Threshers Recap – 8/17/2019

Game Reports

Clearwater (25-34, 61-64)  dropped a double header to Florida, 3-2 and 5-0.  The Fire Frogs are the worst team in the FSL.  Yet, they outscored (8-2) and out hit (24-8) the Threshers.  The Threshers are on the verge of playing their way out of the post season.

Game One:  Kyle Glogoski (1.77) pitched five innings and gave up one run on 7 hits.  He walked none and struck out two.  Zach Warren (1-3, 3.60) pitched two innings and gave up 2 runs on 6 hits.

The Threshers scored a run in the second on Nick Matera’s RBI single and a run in the fifth on Simon Muzziotti’s RBI single.

Muzziotti went 2-2 with a walk and an RBI.  Jhailyn Otrtiz had 2 outfield assists, one at second and one at home.  Matt Vierling had an outfield assist at second and stole a base (22).

Game Two:  Jack Perkins (0-3, 6.19) went five innings and gave up 5 runs on 9 hits.  Michael Gomez (1.93) pitched two, 2-hit innings.  Daniel Brito had 2 of the Threshers’ 3 hits.

Lehigh Valley (60-63)  beat Indianapolis, 3-2.  Ramon Rosso (2-2, 4.57) tossed six innings.  He allowed one run on 2 hits.  He walked none and struck out eight.  Tyler Gilbert (3.18) pitched two scoreless innings.  Edgar Garcia (2.67) picked up his 8th save but gave up a run on 2 hits in one inning.  He struck out 3 and gave up a solo HR.

The IronPigs scored twice in the second on Phil Gosselin’s 2-run single.  They added an important insurance run in the ninth on Gosselin’s bases loaded walk.

Jose Pirela (.309) went 3-4.  Gosselin (.342) went 1-4 with 3 RBI and a walk.

Reading (33-24, 72-52)  beat Trenton, 7-1.  David Parkinson (10-7, 3.46) pitched six, solid innings.  He gave up one run on 3 hits and one walk.  He struck out eight.  Garrett Cleavinger (4.03) pitched two perfect innings, striking out two.  Addison Russ (2.54) walked one and struck out two in one scoreless inning.

The Phils took the lead for good with 3 runs in the fourth on Cornelius Randolph’s bases loaded walk and RBI singles by Arquimedes Gamboa and Jose Gomez.  They added 2 runs in the fifth on Josh Stephen’s 2-run HR (10).  They tacked on single runs in later innings on Alec Bohm’s sac fly and Jose Gomez’ RBI single.

Mickey Moniak, Stephen, and Gomez had 2 hits each.  Stephen went (.271) went 2-4 with 2 runs scored, a double (25), HR (10), and 2 RBI (38).

Lakewood (24-29, 53-70)  beat Delmarva, 2-1.  Josh Hendrickson (1.08) threw five shutout innings.  He allowed 3 hits, walked two, and struck out four.  Manuel Silva (5-5, 4.01) threw four, no-hit innings, but gave up an unearned run on 3 walks, and struck out three.

The BlueClaws scored a run in the second inning on Abrahan Gutierrez’ solo HR (4), and a run in the eighth on Jonathan Guzman’s RBI single.

Guzman (.257) went 2-4 with a double, and RBI.  He had 2 of Lakewood’s 4 hits.

Williamsport (25-36)  beat West Virginia, 4-0.  Victor Vargas (2.70) went 3.2 innings.  He allowed 3 hits, no runs, 4 walks, and struck out three.  Tyler Burch (3-1, 2.10) pitched 4.1 innings.  He allowed one hit, no runs, no walked, and struck out four.  Alejandro Made (2.67) struck out one in one scoreless inning.

The Crosscutters scored single runs in four different innings on – Kendall Simmons RBI triple, Bryson Stott’s RBI single, Simmons’ solo HR (10), and Johan Rojas solo HR (2).

Simmons (.264), Stott, and Rudy Rott (.218) had 2 hits each.

GCL Phillies East (17-22)  no game scheduled.

GCL Phillies West (26-13)  postponed.

