Box Score Recap – 5/13/2013

Box Score Recap

The VSL started on Monday, but it’s a five team league this year, and the Phils were off. Stateside, good pitching performances from David Buchanan, (2R, 5H, 4K in 7IP), and Nic Hanson (1 R, 2H, 1BB, 4K in 7IP – retired the first 16 men he faced).

At the plate, 3 singles from Cameron Perkins – 2 hits, including a 2B, from Chace Numata – 2 including a triple from Maikel Franco – and 2 including a HR from Kelly Dugan.  And a double from Tyson Gillies means he’s hit in four straight. Maybe his swing has finally settled into its new “groove”. If so, he’ll be back in AAA shortly, I’d imagine.

And then there’s this – The Durham Bulls have a guy in their bullpen named “Steve Geltz” – I have to imagine it’s pronounced like “Steve Jeltz”. If so, I’m pretty sure Rube should trade for that guy. Just because.

Here’s the affiliate Scoreboard from MiLB.

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?sid=milb&org=143&ymd=20130513

5-13-13 boxscores

58 thoughts on “Box Score Recap – 5/13/2013”

    1. We know that he is 6’7″ and pitches better when he starts than when he relieves. I guess they will keep him as a starter, especially now that Brady and Warner are back in Extended Spring Training.

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        1. My theory on that was to work on something with his control. Take a look at his last three starts and you’ll see an average of a walk per inning. I don’t think we got any kind of official word, though.

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    2. Tops out at 90 mph, sinker, slider, change. At 6’7″ that’s pretty good angle on the sinker.

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    1. The only relievers that are doing their job are lower down. Even there, Giles is on the DL.

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  4. I think special mention (and probably jokes) should be made about Franco’s triple. Anyone see it? With reports of Franco’s speed it is likely that it should have been an inside-the park homerun and/or an error

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    1. I’m really excited by Franco’s performance. He’s sporting a .240 ISO in 160 plate appearances with a 6.9/14.4 BB/K rate with a .295 average that’s not at all BABIP aided (.311 BABIP). He seems to consistently drive the ball, plays solid D at third and is only 20 years old. And for him to leg out a triple on what reports suggest are incredibly slow legs tells me he’s got some pretty solid base-running instincts as well.

      BTW, the BB/K rate is exactly the same as it was last season, pointing to consistency in this area. The BB rate could be higher, but you’ve got to like what he’s doing.

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      1. He finished 2012 very strong even though it was with an extremely high BABIP so to see him start off 2013 this strong with a normalized BABIP is impressive… and I’m sure I’m about jinx him, but he’s played 34 games at 3B and hasn’t made an error.

        BTW, Asche has 5 in 33 games at LHV. Maybe Asche should be shagging some fly balls in the OF now and then to prepare for where he’ll be playing in a couple years if he’s still a Phillie.

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          1. 0 errors vs 5 errors over the course of around 20-25% of the minor league season is somewhat significant and I wasn’t saying Asche can’t play 3B. I was saying Franco is the superior 3B both in terms of defense and in terms of upside. I think Asche looks more like he could play a corner OF position than Franco so that means if both were to be in a lineup and neither is in the OF the only other possible position is 1B.

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          1. Right, we just had (was it Longenhagen?) mention on Twitter how well he’s handling balls in front of him, the charge and throw plays. And I think he and Gregg (or was it Kram) had a little back and forth about how he’s still getting there on the in-between hops. That’s progress. Will Franco eventually force him into the OF or into another 2B experiment? Maybe. If so, perhaps they trade Asche somewhere he can play 3B and get who knows what in return. Good problem to have, too many 3B who can hit and field well enough to stick.

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            2. Yeah, I think so too, but if they tried it under more ideal circumstances, say, let him work out at second all winter then play there one spring, he might still surprise people. I know range is the problem, and so it’s a longshot. I just think the bat does not play as well in the outfield, though with the Phillies current and near-future OFers, Asche might look like a great bat to have out there.

