been more) to 90, or based on their current pace, in the 70’s.

    That said, this team has been horrible to watch for the first half, and we can only hope Howard/Utley/Roy/Lee/Vic/Bullpen can return to career average performances from here on out. Going 12 for 14 is a huge change, and would initiate a wait and see attitude by the front office.

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    1. Also, I apolgise for mixing comments on the minor league box scores with stuff relating to the phillies togeather in one post, but in a way, it’s all kind of related. Will dom/gillies get the callup? What positions will they play, what if an outfield spot does/doesn’t open up, what will determine that… etc…

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      1. Supra cmon. You kindof apologized. You should have put your comments in the General Discussion. We are all subject to this. You can do this also. No more excuses.

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        1. LOL i’ve been posting on this site for like 5 years, probably the first time i’ve really “violated” this unwritten rule…. I trust you’re not being serious.

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          1. I agree with you Supra. We don’t always agree but I don’t remember a time you were off point.

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      2. Austin Wright is handling his business although the strikeout rate is down from last season, but man — Adam Morgan is having an amazing season. 9.6 K/9, 1.12 WHIP, 4.0 K/BB ratio… Those are elite peripherals. He’ll be in AA at 23 so its not like he’s old. Really should be getting more buzz at this point. Are the scouts down on him for some reason?

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        2. He was 5th on my midseason list. Someone from BA did a top 125, and he got an ‘honorable mention’ there, so thats something.

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        3. My recollection from the draft is that he only threw in the upper 80s, but I could be wrong or he could have added velo. I defintiely remember at the time people comparing him to Cliff Lee, which is kind of ridiculous, but I think was meant to indicate what kind of repertoire and control he has.

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          1. Word earlier this year in an Inquirer article was that he is now throwing in the low 90s and I too have heard numerous Cliff Lee comparisons with Morgan. Wright is said to sit in the low to mid 90s. Reports of Biddle’s velocity are as mixed and elusive as ever.

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            2. The 2011 draft could prove to be an enormous haul, rivaling 2008. Early returns on 2012 are good too.

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          2. Wright had higher velocity in their draft writeups (91-94) vs Morgan (90-91). I haven’t seen updated velocity on Wright, but Morgan has been having reports of (92-94). Note, that the higher numbers are likely always the ‘touching’ number, so I’d estimate Morgan is ‘sitting’ (ie most of his fastballs) are about 91-92, which is enough for a mid-rotation lefty.

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            1. Unless he has elite command or an outstanding secondary pitch (or pitches), which could make him top of the rotation material. Both Hamels and Lee sit around 91-93. But, yes, mid-rotation is a more likely upside..

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    2. I’d definitely take Dom in RF and Pence in LF, as long as their bats are in the lineup every day. I have a hard time seeing the FO call up Gillies to the bigs based on his track record the past few years, although based on his overall minor league experience, I wouldn’t mind a jump to LV.

      If Victorino is traded, I think Mayberry is your every day centerfielder the rest of the season.

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        2. We’ve got a major league-ready player raking in the minors right now. So yes, I think this is the right place to discuss Dom Brown’s place in the big club’s outfield.

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        3. It’s clearly about Domonic Brown/Gillies and how the outfield would shift. Fair game.

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      2. Pence is staying in RF. There’s a better chance of Dom playing CF than RF. Even if you guys don’t like it, Pence is a vet and he’s earned his keep in the league. He’s not moving to LF.

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    3. ‘Why is it that we all insist on playing Dom in LF? To me, his greatest strength in the field is his ability to throw runners out (regardless of todays throwing error). His second greatest strength in the field is probably his raw speed which to me profiles as “above average” but not plus. I don’t know about you guys but that screams “NOT LEFT FIELD”…….one reason, Ruben said it the other day in an interview with CSN LF is his vision for Domo Brown.

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      1. Not ready to give up on the “HaMar” but getting really close. At least “CAsh” is starting to hit in Reading.

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    2. But he did manage to put 1 ball in play!!

      With the 7 walks it would be interesting to see just how many of his strikes are looking vs. swinging.

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    4. Of course he is being hurt by his .000 BABIP. That will have to normalize once he puts a couple more balls in play.

