The Phils’ catching situation is not good. Someone call Brian Schneider.
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Box Score Recap – 6/9/2013
Lots to talk about here – but probably the most interesting thing I see is Severino Gonzalez’ first start stateside. He went 4 innings, giving up 3 hits and striking out 5. If they think he’s got the stuff to stick there, he’s suddenly jumped from likely a fringe/non-prospect at Williamsport, to someone on whom we’ll need to get more information. That’s a big jump, and one that would be surprising for anyone to make successfully. Continue reading Box Score Recap – 6/9/2013
Box Score Recap – 6/8/2013
Pete Orr and Michael Martinez both went deep for the Pigs…somewhere Rube regrets his decision to hang onto Cesar Hernandez. Lesson learned, I’m sure. Quite an outing for Phillippe Aumont – 15 pitches, 14 strikes, struck out 4 of the 5 men he faced. And JC Ramirez got the save in that game. THE SECOND CLIFF LEE TRADE IS FINALLY PAYING OFF!
Jesse Biddle again reminding us that pitcher wins are a useless stat – 7IP, 1R, 4H, 3BB, 7K, 1 “Loss”. I’d give the loss to the Reading hitters, personally. They can share. So I guess Biddle still gets part of the loss. 1/9 of a loss.
And after being no-hit on Friday, the DSL club managed 2 hits on Saturday. An improvement of infinity %. So good for them.
Top 10 Round Recap
I am going to start by saying I really like what the Phillies did in the draft and they actually seem to be alternating pitching and hitting heavy drafts.
JP Crawford – Not much more to say here, best player available, and at a position of both need and overall scarcity. Crawford may need some time but he comes in as an easy Top 5 prospect in the Phillies system.
Signing Probability (Slot – $2,299,300) – 100%, it might take the whole slot but this is the Phillies guy Continue reading Top 10 Round Recap
2013 MLB Draft Day Three Discussion Thread
30 picks today, Williamsport and GCL teams to fill and some HS players who might not sign
Minor League Leaders
Below is an organizational review of leaders in several categories. I am debating making this a monthly feature…Let me know your thoughts.
Hits: Maikel Franco (67), Cameron Perkins (67), Aaron Altherr (64), Cody Asche (62), James Murphy (60), Cesar Hernandez (57), Chris Serritella (55), Leandro Castro (53), Albert Cartwright (53), Roman Quinn (53)
Runs: Carlos ALonso (40), Aaron Altherr (34), Maikel Franco (33), Albert Cartwright (32), Art Charles (31), Roman Quin (31), James Murphy (30), Jermaine Mitchell (30);Cameron Perkins (30), Brian Pointer (30) Continue reading Minor League Leaders
Box Score Recap – 6/7/2013
Cody Asche had a nice day over 2 short games. Ethan Martin had a pretty bad day on the hill. John Lannan threw for CLR – Nothing to write home about, but he’s on the way back.
Just noticed the DSL was no-hit. Brutal.
Cord Sandberg Agrees to Terms
Short and sweet…Cord Sandberg, the Phils 3rd round pick has told his hometown newspaper that he has agreed to terms with the Phillies for $775K, about 160K over slot.
Box Score Recap – 6/6/2013
Lotsa rain and a dead laptop while I am
on the road. But there was a draft, so that’s cool.
Almost no way I’ll be able to get you the graphic on Friday, so here’s the link at least.
Phillies Select Andrew Knapp in the 2nd Round and thoughts on JP Crawford
Knapp is an incredibly unsexy, 2nd round pick. He is a college catcher with kind of all around tools. The defense could use some work as he has not been playing the position long, but the tools are there to be an above average defender down the road. The bat could be average for both power and hitting. There is really nothing special about the profile other than he is a catcher.
That being said, it looks like a bit on an overdraft but if the Phillies save some money they can grab slightly better players with their two third round picks. The other thing is that Knapp will stay up the middle which means there is at least a decent chance he can at least get to the majors as a back up. The Phillies have had success developing college players recently and Knapp might have more projection than Cameron Rupp did 3 years ago. Continue reading Phillies Select Andrew Knapp in the 2nd Round and thoughts on JP Crawford
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