Hot Or Not

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Taking a look at the week from 8/17 thru 8/23:  (Note: Minimum of 11 AB’s to qualify for Hot Hitter and 6IP as a starter to qualify as a hot starter). Next Friday’s Hot or Not report will be the last of the season.

–Jesse Biddle certainly leads the talk this week, with the most impressive week of the year for any pitcher.  Coming in the final weeks of the season, this should silence doubters as he is having his best month with a considerable number of innings on his arm.

–Jon Pettibone is going to force the Phillies to take a serious look at him as the number 5 starter in 2013 if he closes out the season in Lehigh Valley with two or three more good starts.

–An outstanding week at the plate for many but Maikel Franco has really begun coming into his own with another outstanding week….And Cody Asche says, “take that Keith Law.”  Ok, he didnt really say that, but I did.

–Roman Quinn makes the hot hitter list with a bit lower batting average than others who didn’t make it because of his 9SB and 8RS this week. that simply can’t be overlooked.

–I got a first hand look at Brody Colvin this week and it wasn’t pretty. As soon as he made a mistake, it seemed his confidence was totally shot for the rest of the game.

–A welcome to the Hot Reliever list for newly acquired Ryan o’Sullivan, while JC Ramirez has thrown together consecutive appearances on the same list.

Hot Hitters: Maikel Franco (.464, 5R 2HR 9 RBI); Miguel Alvarez (.529, 4R HR 5RBI, 2SB); Cody Asche (.440, 4R 4HR 8 RBI); Tyson Gillies (.520, 7R); Roman Quinn (.333, 8R 5RBI, 9SB); Pete Lavin (.400, 5R HR 4RBI, SB); Zach Collier (.375, 7R 3HR 5RBI, 2SB); Angelo Mora (.400); Gabrial Lino (.400); Chris Serritella (.375, 6RBI);  Honorable Mention: Carmona, Martinez, Dugan, ALonso, Ruf, Pridie

Not Hot Hitters: Kyle Hoppy (.043); Sebastian Valle (.091); Steven Lerud (.091); Logan Moore (.091); Brian Pointer (.111); Jia Tromp (.111); Brock Stassi (.125); Tim Carver (.154); Yan Olmo (.167); D’Arby Myers (.167) (Dis)Honorable Mention: Walding, Altherr

Hot Starters: Jesse Biddle (2W, 14IP 2H 0ER 2BB 21K); Tom Cochran (7IP 2H 0ER 2BB 5K); Jon Pettibone (7IP 3H 0ER 3BB 4K); Yoel Mecias (6IP 1H 0ER 1BB 5K); Colin Klevan (6IP 5H 1ER 2BB 5K); Honorable Mention: Rosin, Joaquin, Stefan.

Not Hot Starters: Austin Wright (2.2IP 9H 6er 3BB 2K); Ethan Stewart (5.2IP 11H 8ER 5BB 6K); Jesen Degestile Therrien (3IP 4H 4ER 4BB); Mario Hollands (3IP 5H 4ER); Brody Colvin (5IP 7H 5ER 4BB 0K); Trevor May (9.2IP 11H 7ER); Adam Morgan (5IP 6H 4ER 2BB 4K); Lino Martinez (5.1IP 9H 4ER); Scott Elarton (4.1IP 6H 3ER 3BB 5K); . (Dis)Honorable Mention: Hyatt

Hot Relievers: Justin Friend (4.2IP 1H 0ER 2BB 8K, 3SV); Stephen Inch (5.1IP 4H 0ER 0BB 4K); Kenny Giles (4IP 1H 0ER 1BB 6K, SV); JC Ramirez (4IP 1H 0ER 2BB 2K);  Ryan O’Sullivan (4IP 3H 0ER 1BB 1K); Andre Kinder (4.1IP 3H 0ER 1BB 1K); Hector Neris (3.1IP 1H 0ER 0bb 4k); Austin Brough (3IP 0H 0ER 0BB 3K); Justin DeFratus (3IP 2H 0ER 0BB 4K); Felix Santos (3IP 1H 0ER 2BB 4K, SV) Honorable Mention: Johnson, Diekman, Morales, ANgulo

