Monthly Archives: September 2021

Open Discussion: Week of September 5, 2021

Weekly Discussion

This is the courtesy thread for comments and discussion about the Phillies and other BASEBALL topics.

The Phillies (70-66) went a dissatisfying 4-2 last week against the doormats of the NL East.  Still, they picked up ground (2.5 games) on an Atlanta team that went 2-5 out west.  The Phillies are 2.0 games behind Atlanta with the New York Mets 1.5 games behind us.

The Phillies conclude a 9-game road with 3 games in Milwaukee against a tough team.  Then, they come home to face Colorado in a 4-game series with no days off.  That should be a further test of our bullpen.

For you schedule and scoreboard watchers, Atlanta has off Monday, then begins a 9-game homestand with 3 games each against Washington and Miami, the teams we just went 4-2 against.  The NY Mets lost their off day on Monday and have to travel back to Washinton for a makeup game.  Then they travel to Miami for 3 games, then back home for 3 games against the Yankees.

FWIW, I’m really impressed with Ranger Suarez.  I still think he would have better served the Phillies at the back of the bullpen.  But, no matter how they have used him, I have always enjoyed watching him pitch.  I hope this tired arm thing isn’t serious and that he can pitch in his next turn.

 

RHPs Andrew Painter (1st round), Micah Ottenbreit (4th), Ty Collins (16th), and 1B Matt Goodheart (NDFA) made their professional debuts last week.  That leaves just three pitchers still waiting to make theirs –  RHP Christian McGowan(7th, Eastern Oklahoma State JC), LHP Jose Valadez-Acuna (14th, Veterans Memorial HS), and RHP Malik Binns (18th, Benedictine University Mesa).

 

Key Dates:

  • Oct. 3, 2021: Regular season concludes

Transactions (last week’s transactions)

9/04/2021 – Jersey Shore activated RHP Mark Potter from the temporarily inactive list
9/04/2021 – Clearwater activated C Arturo De Freitas from the 7-day IL
9/03/2021 – Phillies optioned SS Nick Maton to Lehigh Valley
9/03/2021 – Phillies activated CF Travis Jankowski from the paternity list
9/03/2021 – Phillies activated SS Didi Gregorius from the restricted list
9/03/2021 – RF Jorge Bonifacio returned to Lehigh Valley from Philadelphia Phillies
9/03/2021 – C Micah Yonamine assigned to FCL Phillies from Clearwater
9/03/2021 – 1B Matt Goodheart assigned to FCL Phillies
9/03/2021 – RHP Ty Collins assigned to FCL Phillies
9/03/2021 – RHP Andrew Painter assigned to FCL Phillies
9/03/2021 – RHP Saul Alcala assigned to DSL White from DSL Red
9/02/2021 – Phillies sent RHP Vince Velasquez on a rehab assignment to Lehigh Valley
9/02/2021 – LHP Spencer Van Scoyoc assigned to Clearwater from Jersey Shore
9/02/2021 – RHP Griff McGarry assigned to Jersey Shore from Clearwater
9/02/2021 – SS Luis Garcia assigned to Jersey Shore from Clearwater
9/02/2021 – CF Johan Rojas assigned to Jersey Shore from Clearwater
9/02/2021 – Clearwater placed 2B Casey Martin on the 7-day IL
9/02/2021 – SS Jamari Baylor assigned to Clearwater from FCL Phillies
9/02/2021 – OF Simon Muzziotti assigned to Clearwater from FCL Phillies
9/02/2021 – OF Marcus Lee Sang assigned to FCL Phillies from Clearwater
9/02/2021 – RHP Juan Melendez assigned to DSL White from DSL Red
9/01/2021 – Phillies placed SS Didi Gregorius on the restricted list
9/01/2021 – Phillies selected the contract of RHP Ramon Rosso from Lehigh Valley
9/01/2021 – Phillies selected the contract of RHP Cam Bedrosian from Lehigh Valley
9/01/2021 – Phillies placed 1B Rhys Hoskins on the 60-day IL, left groin strain
9/01/2021 – Phillies optioned RHP Seranthony Dominguez to Lehigh Valley
9/01/2021 – 3B Nate Fassnacht assigned to Lehigh Valley from Jersey Shore
9/01/2021 – Jersey Shore placed RHP Mark Potter on the temporarily inactive list
9/01/2021 – SS Kervin Pichardo assigned to Jersey Shore from FCL Phillies
8/31/2021 – Phillies recalled OF Matt Vierling from Lehigh Valley
8/31/2021 – Phillies sent RF Matt Joyce on a rehab assignment to Reading
8/31/2021 – Phillies placed CF Travis Jankowski on the paternity list
8/31/2021 – C Vito Friscia assigned to Jersey Shore from Lehigh Valley
8/31/2021 – Lehigh Valley activated C Logan Moore
8/31/2021 – Lehigh Valley sent 3B Dalton Guthrie on a rehab assignment to Reading
8/31/2021 – Clearwater activated RHP Gunner Mayer from the 7-day IL
8/31/2021 – Clearwater activated RHP Rodolfo Sanchez from the 7-day IL
8/31/2021 – Clearwater activated RHP Cristian Hernandez from the 7-day IL
8/31/2021 – RHP Hsin-Chieh Lin assigned to FCL Phillies from Clearwater
8/31/2021 – LHP Christopher Soriano assigned to FCL Phillies from Clearwater
8/31/2021 – RHP Leonel Aponte assigned to FCL Phillies from Clearwater
8/31/2021 – RHP Micah Ottenbreit assigned to FCL Phillies
8/31/2021 – OF Simon Muzziotti assigned to FCL Phillies
8/31/2021 – IF Hao Yu Lee assigned to FCL Phillies
8/31/2021 – RHP Luis Gomez assigned to DSL White from DSL Red

