Monthly Archives: June 2013

Fifth Round Pick In Action Tonight

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Wanted to headline this one for all of you so no one misses it – 2013 5th Round Pick, LHP Ben Wetzler, is starting for Oregon State tonight in their deciding super regional game. The game is set for 10pm EST. Wetzler was good last Sunday, allowing 1 run, 4H, 4BB and striking out 10 in a 9-inning complete game victory over Texas A&M.

Now, Mike Stutes said this afternoon on Twitter that the contest will be televised on ESPNU, though my local listings don’t have it. I think it may turn out to be on ESPN2, superceding SportsCenter that’s still listed at that time, and if not, it may be online at ESPN3/WatchESPN if your cable company works with that service. If anyone finds a definitive answer on that, or sees it on their TV when it begins, please be kind enough to mention it in the comments.

18th round pick, RHP Dan Child is also on that squad, though I don’t see where he’s pitched at all in the super regionals. BA has nothing about an injury in their draft scouting report, so I’m not sure what’s up with him.

Box Score Recap – 6/9/2013

Box Score Recap

Lots to talk about here – but probably the most interesting thing I see is Severino Gonzalez’ first start stateside. He went 4 innings, giving up 3 hits and striking out 5. If they think he’s got the stuff to stick there, he’s suddenly jumped from likely a fringe/non-prospect at Williamsport, to someone on whom we’ll need to get more information. That’s a big jump, and one that would be surprising for anyone to make successfully. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 6/9/2013 →

2013 Draft Tracker

2013 Draft

So I’ll post this graphic here with whatever info I can compile from the various media reports. I’ll try to scan through the comments here for that kind of info, so if you see I’m missing something, just make mention of it in a new comment at the bottom of the page, and please post any media links if you have them, so I can save them on my end.

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Box Score Recap – 6/8/2013

Box Score Recap

Pete Orr and Michael Martinez both went deep for the Pigs…somewhere Rube regrets his decision to hang onto Cesar Hernandez. Lesson learned, I’m sure. Quite an outing for Phillippe Aumont – 15 pitches, 14 strikes, struck out 4 of the 5 men he faced. And JC Ramirez got the save in that game. THE SECOND CLIFF LEE TRADE IS FINALLY PAYING OFF!

Jesse Biddle again reminding us that pitcher wins are a useless stat – 7IP, 1R, 4H, 3BB, 7K, 1 “Loss”. I’d give the loss to the Reading hitters, personally. They can share. So I guess Biddle still gets part of the loss. 1/9 of a loss.

And after being no-hit on Friday, the DSL club managed 2 hits on Saturday. An improvement of infinity %. So good for them.

Continue reading Box Score Recap – 6/8/2013 →

Top 10 Round Recap

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I am going to start by saying I really like what the Phillies did in the draft and they actually seem to be alternating pitching and hitting heavy drafts.

JP Crawford – Not much more to say here, best player available, and at a position of both need and overall scarcity.  Crawford may need some time but he comes in as an easy Top 5 prospect in the Phillies system.

Signing Probability (Slot – $2,299,300) – 100%, it might take the whole slot but this is the Phillies guy Continue reading Top 10 Round Recap →

Minor League Leaders

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Below is an organizational review of leaders in several categories.  I am debating making this a monthly feature…Let me know your thoughts.

Hits: Maikel Franco (67), Cameron Perkins (67), Aaron Altherr (64), Cody Asche (62), James Murphy (60), Cesar Hernandez (57), Chris Serritella (55), Leandro Castro (53), Albert Cartwright (53), Roman Quinn (53)

Runs: Carlos ALonso (40), Aaron Altherr (34), Maikel Franco (33), Albert Cartwright (32), Art Charles (31), Roman Quin (31), James Murphy (30), Jermaine Mitchell (30);Cameron Perkins (30),  Brian Pointer (30)  Continue reading Minor League Leaders →

Box Score Recap – 6/7/2013

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Cody Asche had a nice day over 2 short games. Ethan Martin had a pretty bad day on the hill. John Lannan threw for CLR – Nothing to write home about, but he’s on the way back.

Just noticed the DSL was no-hit. Brutal.

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Cord Sandberg Agrees to Terms

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Short and sweet…Cord Sandberg, the Phils 3rd round pick has told his hometown newspaper that he has agreed to terms with the Phillies for $775K, about 160K over slot.