After a 4-1 victory over Charlotte on Tuesday, Lehigh Valley is 60-58, and tied for 3rd place in the Northern DIvision of the International league, 1.5 games behind division leading Rochester and 2 games behind Pawtucket in the wild card race. The ‘Pigs remain on the road with games against Charlotte and Gwinnett thru next Monday. 

‘Pigs leaders (thru Monday); Hitting: Cody Asche is 7th in AB’s(404); 4th in hits(119), 4th in RBI’s (68); Cody Overbeck is 9th in doubles (26), 7th in HR (18) and 4th in strikeouts(117) Cesar Hernandez leads the league in triples (8),is 5th in avg. (.310),is 8th in OBP(.375) and is 2nd in SB(29). Continue reading Lehigh Valley Weekly Report →

A very well played game by the Pigs.  Not too many prospects to report on and unfortunately, they were not posting pitch speeds so I have no info on that.  Cameron Rupp had the day off so he isn’t in the report.

Couresty of: NYPhilsManiac19

OFFENSE:

Galvis: 
1) Hit a blast on a 2-1 pitch right down the LF line.  You knew it was way out off the bat.  It went all the way over the RF section of seats (about 5 rows that have a solid gap between them) and landed on the sidewalk that goes around the whole park.  It wasn’t a cheap one like the walk off he hit off Chapman.
2) K’d – fooled on a curve
3) Slapped the ball the other way over the SS’s head.  Nice piece of hitting.
4) K’d swinging again Continue reading Lehigh Valley Game Report, 8/3 →

Note: Minimum 130AB’s and 30IP for eligibility

AB’s: Maikel Franco(418); Cody Asche(404); Jim Murphy (390); Chris Serritella(382); Aaron Altherr(375); Albert Cartwright (371); Carlos Alonso(359); Willie Carmona(357); Zach Collier (352); Edgar Duran (351)

Runs: Maikel Franco (68); Albert Cartwright (64); Carlos Alonso(62); Art Charles(55); Jim Murphy (53); Cody Asche(52); Aaron ALtherr (51); Cesar Hernandez (49); Kelly Dugan (49); Cody Overbeck(48)

Hits: Maikel Franco(134); Cody Asche(119); Cesar Hernandez(109); Jim Murphy (109); Willie Carmona(108); Aaron Altherr (102); Albert Cartwright(99);  Carlos Alonso (98); Kelly Dugan (97); Cody Overbeck(92); Josh Fields(90)

2B:Aaron Altherr (31); Art Charles(27); Maikel Franco(25); Cameron Perkins (25); Cody Overbeck(25); COdy Asche(24); Brian Pointer (23); Willie Carmona(23); Darin Ruf(22); Jim Murphy (21) Continue reading Phils Minor League Leaders →

NYPhilsManiac again coming up big for us:

A look at starting pitching in the lower half of the organization. Next up: Relievers.

Lakewood

Nic Hanson, 21, Phils 16th round pick in 2012 draft; 16 games (10 starts); 2-2 with a 2.49ERA; 1SV; 76IP 77H 12BB 60K; 1HR allowed; 1.26 GO/AO; .260 opp. avg., .261 vs. LH, .259 vs. RH, .277 with RISP; 1.16 WHIP; 1.4BB/7.1K k per 9; 1-1 with a 1.09 ERA in his last 5 starts.  Hanson has pitched very, very well since coming off the DL and is certainly on course for a promotion.

Miguel Nunez, 20, Signed as a free agent in 2010; 21 games (17 starts); 8-7 with a 4.50ERA; 104IP 114H 34BB 56K; 4HR allowed; 0.82GO/AO; .282 opp. avg; .311 vs. LH, .262 vs. RH, .269 with RISP; 1.42WHIP; 2.9BB/4.8K per 9; 6 starts in July; 3-1 with a 3.98ERA. Nunez has done respectable job this year…nothing more, nothing less. Continue reading Around the System, Starting Pitching, Lower Half →

NYPhilsmaniac19 is at it again with his insightful first hand reports:

A look back at the time period of 7/25 thru 7/31. Quick thoughts…What is the level of concern with Jesse Biddle who has led the Not Hot list for two weeks with significant control issues?  I expect Nick Hernandez to land on the DL soon…something is not right again…Maikel Franco now has 24HR’s in just over 100 games….Larry Greene and Zach Collier are back slumping again…At the lower levels, Drew Anderson and Shane Martin have gotten us to notice.