Phillies Affiliates’ Recap (9/05/2021)

Box Score Recap

Sorry, just a short stack tonight.  Lehigh Valley won beating on an old friend.  Reading couldn’t come all the way back from a bad first inning.  Jersey Shore got their butts kicked.  Clearwater hung tough for most of the game before losing.  The FCL and DSL don’t play on Sunday. Continue reading Phillies Affiliates’ Recap (9/05/2021) →

Phillies Affiliates’ Recap (9/04/2021)

Box Score Recap

Lehigh Valley lost both ends of a doubleheader.  Reading won behind a 13-hit attack.  Jersey Shore won.  Clearwater split a doubleheader, winning a two-hitter.  The FCL Phillies were not scheduled.  And the DSL teams played thirteen innings to determine a victor. Continue reading Phillies Affiliates’ Recap (9/04/2021) →

Phillies Affiliates’ Recap (9/03/2021)

Box Score Recap

Lehigh Valley lost.  As did Reading.  Jersey Shore split.  Clearwater lost the completion of a suspended game then had the second game suspended.  The FSC Phillies won by twenty.  And the DSL teams won two out of three.

But, let’s break the routine and start with the FCL Phillies game.  Not only did they kick butt, but Andrew Painter made his long-awaited start.  It’s not every day that your first-round pick debuts.  Happens just once a year. Continue reading Phillies Affiliates’ Recap (9/03/2021) →

Phillies Affiliates’ Recap (9/02/2021)

Box Score Recap

Lehigh Valley posted a win.  Reading swept a doubleheader including a one-hitter.  Jersey Shore lost in a blowout.  Clearwater’s games were suspended and rained out.  The FCL Phillies were rained out.  And the DSL teams both lost. Continue reading Phillies Affiliates’ Recap (9/02/2021) →

Phillies Affiliates’ FAUX Recap (9/1/2021)

Box Score Recap

All scheduled games were postponed because of rain.  The DSL doesn’t schedule games on Wednesdays. Continue reading Phillies Affiliates’ FAUX Recap (9/1/2021) →

Phillies Affiliates’ Recap (8/31/2021)

Box Score Recap

Lehigh Valley won.  Reading lost although Colton Eastman was perfect for four innings.  Jersey Shore split, Clearwater won.  The FCL Phillies won.  And, both DSL teams won.

