Box Score Recap (9/11/24)

Box Score Recap

Clearwater will continue the Division Series with game two in Clearwater Thursday night.  Lehigh split a doubleheader, winning 3-1 behind Alan Rangel and Michael Mercado, and losing behind Mick Abel and Zach Haake although Ryan Mckenna provided some late game offense.  Reading won by shutout behind Braeden Fausnaught,thre e relievers, and Justin Crawford who provided most of the offense,

Lehigh Valley (31-32, 65-71, 7.0 games back with 10 remaining) Split a doubleheader with Scranton, winning 3-1 and losing 4-2.

Game One:  Alan Rangel pitched five one-run innings allowing just 2 hits.  He walked none and struck out three.  The lone run he surrendered came on a solo HR.  Michael Mercado pitched two scoreless innings retiring 6 straight batters for his first save.

The IronPigs scored 2 runs in the fifth to take the lead on a game-tying RBI double by Matt Kroon.  He scored later on a wild pitch.  They added an insurance run in the sixth on an RBI single by Trevor Schweke.  David Dahl contributed 2 hits.

    • #19 RHP, Michael Mercado (2-1, 2.07): 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 TR, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
    • #25 1B, Carlos De La Cruz (.168/.467): entered as a defensive replacement in the 6th
    • #28 3B, Otto Kemp (.167/.463): went 0-4

Game Two:  Mick Abel pitched four innings and gave up 2 runs on 3 hits and 3 walks.  He struck out nine and gave up a solo HR. He threw 95 pitches, 52 for strikes.  Zach Haake pitched one inings and gave up 2 runs on 3 hits.  He hit a batter and threw a wild pitch.  Griff McGarry pitched a scoreless inning striking out two.  Jose Cuas pitched a scoreless inning walking one and striking out one.

Trailing by 4 runs, the IronPigs scored a run in the fifth inning on a solo HR (4) by Ryan McKenna.  They scored a run in the seventh on an RBI triple by McKenna.

Rafael Marchan went 1-3 with a run scored.

    • #6 RHP, Mick Abel (3-11, 5.92): 4.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 9 K, HR
    • #15 RHP, Seth Johnson (2-0, 0.56): DNP
    • #19 RHP, Michael Mercado (2-1, 2.07): DNP
    • #21 RHP, Griff McGarry (2-1. 3.34): 1.0 IP, 2 K
    • #25 1B, Carlos De La Cruz (.165/.461): went 0-2
    • #28 3B, Otto Kemp (.200/.494): went 1-3

Reading (26-39, 57-76, fifth place in their division, 4 games remaining) Beat Harrisburg, 3-0.  Braeden Fausnaught pitched six shutout innings allowing 5 hits, walking one, striking out five, and hitting a batter.  He threw 74 pitches, 52 for strikes.  Gunner Mayer struck out 2 in a scoreless inning.  Tristan Garnett struck out one in a scoreless inning.  Daniel Harper allowed 2 hits and struck out one in a scoreless inning.

Reading scored a run in the second inning on an RBI single by Justin Crawford.  They added 2 runs in the eighth on a 2-run HR (3) by Crawford.

  • #1 SS, Aidan Miller (.250/.544): DNP
  • #2 RHP, Andrew Painter: 60-day IL
  • #3 CF, Justin Crawford (.333/.838): went 2-4 with a R, 3 RBI, HR (3)
  • #11 RF, Gabriel Rincones (.267/.866): went 1-3 with a BB
  • #13 RHP, Jean Cabrera (1-1, 4.85): DNP
  • #22 RHP, Christian McGowan (0-3, 6.75): DNP
  • #24 C, Caleb Ricketts (.219/.669): placed on the 7-day injury list
  • #26 RHP, Moises Chace (2-1, 3.76): DNP

Jersey Shore (36-30, 74-58) finished third in their division for the second half.

Clearwater (20-40, 64-63) finished last in the second half, but won the first half.

FCL Phillies (33-25) finished third in their division.

DSL Phillies Red (21-34) finished eighth (last) in their division.

DSL Phillies White (26-29) finished sixth in their division.

  • #4 SS, Starlyn Caba (.179/.493): Clearwater
  • #5 C, Eduardo Tait (.269/.778): Clearwater
  • #7 OF, Dante Nori (.240/.704): Clearwater
  • #8 OF, Griffin Burkholder (.500/2.000): Clearwater
  • #9 2B, Devin Saltiban (.237/.774): Clearwater
  • #10 SS, Bryan Rincon (.202/.669): Jersey Shore
  • #12 OF, John Spikerman (.226/.683): Clearwater
  • #14 3B, Aroon Escobar (.338/.976): FCL Phillies
  • #16 RHP, Alex McFarlane: Clearwater
  • #17 3B, Carson DeMartini (.310/.867): Clearwater
  • #18 LF, TJayy Walton (.200/.664): Clearwater
  • #20 RHP, Pan Wen-hui (0-1, 1.29): Jersey Shore
  • #23 CF, Emaarion Boyd (.239/.646): Jersey Shore
  • #27 LHP, Mavis Graves (7-6, 3.64): Clearwater
  • #29 RHP, Micah Ottenbreit (3-9, 4.88): Clearwater
  • #30 OF, Raylin Heredia (.245/.737): Clearwater

Transactions

9/11/2024 – Phillies sent RHP Nick Nelson outright to Lehigh Valley
9/11/2024 – Reading transferred RHP Konnor Ash to the Development List
9/11/2024 – RHP Charles King assigned to Reading from Jersey Shore

If anyone is interested, the first 3 files under Rosters and Stuff on the pull-down menu above are up to date as of September 11th.

