Clearwater (36-29) beat St. Lucie, 7-2 in a rain-shortened game.
Julian Garcia (5-4, 3.15) pitched six solid innings. He gave up 2 runs in six innings on 3 hits and 4 walks. He struck out five. Kyle Arjona (1.86) pitched 0.1 innings before the skies opened up.
The Threshers scored in 4 of the 6 innings in which they batted. They scored single runs in the first and second innings on Alec Bohm’s RBI single and Dalton Guthrie’s sac fly. They scored 2 runs in the third on a wild pitch and Colby Fitch’s RBI double. They scored 3 runs in the sixth on a fielding error and Jhailyn Ortiz’ 2-run double.
The Threshers amassed 13 hits in six innings. Ten guys who batted got a hit, only Daniel Brito went oh-fer. Six of the 13 hits were doubles. Quinn, Bohm, Ortiz, and Madison Stokes (.261) had 2 hits each.
- #1 Alec Bohm (.313) went 2-4 with 2 runs scored, RBI
- #5 Spencer Howard (1-1, 2.25) placed on the 7-day IL on May 5th, shoulder soreness
- #11 Jhailyn Ortiz (.210) went 2-4 with a run scored, 2 doubles, 2 RBI
- #12 Simon Muzziotti (.281) went 0-4
- #17 Kyle Young (1-3, 4.29) placed on the 7-day IL on May 1st, TJ surgery
- #18 Nick Maton (.281) went 0-4
- #19 Rodolfo Duran (.235) went 1-1 as a replacement for Fitch
- #20 Daniel Brito (.238) went 0-3
Lehigh Valley (32-30) beat Gwinnett,3-2 in a walk off.
Four IronPigs’ pitchers had nice games. Drew Anderson (6.00) pitched five innings and gave up 2 runs on 4 hits. He struck out six. Josh Martin (6.37) struck three in two scoreless innings. Josh Tols (4.50) struck out one in a perfect inning. Alexis Riverp (2-1, 4.34) took down the win with a perfect ninth.
Lehigh rallied with single runs in the final three innings on Damek Tomscha’s 6th inning sac fly, Andrew Romine’s RBI double in the eighth, and Ali Castillo’s RBI single in the ninth.
Castillo (.320), Romine (.284), and Deivi Grullon (.310) each had 2 hits.
- #3 Adam Haseley (8-25, .320) promoted to Phillies on June 4th
- #6 Enyel De Los Santos (2-2, 3.65)
- #7 JoJo Romero (2-2, 9.64)
- #10 Ranger Suarez (2-2, 5.68) recalled by Phillies on June 7th
- #16 Cole Irvin (2-0, 2.08) recalled by Phillies on May 31st
- #22 Kyle Dohy (1-2, 9.33)
- #28 Edgar Garcia (1-1, 1.80) promoted to the Phillies on May 6th
Reading (35-27) lost to Erie, 2-1.
The Phils pitched well. Llovera went six innings and gave up 2 runs while striking out eight. Aaron Brown (3.41) and Jeff Singer (1.59) followed with three scoreless innings.
Austin Listi (.219) had 3 hitts with a solo HR (7). Grenny Cumana (.392) had 2 hits and a triple.
- #2 Adonis Medina (4-2, 3.44)
- #3 Adam Haseley (.268) promoted to Lehigh Valley on May 29th
- #7 JoJo Romero (0-3, 7.84)
- #9 Mickey Moniak (.260) went 1-4 with a double
- #13 Arquimedes Gamboa (.185) went 0-4
- #15 Mauricio Llovera (2-3, 4.28) – 6.0 IP. 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 8 K
- #21 David Parkinson (5-3, 3.54)
- #22 Kyle Dohy (2-0, 0.82) – promoted to Lehigh Valley April 25th
- #25 Cornelius Randolph (.211) went 0-3
- #29 Connor Seabold – on the 7-day IL on April 4th
Lakewood (25-41) beat Hagerstown, 9-4.
