29 thoughts on “Threshers Recap – 5/23/2019”

1. Okay – here’s a little thing that drives me nuts – people projecting major league performance or ETAs for prospects that have barely played or not played at all in the minors. This spring some folks were wondering when Kevin Gowdy would arrive in Philly. Really? Cmon – stop it already.

   1. Catch, in fairness, that is a large aspect of this site. Now, I am excited for Gowdy, as much as anyone, but There is obviously no guarantee he makes it to the majors. He is a very intriguing prospect to me, for a few reasons. His development helps extend the prospect pool, he is basically a bonus at this point if he can develop, all while being pretty highly touted for a second rounder. He was considered a first rounder by many, and they played the slot money game with him. If he comes around, yes the odds are against him more than a healthy prospect, he either contributes to the big league roster or can be a trade chip. There is a lot to get excited about imo. He’s had mixed results so far, with command/control being the biggest hurdle, and the pitch count doesn’t help. Seems like the goal is to keep him healthy this year and have him start to have some success. I wouldn’t judge to hard before the halfway point, and let’s see where he is st the end of the year. He is basically a true wild card for this org that they could hit on.

2. I’m back from a 2 week vacation. An Alaskan cruise and spent some time in Seattle. I highly recommend seeing Alaska.

   Something has clicked on in Daniel Brito. His name has appeared in a lot of Jim’s write-ups from quite a while. In his last 10 games, he’s hitting .371/.395/.571. He’s raised his average to .250 over that stretch. His splits bear out an issue. He hasn’t hit lefties since joining CLW last year. He’s only had 33 ABs against lefties and has only 5 hits and 2 BBs against them. No XBH either. He’s not seeing them very often so he’s having trouble adjusting to them. Sure glad it’s lefties he’s have trouble with and not righties.

   1. That whole lineup has caught fire. Congrats to the hitting coach here.
      Meanwhile in Reading, both Haseley and Moniak are up to around 260. From where they were that’s impressive. May has been a much better hitting month for the system.
      At Lakewood unfortunately, we can’t pitch, hit or field…. I know we put a very young team out but no one can be happy with what’s gone on there.

   2. Bellman I heard Seattle with the homeless is bad. Hope you had a blast. love to see Alaska. But last time i took my wife to cold place was Canada and she came home Pregnant .

3. Two guys I really like as bullpen prospects; Dohy and Leftwich, have been crushed in AAA. And you know what, Im alright with that. This is a very important part of their development. Hitters are older and even if they may not be great prospects, they have been around long enough to know what to lay off of and what to swing at. I still have the utmost faith that these two guys will adjust after a month or two, and think both are really good pen options going forward. And that is not even mentioning JD Hammer, who may be up within a month. That dude has all the makings of a fan favorite in Philly

4. Welp, Moniak is waking up

   Most of the Farm seems to be waking up as well.

5. The bats seemed to have awakened right around the time of Jim’s Driveline post. Coincidence? I think not!

6. **See yesterday’s post about Lakewood**

7. apologies because this is trivial and a distraction from the great info and comments in these write-ups. But, I am distracted. Following is my cut and paste of the prospect listings we did last year and would someone explain the correlation to the numbers listed for the prospects in the write-up above?
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   pp Prospect thresher recap ranking
   1 Adonis Medina 2
   2Adam Haseley 3
   3Alec Bohm 1
   4Luis Garcia 4
   5Spencer Howard 5
   6Mickey Moniak 9
   7JoJo Romero 7
   8Enyel De Los Santos 6
   9Cole Irvin 16
   10Jhailyn Ortiz 11
   11Francisco Morales 8
   12Rafael Marchan 14
   13Ranger Suarez 10
   14Austin Listi nonw
   15Kevin Gowdy 24
   16Simon Muzziotti 12
   17David Parkinson 21
   18Dylan Cozens
   19Mauricio Llovera 15
   20 Kyle Young 17
   21Arquimedes Gamboa 13
   22Logan O’Hoppe none
   23Darick Hall none
   24Deivi Grullon none
   25Luke Leftwich none
   26Cornelius Randolph 25
   27Matt Vierling none
   28Dominic Pipkin 23
   29Rodolfo Duran 19

   1. Jim uses the MLB rank.

   2. I don’t use the Reader Top Thirty, I use MLB’s Top Thirty. Why?

      Because their ranking is likely more professional and less emotional. We have some level of ballot box stuffing here at PP every year.

      But, primarily, because MLB’s list has better continuity during the season.

      They re-rank their the list once during the season, but also add to or subtract from their list as prospects enter/leave an organization, exceed prospect eligibility, etc.

      1. Any word of the nature of Muzziotti’s shoulder…assume it was shoulder , maybe not…..with the Bump Bailey collusion he had with the Daytona wall.

         1. collision ..not collusion.

            1. Hmm. Denying collusion.

               Is that you, Mr. Trump? 🙂

               1. Hah.

8. What are thoughts re. Deivi Grullon’s future? He’s been tearing up AAA offensively. How is he defensively?

   1. perfect time to trade him while his value is at its highest
      hard to imagine they wont be resigning JTR

9. i think he is good trade bait. him and Williams and Medina Hasely should bring us starter and relief pitcher

   1. Yeah, other than Howard and Bohm, there isn’t a prospect in this system I wouldn’t trade in a heart beat for major league pitching upgrades.

10. Not a twitterer so will not be able to see there…was curious if anyone has the scoop on the injury to Muzziotti? Bruise, contusion, broken, gone?

11. Clearwater beat Will Stewart today. Two more hits (including a double) for Alec Bohm.

    1. Did not realize Vierling had such base stealing abilities….now with 12 (CS-3) and third in the FSL.

12. VV has been activated, is available for tonight s game…
    Anderson back to AAA

    1. That tells me one of 2 things, or both: Pivetta is getting the start on Tue and VV may be the early relief tonight if Eickhoff doesn’t last long.

13. Bohm is the guy. Even when hes not hitting hes still kinda hitting….Dude rakes

    1. And Gowdy? Yuck

       1. After so much time off, I look at this year as a write off, if we don’t see some progress next year then I would be concerned.

14. Quite a night for Falter, indeed! He had a great all around game. Thanks again, Jim, for updates on all levels of play.

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