Box Score Recap – 4/22/2014

Box Score Recap

Dylan Cozens with the big game of the day – 2-4 with a triple and a home run, while J.P. Crawford and Andrew Pullin had two hits a piece and Wilmer Oberto hit his first full-season bomb. Crawford also stole his fifth bag of the year – he’s been caught twice, so we’ll see if he can pick up the rate as the season rolls on. Tyler Viza worked through another decent start, and continues to look pretty good for a 19 year-old in the SAL. Would like to see his K rate up a good bit, but he’s only walked four in 23IP.

Tommy Joseph  with his second home run in as many nights, while Kelly Dugan was 1-2 with two walks and two runs scored – seems like he’s found his eye again, with 7BB and just 7K in 42PA. Lots of time for those numbers to normalize as he builds a larger sample, but a good start for sure.

A rough night for the pen in Reading, as only Ryan O’Sullivan kept Richmond off the board. And not a lot went right for CLR pitchers either, as they gave up 18 runs. The Lehigh Valley pitchers had a pretty decent night, With Phillippe Aumont and Justin De Fratus working scoreless innings to close out a victory. Also, the BRef linker makes me put a space between the “e” and the “F” in Justin DeFratus. Seems wrong.

Here’s the affiliate Scoreboard from MiLB. http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?sid=milb&org=143&ymd=20140422

4-22-14 boxscores

44 thoughts on “Box Score Recap – 4/22/2014”

  1. Another solid showing from Viza. I would like to see the K rate go up as well but that has plenty of time to get there. I think that’s also the first time I’ve seen Pullin with a multi hit game in a while. Hopefully, it gets him in track.

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  4. Mlb prospect insider’s pre season list ranked Crawford as the 34th best prospect in baseball. Franco was around 55 and Biddle didn’t make the list.

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  6. My question on Viza is that according to this site, he is only 88-91. and righthanded. does he have good enough secondary pitches to be a prospect. I never have seen him, only what I have read, love to have a report on someone who has seen this kid, I don’t think he pitched much in high school, if what I read is correct, so he really interested me. can he get more velocity? how good can he become?

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    1. I was wondering the same thing. I’m not sure about his secondary stuff but I hope he can add a couple of MPH to the fastball.

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      1. Slurve in the low 80s, looks like he hides the ball well and the change come out of his hand like his fastball. He’s basically a prospect clone of pettibone- his delivery too- when pettibone had a shorter stride. Good looking athlete- not a frame to add a lot of weight, but some.

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  7. I guess you can’t blame Reading for the weather. Perci Garner had a good outing going and then the rains came. (I started to make a Toto reference but it didn’t work on any level.) The opposition brought the bats out after the delay. Reading stored their bats in the clubhouse. Wouldn’t want them getting wet would ya? I have no excuse for CLW. It’s what most of us expected when the roster was announced but sometimes you like to be surprised.

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  9. Tommy Joseph is suddenly off to a good start. .783 OPS despite a .211 BABIP. Strikeout rate quite low and showing good power.

    If he keeps this up I think he’s one of our top prospects again.

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  10. Fun factoid the Richmond Flying Squirrels are about to become a new client of ours! And the account should likely land with me. Funny how their marketing department knows so little about baseball.

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  11. If phillies minor league teams were hitting like the opposing teams were….we would all be ecstatic.

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    1. There are a few bright spots, but the minor league pitching as a whole is pretty bad and it’s positively dreadful at the lower levels. This is because the organization drafted waves of hitters for a few years. This is defensible strategy so long as the hitters produce – but the jury’s still out on that.

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        1. Apparently, when it comes to injuries and pitchers there is a tsunami occurring, especially with TJ issues.

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  12. Draft pitching in June! Desperately needed for this org. At #7 they should be able to get a good one…preferably a college best /near-best so the time to the bigs could be short.

    Maybe 7 of our first 10 should be pitchers. The hitters–at least a few of them–seem to be coming on in development. It could be an exciting and useful draft starting at #7.
    It’s been a long time since we’ve drafted that high. Useful–just in time…

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    1. I don’t want a college pitcher just because he is closer to the big, I want the BPA no matter what position. You can always trade for pitching later if you have enough valuable prospects

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      1. Example: Remember when the Mariners drafted Hultzen in front of Bauer, Bundy, Rendon, Lindor, Bradley, Baez, etc.,

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          1. I’ve been thinking a lot about this issue … but haven’t posted because I’m still not sure how I feel. But the short version is this: pitching injuries are SO common, that maybe there needs to be a preference for hitters in the first couple of rounds.

            Now I certainly understand the counterargument – you’re DRASTICALLY reducing the chances of developing an ace. But on a pure value basis, there’s a lot to be said for drafting hitters early. Obvious exceptions apply – I’m not saying NEVER draft a pitcher in the first couple of rounds. And I’m far from certain I’m right on this – just something I’ve been thinking about.

