Box Score Recap – 7/4/2013

Box Score Recap

Kelly Dugan announced on social media late Thursday that he’s been called up to Reading. Should be a good test to see how he can handle another caliber of pitching.

A busy day for names of note – on the hill, Jesse Biddle gave up 1R, 3H, 1BB and 9K in 6 IP. Kenny Giles back on the bump for Clearwater – he touched 99, according to @baseballbetsy on Twitter. A fourth strong start in a row for Shane Watson since a meltdown outing 4 weeks ago.

As for position players, Cesar Hernandez got his first start in the outfield, playing in the rain make-up half of the double header – an interesting addition to his value if he can cut it. Tyson Gillies went deep. He’s hit in four straight since coming back up to AAA.  Dylan Cozens with his third HR of the year, while Zach Green had another double, and Andrew Pullin had 4 hits, including a triple.

Here’s the affiliate Scoreboard from MiLB.

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?sid=milb&org=143&ymd=20130704

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105 thoughts on “Box Score Recap – 7/4/2013”

  2. Cam Perkins is on rehab assignment in the GCL. Man amongst boys. He should be back in Clearwater in no time. Wait… the GCL plays in Clearwater. He’ll have to play at night instead of at noon.

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    1. About time Dugan got called up, reading may actually start winning games with he and Franco

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    2. Perkins dominated the GC game I saw on Wednesday. Truby was there watching too. I am sure he will be back with the Threshers soon- maybe even tonight

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  3. It get interesting if Caesar gets more starts in CF. Maybe they just want to light a fire under Gillies.

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    1. Eric Longenhagen (Crashburn scout guy) was on twitter last night saying some nice things about the Gillies swing change, for what it’s worth.

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      1. I was just going to say..Gillies looks like he is ready to make next step. heading over to read that article.

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    2. Moved Freddy over to 2nd and put Mini-Mart at ss. Look, if you ask me, why not experiment with Asche at 2nd base for a game or two! But JJ and the crew don’t ask me.;)

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      1. You don’t move Asche right now because you actually have a need for him at 3B, potentially within a month. If you are going to experiment with 2B again you do it in Instructs or the AFL.

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        1. Well it will have to be in the AFL, since he will be going for the second consecutive year, and can be more readily availble for eligibilty in a change of position.

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  4. Love Hernandez at CF, though I’m still not sure he can stick on a major league bench without playing SS.

    Cord Sandberg threw out a guy at home? Check off that tool on the list, I guess. Top 10 guy for me.

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    1. Is the expectation that Sandberg will play CF once James leaves the GCL? I remember reading scouting reports suggesting he was athletic enough to handle the position.

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  5. Congrats to Dugan. He’s been here all along and though his PT may have been limited due to injury, he’s always performed when on the field. Legit prospect right there.

    That Williamsport offense is fun to follow; wish I could say the same for their pitching

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    1. Imagine the lineup in Lakewood next year, specifically if Tocci repeats and Crawford starts there:

      CF: Tocci
      SS: Crawford
      3B: Green
      RF: Cozens
      2B: Pullin
      C: Lino
      1B: Williams
      LF: Hiciano

      I’d buy tickets.

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      3. With the phillies love for college 1Bmen, and the line that Pierce is putting up so far in williamsport, i expect him to move up and play 1st with this group.

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        1. Agree DC. Made a similar comment last week. He’ll be 24 before next season starts so there’s not a whole lot to get excited about with him dominating against kids 3-4 years younger than he. Still, he’s doing what he should against younger comp so why not give him a look

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      4. Crawford would most likely go to GCL while Quinn repeats Lakewood. He more than likely would have done so anyway but with the injury it’s guarenteed at this point.

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  6. Love that line from Biddle, specifically the 1BB. Several posters mentioned they would be at the game last night. Any reports?

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    1. Standards for LGJ must be REAL low … 2 singles and a strikeout gets someone excited!!!!

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  8. Mike Nesseth is becoming the next bullpen hope. He is consistently good for Reading. He steadied things last night for Reading. Giles throws hard, but has a way of finding bats. It was a sorry night for the bullpens throughout the system. Jesse Biddle with a good game. Good for Dugan.
    James, Perkins, Tolbert, and Carman are rehabbing in GCL. They should be back soon with their teams. With Dugan moving up I expect to see Perkins in the Clearwater line up. Carman could go anywhere in the system. He is older and a good receiver. They may want to see Tolbert at second base in AAA (Cesar in center field temporarily; Utley elsewhere?).