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            3. If Michael Young were to go down with an injury for a month or more, would Asche get the call at this point, or would it be some combo of Galvis and Frandsen?

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            4. Hmm…good question. I was contemplating another “roster decision” piece last week but put it off. It’s been about a month, so maybe I’ll get to that this week still.

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        3. If Asche can’t play 3B then he can play the outfield for the Riversharks. Corner outfielders need an OPS of at least .850. The reason the Phillies suck is due to how short they are in that department and in CF also.

          Look at the 2007 – 2009 outfields.

          The Phillies can’t win without bats at every position.

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          1. People need to stop with the talk of the need for overstated offensive production at every position at the MLB level. It isn’t the steriod era, offense is down. The Average OPS by left fielders is roughly .760 MLB-wide this year, while it is .720 for right fielders (per ESPN’s position based statistical splits). An .800 OPS for a corner outfielder is above average, mid .700s would be average production. One could argue that they don’t think a player profiles as at least average offensively at a position, but they need to be cognizant of the current context of average.

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  6. Perkins and Altherr are #2 and #3 in the FSL in SLG %. Perkins, Franco, Altherr are #1, #2, and #3 in the FSL in Doubles.

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  8. I’m over my initial skepticism about Cameron Perkins hitting. It’s becoming ridiculous. He seems to get a single and double every game. His LD rate has been climbing too.

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    1. Would generally like him to take a couple more walks, but if I were hitting just about everything coming my way, I’d probably swing away, too. We did see some of this with Sebastian Valle, (a really slim item of comparison, here, folks, I’m not comparing the two players in general), where he was on a run in CLR in April and May and just not walking at all, but getting a ton of hits. Will be interesting to see if Perkins draws some more walks when he’s not just absolutely destroying opposing pitchers and getting good luck with balls in play.

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      1. This is VERY reminiscent of what Asche did last year. He wasn’t hitting a lot of homers or drawing a lot of walks either. I would imagine that if this keeps up much longer, he’ll be promoted to Reading by June. Almost by default, he should hit more homers in Reading. The big test will likely come where it almost always does for hitters – at Lehigh Valley.

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        1. There will be a test at each level. The pitchers in AA are much better and will get a hitter like Perkins (and Asche last year initially) to swing out of the strike zone until he learns to take a walk. Many of the AAA pitchers are typically 4A soft throwers, like Cloyd, who nibble and get guys to get themselves out. As even Ted Williams showed in his famous chart, no one can get many hits going out of the strike zone consistently.

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        2. Right, and Perkins does have a couple HR already, which lends itself to the idea that he may have more power in him. If he hits his way to Reading and puts up 12-14 HR there in three months, he’s suddenly a nice prospect going into 2014. Even then, he’s going to have a lot to prove before anyone annoints him anything more than a backup corner OF/bench bat in the big leagues.

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          1. why isn’t perkins at reading already. reading has three bad outfielders. who can’t hit. Let this kid get a chance

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    2. Just cannot seem to understand why his BB rate has been so low….since his college days no less! But he can swing the bat for sure. Look at me…starting to think like LarryM when it comes to BBs!

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      2. He is a free swinger not a hacker. It was the report out of college as well. He has been a high contact guy as well so an environment like the FSL against lesser pitchers he can get to everything. It is less that it is a lack of plate discipline or approach and more that he knows how to make contact with everything. When he gets to AA and AAA one of three things is going to happen; his K rate will spike without the walk rate as pitchers expose him (Sebastian Valle), his walk and strikeout rates both go up and the prospect value depends on the power and defense, or he continues to have a high contact rate and the contact lessens (Josh Vitters). I suspect it is going to be more of the last one as he makes bad contact on pitches he probably shouldn’t be swinging at. The defense is the big question mark, he wasn’t great at third and he has been ok in the OF. Overall he strikes me as somewhere in between Todd Frazier and Ty Wigginton (before you crucify me, tell me you wouldn’t take a guarantee that the Phillies 6th round pick would have a 10+ year career where he was an above average bench player/occasional starter who could play all four corners)