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  12. @Anonymous starting this offseason you will have Cloyd, May, Pettibone, JRod, Biddle, Austin Wright, Morgan, and Colvin all at AA or higher. Im not saying that they are all Top 100 prospects but as far as trades, close to major league ready pitching is a big key.

    Who cares if you go away from the box scores that night?? Its all about Phillies regardless?
    If people are talking about Dom Brown’s future in the Major League OF, its only because he played well the night before.
    Stop whining and go talk to yourself on the “Open Discussion” message board.

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    1. They are close to the bigs, but other than May or Biddle, they won’t be getting you anything significant in trades. And if they do make it to the bigs, they’ll project to be 4s or 5s, with the exception of May and Biddle. Their upside is Vance Worley, and he’s a 3 at most.

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        1. Yeah wasn’t it only two years ago some scouts were saying Colvin could end up a top of the rotation starter?

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          1. I posted the other day a comment made from a scout that I talked to in Denver about Rupp. He has spent alot of time this year in the FSL and he talked a bit about Colvin also that’s probably relevant to this discussion. His comment was that he probably has as much up side as anyone the Phils have in the minors with the exception of Biddle, but it’s hard to determine right now his likelihood of putting it all together. He also stated whether he was in AA, repeating A+, or a level lower (A-) is really insignificant because it’s more about him putting it together and throwing his pitches as opposed to the level of competition he is facing. His stuff will get hitters out in any league, it’s more a matter of getting himself straightened out and consistent.

            As for Biddle, he talked about his biggest problems being inconsistency (velocity, mechanics, delivery). He raved about his stuff (when he’s on) and his makeup, basically said he really has hit act together for his age. He also stated the inconsistency that he’s showing is very, very typical for a kid his age playing in that league with minimal minor league experience behind him. His comment was very telling to me, he said that the Phils will not rush him and should not worry about his age or pressing to get him to the bigs sooner, but to let him work through his consistency issues at a level where he can continue to have success and if he stays healthy, they have a great thing coming in 3 years. (Paraphrasing but close.)

            The one thing that really stood out to me in this discussion about Biddle and Colvin was his view that when young minor league pitchers have major league stuff, it’s less imporatant what level they are pitching at from a competition standpoint but more about just focusing on what they need to do to get better, independent of results. I asked him alot of questions about Wins and Losses, and ERA, and K rates and BB rates, and he said that the talent evaluators and minor league coaching staffs are working on alot of things with alot of these kids from outing to outing. So much sometimes to the fact that they will tell a pitcher who hypothetically has been struggling with fastball command to go out there and throw 80+% fastballs in their next outing to work on something they tweaked in a side session in between starts, just to see if it works. They know he might get hit around a little because of it, but they don’t care about results, they care about his development. Struck me as interesting because we all, myself included, look at boxscores and see a bad outing and assume a guy pitched a bad game when sometimes that might not be true.

            I apologize but I did not ask any questions about Morgan or Wright, but based on the discussion above I wish I had.

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            1. Great stuff.

              And all that is why I don’t venture many comments on minor league pitchers. It’s not only that the stats don’t tell the whole story, but even direct observation by a skilled observer misses most of this.

              With hitters, OTOH, even at the minor league level, one can make some pretty good projections based upon numbers alone, properly interpreted. Even there, of course, the uncertainty band is, as always with prospects, quite high, even when one adds in subjective factors and “inside knowledge.”

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      2. Colvin for sure has more upside than a 4. Garner has 2-3 upside as well and will be in AA, but is probably the most raw and unlikely to achieve that.

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      3. Sorry, forgot Colvin was on that list, but he needs to get his stuff together to be up there with May and Biddle.

        If you’re not on the top prospect lists, odds are you won’t be developing into a 1 or 2. Wright and Morgan may surprise, but at this point, odds are their ceiling is a 3, and that might be generous.

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    2. I care if you go away from the box score/minor league conversation. The Dom Brown / Phillies OF conversation is borderline in my opinion (which really doesn’t matter, but hey he asked). Those types of conversations inevitably lead to people commenting about Pence and his performance this year, and what we should do with Pierre, and how Victorino is washed up, and that Amaro messed it all up Stanford ballsy arrogant blah blah blah. Personally I’d prefer to keep that all to the general discussion thread.