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      1. I think Reading Bellman – Gillies was promoted last week so Dugan’s addition is a wash. Plenty of OF P.T. available for JJ at Reading

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        1. I’m not so sure. They’re not bumping Hewitt or Dugan out of the lineup, and Collier’s on the 40 man. As bad as he’s been this year, I don’t think they want to sit him either since they need to know what they have in him. Plus, I think Collier’s the slightly better prospect anyway, given that James couldn’t hit AA pitching either last year, and he was a year older then than Collier is now. Maybe James and Collier will split time in center.

          That is, unless they want to do something crazy like bump Hewitt to AAA, I don’t see any other options. And Hewitt to AAA presents other problems, since the Pigs OF seems pretty set with Ruf-Gillies-Castro.

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          1. Reading also plays with the DH a few times a week on average. DMitchell (or Henson) can easily move back to LV and though I agree on Collier and Dugan, Hewitt shouldn’t be taking consistent ABs away from anyone.

            So you have Dugan and Collier getting regular ABs and Hewitt and James in an outfield rotation (Dugan can even slide to 1B once a week), plus the DH, and Henson (who won’t play 3B very often with Franco now in the picture) getting the occasional start in the OF. Seems like a lot of ABs still available there but I guess we’ll have to wait and see. James is an advanced fielder so I doubt the org has soured on him to the point where he finds himself in a strict platoon

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  9. Does anyone know if the Phillies lifted their pitch restriction on Watson? It would make sense after that brutal outing vs the powerhouse crawdads, they let him throw all his breaking stuff to regain confidence before it was shattered.

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  10. One of the better days on the farm, only downer is that Franco jammed his finger. Hopefully it doesn’t ruin his groove. Gillies becoming a thing is awesome news. A speed+pop CF is a valuable commodity.

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      1. Reading manager Dusty Wathan said Maikel Franco tweaked his finger diving to first base yesterday. Out today as a precaution.

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        1. ‘diving to first base’

          Hopefully returning to 1st on a pick-off attempt and not diving into first trying to leg out an infield hit. Sprinting down the line and diving into first base in an attempt to beat the throw is one of the dumbest plays in baseball

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  12. Was at the game last night had my 7 yr old with me so i was not able to take some video like i had hoped, oh and i was sitting right behind the reading dug out on the 3B line.

    To start with the umpire had what appeared to be a floating strike zone. Biddle both benefited and was hurt by it. FB was all over the place speed wise from 88-92. the 88 i noticed was on a “get me over” 3-0 FB. You could tell he had more speed that what he was showing. To me it looked like his control problems where mechanical issues with his stride. When he was balanced he was spot on when he got out front he started to get wild. Now from my angle i could not get a good read on the change, but i had a great view on the curve and it is a phenomenal pitch. tremendous bite on it and he could probably throw 90% curves and get people out consistently.

    As far as offensive players there was not much to watch with Franco out of the lineup, which he had a splint on his pinky which i assume is why he was out of the lineup. Collier and Hewitt look the part and you can see the tools are there, but it does not look like it is coming together yet for them. the best thing from the night was before the game when 2 kids were bugging every player in the reading dugout for 2 balls and when they got to Hewitt he said “wait you want 2 not 1 but 2. Well that will be $5.” and the kids turn to their dad and ask for $5. By this point Hewitt saw me and we both started laughing because he was having some fun with them and he threw then a couple balls. Thank god because it was getting a little annoying with them yelling right next to me for about 15-20 minutes. I am not being a grump because i would never discourage these kids from doing what they were because of how much it meant to them when they finally got the balls, but the players could have helped out a bit sooner.

    One final report Kyle Simon’s stash is just as impressive in person as it looks in pictures.

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  13. Was at the game last night had my 7 yr old with me so i was not able to take some video like i had hoped, oh and i was sitting right behind the reading dug out on the 3B line.

    To start with the umpire had what appeared to be a floating strike zone. Biddle both benefited and was hurt by it. FB was all over the place speed wise from 88-92. the 88 i noticed was on a “get me over” 3-0 FB. You could tell he had more speed that what he was showing. To me it looked like his control problems where mechanical issues with his stride. When he was balanced he was spot on when he got out front he started to get wild. Now from my angle i could not get a good read on the change, but i had a great view on the curve and it is a phenomenal pitch. tremendous bite on it and he could probably throw 90% curves and get people out consistently.

