The Clearwater Threshers (50-48) beat St. Lucie, 3-0. Alejandro Requena (3-2, 3.75) pitched six, two-hit innings, walking two, and striking out four. Jonathan Hennigan (0.00) pitched two, shutout innings. Addison Russ (3.29) picked up his third save with a perfect inning. Continue reading Clearwater Threshers Recap – 7/23/2018
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Open Discussion: Week of July 22, 2018
Well, the Phillies lost the Machado sweepstakes. Oh well, maybe we can sign him during the off season for just money. Until then. we have the opportunity to use the prospects we saved, as well as others, to go after some of our other needs. And if we do sign Machado this winter, he won’t cost a draft pick and international money.
The Phillies opened the second half with a series win over the Padres. That opened their lead over the Braves to a full game. They face the Dodgers this week and have lined up their rotation so that they face our three best – Eflin, Nola, and Arrieta. I hope the fans have the good sense to not boo Machado.
One last thought on Machado. It was reported that the Orioles wanted young, controllable pitchers in return. That’s why a lot of us and a lot of industry types thought that the Phillies had the ability to provide the Orioles with the best package. I think the Orioles were mesmerized at the last minute by the Dodgers’ inclusion of Diaz. They accepted lesser pitching prospects than the ones I heard the Phillies were willing to part with. Oh well, I can’t help but think that the Orioles found a way to lose the trade. But, I’m biased.
And now a some other stuff.
A couple weeks ago we had a trolling problem on Phuture Phillies. I won’t go into the specific actions by the perpetrator again. I received a lot of suggestions and appreciate the responses. As you may have noticed, I decided to do nothing, but watch and wait. This week, Rocco provided the following apology. It was posted as a response to a Romus comment.
“Romus my next six post will be as j. then 6 as tim , I just like to say this to everyone. it was a joke and I guess I pissed off people. Which I really never intended to do. I Really never heard of trolling. believe it or not. So if I crossed the line I am sorry. I just like to have fun, but sometimes I do cross the line.”
Personally, I think the apology is weak. It should have been posted as a separate comment to the entire group, especially the people he indirectly hurt. Also, I find the 13 word introduction to be tasteless, and it causes me to question his sincerity.
However, some people just don’t know how to apologize. I will continue to monitor all comments with special attention to Rocco. A similar abuse will be handled with finality. I have started to, and will continue to delete his non-baseball comments.
Clearwater Threshers Recap – 7/22/2018
The Clearwater Threshers (49-48) no game scheduled. They open a three-game series v. St. Lucie on Monday. Probables are Requena, Llovera, and Mills. They return home for one game on Thursday v. Lakeland. Continue reading Clearwater Threshers Recap – 7/22/2018
Clearwater Threshers Recap – 7/21/2018
Lots of rain outs today, so here’s some random stats. Among qualifying players, Luis Garcia (PHW) is ranked fourth with his .375 AVG. Jake Holmes (PHE) is eighth with his .337 AVG. Abrahan Gutierrez (PHW) is ninth with his .333 AVG.Corbin Williams (PHW) cracks the top twenty with his .313 AVG. Continue reading Clearwater Threshers Recap – 7/21/2018
Clearwater Threshers Recap – 7/20/2018
The Clearwater Threshers (48-48) beat the Florida Fire Frogs, 4-2. Ramon Rosso (1.99) gave up an unearned run in the first inning then shut the Frogs down. He pitched 5.2 innings, gave up 5 hits and 4 walks, and struck out just one. Jonathan Hennigan pitched a scoreless inning in his Threshers’ debut. Jake “Jakob with a K” Hernandez (3-0, 2.73) struck out one in one, one-hit inning and got the win. Addison Russ (3.55) gave up a run in the ninth but held on for his second save. Continue reading Clearwater Threshers Recap – 7/20/2018
Clearwater Threshers Recap – 7/19/2018
Made my first trip to the Complex in over a week. Kyle Young is in town. Sixto Sanchez was walking around. Spoke briefly with Dickie Noles, Joe Jordan, Sal Agostinelli, and Charley. Saw Alec Bohm walking around carrying a bat. He did not have a boot on his foot and seemed to be walking well. I didn’t recognize him at first. He was back in the club house before I realized who he was. Also spent some time talking to the father and uncle of one of our new pitchers. Nice people for Pirates and Orioles fans. 😉 Continue reading Clearwater Threshers Recap – 7/19/2018
Clearwater Threshers Recap – 7/18/2018
The Clearwater Threshers (47-47) beat Daytona, 5-2. This would be the organization’s only stateside win today. Mauricio Llovera (3-7, 4.14) Pitched six innings and held the Tortugas to one run a solo HR in the sixth. He gave up 4 hits, walked none, and struck out five. He threw 82 pitches, 52 strikes. Alberto Tirado (1.80) brought back memories with a no-run, no-hit, 2 strike out, 3-walk inning as only he can – BB, BB, K, K looking, BB, F9, on 25 pitches, 10 strikes. Jake “Jakob with a K” Hernandez had 3 Ks in two innings. But, he did give up a solo HR to that Taylor Trammel guy. (The Futures Game MVP.) Continue reading Clearwater Threshers Recap – 7/18/2018
Clearwater Threshers Recap – 7/17/2018
The Clearwater Threshers (46-47) beat Daytona, 5-1. Felix Paulino (1-3, 3.18) pitched six, one-run innings on six hits and 2 walks. He struck out four. Blake Quinn (5.31) pitched two, scoreless innings. And, Addison Russ (3.09) struck out two in one inning.
The Threshers overcame an early 1-run lead on Mickey Moniak’s 2-run HR in the fourth inning. Continue reading Clearwater Threshers Recap – 7/17/2018
Clearwater Threshers Recap – 7/16/2018
The Clearwater Threshers (45-47) beat Daytona, 6-2. Alejandro Requena (2-2, 4.50) pitched six solid innings allowing one run on 5 hits. He walked one and struck out eight. Grant Dyer (6.75) gave up a run in two innings. Addison Russ (.338) struck out 2 in one inning of work.
The Threshers scored a first inning run on Henri Lartigue’s solo HR (6). They pounded their way into a lead in a 5-run fifth on Luke Williams’ 3-run HR (9) and Jose Pujols 2-run HR (13). Continue reading Clearwater Threshers Recap – 7/16/2018
Clearwater Threshers Recap – 7/15/2018
The Clearwater Threshers (44-47) beat the Florida Fire Frogs, 5-3. Ranfi Casimiro started and gave up 2 runs in a season high four innings. Albert Tirado (1-0, 1.89) gave up a run in three innings and earned the win. Jake Hernandez followed with two scoreless innings and earned his first save. Continue reading Clearwater Threshers Recap – 7/15/2018
