Hot or Not

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A look back at the time period of 7/25 thru 7/31. Quick thoughts…What is the level of concern with Jesse Biddle who has led the Not Hot list for two weeks with significant control issues?  I expect Nick Hernandez to land on the DL soon…something is not right again…Maikel Franco now has 24HR’s in just over 100 games….Larry Greene and Zach Collier are back slumping again…At the lower levels, Drew Anderson and Shane Martin have gotten us to notice.

Hot Hitters: Art Charles (.448, 8RBI’s); Tyler Henson (.411, 3HR); Alejandro Vilalobos (.391); Jia Tromp (.389, 3SB); Maikel Franco (.385, 5R 3HR 6RBI); Harold Martinez (.381, 6RBI); Herlis Rodriguez (.370, 6R 7RBI); Dylan Cozens (.368, 6R); Derrick Mitchell (.350);Wilmer Oberto (.350); Nick Ferdinand (.350);  Honorable Mention: Numata, Crawford, J. Hernandez, Parr, Dugan, Perkins, Alonso

Not Hot Hitters:Matt Tolbert (.000, 0-13); Larry Greene (.074); Angelo Mora (.074); Malquin Canelo (.095); Gabrial Lino (.105); Zach Collier (.130); Pete Orr (.143); Andrew Knapp (.148); Freddy Galvis (.160); (Dis)Honorable Mention: Gillies, Walding, Valle

Hot Starters: Drew Anderson (11IP 4H 0ER 3BB 8K); Severino Gonzalez (7IP 4H 0ER 1BB 3K); Shane Martin (6IP 3H 0ER 1BB 3K); Ethan Martin (6IP 5H 0ER 3BB 6); Nic Hanson (6IP 7H 0ER 0BB 6K); Tyler Cloyd (7IP 6H 1ER 0BB 3K); Greg Smith (13.2IP 11H 3ER 5BB 5K, 2 starts); Zach Miner (9IP 8H 2ER 2BB 6K, 2 starts); Honorable Mention: Rosin

Not Hot Starters:Jesse Biddle (1.1IP 3H 5ER 6BB 2K); Nick Hernandez (6IP 12H 10ER 7BB 3K, 2starts); Mitch Guellar (3.2IP 8H 4ER 0BB 3K); David Buchanan (6.1IP 6H 6ER 3BB 5K); Perci Garner (4IP 6H 4ER 4BB 3K)

Hot Relievers:Lino Martinez (5IP 3H 0ER 1BB 7K); Jordan Guth (4.2IP 2H 0ER 0BB 1K); Mark Leiter (4.1IP 3H 0ER 0BB 9K); Ronald Mendez (4.1IP 1H 0ER 0BB 3K); Lee Ridenhour (4IP 4H 0ER 0BB 8K); Tyler Buckley (3.2IP 1H 0ER 1BB 5K, SV); Jesen Therrien (4IP 1H 0ER 0BB 4K); Hector Neris (4IP 1H 0ER 2BB 6K); Richard Bielski (3.2IP 2H 0ER 0BB 2K, SV);  Mike MacDougal (3.1IP 1H 0ER 1BB 4K); Honorable Mention:Soren, Nesseth, Viza

Not Hot Relievers: Braden Shull (0.0IP 2H 3ER); Josh Warner (1.1IP 5H 4ER); Tyler Knigge (3IP 5H 4ER); Phillipe Aumont (2.2IP 4H 3ER 2BB 3K); Kenny Giles (2IP 2H 2ER 3BB 1K); Chris Burgess (6IP 11H 6ER 1BB 3K)

17 thoughts on “Hot or Not”

  1. I realize it is his third year in rookie ball.

    And a small SS.

    And somewhat BABIP driven.

    But even so, he is still only 19 years old. You have to be a little impressed with Herlis Rodriquez,

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    2. Been watching Herlis for weeks and almost commented here a few times but I’m just not sure what he could bring to the table as a corner. He doesn’t profile as a power hitter and doesn’t appear to be much of a threat on the bases. He toggles between center and left so not sure that he profiles as a true CF either. Admittedly I’m going by stats alone unless someone can offer a scouting report.

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  2. Any Info on what happened to Cozens ? He has been tearing it up lately , hopefully he isnt the next DL victim

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      1. According to Mitch Rupert it wasn’t injury related. The Cutter’s manager wasn’t happy with something Cozens did after the HBP.

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      1. not point in giving away Cliff Lee… but Michael Young has no need to be on the team and potentially leech AB’s from Ruf or Asche. You could argue that Young can be placed on waivers and still traded, but that’s not actually 100% true.

        Michael Young has a full no-trade clause. He can be placed on waivers, but if claimed he has to waive his clause to either be A)traded to that team or B)outright claimed by that team

        As long as Michael Young is on the roster Charlie will play him until there’s an Art Howe “Moneyball” type moment between him and RAJ.

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  4. Two guys I’ve been noticing lately are Vilalobos & Tromp. Alejandro V. is old for the league but he has been hitting up a storm. Tromp surprised me. The 19 year old (20 in September) from Aruba has been hot and playing beyond my expectation. i thought, after last year and June of this year, he was the biggest fish in a little itty-bitty pond and he was drowning in the ocean. And then he hits .333 for the month of July. Let’s see if he can maintain it.

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      1. Yeah. Other than his 1st 10-15 games in GCL last year, he has really hit. I’m still surprised that they aren’t giving him the majority of ABs in Williamsport. I can understand Cozens, because of the investment, but Justin Parr, I don’t get.

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  5. Gregg – On twitter you rebuffed someone pretty solidily who mentioned that Biddle may have had a blister which contributed to his control. Today on Crashburn Alley, Eric Longenhagen mentions the same thing. Why did you feel the need to laugh off one of your followers like that?

    (For clarification, it wasn’t me. I saw it and was shocked that Gregg acted in such a manner.)

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    1. Phillies should avoid going Green in the future. They have no luck.
      Oops, check that, forgot about Zach.

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  7. How bout Steven Inch…if i remember correctly , he was hyped a bit when drafted then did poorly but numbers look good

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