Not Hot Relievers: Yacksel Rios (0.1IP 3H 2ER); Tim Kennelly (1.2IP 4H 4ER); Luis Paulino (2.1IP 6H 6ER 3BB 2K); Yari Sosa (2IP 6H 5ER); David Purcey (1IP 3H 4ER 3BB); Luis Gonzalez (2.1IP 3H 4ER 3BB 3K); Colby Shreve (4.1IP 7H 3ER 2BB 2K); Kyle SImon (3.1IP 5H 3ER 1BB 2K); Andrew Anderson (3.2IP 5H 3ER)

30 thoughts on “Hot Or Not”

  1. Cloyd has been average at best over his last 3 starts his ERA has bumped up from -1.98 to 2,35

    Last night , was it b to b HR’s

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    2. If i read the report right cloyd was pitching a no hitter into 7 or maybe 6. Then gave a walk and back to back HRs. I think he is just tiring down.

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  2. He missed qualifying by one AB, but Dylan Cozens also on a bit of a hot streak, recovering nicely from his mid-season slump. .294/.351/.647 over his last ten. 3/4 BB/K during that span. Have I mentioned he’s 6’6″?

    Quinn, Franco, Asche, Biddle, Ruf (only he could hit four HR and score an honorable mention) and Pettibone continue to show why they are legit prospects who will one day play in the bigs.

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  3. The GCL only has a 2 games left, are they going to move some of these guys to Williamsport or Lakewood to finish the season?

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    1. I suspect we’ll see only a few ‘performers’ in Williamsport for the extra week of games there. Maybe Pullin?

      The Lakewood season actually ends two days before Williamsport, so I doubt the current GCL roster will have much of an impact to Lakewood’s roster.

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  5. No mention of Quinn’s insanely good OBP for the week? He’s a prototypical leadoff man that we already know has 80 speed. That speed only matters if you get on base, which he has been doing at a crazy rate. A .457 OBP over the past 10 games and a .429 OBP in the month of August. The kid is killing it.

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  7. I love that Biddle is staying strong as the season winds to a close. He’s a big kid who gets stronger as the season progresses. Can we get some anger management for Colvin? He needs to cool down after making a mistake and go get the next guy. Or better yet, don’t throw a bad pitch and then he won’t have that issue. He has the tools but he doesn’t have the temperment. I hate to give up on a guy like him but he might be better off in another organization. He got into a bar fight right after (or just before) signing and he hasn’t used that anger to his benefit. Think Bob Gibson… tools and nasty disposition. I keep waiting for him to put it together. [No, I’m not equating him to Gibson only trying to point out a guy who used everything to bring out his best.]

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  8. BA Hot Sheet Time: http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/prospect-hot-sheet/2012/2613951.html
    1. Jesse Biddle
    Phillies righthanders Trevor May and Brody Colvin have struggled to make the jump to Double-A this season, but Biddle has balanced that disappointment to some extent by becoming one of the more consistent lefty pitching prospects in the minors. He leads the Florida State League with 146 strikeouts, and if he can master Double-A next season he could vault into the top tier of pitching prospects.
    5. Maikel Franco
    In his introduction to full-season ball, Franco’s .207/.269/.338 first-half line suggested he was slow to acclimate to the South Atlantic League. But Franco, who will turn 20 on Sunday, had four multi-hit games and swatted two home runs this week to continue his scorching second half (.335/.390/.537). The strong-bodied 6-foot-2, 190-pound third baseman is beginning to tap into his above-average raw power and has hit a team-leading 14 home runs and 29 doubles. With a plus arm, good quickness and soft hands, Franco has the defensive chops to remain at third despite well below-average straight-line speed.
    In The Team Photo:
    The hottest hitter in baseball this month is Phillies Double-A Reading 1B Darin Ruf. He finished July having just topped his career high in home runs with No. 18. Since then, the 26-year-old has hit 15 home runs in his past 23 games, including four this past week

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    3. Could this possibly be a statement from BA about which of the Phils’ 3B prospects shows the most promise?

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    4. At this point, I just want to let Asche’s situation to play itself out. Seems like we get a lot of conflicting scouting reports on him, so who knows what to believe. One guy says he has good lefthanded power, the next guy says his hit tool is good but the power is not there. Someone says he should stick at third, others say it’s a question.

      Maybe next year we’ll get updated reports that are more uniform, and we’ll see if he keeps mashing in AAA (presumably). Let’s just wait it out.

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    5. I know in the past BA has avoided putting too many players from one team on the Hot Sheet, my guess that the combination of his appearance last week along with the ridiculous weeks of other Phils prospects sparked his omission.