Hot Hitters: Art Charles (.448, 8RBI’s); Tyler Henson (.411, 3HR); Alejandro Vilalobos (.391); Jia Tromp (.389, 3SB); Maikel Franco (.385, 5R 3HR 6RBI); Harold Martinez (.381, 6RBI); Herlis Rodriguez (.370, 6R 7RBI); Dylan Cozens (.368, 6R); Derrick Mitchell (.350);Wilmer Oberto (.350); Nick Ferdinand (.350);  Honorable Mention: Numata, Crawford, J. Hernandez, Parr, Dugan, Perkins, Alonso Continue reading Hot or Not →

Lehigh Valley returned home last night from an eight game road trip with a 5-4  loss to Rochester and now sit at 55-56 on the year, in 4th place of the Northern Division of the International League, 5.5 games behind division leading Rochester and 4 games behind Pawtucket in the wildcard race.

‘Pigs Prospects: Adam Morgan has made two starts for Lehigh Valley since his return from the disabled list and while he has not given up an earned run, he threw close to 140 pitches in less than seven innings of work in those two starts. Bottom line, he was less than sharp which is to be expected after missing two months injured.  On the year, Morgan is 1-5 with a 4.44 ERA in his 10 starts. He has thrown 48.2 innings, given up 55 hits, walked 17 and struck out 34 while opponents are hitting .269 against him. It will be interesting to check in on Morgan in two weeks with another 2-3 starts under his belt. Continue reading Lehigh Valley Weekly Report →

Lehigh Valley

Tyler Cloyd, 26, Phils 18th round pick in 2008 draft; 14 starts, 2-8 with a 6.19ERA; 75.2IP 95H 19BB 66K; 1.03GO/AO; .303 opp. avg., 2.2BB/7.8K per nine; 16 HR allowed; .267 vs. LH, .333 vs. RH, .400 with RISP; 1-1 with a 2.11 ERA in 4 July starts. Not a pretty body of work for Cloyd who has been very hittable and one of the league leaders in HR allowed.  On the bright side, he has been much better in July.

Ethan Martin, 24, Acquired from Dodgers in 2012; 21 starts; 11-5 with a 4.12 ERA; 115.2IP 94H 67BB 107K; 11HR allowed; 0.86 GO/AO; .229 opp. avg., 5.2BB/8.3K per nine; 1.39WHIP; .249 vs. LH, .211 vs. RH, .215 with RISP; 6-3 with a 3.14 ERA in 11 starts since June 1. Martin’s control was awful at the beginning of the year but has drastically improved and with it, have come very good results.  He has been excellent over the last two months and with a strong August he will likely find himself in Philly come 2014. Continue reading Around the System–Starting Pitching, Top Half →

A look back at the week of July 18-24. Quick thoughts…when your team is struggling offensively as much as the Phillies, dont you find a way to get Cody Asche into the major league lineup? He won’t fix things, but will at the very least add some energy. (Ruf to LF, Brown to RF, Young to 1B, Asche to 3B)…Cameron Perkins has really struggled since coming off the DL with his broken wrist…Ethan Martin has been pitching extremely well over the past two months and may be positioned for a September call up…I am getting pretty excited about Kenny Giles again.

Hot Hitters: Cody Asche (.429); Cesar Hernandez (.390); Gabrial Lino (.364, 4R 2HR 5RBI); Matt Tolbert (.364); Angelo Mora (.350); Albert Cartwright (.346, 7R, 2SB); Maikel Franco (.333); Jiwan James (.333); Honorable Mention: Greene, Cozens, Dugan, Morelos Continue reading Hot or Not →