    As far as offensive players there was not much to watch with Franco out of the lineup, which he had a splint on his pinky which i assume is why he was out of the lineup. Collier and Hewitt look the part and you can see the tools are there, but it does not look like it is coming together yet for them. the best thing from the night was before the game when 2 kids were bugging every player in the reading dugout for 2 balls and when they got to Hewitt he said “wait you want 2 not 1 but 2. Well that will be $5.” and the kids turn to their dad and ask for $5. By this point Hewitt saw me and we both started laughing because he was having some fun with them and he threw then a couple balls. Thank god because it was getting a little annoying with them yelling right next to me for about 15-20 minutes. I am not being a grump because i would never discourage these kids from doing what they were because of how much it meant to them when they finally got the balls, but the players could have helped out a bit sooner.

    One final report Kyle Simon’s stash is just as impressive in person as it looks in pictures.

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  14. I attended the game at Trenton last night. Couple comments before the breakdown: i was a couple minutes late getting seated – feeding 5 young adult kids pregame has its challenges, the scoreboard speed gun was inconsistent @ times, I was sitting behind the 3rd base dugout so it was difficult to tell pitch movement other than the nasty curve ball he threw all night, and why the hell did Franco not play?

    Biddle threw 95 pitches in 6 innings, 65 strikes. It looked like the zone was small both ways all night. Valle did an excellent job of framing pitches and subtlety worked the plate in chooch like fashion. There were 8-10 pitches that Valle did not move his glove that were called balls that Valle wanted. Of the 9 ks, 6 were curve balls 70-72 mph( randy wolf like curve ball?), 2 on 92 mph fb, 1 on an 82 mph change up. He was 89-92 all night with fb, sitting 90. Biddle ran several deep counts in the 1st two innings (39 pitches in 1st two innings). I thought he did an excellent job of locating, and mixing pitches. The only pitch he struggles with was something he throws 85-87 – could not tell if it was a cutter or slider but assumed it was a cutter.

    There were three hard hit balls in his six innings of work: lead off rocket come backer to the mound which biddle handled easily and the back to back doubles in the 6th (the only hit on his curve all night – in fact it was the only time that a hitter actually hit his curve into play). The Thunder hitters could not hit the curve with a piece of plywood attached to their bats – they had atrocious swings at the pitch. The only other hit was seeing single by a lefty hitter. Ther were no hard hit balls, not even foul balls. Biddle was in complete control. He dealt with adversity well, there was a ground ball to Murphy @ first where Biddle covered the bag and look liked he hit the bag but the ump called him safe. Wathan came out and argued to no avail. Biddle retired the next 3 hitters on weak fly balls.

    Summarizing my thoughts, I think Biddle is a #2-3 starter in the majors. If he can hit 92 consistently or his change up or other mid 80’s pitch improves, he could be a 1/2 starter. He Ws clearly the best prospect on the field. Cartwright had a nice night, very athletic, nice glove, stole 2 bases easily, Valle is an excellent receiver (at least last night he was) with a strong arm but was slightly off line on his throws all night giving up 5 stole bases although the 1st one ws on Biddle, and the 2nd one Biddle picked off the guy at 1st and the runner best Murphy’s throw to 2nd base. Valle is maddening – he has talent seems to try but appears to give away at bats. Knife throws hard but is wild, I really like Sosa – he was completely unlucky – comes for knife with 2 on 1 out in the 7th with 2 already in and gets a 1st pitch double play. In the 8th, he get a 1st pitch weak roller to 2nd, k the 2nd guy on 4 pitches including a 95 mph fb, gives up a single to left, has the next guy buried 0-2 and gives a garbage swinging bunt down the 3rd base line. Nesseth got the final out in the 8th and 2 ks and a weak 4-3 for four out save topping out at 95 mph and sitting 92.

    Hope that helps – sorry if I wrote too much. If I missed something please ask. Love this site – visit several times a day. Thanks for what all of you do. It is really fun to follow the minors as close as the majors.

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    1. I was at the game and can echo this report. I think the Trenton gun is also a little slow – maybe by 1-2 MPH because I know Knigge (as bad as he was last night), throws harder than the gun was showing last night. I would say, if you were using the CBP gun, Biddle would have been sitting 90-93, touching 94 and 95, like he did at Reading earlier this year – essentially, velocity similar to Hamels and Lee.