Notable appearances were made by newly activated Simon Muzziotti and Lee Hao Yu in the FCL.  Ben Brown made his second appearance since being activated on August 27th.  And, a 17-year-old in the DSL has an .880 OPS.

Lehigh Valley (41-47) beat Syracuse, 5-4.  They have gone 5-7 over the past two weeks. 

The IronPigs scored a run in the third inning on an RBI double by CJ Chatham.  They scored twice in the sixth on a 2-run HR (8) by TJ Rivera.  They went ahead in the seventh on a 2-run HR by Chatham.  Rivera (.273) went 3-4 with a double, HR, and 2 RBI.  Chatham (.278) went 3-4 with a double, HR, and 3 RBI.

Adam Haseley (.188) went 1-5.  Mickey Moniak (.248) went 0-4.  Darick Hall (.226) went 1-4.  Cornelius Randolph (.283) went 0-2 with 2 walks.

Mark Appel (6.05) pitched 5.2 innings and gave up 4 runs on 4 hits and 2 walks.  Zach McAllister (1-0, 0.00) pitched 1.1 innings, allowed 2 inherited runners to score, gave up a hit, and walked two.  Mauricio Llovera (4.45) pitched a scoreless inning allowing a hit and walking two.  Jeff Singer (4.19) earned his third save pitching one inning, allowing one hit and striking out one.

Reading (41-62) lost to Hartford, 1-0.  They went 6-6 over the past two weeks.

Colton Eastman (3.55) opened with four perfect innings striking out five.  Josh Hendrickson (4-3, 3.64) followed with four innings allowing 3 hits and one run striking out six.  He struck out the side in the fifth and gave up singles in the sixth and seventh before giving up a leadoff HR in the eighth.  Neither pitcher walked a batter.

Bryson Stott (.306) went 0-3 with a walk.  Rehabbing Matt Joyce went 1-3.  Logan O’Hoppe (.313) went 1-3.  Rehabbing Dalton Guthrie went 2-4.

Jersey Shore (47-54) split two games with Aberdeen, losing the completion of a suspended game 4-2 winning 6-2.  They have 7 of their last 11 games.

Suspended Game:  The BlueClaws scored a run in the sixth inning on an RBI single by Jose Tortolero, and a run in the seventh on an RBI double by Vito Friscia.

Seranthony Dominguez had thrown a perfect rehab inning back on August 8th.  Tyler McKay (6.00) pitched 1.1 innings allowing no runs on a hit and 4 walks.  Jonas De La Cruz (0-1, 16.62) gave up 3 runs in 2.1 innings on 3 hits and 5 walks.  JP Woodward (1.80) pitched 2.1 scoreless innings allowing a hit and a walk.  Mark Potter (9.15) pitched two innings and gave up a run on one hit and 2 walks while striking out five.

Game Two:  The BlueClaws scored two runs in the third inning on a 2-run HR by Hunter Markwardt (2).  They went ahead with two runs in the sixth on an RBI single by Nick Matera and a double play.  They tacked on two insurance runs in the seventh on a two-run single by Nicolas Torres.  DJ Stewart (.246) went 2-4.

Manuel Silva (3.24) pitched three innings and gave up 2 runs on 6 hits and a walk.  Carlo Reyes (5-1, 3.18) pitched three scoreless innings allowing 2 hits.  Blake Brown (3.32) struck out the side in his one inning.

Clearwater (46-53)  beat Lakeland, 5-4.  They went 7-6 the past two weeks.  The Threshers took the lead with a 4-run third inning, retook the lead an inning later, and shut down the Flying Tigers the rest of the way.

The Threshers scored their first runs in the third on Ethan Wilson’s 2-run ground-rule double, TJ Rumfield’s sac fly, and Baron Radcliff’s RBI ground-rule double.  They took the lead for good in the fourth on a wild pitch.

#13 pick Jared Carr (.259) went 1-4 with a walk.  Luis Garcia (.246) went 3-5 with a double.  #2 pick Ethan Wilson (.273) went 2-5 with a double and 2 RBI.  Kendall Simmons (.227) went 1-5 with a stolen base.  #12 pick TJ Rumfield (.256) went 1-3with a walk and RBI.  NDFA Freylin Minyety (.316) went 3-5 with a double.  Baron Radcliff (.185) went 1-5 with an RBI.