And this is how the MLB Top Thirty did –

  1. Alec Bohm, 3B/1B (.259): went 0-1 with 2 BB, SF, RBI
  2. Adonis Medina, RHP (6-5, 4.39): DNP
  3. Bryson Stott, SS (.304): went 2-4 with an RBI
  4. Adam Haseley, OF (.294): recalled by Phillies on 8/9
  5. Spencer Howard, RHP (0-0, 1.93): DNP
  6. Luis Garcia, SS/2B (.191): went 1-3 
  7. Francisco Morales, RHP (1-6, 3.86): DNP
  8. Enyel De Los Santos, RHP (5-6, 3.96): DNP
  9. Mickey Moniak, OF (.260): went 2-4 with 2 runs scored, triple (12)
  10. Erik Miller, LHP (0-0, 1.08): DNP
  11. JoJo Romero, LHP (3-3, 7.57):  DNP
  12. Simon Muzziotti, OF (.285): went 2-2 with an RBI, BB and 0-3
  13. Jhailyn Ortiz, OF (.202): went 0-3 and 0-3
  14. Rafael Marchan, C (.224): DNP and went 1-2
  15. Nick Maton, SS/2B (.211): defensive replacement after Gamboa was ejected
  16. Mauricio Llovera, RHP (3-4, 4.55): placed on the 7-day IL, elbow
  17. Cole Irvin, LHP (5-0,3.99): DNP
  18. Rodolfo Duran, C (.240): placed on the 7-day IL on 7/26, knee
  19. David Parkinson, LHP (10-7, 3.46): 6.0 IP, 3H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
  20. Deivy Grullon, C (.282): went 0-3 with a BB
  21. Damon Jones, LHP (0-1, 8.69): DNP
  22. Kyle Young, LHP (1-3, 4.29): placed on the 7-day IL on 5/1
  23. Arquimedes Gamboa, SS (.192): went 1-4 with an RBI
  24. Daniel Brito, 2B/SS (.242): went 0-3 and 2-3
  25. Kyle Dohy, LHP (6-5, 6.24): DNP
  26. Dominic Pipkin, RHP (3-4, 5.22): DNP
  27. Kevin Gowdy, RHP (0-4, 4.61): DNP
  28. Jamari Baylor, SS (2-7, .286): hasn’t played since 7/1, nursing a hamstring
  29. Cornelius Randolph, OF (.245): went 0-3 with an RBI, BB
  30. Victor Santos, RHP (5-9, 3.92): DNP

DSL Phillies Red (36-21)  suspended after ten innings v Orioles2, 7-7.

DSL Phillies White (39-27)  beat the Brewers, 6-4.

Here’s the affiliate scoreboard from MiLB.

The rosters and lists are up to date as of August 17th … there are 400 players in the org

Today’s Transactions (newest transactions in bold text)
8/17/19 – Phillies activated RHP Jared Hughes
8/17/19 – Phillies placed CF Roman Quinn on the 10-day IL, right groin strain
8/17/19 –Lehigh Valley placed RHP Jose Taveras on the 7-day IL, right foot contusion 
8/17/19 – Lehigh Valley activated C Matt McBride from the 7-day IL
8/16/19 – RHP Ezequiel Ventura assigned to DSL Red
8/16/19 – Phillies signed NDFA C Willie Estrada; assigned to GCL East
8/15/19 – Phillies transferred RHP Edubray Ramos from the 10-to the 60-day IL, right shoulder impingement
8/15/19 – Phillies claimed RHP Jared Hughes off waivers from Cincinnati
8/15/19 – RHP Jose Taveras assigned to Lehigh Valley from Clearwater
8/15/19 – Rafi Gonell assigned to Lakewood from Williamsport
8/15/19 – Tom Sutera assigned to Williamsport from Lakewood
8/15/19 – Oswald Medina activated from the RL by DSL Red
8/15/19 – Norman Anciani activated from the RL by DSL White
8/14/19 – Phillies placed RHP Jake Arrieta on the 10-day IL retro to 8/12, bone spur
8/14/19 – Phillies transferred RHP Jerad Eickhoff from the 10- to the 60-day IL, biceps tendinitis
8/14/19 – Phillies selected the contract of 1B Logan Morrison from Lehigh Valley
8/14/19 – Clearwater Threshers activated RHP Alejandro Requena from the 7-day IL
8/14/19 – Lehigh Valley activated Jose Taveras
8/14/19 – Clearwater placed Gustavo Armas on the Temporarily Inactive List (TIL)
8/13/19 – Phillies sent RHP Jerad Eickhoff on a rehab assignment to Lehigh Valley
8/13/19 – Reading placed RF Danny Mayer on the 7-day IL
8/13/19 – Reading activated LF Cornelius Randolph from the 7-day IL
8/13/19 – Nick Hundley activated by Lehigh Valley
8/13/19 – Lehigh Valley placed Josh Tols on the 7-day IL
8/13/19 – Jose Taveras assigned to Lehigh Valley from Reading
8/13/19 – FA C Gabriel Ojeda assigned to Clearwater
8/12/19 – LHP Ethan Lindow assigned to Clearwater from Lakewood
8/12/19 – Josh Hendrickson assigned to Lakewood from GCL West
8/12/19 – Dominic Pipkin assigned to Lakewood from Williamsport
8/12/19 – Rafi Gonell assigned to Williamsport from Lakewood
8/12/19 – Oscar Marcelino assigned to Williamsport from Clearwater
8/12/19 – Francisco Morales assigned to Williamsport from Lakewood
8/11/19 – Phillies signed FA C Nick Hundley to an MiLB contract
8/11/19 – C Nick Hundley assigned to Lehigh Valley
8/11/19 – Lehigh Valley placed 3B Maikel Franco on the 7-day IL, left hand contusion
8/11/19 – Lehigh Valley activated LHP Josh Tols from the 7-day IL
8/10/19 – Phillies signed free agent RHP Nick Vincent to a minor league contract
8/10/19 – RHP Nick Vincent assigned to Lehigh Valley
8/10/19 – Lehigh Valley released LHP Tom Windle