      It was also clear to me (and this is something that you just can’t tell from box scores) that, having pretty well mastered the curve (he is working on command a little bit, but the movement is there and command is already above average), Biddle is spending the majority of his time mastering command and mechanics with his other pitches. He was working a lot on fastball command and it seemed like he also threw a cutter (it sits around 84-88) and an occasional change. The change did not look like anything special and, from my vantage point, I just couldn’t tell you much about the cutter – I’d have to see that on TV to evaluate it but I did like that the pitch seemed to be thrown hard and had some “snap” to it – but more than that I could not say. That said, Biddle definitely appears to be making progress with fastball command, but still needs some time on that. Overall, Biddle struggled with command a little, but found a groove after the second inning until he hit a rough patch in the 6th – he also threw the curve a bit more after the second inning, mostly to simply end long innings or at bats.

      Now let’s talk about the curveball – I wrote about it earlier when i saw Biddle in the start after his 16 K gem (also a great start, he struck out 10, but he did throw a lot of pitches that game), I was sitting about 20 feet past the 1st base bag for that start and you could see the effectiveness of that pitch from there. Last night I was sitting behind home about 25 rows and had a different but also great vantage point. So how was the curve? I said earlier this year that it is an elite pitch (plus/plus and then some) and now I am sure that it is. I have been going to baseball games for over 40 years and IT IS EASILY THE BEST CURVEBALL I HAVE EVER SEEN IN PERSON. That is no exaggeration. It is a virtually unhittable, knee-bending doozy of a pitch. The swings we saw yesterday on that pitch were horrible, but were exactly the same type of swings I saw another team make on curve earlier in the year. Rarely are curves strikeout pitches or put-away pitches – but this one definitely is. Obviously, more players in AAA and the majors will be able to foul the pitch off and that’s why they are working so hard with him to set it up properly.

      My sense is that they are working very hard on Jesse’s command and velocity of his other pitches (especially the fastball so that he can alternate between that and the curve) and it is crystal clear that they are having him use the curve only when necessary right now. My feeling is that when Biddle refines the other pitches, solidifies his mechanics and perhaps nudges his velocity up a bit, they are going to let him loose and, from that point, he will be in the majors very quickly thereafter. He absolutely, positively has ace potential and, at worst (assuming no injuries or serious regression), should be a solid 2 on a contending team or an outstanding 3. When he arrives in the majors he will probably have the best, or one of the best, curves in baseball..

      This is certainly a refinement year for Biddle – don’t pay too close attention to the box scores as they are working on things with him so that he is ready for the big leagues and are not focused as much on results (nor should they be). I could easily see Biddle arriving in the majors next May so the team essentially secures his services for almost 7 years before he hits free agency. It is hard to tell whether he will be immediately successful in the big league, but I expect Jesse to have a long and productive career in the majors if he can stay healthy and maintain his velocity.

      So, yeah, it sucked not seeing Franco last night (or Dugan, or Rupp, or Gillies), but Biddle made it worthwhile. Mitchell hit a bomb but really nobody else looked good, except Cartwright may have some ability. Aside from that it the Reading line-up was putrid.

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      1. Good stuff Catch. Q for you – is his curve typically located out of the strike zone or is he getting strikes of the non-swinging variety as well?

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        1. From what I saw a couple weeks ago and from what I’ve heard talking to coordinators, the big thing they like with Biddle is he gets swing-and-misses on his curve in the strike zone and he doesn’t have to make people chase to get strikes with it.

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          1. Thanks Mitch. Indeed a ‘big thing’ as more seasoned hitters will begin to lay off a pitch that is consistently out of the zone. Thanks for your response

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        2. Both – he puts the curve wherever he wants it to go. He can throw it for strikes in the zone and freeze batters (who think the pitch is too high and guess wrong) or can get batters (who think it will fall in the zone) to chase it (low) out of the zone. But he does also get swings and misses in the zone. It’s a truly ridiculous pitch.

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        3. When I saw him in NH (albeit limited) last week it’s very much a swing and miss pitch. If hitters manage to get a piece of it very weak contact is generated.

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        4. From where I was sitting I got a good view on how he changed the amount of break downward. Sometimes he would start it as a ball high and it would end up as a ball low. And he worked everywhere in between.

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  15. Nesseth has nice stats this year, but why was he so hittable last season and his SO/9 is pretty terrible for a reliever. Not buying him.

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    1. Nik, I’ll give you SO/9 (2 k2 out of four batters last night however), but last year for a developing player is probably last year. He has been showing consistent improvement at Reading.