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  11. Hah, its funny — BA had Ruf in the “Man among boys” category a couple weeks back, and now he’s in with the regular prospects. Maybe they are starting to come around on him.

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  12. If I were a close relative of Cody Asche, I’d be flabbergasted to find him NOT listed as one of the minor’s hottest hitters. I’m not, but I don’t understand it.

    He keeps hitting HRs and extra basehits wherein if he doesn’t get multiple hits per game we are surprised.

    And all this about a guy who may well start the season as the Phils 3rd baseman or arrive shortly thereafter.

    So…let’s hope the RAJ “moves” over the winter include getting a good “rightful” hitting OFr and hope for the “kids” (Asche, Gillies, Pettibone, etc.) to be part of the big club.

    Cody says he’s sorry he didn’t complete the cycle last night, missing by one xtra base hit,…but he also managed to get a walk included in his line. 3 for 3…HR…walk…extra base hits. Now up to .297.

    We couldn’t ask more of this guy; it is a minor miracle twhat he’s accomplished in his first full season of pro ball (short time at Wlmspt doesn’t count as a “full” season). His 10 HRs put to question the stated doubts of his power.

    Perhaps we are intrigued by Franco’s terrific advancement to allow us to visualize him as our cleanup #4 hitter in the future, maybe in 3-4 years. Asche would then have had several years under his MLB cap; I expect him to do almost as well in the bigs as he has done in these last several months. He has some speed to not be a base clogger. The guy can flat-out hit and with HR and extra base power. What’s not to like?

    Eventually his offense will require him to move down in the lineup to #3 just in time to remind us of Utley who also was queried about his defense and resolved that quickly.

    Add Gillies at the head of the lineup…and we’d have a great table setter for the following hitters. Bring Gillies up in Sept and look to him for our CFer in ’13…praying for his good health.

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    1. Summary of early Cody Asche:…From High School:—Asche was one of the top players in the state of Missouri playing for Mike Rimmer at Fort Zumwalt West High School • Finished his three-year career holding records for batting average (.425) and hits (88) • Tabbed for Collegiate Baseball’s High School All-America team as a senior after hitting .512 with three homers, 25 RBIs, 15 doubles and 13 stolen bases • Established single-season school marks for batting average, hits (44), on-base percentage (.580) and slugging percentage (.884) in claiming first-team all-state recognition • Received second-team all-state accolades as a junior, posting a .424 batting average with three homers, three triples, nine doubles, 24 RBIs and 25 runs scored • Earned academic All-Gateway Athletic Conference laurels in each of his three years and was named a scholar-athlete by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch…..Nebraska Cornhusker….Freshman Yr—2009: Asche split time with Jake Mort at third base, hitting .290 with a pair of homers and 21 RBIs in 43 contests • Totaled eight multi-hit games, including a pair of three-hit efforts, and was sixth on the squad with five multi-RBI efforts, as his totals in both categories led all Husker freshmen • Was above the .300 mark the entire season until going hitless in his final 11 at-bats to drop his average from .319 to .290 • Committed just four errors all season while making a combined 33 starts at third base and designated hitter Sophmore Yr—2010: Asche was Nebraska’s starter at third base in 2010, hitting .311 with 10 homers and 58 RBIs in 52 contests • Named honorable-mention All-Big 12 while ranking eighth in the league in RBIs • Tied a Big 12 record with three grand slams, as he went 6-for-15 with three homers and 24 RBIs in bases-loaded situations • Senior Yr:–2011: Asche, a 2011 second-team All-American, hit 12 HRs , 56 RBIs and endee up as a career .312 hitter with 24 home runs and 135 RBIs in three seasons with the Huskers. He was among the top offensive players in the nation in 2011, earning first-team All-Big 12 honors after leading the conference in in home runs (12), doubles (27), total bases (133), and slugging percentage (.639).

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  13. Great info. Thanks.

    By the way, people here (and elsewhere) have got to appreciate what we have in Cody. I know KLaw thinks little of him despite his continuing great success through the levels he’s “conquered.”

    IMO, KLaw is greatly WRONG. The stats, figures, plus his attitude for hard work “from dawn to night” makes his success more of a certainty; i.e., more likely to succeed.

    IN fact IMO he could be an All-Star with 3 years of his MLB seasons.

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