Daily Archives: May 15, 2013

Hot or Not

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A look back at the week of May 9-15…Observations: You cant stop Cameron Perkins, you can only hope to contain him….Chace Numata is making people notice offensively and defensively in Lakewood…Each of Nick Hanson’s three starts have been very good for Lakewood…Adam Morgan has not had a good start since the second week of April….Mike Stutes needs to be in Philly….Kyle Simon’s struggles may have cost him the closers job in Reading.

Hot Hitters: James Murphy (.478, 5R 2HR 7RBI); Cameron Perkins (.455, 4RBI); Zach Taylor (.455, 7R 2HR 6RBI); Roman Quinn (.435, 6R 1HR 4RBI 4SB); Steve Susdorf (.429);  Miguel ABreu (.417); Larry Greene (.400); Sebastian Valle (.385); Darin Ruf (.360, HR 4RBI); Chace Numata (.355, 5R 1HR 5RBI, SB); Brian Pointer (.333, 5R 12RBI) Honorable Mention: Gillies, Alonso Continue reading Hot or Not →

Box Score Recap – 5/14/2013

Box Score Recap

The VSL team gets into action, and one of the guys we ought to be watching, Gregori Rivero, (who was DHing but signed as a catcher), got off to a good start with a 3-5 and a double and scored a run. The other guy I’m paying attention to, Willerker Isava, was 1-3 with 2ks. Both of these guys were given 6 figure bonuses in 2012, Rivero was reported at $110k, Isava at $200k.

This is my 1 year Box Score Recap anniversary. Thanks to Gregg for involving me last year, and thanks to you all for checking in every day or as often as you do. I hope I sometimes make you crack a smile and maybe laugh out loud every now and again, and also that someday one of you, (or frankly, many of you), will remember me in your Last Will and Testament with a monetary sum equivalent to, say, that of young Willerker Isava’s signing bonus.

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Lehigh Valley Weekly Report

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The ‘Pigs have gone 2-5 since we last spoke and are now 16-22 on the year, 7.5 games behind division leading Buffalo in the Northern Division of the International League. Lehigh Valley finishes up their road trip with three more games against Norfolk, before returning home on Saturday for a four game series against Rochester.

‘Pigs Leaders: Cesar Hernandez is 7th in AB’s (148), 8th in runs (23), 5th in SB (10), 5th in hits(48),leads the league in triples (4) Darin Ruf is 6th in doubles (12); and 7th in strikeouts (38) Jermaine Mitchell is 2nd in triples (3); Cody Asche is 8th in strikeouts (37).

Pitchers: Ethan Martin has the 6th worst ERA (5.77), 8th worst WHIP (1.51) and is 5th in walks (23); Tyler Cloyd has the 8th worst ERA (5.40), is 8th in HR allowed (5); Jake Diekman is 4th in walks (23); BJ Rosenberg has the 9th worst WHIP (1.51).

‘Pigs Prospects: Darin Ruf has been very hot, hitting .417 with 1HR and 7RBI over his last 10 games and is now approaching .300 on the year with a line of .296/.370/.496 with 5HR and 22RBI in 136 AB’s.  Ruf has been solid in LF and played 1B once or twice a week. Ruf has consistent splits at .292 vs. LH and .297 vs. RH.  With another 50-75 solid AB’s through May, I think the Phils really need to consider adding him to the mix in the OF. Continue reading Lehigh Valley Weekly Report →