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      1. Perkins in the lineup for the GCL Phillies’ noon game today – at Catcher no less

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          1. I’m telling you nik – Perkins was showing as catcher minutes before noon. LOL – he’s no longer shown in the lineup now – but I’m telling you he was there. Or perhaps I’m finally losing my mind

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            1. His being there and pulled off could mean that he will play for the Threshers tonight. Maybe a last minute decision.

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            2. Hope so Puddin – I’m planning on making the trip to Clearwater for the game this evening – weather permitting

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  19. Pullin seems to be on the rebound, does anyone have any reports on his fielding?

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    1. He’s getting there. Still a little robotic at times, almost like he’s thinking about being technically sound. But he makes the routine plays, turns double plays pretty well and has showed some pretty good range. He needs to allow himself to be more athletic and then he’ll be more fluid in his motions. He’s still a work in progress, but I think they’re happy with how far he’s come considering he has still played more games in left field in his minor league career than he has at second base (26 to 23).

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      1. Thanks for the report Mitch., I love your reports, I love Buddy’s as well. That’s not to slight any other the other guys who give us live reports – I loved the reports on Biddle today – but you are the two people who seem to see a ton of games and consistently give us very detailed reports.

        Can you please watch some Lehigh Valley games and give me a similarly detailed report on Hernandez? 🙂

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  20. It’s only 60 PA, but, as good as Cozens looks even upon a quick glance at his numbers, some bad BIP luck is masking just how good he has been. His BB%/K%/ISO are all excellent.

    Oddly enough, it may be the K% more than anything that excites me. Sure, it’s “only” a decent 18%, but given how raw he was supposed to be, and concerns about swing and miss in his swing, AND his power hitting profile, 18% is pretty darn good.

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  21. Crawford 2-2 with two line drive singles to right today. He stole 2nd in the first but was throw out attempting to steal third. Still, great to see him being so aggressive

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      1. He will be in the top 100 regardless, but it’s good to see Crawford getting hits every game.

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    2. Steve Goldman sums it up pretty well with Amaro and his decision-making abilities when it came to Howard’s contract back in 2010.

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      1. There are some words and phrases that RAJ and Phillies spout with far to great frequency. ‘Contract certainty’ is near the head of the list. We certainly got contract certainty with Howard. He also was an ‘established veteran’ at the time we sought that contract certainty. He displayed a lot of what RAJ counts as ”production’ and the presence of all that production blinded RAJ and likely the owners to the very obvious flaws in Howard’s game and body type. Phillies management seems to think that they fans have a burning desire to see our heroes of post-season years rewarded with lavish big contracts, even if it is apparent that the contracts are unwise. Howard is Dykstra/Daulton all over, with inflation.

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        1. I would like to see Amaro and Monty take a stance, at some point down the road with the next great athlete, similar to what Bill DeWitt and John Mozeliak did with Albert Pujols. The Cardinals seem to manage year end and year out.

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          1. The cardinals have a lot of faith in there scouting and player delevopment. that makes it eaiser, especially when you also spend in the latin market, so instead of locking up a ton of money for ten years. they know they can find players of value in the draft and latin market. Wacha comes to mind one year and he is in big leagues, And they have that latin kid who is twenty in triple a and a stud already. we have giles and montgomery, saying we dont go all in on a prospects. instead sign a lot and hope to get lucky.

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            1. That is correct. Their LA endeavors have been more rewarding then the Phillies. And so have been many other organizations. My point is that, as allentown1 referred above, when he posted…’Phillies management seems to think that their fans have a burning desire to see our heroes of post-season years rewarded with lavish big contracts, even if it is apparent that the contracts are unwise’. The Cardinal management does not think along those lines. They are comfortable in their upcoming prospects, as you alluded to, because they made more then appropriate investments in ALL venues for obtaining talent. I am not implying the Phillies do not have faith in their scouts nor coaching- player development programs.

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            2. With the way prospects have been delayed until vets move out or rental vets are brought in when a kid could play equally well, I suspect that what management doesn’t trust is the average Phillies fan. They don’t think fans will buy season tickets or pay on game day if there is more than one rookie/youngster in the lineup. They have always seemed to believe that fans would buy tickets to see washed up name vets. We know from their actions that they don’t think their fans follow the draft at all or have any knowledge of our farm system, beyond perhaps the most ballyhooed name.