The Transactions menu option is up-to-date for the 2024 season thru August 31st.

18 thoughts on “Box Score Recap (9/11/24)”

    1. Basically, he’s developing into another Carl Crawford, which is pretty damned good! We could use a nice, fast, good fielding 4-5 WAR centerfielder, which is what he has a chance to become.

      Ultimately, he is probably going to be our centerfielder. Miller will probably be our third baseman (I think they keep Turner at short for as long as possible until Caba is ready) and I expect Bohm to be moved to right to replace Castellanos or Rincones will end up there if Bohm becomes too expensive to sign.

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      1. Bohm has 2 years of control left and his agent is Scott Boras. Bohm recently turned 28 and he has 3.5 WAR, which would be a career year for him. In comparison, Matt Chapman (another Boras client) has generated 4 years of 4+ WAR.

        I would not re-sign Bohm. Boras is going to ask for some ridiculous amount and as good as Bohm’s defense is, he’ll never be GG caliber.

        And with Aidan Miller knocking on the door, not signing Bohm should be an easy decision.

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        1. Agreed….how many $25M AAV players can a team have….Boras wil ask for the sky with Bohm…..and it will be at least 6/7 years. Time to infiltrate the team with young controllable prospects again….though Bohm was one 5 years ago.

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          1. How many $25 M players? Bohm’s possible re-signing coincides with the end of the Castellanos deal and a year after the Schwarber and Realmuto deals lapse. Something has to give.

            Do any of these 3 see a reason to sign an extension for less $? If not, I’d let Realmuto and Castellanos go and extend Schwarber for a year with a player option/team buy-out on a second year.

            The Phils have 5 high-priced position players currently.. Even with Harper, Turner and Bohm, I don’t see a need to exceed that in the near future. The loss of Walker’s contract pays for Wheeler. The anticipated increase in the luxury tax threshold pays for Nola.

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            1. You are correct…in a few years some existing big money contract go away….though Ranger’s may still be on the horizon, and what if they decide to go after another big ticket free agent. That is how the Phillies roll now.

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            2. Why give big money contracts if you don’t have to? If there’s a viable replacement in the minors, you let the more expensive player walk. Bohm is going to get paid and the Phillies need to find Aiden Miller a position. Whether Miller goes to SS and Trea goes to 3B or vice versa, the end result is that Bohm is the odd man out.

              Ideally, in a few years time, the only position players making $20M+ should be Harper and Turner. Everybody else should be in arbitration or pre-arbitration.

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      2. What makes you think Bohm can play RF? I don’t see anything that tells me he can. I have visions of him playing right the way Hoskins played left. And there is more room to roam in right.

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        1. The same thing that makes me think Castellanos can play right field and the fact that he is a good enough of an athlete to play third.

          By the way, I am not advocating they sign him, just thinking about the significant likelihood that they might and how that would look. Miller needs to play somewhere and Turner is probably not moving. Bohm isn’t going to play first. So he and Miller and Rincones are in competition for right field as I see it because Casty will be gone.

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      3. Until Caba is ready? He couldn’t hit the broad sign of a barn. He’s so far away you can’t count on him ever being ready

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  2. I’m not a huge Jim Bowden fan but his article in the Athletic has Painter and Crawford as his top 2 in a list of 10 prospects he expects to hit his top-50 overall in 2025.

    Expect both of them to be in a lot of top 50 prospect lists.

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    1. Painter has the highest ceiling of any Phillies prospect I can recall in the 30-something years I’ve been rooting for the team.

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      1. He is very fortunate that he will have a great pitching coach and literally the perfect mentors in Zack Wheeler and Aaron Nola. A lot would have to go right for him to reach his ceiling and, with any pitcher, a lot could go wrong (including another TJ surgery), but if he achieves his potential and stays health, he could have a plaque in Cooperstown. That’s no pipe dream.

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  3. Bohm has been one of my favorite players since we drafted him and no one has championed more for him here than I. That said in 2 years if his power numbers haven’t dramatically improved then I’d be very reluctant to extend him at big money.

    Even with a bunch of money coming off the books. But I wouldn’t see him moving to RF as much as I would see him moving to 1B and Bryce becoming the full time DH.

    A lot can happen in a season let alone two seasons…

    My comp (wish) for Crawford has always been Kenny Lofton however if he were to be more like his dad I’d take that also.

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  4. Kenny Lofton might be unreachable. He really should be in the Hall (better than Tim Raines). One of the most underrated players of his era.

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