A look at the time period of July 4-10….Plenty of good hitting around the organization this week…I am getting disproportionately excited over JP Crawford considering he has less than 75 professional AB’s…I will “bite”, Steve Susdorf should be given a shot to be a left handed bat off the Phils bench…Maikel Franco just keeps plugging along…Good to to see Nic Hanson back from his injury and performing well…Brody Colvin is pretty much an unmitigated disaster at this stage… Mario Hollands needs to be promoted to Reading.
Hot Hitters: Steve Susdorf (.500); JP Crawford (.500, 4rs, 2SB); Michael Martinez (.455, 6R); Jon Roof (.450, 8R 2HR 11RBI); Andrew Pullin (.440, 7RBI); Maikel Franco (.438); Derrick Mitchell (.429); Jia Tromp (.429); Willie Carmona (.424, 4RBI); Brock Stassi (.350); Cody Asche (.343, 6R 5RBI 3SB); Honorable Mention: Murphy, Gillies, Lerud, Overbeck, Sandberg, Greene, Galvis, Mora, Hernandez
Not Hot Hitters: Logan Moore (.050); Anthony Hewitt (.071); Albert Cartwright (.100); Trey Williams (.143); Edgar Duran (.167); Dylan Cozens (.185); Malquin Canelo (.190)
Hot Starters: Hoby Milner (7IP 4H 0ER 3BB 3K); Nick Hernandez (6IP 4H 0ER 0BB 3K); Mario Hollands (15.1IP 11H 2ER 3BB 15K); Julio Reyes (9IP 4H 2ER 3BB 9K, 2 starts); Jesse Biddle (6IP 3H 1ER 1BB 9K); Nic Hanson (6IP 7H 1ER 0BB 3K); Mitch Guellar (6IP 7H 2ER 1BB 3K); Jeb Stefan (6IP 3H 2ER 0BB 3K); Honorable Mention: Therrien, Prosinski
Not Hot Starters: Brody Colvin (2IP 9H 8ER 4BB 2K); Eineiry Garcia (2.1IP 5H 3ER 4BB 2K); Tom Cochran (5IP 4H 5ER 3BB 4K)
Hot Relievers: Bobby Bramhall (5IP 4H 0ER 1BB 5K); Matt Soren (4.1IP 2H 0ER 0BB 6K); Kevin Walter (4IP 3H 0ER 2BB 3K); Rob Marcello (3.2IP 0H 0ER 1BB 2K, SV); Luis Garcia (3IP 1H 0ER 1BB 4K, SV); Steven Inch (3.2IP 2H 0ER 0BB 2K); Chris Nichols (3.1IP 1H 0ER 0BB 2K); Mauricio Robles(2.2IP 0H 0ER 2BB 1K, SV); Cesar Jiminez (3IP 2H 0ER 2BB 4K); BJ Rosenberg (3IP 4H 0ER 0BB 2K);;Honorable Mention: Bielski, Francisco, Broussard, Warner, Southard, Oviedo
Not Hot Relievers:Hector Neris (1.2IP 3H 5ER); Jordan Guth (3.2IP 6H 5ER 6BB 2K); Kenny Giles (2.2IP 2H 5ER 2BB 6K); Mark Meadors (2.1IP 2H 4ER 4BB 1K); Ronald Mendez (1.1IP 3H 2ER 2BB 1K); Justin Friend (3.2IP 4H 4ER 4BB 4K); Cody Forsythe (2.1IP 4H 2ER 1BB 0K); Christopher O’Hare (1.1IP 2H 2ER 1BB 3K); Colton Murray (2.2IP 2H 3ER 3BB 6K); Zach Cooper (3.2IP 3H 3ER 2BB 0K)
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Crawford has a .577 BABIP. Normalizing that to say a .315 BABIP gives him an adjusted AVG of .333. Just a thought exercise.
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The knock on Asche is his power becaue thirdbase is a “power position” As of now he has 9 HR. In the majors, less than half the league (13 third basemen) have 10 or more homeruns, and of those 13 only 3 of them are hitting above .290. I know Franco is the better prospect but Asche will be a nice major league player. I hope he plays some second in winter ball. They need to re-visit a position change with him. What was his issues defensively at second? Offensively, I know he was terrible at the plate his first year but as we have seen the last two years, he struggles early, then adjusts and takes off.
I’d like to see Robles and Jiminez get shots as September call ups.
Colvin is a mess. He needs a change or scenery. They should try a Golson/Mayberry type swap. Trade him for another struggling minor leaguer who needs a change of scenery.
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Can Asche be Todd Frazier? I think so.
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I guess so… I hate comps like this, all they have in common is that they play 3B. Frazier mashed in the minors and he played all 4 corner spots. If I had to give Asche a fair comp it would be something in between Daniel Murphy and Chase Utley in both being college left handed bats that hit their way to the majors. Frazier had and has much better power than Asche. Each and every player is unique in their own way therefore making most comps insane but hey, it is sure fun to predict the future!
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Thoughts on Willie Carmona, he went straight from College to GCL to Lakewood last year, and now has been tearing the cover off the ball. With nearly 500 Low-A at bats, don’t you think he should be nearing a call to Clearwater?
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I think he’ll get promoted by August, has some pop but making very solid contact lately, little too old for Lakewood, definitely somewhat prospective though.
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I don’t mean to disparage the kid, I hope he succeeds, and I do think he should be promoted soon, but to say he is tearing the cover off the ball is a bit of a stretch His BB%, ISO, and OPS are too low for a corner infielder/DH.
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