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        2. The Cardinals are really a model organization. I might rank the Rays front office higher, but they are really competing on a different playing field, being a small market team. The Cardinals are more of a model in that they are a mid market team.

          Though even there the Phillies have an edge, and that WILL be reflected in a somewhat different contract philosophy.

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          1. Not to take away from the Rays but they’ve benefited from year after year of top 5 picks, not to mention the absurd number of comp picks they accumulated as a result of departing free-agents. The Rays coaching staff is the envy of most organizations but if we’re talking strictly about draft selections and player development, I give it to the Cards in a landslide.

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      1. Its the same crap as always, people attacking each other for no reason. Its like larrym, he spends a ton of time looking up stats and posting detailed opinions, and several people just attack and criticize him endlessly. There is no appreciation for some what effort it takes for the people who run this site to do what they do for no compensation, and some of the contributors like larrym and others to share their views. I’ve gone to games and taken detailed notes just for the purpose of posting on here, and then you get rude responses and its like for what am I doing this? If you don’t like something, move on. Takes huge courage to “anonymously” tell someone off via the internet and a message board.

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        1. The response wasn’t rude. It pointed out that the topic should have been posted in General Discussion. These threads are taken over by the same arguments (RAJ sucks, the Phils org is cheap, Ryan Howard sucks) unless there are some parameters for what can be discussed.

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          1. I was just about to add that the Phils are cheap, FAJ and RH suck, but maybeeeee i shouldn’t

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        2. Buddy. Its almost like the some of the people I have worked with, and you probably too, over the years. Most are great, and some can be PITAs Try not to let it get you down.

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    4. PhilyBalt, you should have seen that response coming. Anytime someone asks for Big club discussion/nonsense, to be taken to the General discussion, it’s taken as a personal attack.

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      1. It was not meant as a personal attack but I won’t answer those type of posts again. I hope other posters won’t also.

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  24. Some people don’t want to hear ridiculous trade speculation and bitching about RAJ, Howard and Dave Montgomery in every thread. Also, please don’t start a sentence that has the phrase “grow up” in it that begins with “OMG”.

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  25. Good to see that Nic Hanson is back and pitching, after a promising beginning of the year in Lakewood. I know there’s somebody that’s happy to see Chad Carman pop up in a box score too.

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  26. Going to put this in this thread because it’s about Franco.

    Someone recently referred to a recent Sickles note on Franco. The odd thing is, if I recall correclty (not going to search through the last half dozen threads to conform it) it was characterized as negative. If the following is a negative comment, then I guess I don’t understand the difference between a negative and positive comment: http://www.minorleagueball.com/2013/6/26/4453196/prospect-note-maikel-franco-3b-philadelphia-phillies.

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    1. that was not one of the articles that was deemed negative if memory serves me correctly. it was a BP piece that characterized him as lazy the classy way by saying something close to “I am not saying he is lazy but the effort i saw when watching….”

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  27. I just wanted to share something. Since we are lacking with quality arms at the bottom levels of the minors and not likely to make playoffs this year, we should think about selling of our quality assets at the major league level (Utley, Ruiz or Lee) and think about getting quality prospects in return. I have also read that the 2014 draft is promising in terms of high school arms. Do you think we should be drafting arms next year? It seems we are quite deep in position players? What do you all say? I know we should not draft for need but that is what we lack big time in lower levels.

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    1. This does not belong in a daily boxscore section, please put this type of negative commentary in the general discussion thread.

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  28. Zach Green is a machine … 2-3 with two 2B so far tonight. J.P. Crawford also had a good game, getting on base three times and stealing his fourth bag.

    On the other end of the spectrum, Brody Colvin would have been yanked from an over-40 slow pitch softball game tonight.

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  29. Wow, that did not look good for Dugan, hope that ankle turn wasn’t as bad as it was ugly. Oh boy

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  30. Honestly, I don’t care about who comments what, and where they put it. I get the purpose of the General Discussion, this is a prospects website and that is our chance to discuss topics on the organization as a whole, MLB-GCL. Obviously some people are a little more concerned about filtering the comments. To help us all, Matt, Gregg, or Brad could you put a little post at the top of the main screen defining the “comment policy”. It would make the website a whole lot cleaner and more organized, I can’t stand scrolling through “this belongs in the general discussion” comments. Again, it doesn’t bother me, it’s just a suggestion.

    Thanks
    Go Phillies, Pigs, Fightins, Threshers, Blue Claws, and Phils!

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