With the beginning of July we are now over half of the way through the 2012 VSL season. It has been a strange season for the Phillies entry who have dominated the league going 28-14. The team has a 2.41 ERA overall and a .779 OPS. They are in first place by 1.5 games. With all that, however, it is difficult to determine whether the team has any real prospects. The offense is certainly young, though the best performances have come from older players. The pitching has dominated though also led by strong performances from the older players. In spite of these dominant performances it is very possible that the Phillies have a better group of older players than the other teams in the 4-team league.
Monthly Archives: July 2012
General Discussion – Week of 7-2-2012
First half is over. Second half would have to be as good as the first half was bad to get to .500. And I wasn’t even a math major.
International Signing
Per Ben Badler at BA, the Phils have signed Jose Pujols, who Badler called #20 in International FA market. “Philadelphia has signed Dominican corner outfielder Jose Pujols for $540,000. Pujols, 16, has tremendous righthanded power and bat speed from his lanky 6-foot-4, 175-pound frame.”
Seeing Badler also reporting Phils signed 16-year old catcher Deivi Grullon. Commenters below have info on him already, but Badler called him the 15th best Intl. prospect last week.
Box Score Recap 7-1-2012
Altherr’s stats are actually looking pretty good this year. Ks remain pretty bad, but walks are near 8.5%, better for him. 20/26 stealing bases. He’s still a nice prospect, IMO.
Around the System–Starting Pitchers, Bottom Half
A look at the starting rotation in the lower half of the organization. Limited stats for WIlliamsport and GCL, so limited analysis as it isnt fair to draw any conclusion based on the small sample size. Next up, the bullpen, sometime next week.
Lakewood
Ethan Stewart, 21, Phils 47th round pick in 2010; 16 games; 4-6 with a 3.21 ERA; 81.1IP 57H 43BB 54K; 0.95 GO/AO; .197 opp. avg., 3 HR allowed; 1.22 WHIP; 4.7BB/5.9K per nine; .220 vs LH, .188 vs. RH, .192 with RISP. 4-0 with a 1.76 ERA in June. Stewart has been excellent as of late, although needs to get done the walk rate for continued success.
Ramon Oviedo, 21, Signed as a free agent in 2010; 1-6 with a 8.72 ERA; 7 starts; 32IP 39H 16BB 25K; 1.00 GO/AO; .312 opp. avg., 1.72 WHIP; 4.5BB/7.0K; .340 vs. LH, .292 vs. RH, .378 with RISP. Ugly thus far. Continue reading Around the System–Starting Pitchers, Bottom Half
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