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      1. +1.

        If I wanted to hear daily rants about the Phillies big club I can go to Philly.com or some other comparible site where the same people complain about the same things year after year. Fact is that the people who either like or don’t like Amaro, Rollins, Pence, etc. aren’t going to change their minds.

        I can just ignore the general discussion thread.

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  13. Gueller on the mound for Game 1 in the GCL. Dylan Cozens listed as starting at 3B. I figured its a complete typo before opening the box, but there is nobody else in the lineup that would be playing 3B.

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    2. I find it very comforting that he has rediscovered his ability to throw strikes and feels comfortable doing so. Very encouraging. Thanks for posting it (you too, Alec)!

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  15. I would have like to see Cozens vs. Chamberlain.Found it interesting the GCL had Rodriquez, Tooci and Green to face him. Green has been better than I expected.
    H. Martinez has been a major disappointment. I liked the draft pick risk and it was at a ‘weak’ position. Hopefully, like T.Greene, he can regroup this offseason.

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  16. I hope Johnathan Knight’s mother was in attendance to see him hit his first professional HR!

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    1. Sorry about that 😦 We haven’t been to many games, but try to get to the ones he plays. It was a great experience!! I didn’t take many pics today because it was sooooo hot, and the fields were not the best to shoot at. I did get a picture of the hit, and I will post it sometime tomorrow for you 🙂 Thanks everyone for the congratulations, I will pass them onto Johnathan!

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  18. Did I miss something? Gillies out of the lineup last night and again today? Tell me he didn’t re-injure himself.

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    1. I’ve tweeted their beat reporter the last two days. He’s responded to previous tweets, but no response yet on this.

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        2. I am going to go out on a limb and predict that Gillies is never a MLB regular. He simply cannot stay healthy for even a couple months straight.

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    1. Nik where do u get the box scores for the gcl this early in the day? On milb they don’t post til after the games.

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      2. I’m not sure if this is the problem you are having, but before a certain time of day just clicking on the scores for a league takes you to yesterday’s game. Then after that certain time of day, clicking on the scores for a league takes you to the scores for the current day.

        So today I clicked on the GCL scores link and it took me to yesterday’s games. I had to go to “select date” and choose today’s date and that’s where I saw the in-game box score for today’s GCL games.

        Hope that helps.

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        1. Thanks everyone I am going to look into it maybe I have just been doing it wrong. I have been going to the gcl Phillies home page an clicking schedule.

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    2. Agree. It is BABIP driven to some extent, but he’s 6th in the league in OPS among players under the age of 19, decent contact skills, we might have something here. 6 HBP, not really sure what to make of that.

      Zach Green is IMO doing even better (lower OPS, but better BB rate, much better ISO, comparable contact numbers, obvious positional advantage), but then we already tend to give him credit for that.

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      1. I like them both, but I’m going under the assumption that they ultimately will end up in the defensive spectruma as — Green at 3B, Pullin at 2B.

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        1. Wait, what? Green 3B okay, but Pullin is, from everything I have read and, of course, going by usage to date, a corner OF. Which is why, despite being an interesting prospect off to an encouraging start, he’s a step below the other position prospects from 2011-2012 (Greene, Greene, Green, Cozens. Walding). If he really could play second he would be someone to keep a real eye on, as opposed to an interesting guy deserving a mention.

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            2. Fair point, could be waiting for instructional leagues. Hopefully, as his scouting report didn’t suggest power that is likely necessary to stick at a corner OF spot.

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            3. That’s what I’ve figured about the way they are playing Pullin. Probably waiting for Instructional league to teach him how to play 2nd.

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          2. I believe it was stated elsewhere as well and the consensus was that they wouldn’t maker that move until FIL. There isn’t really block in front of him at 2B as opposed to the tons of toolsy OF in the system in front of him.