            Here’s a question for you – is there research regarding which types of pitching prospects are less likely to develop injuries?

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            1. Who is the most important player on a championship team? It’s an ace pitcher, you have to have one and really two. I agree you also need a legit #3 and 4 hitter but slightly less than an ace. I agree with bpa but that’s really subjective.

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            2. From Will Carroll on Tommy John Pitchers :

              One-third of current MLB pitchers have had Tommy John surgery. Of the about 360 who started the season, 124 share the all-too-familiar triangular scar.
              How surprising is this number? It stunned me! In recent talks with baseball officials, none guessed more than the one-in-nine number I had often seen quoted over the last decade (and quoted myself). Worse, none of us had any idea when this change had happened or noticed the acceleration.
              Research I did in 2006 led me to the concept of the “Tommy John honeymoon.” I found that five years after surgery, there were very few additional elbow problems, which indicated the transplanted ligament was stronger. Further research showed that the process called ligamentization was at work.
              However, after the five-year period, the tendon becomes a normal ligament, subject to the same kind of overuse injuries. With so many pitchers getting a first surgery, often when they’re quite young, there’s a greater chance a second surgery will be necessary.

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  13. Jan Hernandez up to Lwood with green’s injury. How many more starts will Arteaga get? It’s time for Anderson to take his spot.

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  14. At what point does Astudillo get promoted? I think he is old for his league and I know a short sample size but he is tearing it up

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    1. I am going to go out on a limb and predict that he is in the major league rotation as of August of this year.

      Different topic, but Crawford has been quietly effective lately. As I write this, his BB/K ration is up to 8/11. Not much power yet, but keep in mind that he’s one of the youngest players in his league.

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      1. Biddle’s line complete for the night (except for the decision, he left with a 1-0 lead). For the season, now 38 K and 7 BB in 28 1/3 innings. The BB rate is much improved from last season.

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        1. What is kind of an interesting thought – I’m not sure this is something that would benefit the team long term – but if the team sticks around .500 till August, the kids start playing up to to their potential,the team stands pat at the deadline, and if I’m right about Biddle making his debut in August – that is potentially one heck of a rotation for a late season push to a wild card.

          Yes, a lot of “ifs” there.

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        2. And let’s not forget Ken Giles – I am not in favor of a premature promotion, but, with 18 K and only 3 BB in 9 innings, if he keeps it up, he, too could be in line for a late season promotion.

          I absolutely get (and, for now, agree with) that it would be unwise to rush him – but it does appear possible that he’s turned the corner on his command/control problems.

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    2. 7IP 2H 0R 1BB 10K

      67 strikes on 106 pitches. Impressive couple of starts in a row. I think I agree with Larry- we’ll see him pitch in Philly this year

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      1. I dunno about anyone else, but I figured it was a given – I expected a September callup, but if he can continue pitching like this, it’ll happen even sooner.

        However, he’ll almost certainly be promoted (to LHV) before that. I wonder when – before the season opened, I expected him to start the year with the Ironpigs.

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        1. Yeah I think September is a given if the team is say out of it by September but it’s becoming quite possible now that we see him in philly with the team still “in it”.

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      3. I watched significant portions of the start on MILB. It is obvious that he is working primarily on fast ball command. He threw his curve sparingly. If he were trying to get guys out in the majors, he would throw many more curve balls because it’s an elite pitch in my view. That said, while I did not see the gun, he had very good hop on the fastball – it’s as hard as I’ve seen him throw. I would guess that he was sitting 92-94 and touching higher. If all goes right with Biddle, he has top of the rotation upside even if his likely destination as a 3 or borderline 2 – we’ll see. If Biddle continues to progress quickly, you are looking a potentially very good rotation in the majors. Jesse Biddle could be a devastating 5th starter later this year (I assume Kendrick stays in the rotation and Hernandez moves to long relief). In fact, you could make a pretty strong argument that the development and promotion of guys like Biddle and Giles (as well as the development of Asche/Franco and the return of Ruf – who would add some nice flexibility and another power bat) could end up being the difference between the team being in or out of contention later in the year.

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        1. I’m predicting now that Biddle won’t be in AAA for more than 5 weeks assuming he is healthy – once he completes AA, he will breeze through AAA.

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  16. The reason why players come back better after TJS is because of all the rehab and then “prehab” that is done. There is something to be said about the ligament being stronger however the even more has to do with what I said first.

    Here’s a TJS fun fact: flex your wrist inward, if you see a ligament that looks as if it’s coming out of your skin (not everyone has it), that is what they use to replace the injured/torn ligament. I’ve seen the surgery preformed before, it’s pretty interesting/cool.

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