After a 4-3 week, The ‘Pigs record stands at 38-57, in last place, 21.5 games behind division leading Pawtucket in the Northern Division of the IL. Hitting leaders include Mike Cervenak who is 2nd in the league in at bats (355), 7th in runs (55), first in hits (110), 8th in doubles (21), and 3rd in average (.310). Andy Tracy is 9th in slugging % (.519), 4th in on base % (.398), 2nd in walks (50), 8th in RBI’s (56), and 5th in doubles(25). Among pitching leaders are JA Happ who is 3rd in strikeous (104) and 9th in ERA (3.54); Brian Mazone who is 8th in wins (8), 8th in ERA (3.53), 4th in IP (114.2), 5th in homers allowed (15), and 4th in WHIP (1.16). Matt Childers is now 2nd in the league with 15 saves. Continue reading Iron Pigs Report
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Iron Pigs Report
Lehigh Valley was 3-3 on the week and continue to stand in last place in the IL Northern Division at 34-54, 21.0 games behind leading Pawtucket. Hitting leaders include Mike Cervenak who is 2nd in at bats (330), 8th in runs (53), first in hits (100), and 8th in average (.303). Andy Tracy is 5th in average (.305), 8th in slugging % (.528), 3rd in OBP (.408), 10th in RBI’s (51), and 5th in doubles (21). Pitching leaders include JA Happ who is 7th in IP (101.2) and leading the league in strikeouts (104). Brian Mazone is 6th in wins (8), 6th in ERA (3.28), first in IP (109.2), 7th in homers allowed (14), and 4th in WHIP (1.15). Matt Childers is 4th in the league with 13 saves. Continue reading Iron Pigs Report
Morning Musings
It appears that the last two men standing in the quest to replace Brett Myers in the Phils rotation are JA Happ and Brian Mazone. With the injury to Carlos Carrasco and the fact that Chad Durbin pitched out of the bullpen last night, Happ and Mazone are the only legitimate options remaining. Mazone is scheduled to pitch tonight for Lehigh Valley, while Happ is scheduled to go tomorrow.
In the debut of Brett Myers with the Iron Pigs, he went 5 innings giving up 3 runs on five hits. He walked 2 and struck out 6, while throwing 100 pitches, 60 for stikes in the 5-3Pigs loss. Box Score
Morning Musings
–A good night for the Phillies minor league system, going 6-1, with most top prospects performing well.
–19 year old first round draft pick Anthony Hewitt signed yesterday for a reported $1.4 million signing bonus. Reports have him being moved to third base.
In the Gulf Coast League, Anthony Gose was 1-3 with a run and a stolen base, Zach Collier took a collar with an 0-4, and impressive reliever Jordan Ellis pitched another scoreless inning (7.2 IP, 1H, 0ER, 1BB, 7K on the season)in the 4-2 Phils loss. Box Score
Justin DeFratus pitched well again for Williampsort getting his second win without a loss, and David Schwimmer pitched 4 shutout innings, striking out 6 in relief in the 5-2 win. Schwimmer, although rocky in his initial outing has struck out 16 in 8 innings. Box Score
Myers Sent Down
For the few who haven’t heard, Brett Myers has accepted an assignment to Lehigh Valley (AAA), and apparantly will start Wednesday evening against Scranton. No annoucement has been made as to who will replace him in the Phils rotation/roster, but the speculation continued to be Happ or Carrasco.
Tuesdays Tidbits
A couple of interesting notes from the GCL Phils game yesterday. Second Round draft pick Anthony Gose began his minor league career with an 0-2 with a strikeout, while Supplemental First Rounder, Zach Collier, was 1-1 with a double in his debut. Former Phillie reliever Matt Smith continued his rehab with his first appearance this year and pitched a scoreless inning. 18th round pick, Tyler Cloud, had his second consecutive strong outing going 6 scoreless innings, giving up only 2 hits and striking out 8.
Monday Daily Discussion
Not a great day for most of the Phils minor league system as: Kris Benson was hit around in his first rehab start at the AAA level. He was on a pitch count and lasted 4 innings, giving up 4 runs on 5 hits in those 4 innings. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_06_29_syraaa_lhvaaa_1 While he did hit 93 on one fastball, he hovered mostly around 88-89 mph. He doesn’t look to be the answer for Brett Myers struggles at least at this point. My vote goes to JA Happ who has pitched extremely well in June. Gordon to the DL, in the hopes of a healthy September, Myers to the bullpen, and Happ into the rotation. Could that be worse than what we currently have? Interesting matchup tonight with Travis Blackley taking on Francisco Liriano. Yes, that Francisco Liriano. Continue reading Monday Daily Discussion
Iron Pigs Update
Lehigh Valley continues in last place in the IL Northern Division at 31-51, 19.5 games behind division leading Pawtucket. Among the hitting leaders, continues to be Mike Cervenak who is 3rd in at bats (297), 7th in runs(48), 1st in hits (92), and 8th in average (.310). Andy Tracy is 5th in the league in walks (40), and 8th in the league in on base % (.392). Although struggling a bit lately, Brian Mazone remains among the IL pitching leaders. He is 7th in wins (7), 9th in ERA (3.29), 2nd in starts (16), first in innings (104.0), 4th in homers allowed (13), and 5th in WHIP (1.12). James Happ continues to lead the lead in strikeouts (99) and is 7th in innings pitched(94.1). Matt Childers has been very strong lately and is now 4th in the league with 11 saves.
Iron Pigs Report
This weeks report a day early as I prepare for a trip to Las Vegas tomorrow…The ‘Pigs now stand at 26-48, in last place in the Northern Division, 18 games back of Scranton. Since the last report, Lehigh Valley has lost 4 out of 5 games including a 4 game sweep by Pawtucket.
Mike Cervenak remains among hitting leaders in at bats (3rd with 269), runs (7th with 45), and hits (1st with 83). Andy Tracy continues his climb among hitting leaders. He is 8th in RBIS’s (44), 3rd in walks (38), and 10th in on base percentage (.390). Among pitching leaders, Brian Mazone is 5th in wins (7), 9th in ERA (3.12), first in innings pitched (98.0), and 4th in WHIP (1.09). James Happ is first in strikeouts (90), 8th in homers allowed (11), and 5th in innings pitched (88.0). Matt Childers is now 4th in the league in saves with 9. Continue reading Iron Pigs Report
Iron Pigs Mid Season Report Card
Lehigh Valley has certainly played better during the second quarter of the season (even if there was only one place to go), and credit must be given to the front office, manager and players for recognizing several “problem areas”, and either let them go, or addressed them. Several fundamentally sound players were brought in after the horrific start and that has led to some exciting days at Coca Cola Park. The following grades are simply my opinion, of the performance thus far this year of players currently on the Lehigh Valley roster. Continue reading Iron Pigs Mid Season Report Card
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