29 thoughts on “Threshers Recap – 8/17/2019”

  1. Glad to see Simmons and Stott continue to hit. However the lack of hitting that continues to plague most of the system is, quite frankly, depressing. The BA of the bottom of the order of a few of these teams is unbelievably bad. I know it’s the bottom of the order but still.

  2. Hey Booby here are the hitting stats through Friday:

    (Hitting Leaders with minimum 300 PAs through Friday 8/16:

    BA: Castillo (.323); Bohm (.306); Romine (.291); Grullon (.285); Robinson (.285); Muzziotti (.283)

    OBP: Bohm (.377); Castillo (.370); Robinson (.361); Grullon (.358); Maton (.356); Hall (.354)

    Slg%: Bohm (.525); Grullon (.483); Hall (.479); Stephen (.474); Castillo (.452); Moniak (.449)

    OPS: Bohm (.902); Grullon (.841); Hall (.833); Castillo (.819); Stephen (.818)

    RBI: Bohm (62); Grullon (59); Hall (64); Listi (64); Moniak (52)

    HR: Hall (20); Bohm (19); Grullon (17); Ortiz (16); Listi (16);

    3B: Moniak (11) Johan Rojas (10); Junior Ortega (6); Stephen (6); Kroon (6); Jefferson Encarnacion (6)

    2B: Hall (33); L. Williams (28); Moniak (27); Bohm (27); Canelo (25); Stephen (24)

    Hits: Bohm (129); Castillo (128); Guzman {113}; Moniak (107); Muzziotti (107); Grullon (103); Listi (102)

    Runs: Williams (68); Bohm(64); Hall (63); Castillo (62); Listi (59); Monaik (59)

    BBs: Walding (62); Hall (54); Gamboa (52); Listi {52}; Raymond Mora (49); Bohm (48)

    Ks: Stobbe (139); De La Cruz (137); Ortiz (135); Walding (133)

    Jefferson Encarnacion jumped onto the triples list. He’s 17 and playing in the DSL. I also looked at fewest Ks in 300 ABs. Shane Robinson leads that category (not listed above) with 31 but Marchan was #2 with 38.

  3. Pitching Leaders (Minimum 59 IP through Friday 8/16) except Wins, Losses, Ks, BBs and Saves

    ERA: Carr (1.31); Glogosky (1.58); Evanko (1.61); J. Hernandez (1.81); Howard (2.28)

    WHIP: Howard (.860); Glogosky (.922) Brogdon (.937); Evanko (.970); Lindow (.973)

    Ks: Jones (137); Eastman (128); Morales (114); Lindow (109); J. Garcia (105)

    BBs: Mezquita (53); J Dohy (50); Jones (49); Gowdy (49)

    Saves: Russ (19); Hennigan (9); Killgore (9); Potter (8)

    Wins: Parkinson (9); J. Garcia (8) and 6 tied with 7

    Losses: Requena (10); Santos (9); Eastman (8); Viza (8)

    K/9: Dohy (14.9); Brogdon (12.6); Jones (12.3); Howard (12.3); Morales (12.2)

    You might say 59 IP is pretty random but I chose it because Howard has 59.1 IP. A strange occurrence is Dohy leads in K/9 but he’s not in the top 7 in overall Ks. That’s, of course, because he only has 60 IP but has 99 Ks. Glogosky is pushing himself up the top 30.

