Box Score Recap – 4/28/2013

Box Score Recap

Three Stars: Jesse Biddle Maikel Franco, Darin Ruf. Unlike hockey, my three stars don’t include the other team. Also no shaking hands at the end of a series. And hitting a puck with a bat would be really hard. Also throwing strikes seems like it would also be hard. Though catchers’ masks would all be way cool.

Here’s the affiliate Scoreboard from MiLB.

 http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?sid=milb&org=143&ymd=20130428

4-28-13 boxscores

32 thoughts on “Box Score Recap – 4/28/2013”

  1. What’s awesome about Franco’s season line is that his BABIP is only .304. His K/BB rates are the same as last year – elite K rate, average walk rate. The biggest difference is his 100 point jump in ISO. Looks like the power is emerging as a 20 year old in a tough hitters league. Franco is our top position prospect and its not even close.

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    1. Let’s give it another month or two for everything to level off and for other players to adjust, but if current general trends continue, I’d have to say I agree with you. Hitting like that as a 20-year old in a pitchers’ league is incredibly impressive.

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      1. I am impressed with Franco as well, though both posts here keep saying the FSL is a pitcher’s league. The BA park effects show Clearwater to have been a slight hitter’s park last year and we really have played the Cubs a lot so far and their pitching is simply awful. Both Franco and Altherr and even Perkins are impressing. It is just that it might be against weak opposition. Jose Mojica hit .226 last year in this league and I don’t think he became a .380-hitter overnight.

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    3. What’s his HR/FB rate like? Because that could cause a boost in average and ISO in a small sample that is unsustainable over the long haul.

      I am optimistic he’s just growing as a prospect, but it’s worth looking into.

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      1. I think SSS is less applicable with Franco because he’s continuing a trend started midway through last season. He’s hit for average and power consistently for four consecutive months across two levels dating back to last July.

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        1. HR/FB stabilizes around 250 PA (although it would differ between parks, most likely, so it wouldn’t likely stabilize that soon for Franco across seasons).

          ISO not until 550 PA, so SSS still applies. It doesn’t hurt to be cautiously optimistic, though.

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  3. I saw Biddle pitch yesterday. His stuff looked nasty. Hitters were consistently swinging & missing. Some were not even close to hitting the ball. His control was spotty. In the 3rd, he had thrown approximately 22 balls & 22 strikes. He picked it up for the remainder of the his time and finished with a decent ball/strike ratio. Encouraging start.

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      1. I was hoping he might be a late bloomer, due to the injury issues, but a 24-3 K-BB ratio doesn’t inspire much confidence. I thought it was interesting that the article said the Phils “had a talk with Cartwright about the ability to be more aggressive at the plate” this year. It seems like something they preach to their hitters in general. Sometimes to their detriment, I fear.

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  5. O-fers for Gillies and Hudson, while Zach Collier gets a hit, nudging his average up to .177. He’s taking firm control of the center-fielders’ batting race.

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    1. Doh, as someone pointed out on the previous thread, Altherr is playing center some days too, so I guess he’s in pretty firm control.

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  6. Gillies seems to be uttering his last breaths as a prospect. Without a large improvement soon, he will end up on the trash heap. Sorry. He could have made a good trade piece if he had progressed within the capabilities attributed to him.

    Oh, well.

    That is NO return on his trade acquisition . Poor trade results.

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    1. They got a back of the bullpen arm. That’s better than Cleveland or Seattle can say at this point, unless you’d rather have Blake Beavan.

      A lot of prospects flame out. Tough for the kid, but as an organization you move on.

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  7. I’ve got one eye on Art Charles. He’s on fire right now. A quick promotion to Clearwater may be in order if he stays hot and Serritella keeps struggling.

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    1. Agreed, he is one of the few players in the system with some pop. He could be the heir apparant to 1B in about 3 years.

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        2. He won’t be 23 until November, and he may currently be forcing his way to Hi-A. If the Phillies are so inclined, and he keeps hitting, he could spend all of next year in AA at age 23. Not so bad.

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  9. Cesar Hernandez batting average up to .380! If he would show more power,(doubles and triples) that would be nice and help his prospect status.And Perkins at .358 Maybe we’ll have a few nice suprises this year.
    And Walding,hoping he can stay consistant for a while,and that his power numbers will increase.

    It will be interesting to see where some of these players will be by June 1st,after it looking somewhat bleak in the first three weeks.

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