Jhordany Mezquita failed to go five inninDgs with a 9-2 lead. He gave up 2 runs in 4.1 innings. Ismael Cabrera (0.00) finished the fifth inning, stranding 2 inherited runners. Dominic Pipkin followed with three shutout innings. Rafi Gonell (6.52) gave up 2 earned runs in the ninth without benefit of a hit.
The BlueClaws put up 3 crooked numbers. They scored 2 runs in the second inning on Ben Pelletier’s 2-run double. They scored 5 runs in the fourth on Cole Stobbe’s 2-run triple, an RBI ground out, and RBI triple by Luis Garcia, and Abraham Gurierrez’ RBI single. They gacked on 2 runs in the fifth on an RBI double by Stobbe and an RBI single by Jonathan Guzman.
Every starter had a hit, 4 guys had 2 hits – Rafael Marchan (.280), Abrahan Gutierrez (.275), Ben Pelletier (.187), and Cole Stobbe (.194).
- #1 Alec Bohm (.367) – promoted to Clearwater, 4/29/2019
- #4 Luis Garcia (.188) went 1-4 with a run scored, triple, RBI, BB
- #8 Francisco Morales (0-3, 5.40)
- #14 Rafael Marchan (.274) went 2-5 with run scored, double
- #23 Dominic Pipkin (3-1, 3.29) – 3.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
- #24 Kevin Gowdy (0-2, 3.90)
- #26 Jhordany Mezquita (2-3, 5.08) – 4.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
- #30 Manuel Silva (1-2, 6.23)
Unassigned Prospects
- #27 Starlyn Castillo
Williamsport begins its 2019 season on June 14th. They’ve released their roster as of June 12th. It is the same as the one I listed yesterday, except they’ve included Brayan Gonzalez who was physically in the Dominican playing in the DSL, but has been assigned to Williamsport per a transaction today.
- C: Jose Aparicio, Nick Matera, Logan O’Hoppe
- INF: Seth Lancaster, Connor Litton, Edgar Made, Logan Simmons, D.J. Stewart, Nicolas Torres, Christian Valerio
- OF: Keudy Bocio, Julio Francisco, JC Smith, Corbin Williams
- P: Abdulla Aris, Leonel Aponte, Gustavo Armas, Blake Bennett, Rafael Carvajal, Luis Cedeno, Jose Conopoima, Adam Cox, Carlos Francisco, Michael Gomez, Jake Kinney, Anton Kuznetsov, Taylor Lehman, Alejandro Made, Omar Maldonado, Tom Sutera, Junior Tejada
GCL Phillies East begins its 2019 season on June 24th.
GCL Phillies West begins its 2019 season on June 24th.
DSL Phillies Red (6-3) beat DSL Nationals, 5-2.
DSL Phillies White (8-2) lost to DSL Brewers, 7-1.
Here’s the affiliate scoreboard from MiLB.
The rosters and lists are up to date as of June 10th.
6/12/2019 Phillies activated RHP Edubray Ramos from the 10-day IL
6/12/2019 RHP Joshua Gessner assigned to GCL Phillies West
6/12/2019 Phillies signed FA RHP Joshua Gessner to an MiLB contract
6/12/2019 Phillies signed FA RHP John Curtiss to an MiLB contract, assigned to Lehigh Valley
6/12/2019 Dominic Pipkin assigned to Lakewood from Williamsport
6/12/2019 Austin Crowson assigned to Williamsport
6/12/2019 Leonel Aponte assigned to Williamsport from GCL West
6/12/2019 Jose Conopoima assigned to Williamsport from GCL West
6/12/2019 Brayan Gonzalez assigned to Williamsport from DSL White
6/12/2019 Connor Litton assigned to Williamsport from GCL West
6/12/2019 Logan Simmons assigned to Williamsport from GCL East
6/12/2019 Omar Maldonado assigned to Williamsport from GCL East
6/12/2019 Tyler McKay assigned to GCL East from Lakewood BlueClaws
6/12/2019 Dalvin Rosario assigned to GCL East from Williamsport
6/12/2019 Gabriel Yanez assigned to GCL East from Williamsport
6/12/2019 Jamari Baylor assigned to GCL East