  4. Congrats to Parkinson on getting his 10th AA win, a nice achievement.
    It’s great seeing Stott continue to hit, although I’m surprised he’s still in Wsport, but Simmons is the guy who has me very excited. He caught fire and he’s staying hot. He hit his 10th short season homer, not too shabby, and it’s great that the league recognized him as an all star. He was drafted as a raw toolsy guy who looks like he’s figuring things out. He’s flying up my prospect list.
    Btw, don’t worry about the low batting averages for the bottom of the order guys. They’re just playing so the prospects have a full team to play with.

    1. Regarding Kendall Simmons, it’s only Williamsport, so I’m not gonna get too excited just yet. But yeah, it’s good to see him hitting well, and flashing some speed and power. Would be nice if the Phillies finally hit on a raw, toolsy guy.

  5. Rosso might be getting back on track. In his last 2 outings spanning 12 IP, he’s given up up for hits and 1 ER. He has 12 Ks and 4 BBs. All the BBs were 2 games ago. 2 games is barely a trend but with the new ball in AAA, it takes some time to get the feel for it.

  6. bellman1
    Well done on the stats you posted. Thanks for that and I agree with Murray about not being to worked up about the bottom of the order of these teams. I guess I see people like Ortiz, who I had high hopes for. He’s floundering. Same with Luis Garcia. I realize he’s very young but I wish he would get his average above .200.

  7. Kendall Simmons..triple and homerun to right,groundout to first and 2 strikeouts.
    I’ll take that,still wondering why he didn’t play for a few days

  9. So, is Stott making a case for #1 spec in the system? Medina has had a down year. Howard has been hurt. Bohm has been very good, but is slightly faltering at the moment. If Stott just keeps mashing is he #1?

        1. Simmons definitely strikes out too much, and this is something to watch going forward. However, he really is just getting started in his pro career, with around 225 minor league at-bats. Plus, this season at Williamsport his OPS is .939 and over half his hits are for extra bases. If he’s able to maintain that, you can live with a high K rate.

          Again, it’s just Williamsport, so let’s not get too excited just yet, but Simmons gotten people’s attention.

    2. “Howard has been hurt”….?
      He has not missed a start since June 27th….9 starts in a row….even with the promotion to Reading.
      The shoulder soreness/strain in May thru mid-June may have been more precautionary than actual structural damage.
      I think he should remain at his current ranking in the prospect system.

      1. “has been hurt” as in the past tense. Not “is hurt” as in the present. I really worry about a pitcher with shoulder issues. If he ends up putting together a fantastic season then he could be number 1.

    3. Not for me; Bohm is still the clear #1 prospect in the system. Bohm is three levels higher (though Stott should probably be at Lakewood), has 19 HR in 2019, and only 64 Ks (versus 50 BB) in 422 AB.

      Guys who are climbing the prospect list include:

      – Josh Stephen (very similar offensive production to Moniak at AA)
      – Kendall Simmons (discussed elsewhere)
      – Johan Rojas
      – Simon Muzziotti (already #12, but should move up some)
      – Kyle Glogoski
      – Logan O’Hoppe
      – Juan Aparicio

      Two prominent guys going in the other direction are Jhailyn Ortiz and JoJo Romero. Both have been very disappointing in 2019.

      1. Bak425, great list! I agree with each player.
        I would add Erik Miller. (Maybe Lindow and possibly Schulze.)

        1. Yeah, I thought about Erik Miller but excluded him because he is already ranked #10 in the MLB Top 30 list for the Phillies’ system.

  11. All of the accolades that Stott gets on here is warranted…but don’t forget that Kendall Simmons is 2 1/2 years younger and is almost outplaying bim.

    1. And right now with a wRC+ of almost 170, which if he qualified would put him 3rd or 4th in the NYPL.

  12. Wow wRC of 170 is unreal, his iso is 588 plus his weight is 230, on drug store scale, obpis is 57 so he should move up

  13. UDFA Tom Sutera could be a find for the Phillies.
    Siena College pitcher was not drafted and the Phillies decided to take a chance on the 6’5 RHP and signed him three weeks ago..
    He pitched today as a starter for Lakewood and could be diamond in the rough.
    A relief pitcher at Siena, Phillies are trying him as a starter…Hector Berrios thinks he could be a starter down the road.

    https://www.theday.com/article/20190801/SPORT04/190809936

    http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?sid=milb&player_id=683053#/career/R/pitching/2019/ALL

  14. Medina “Top “ Pitching Prospect
    2-4 6.65 ERA in last 10
    Today
    2.0 IP 7R, 3H, 7ER, 2BB and 2HR

    Shut him down, he’s tired hopefully not hurt

    1. I’ve had my doubts about him for a while. I am not a fan based on what I’ve seen so far. He’s more Franklin Kilome than Sixto Sanchez.

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