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  9. Logan Moore with another “0”fer performance, but continues to play everyday! He has already started 26 games this season for Clearwater and is hitting .163 with 92 AB’s and only 3 extra base hits. Strike out to walk ratio is 2 – 1. Slugging a whopping .207. Stumpo and Ludy (now in Lakewood) with only 4 games each and Ruiz started 2 games on assignment. Otherwise it is all Moore all the time…. does anyone know who this kid has pictures of????

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    1. I don’t know who he has pictures of but it sounds like he stole your girlfriend or something…

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    2. First and foremost, the Phillies organization likes catchers who can catch and handle the pitchers. Second I remember reading equally pointed criticism of Chace Numata a few weeks back, now he’s tearing things up with his bat. Stumpo is not a prospect. Likely the Phillies don’t see Ludy as one either. They will go with the guy they see as having the upside to make it to the bigs or if they lack a guy like that, then the catcher who will most help the young pitchers. Haven’t heard a lot about Carman lately. Those who said Carman should be starting just conveniently overlooked a 3-year age difference between Carman and Numata. I think the decision on Stumpo is obvious. The guy is about to turn 26. He’s an organizational guy who will be sent wherever there is a need in the system. He could go from the bench in CLW to more regular play in Reading or even Allentown. Ludy is just a few months older than Moore, so it is not an age thing. The Phillies must just like Moore better as a prospect.

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    3. I remember reading that Logan Moore has a plus plus arm behind the plate and the Josh Ludy doesn’t have a good arm.
      I checked out the stats, and low and behold, Moore has thrown out 47% (16 of 34) of base stealers. Josh Ludy is zero (0 of 15) for 0%.
      It could be that they are looking at defense, while you are looking at Batting average.

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  10. When did the Phillies sign Tommy Mendonca? I remember him being a decent prospect with the Rangers but then saw he was playing in the Atlantic League a week or two ago. He has put up solid numbers in the minors. I like that signing a lot.

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    2. He had a nice year two year ago in AA with 25 homers (160 K’s though), I guess there was no room for him with Olt (who is hitting .140 in AAA FYI). Played some in AAA last year and didn’t do so hot, apparently he was in camp with Oakland in ST and got let go last month.

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      1. Well if his Uncle played in the Phillies organization back in the day that just means he will be playing everyday in Clearwater in no time. Regardless of his production.

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  11. Gregori Rivero, one of the 16 year old catchers the Phillies signed last July, played well in his 1st professional game. Three (3) hits. Turns 17 in 2 weeks.

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    1. He’s one to watch in VSL, along with Willerker Isava, who also got a six figure bonus, and both were born in 1996, and hotdamn now I feel old.

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      2. I recall reading a scouting report that said Rivero had a very advanced bat. Opposite of Devi Grullon, who is advanced on defense, but is raw in the batters’ box.

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      3. wheres gregg at? im patiently waiting for a break down the VSL and DSL now that they are starting.

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  12. It’s pronounced Gell-ts he is a stocky 5’9 right hander who can bring it. From a logical stand point Rube should take a chance hahaha

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  13. Numata’s defense shaky? 2 throwing errors and a PB tonight. He did get on base 3 times however.

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    1. They should move him now to the outfield. Excellent arm and above average foot speed. He is demonstrating a good hit tool and with his young age has some upside, but probably not behind the plate. Was a high school shortstop when drafted in 2010.

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      1. Why would they move him to the outfield now? They’re trying to make him more valuable, not less.

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  14. Percival Garner intrigues me. Usually gets alot of strike outs, doesnt given up alot of ER (looks to have poor support in field behind him) but walks too many batters. If he can curtail those walks he looks to have decent upside.

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