Cristian Hernandez (3.79) was activated and pitched 2.2 innings and gave up 4 runs (3 ER) on 5 hits and a walk.  NDFA Konnor Ash (2-0, 6.23) stranded two inherited runners and pitched 1.1 innings walking one and striking out one.  Rodolfo Sanchez (4.91) was activated and pitched three scoreless innings allowing 2 hits and striking out three.  #20 pick Cam Wynne (4.76) picked up his first save pitching two scoreless innings allowing no hits or walks and striking out four.

FCL Phillies (19-11) beat the FCL Blue Jays, 7-5.  They have won 6 of their last 10 games.

A lot of guys have been rehabbing with the FCL team the past couple of weeks.  Tuesday, Simon Muzziotti was activated and went 1-3 with a double in his first at bat.  Rehabbing Marcus Lee Sang went 0-1.  Rehabbing Wilfredo Flores went 1-4 with a HR (1) and 3 RBI.

Jamari Baylor (.303) went 2-3 with a double, HR (5), 3 runs scored, a walk, and RBI.  #3 pick Jordan Viars (.200) went 1-2 with an RBI.  #9 pick Gavin Tonkel (.294) went 0-1.  NDFA Anthony Quirion (.273) went 1-1.  Edgar Made (.167) went 1-4 with a 2-run HR (1).

International signee out of Taiwan, Lee Hao Yu made his debut and went 0-1.

Ben Brown made his second appearance since coming off the Development List and had a clean inning with a strikeout.  He threw 7 strikes in 10 pitches.  Rehabbing Jordan Fowler pitched a scoreless inning giving up 2 hits.  Rehabbing DJ Jefferson pitched an inning and gave up 4 runs on 2 hits, 2 walks, and 2 strikeouts.  NDFA Tristan Garnet (1-1) pitched three, scoreless innings giving up one hit and striking out three.  Eighteen-year-old, fourth-round pick, Micah Ottenbreit made his debut and pitched a clean inning with one strikeout.  Hsu Chi–Ling earned his second save pitching two innings allowing one run on 3 hits.

DSL Phillies Red (20-15) beat DSL Rockies, 3-1.  They have won 8 of their last 11 games.  Rickardo Perez (.257) went 1-4.

DSL Phillies White (23-10) beat DSL Rangers2, 7-4.  They have won 8 of their last 10 games.   Yemal Flores went 2-3 with 2 walks and 2 doubles.  His AVG is up to .250 and his OPS is .880.

The Affiliate Scoreboard, the FCL Scoreboard, and the DSL Scoreboard.

Rosters and Stuff

Transactions

8/31/2021 – Phillies recalled OF Matt Vierling from Lehigh Valley
8/31/2021 – Phillies sent RF Matt Joyce on a rehab assignment to Reading
8/31/2021 – Phillies placed CF Travis Jankowski on the paternity list
8/31/2021 – C Vito Friscia assigned to Jersey Shore from Lehigh Valley
8/31/2021 – Lehigh Valley activated C Logan Moore
8/31/2021 – Lehigh Valley sent 3B Dalton Guthrie on a rehab assignment to Reading
8/31/2021 – Clearwater activated RHP Gunner Mayer from the 7-day IL
8/31/2021 – Clearwater activated RHP Rodolfo Sanchez from the 7-day IL
8/31/2021 – Clearwater activated RHP Cristian Hernandez from the 7-day IL
8/31/2021 – RHP Hsin-Chieh Lin assigned to FCL Phillies from Clearwater
8/31/2021 – LHP Christopher Soriano assigned to FCL Phillies from Clearwater
8/31/2021 – RHP Leonel Aponte assigned to FCL Phillies from Clearwater
8/31/2021 – RHP Micah Ottenbreit assigned to FCL Phillies
8/31/2021 – OF Simon Muzziotti assigned to FCL Phillies
8/31/2021 – IF Hao Yu Lee assigned to FCL Phillies
8/31/2021 – RHP Luis Gomez assigned to DSL White from DSL Red