6/12/2019 Brendan Bell assigned to GCL East
6/12/2019 Tyler Burch assigned to GCL East
6/12/2019 Vito Friscia assigned to GCL East
6/12/2019 Connor Hinchliffe assigned to GCL East
6/12/2019 Brenden Kudlinski assigned to GCL East
6/12/2019 Nick Lackney assigned to GCL East
6/12/2019 Brian Marconi assigned to GCL East
6/12/2019 Gunner Mayer assigned to GCL East
6/12/2019 Hunter Milam assigned to GCL East
6/12/2019 Jamie Sara assigned to GCL East
6/12/2019 Brett Schulze assigned to GCL East
6/12/2019 Micah Yonamine assigned to GCL East
6/12/2019 Robinson Martinez assigned to GCL West from Williamsport
6/12/2019 Jack Perkins assigned to GCL West from Williamsport
6/12/2019 Tyler Adams assigned to GCL West
6/12/2019 Albertus Barber assigned to GCL West
6/12/2019 Hilton Dyar assigned to GCL West
6/12/2019 Carlos Francisco assigned to GCL West
6/12/2019 Sal Gozzo assigned to GCL West
6/12/2019 Hunter Hearn assigned to GCL West
6/12/2019 Josh Hendrickson assigned to GCL West
6/12/2019 Herbert Iser assigned to GCL West
6/12/2019 Adam Leverett assigned to GCL West
6/12/2019 Andrew Schultz assigned to GCL West
6/12/2019 Jose Ulloa assigned to GCL West
6/12/2019 Riley Wilson assigned to GCL West
6/12/2019 Camilo Hinestroza activated by DSL White
6/12/2019 Austin Filiere released by Williamsport
6/11/2019 Phillies signed Nate Fassnacht assigned him to GCL East
6/11/2019 Phillies signed Hunter Markwardt assigned him to GCL East
6/11/2019 Phillies signed Rudy Rott assigned him to GCL East
6/11/2019 Phillies signed Chris Cornelius assigned him to GCL West
6/11/2019 Phillies signed Keaton Greenwalt assigned him to GCL West
6/11/2019 Phillies signed Tucker Maxwell assigned him to GCL West
6/11/2019 Phillies signed McCarthy Tatum assigned him to GCL West
6/11/2019 Phillies signed Int’l FA Samuel Aldegheri assigned him to GCL West (RST)
6/11/2019 Camilo Hinestroza assigned to DSL White (PND) from DSL White (RST)
6/10/2019 – Phillies sent OF Roman Quinn on a rehab assignment to Clearwater
6/9/2019 – Phillies traded RHP Tom Eshelman to Baltimore for international bonus money
6/9/2019 – RHP Luis Ramirez assigned to Lakewood from Clearwater
6/9/2019 – RHP Oscar Marcelino assigned to Clearwater from Lakewood
6/9/2019 – Ethan Lindow assigned to Lakewood from Williamsport
6/9/2019 – James McArthur assigned to Williamsport from Lakewood
6/8/2019 – Phillies recalled LF Nick Williams from Lehigh Valley
6/8/2019 – Lakewood activated C Abrahan Gutierrez from the 7-day IL
6/8/2019 – Phillies to sign FA P Fernando Salas to a minor league deal
6/8/2019 – Colton Eastman assigned to Clearwater from Williamsport
6/8/2019 – Kevin Gowdy assigned to Lakewood from Williamsport
6/8/2019 – Jack Conley assigned to Williamsport from Lakewood
6/8/2019 – Ethan Evanko assigned to Williamsport from Clearwater
6/8/2019 – Victor Santos assigned to Williamsport from Lakewood
6/7/2019 – Oscar Marcelino assigned to Lakewood from Williamsport
6/7/2019 – Dominic Pipkin assigned to Williamsport from Lakewood
6/7/2019 – Phillies placed RHP Seranthony Dominguez on the 10-day IL, retro to 6/6, UCL
6/7/2019 – Phillies optioned RHP Yacksel Rios to Lehigh Valley
6/7/2019 – Phillies recalled LHP Ranger Suarez from Lehigh Valley
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I think it’s safe to say that C Randolph is finished. I don’t care how small Grenny is he has, at least, made the most of his talents. Put him in left.