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          3. A quote from Benny Looper in an article about the high school kids on the GCL team earlier this month: “Pullin is a baseball player. He’s got good tools. We worked him out at second base prior to the Draft, and we’re playing him in the outfield right now. But we’ll also work him into games at second to see where his future is.” Link to the full story: http://wap.mlb.com/phi/news/article/2012070234320616/

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        2. And how could I forget Quinn and Asche (well, I know how I forgot Asche – being 3 levels above his fellow draftees makes it easy to forget he is in the same class – but no idea how I forgot Quinn).

          Wow, even excluding Pullin, Martinez, Serittella and a couple other guys who can be regarded as marginal prospects, that’s, what, 7 legitimate position prospects from the past couple of drafts. Sure, SSS, but that’s encouraging.

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      2. ‘6 HBP, not really sure what to make of that.’…a little Utley in him it would appear.

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  23. I saw all the Ironpigs relievers hugging and joking around a with new player who showed up mid game in the bullpen. Turns out it is Justin De Fratus, that’s a great sign to see he is back healthy. Hulett optioned to AA. Appears Elarton will be released upon Sanches arriving in Durham

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      1. No problem. I hate living in Durham and having Lehigh Valley only come through once a year. Also, because I am local for the Bulls, I have never had to use it but there is the local channel MeTv that streams the games in HD online if anyone wants to watch

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  24. I doubt any of our minor league pitchers will ever post numbers at AAA like Cloyd has. And most everyone still forgets about him. The kid has great command and a fantastic presence on the mound. He knows how to pitch. Period. Trade Blanton now. Bring up Cloyd. Save money and get a prospect back.

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    1. 6.1 K/9, 2.2 BB/9, 0.6 HR/9. Not bad, but certainly something that I would expect others to replicate. I mean, Rosenberg has only 3 starts and his combined numbers as a starter/relief in AAA are better than Cloyd’s.

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  25. Article on Larry Greene, that I don’t think has been posted yet. Nothing amazing, but he talks a little about why he chose baseball over football, and a nice quote from Andy Tracy on his plate discipline “We didn’t know before if it was lack of aggressiveness or his batter’s eye,” the skipper admits, “But as we went on in extended spring training, we started to see he had a pretty good handle on the strike zone.”

    http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120718&content_id=35137180&vkey=news_t449&fext=.jsp&sid=t449

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    1. Yeah, like questioning someone posting under an anonymous name on a discussion board. Why does his personal affairs matter to his playmaking ability on the field?

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    2. Why? Just because it’s not normal (anymore) to get married that young doesn’t make it a bad decision. What if they’re together, faithfully and happily, for 70+ years? He has the income to support a family, so why do we have to question his decision making?

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    3. Oh come on guys, I got married at 24 (while that is quite a bit older then he is ppl here think I was crazy) Philly please don’t turn into NYC where ppl are practically geriatrics by the time the hire some doc to use a turkey baster…

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      1. Didn’t know he was from a small town in the deep south, we should be glad he didn’t marry a family member….

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    1. DeFratus with a solid night too. Hopefully we can have both up and contributing very soon (although if they’re not it means we’ve played well enough to be contenders again)… idk what I want.

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      1. De Fratus threw the ball well for only his second pro appearance this year. Easy Sept. callup if he keeps it up

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        1. Given the bullpen options, I would probably save an option year and promote him to the majors after he rehab is done. He can get some limited work and if successful can move into more high leverage situations.
          It will be interesting to see how the minors promotions work after trade deadline. Much less talk about Phillies prospects getting moved this year!

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          1. Based on the recent events with the pen in Phil, sounds like they could have used Justin D.nin the pen over the past few days
            Question– about the group of relievers being called up to Phil in the past 3-6 weeks..
            Do you think they are being called up too soon? Are they really ready? I think Diek has great stuff, but could have used some more experience at LV– to help him get himself Mentally ready for the bigs. I have seen that with Schwimmer, Rosenberg too, that they are getting their experience – baptism by fire – when maybe some more time at LV might have helped.. Can’t be too good for these kids’ psyche, thoughts..Or ask a 2nd question – is LV preparing these kids enough? Thoughts..

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            1. I don’t know whether you can prepare for the big leagues in AAA. There is just so much more pressure, the crowds are so much larger, the players are much better, etc.

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