Is it normal in the minors for starting pitchers to only go 4, 5 or 6 innings when they pitch well? Noticing that we are growing pitchers to pitch limited innings then complain about them not pitching more than 5 or 6 innings in the majors.
Denny….for 19 thru 22 year olds it may be the best way to go until they are more physically developed. Now the guys at Reading and LHV who are 23 and older…..I, like you , question the policy,
….unless like DLS, who will be starting on Sunday vs the Braves and they want him further rested for the 4 days between his starts.
It’s a way to limit innings vs. shutting them down for stretches in the season but I also agree that the Phillies are overly cautious in limiting the workload of their pitchers.
A lot of those guys are also pitching on extra rest because of the 6-man rotations. Don’t expect to see any complete games from them in the majors.
Exactly. We groom them one way and then expect different in the majors. Don’t blame the students, blame the teachers.
Denny…you do realize what the average OPS in the majors for hitters the third time thru the lineup vs the same pitcher as opposed to the first time or second time they see that pitcher?
I do not think, no matte how far yup bring them along for extended innings in the minors, will make one heck of a bean of difference if in the 6th or 7th inning they are getting lit up by the opponent.
“In 2015, major leaguers hit .247 when facing a pitcher for the first time in a game, with an on-base percentage of .312 and a slugging percentage of .390. When facing a pitcher for the second time, they hit .261/.319/.416. When batting for a third time against the same pitcher, major leaguers hit .270/.330/.440.
In a 2013 piece for Baseball Prospectus, Mitchel Litchman took a deeper look at the numbers and declared that pitchers generally become weaker each additional time they have to work through the lineup — and he said this phenomenon is not simply a fatigue issue. Even at reasonably low pitch counts, a batter has a better chance once he’s had more chances to face the same pitcher in a game.”
http://www.espn.com/espn/wire/_/section/mlb/id/15159671
I Don’t know the minors like a lot of people on here. I Am confused about A guy who I liked the first time I saw a video of him. One of the best swings I ever saw. I knew when they drafted Josh Stephens, he wasnt a good outfielder., What is confusing to me is why, he is a Dh when he really needs work on his outfield play. Practice is one thing, but playing in aa game to me is the best practice. I Now feel he will be a good trade piece to a American league team. His bat is coming on and he is still young. So maybe I am wrong but Phillies player development is really bad.
They typically rotate players through DH. Stephen this year has 10 starts at DH, 19 in LF, and 2 in RF. He has DH’d 2 times in 9 June games. He was at DH a lot more early when the OF was Haseley, Randolph, and Moniak
Agree on Randolph, Poor Guy just has not made changes in his game, Watched him H.S. Showcases,2013,2014 and had no plate approach. Stephen and Cumana cannot play defensively, routine fly ball outs turn into hits but neither can read the ball off the bat, pitchers make good pitches and watch in pain. Reading hitting is pathetic. Plate coverage and approach not evident, defensive play is uninspiring. Other teams far advanced. IS THERE COACHING or only to some, 1st rd or prospects. SS for 40 man roster ex. is a joke. Leadoff man’s job is get on base approach, NOT. 1 FOR 9, has no approach at plate just hacking. Has the talent but put in efforts they just keep playing him. Bring back William’s, Cumana, Listi or SOMEONE to set table, get that 5th at bat.
Starters, 6 innings and/or 80 pitch limit is to protect arm, good but how about coaching/teaching approach in situation. OOPS, this is Professional Baseball we do not coach.
How come other teams teach, shorten up, put ball in play,advance the runner. No we try to steal a base, in extra innings with slowest players. NO COACHING OR LACK OF
True Reading team is young but Teach
FYI Fangraphs updated their rankings. Adonis dropped a lot, from 44 to 75 in the top 100. Howard and Bohm each bumped up about ten spots into the high 50s. They ranked Stott 6th in the system, in the same tier as Luis Garcia and Adam Haseley. He’s the only draft pick that cracked their top 34.
Jamari Baylor @ 16???
Gamboa @ 18???
Throwing it up against the wall hoping something sticks.