Category Archives: 02. Org Reports

Threshers Stars Shine in FSL All-Star Game

02. Org Reports, 5. Clearwater

2008 FSL All-Star Logo

All-Star Weekend in Brevard County was good for all four of the Threshers stars who played in the game and for the Threshers’ coaching staff who coached the Western Division All-Stars to a 9-3 win over the Eastern All-Star squad. All three of the Threshers’ pitchers held the East squad scoreless in their work on the hill while Gus Milner accounted for two West division runs in the game.
Edgar Garcia – RHP pitched the second inning for the West giving up no hits and striking out one batter. The effort was good enough to earn him the pitcher-of-the-game award for the winning West team.
Brett Harker – RHP threw the sixth inning giving up no runs on two hits with two punch outs, and Matt German – LHP got in 0.2 innings of work with the final out in the seventh inning and the first out of the eighth giving up no runs on two hits with a strikeout. As mentioned “Gus” Milner – OF scored twice in the game going 1-4 plus a walk.

I’ve got a bunch of good photos that I will be uploading over the course of the night on Sunday, so check out the “Photo Gallery” link at my website. As soon as the pictures are prepped and uploaded they will be available there.

Iron Pigs Report

7. Lehigh Valley

Lehigh Valley is now 25-44, in last place and 16.0 games back of front running Scranton in the Northern Division of the International League. The passed week was another decent one for Lehigh Valley as they went 4-3 on the week. Mike Cervenak continues among league leaders in several categories including at bats (5th-249), runs (6th-43), hits [1st-78] and avg. (10th-.313). Andy Tracy is 3rd in the league in walks (36). Pitching leaders include Brian Mazone who is 4th in wins(7), 9th in ERA (2.93), leading the league in innings (92.0), and 4th in WHIP (1.04). JA Happ is 5th in innings (82.0) and leading the league in strikeouts (87). Matt Childers is 5th in the league with 8 saves. The long ball continues to be an issue for Happ as he is 7th in the league in homers allowed with 11. Continue reading Iron Pigs Report →

Clearwater Threshers Weekly Report

02. Org Reports, 5. Clearwater

The Clearwater Threshers began their last seven games with a rain out at the Tampa Yankees, and then returned home to split a four game series 2-2 against the Eastern Division’s last place team the St. Lucie Mets. They then headed to Palm Beach for a four game series against the Eastern Division’s first place team the Palm Beach Cardinals. Continue reading Clearwater Threshers Weekly Report →

Iron Pigs Report

7. Lehigh Valley

The passed week was a fairly rough one for Lehigh Valley as they went 3-4 on the week, and are now at 21-41 on the year, 16.5 games back of front running Scranton in the Northern division of the International League.  Looking at Iron Pigs among the league leaders, Mike Cervenak continues his rise in numerous categories, including at bats (5th-221), runs (5th-38), hits (1st-71), and average (.321). Andy Tracy is 3rd in walks (31) and 10th in homers (10). Among pitching leaders are Brian Mazone who is 5th in wins (6), 2nd in inninigs pitched (79.0) and 5th in WHIP (1.10) and JA Happ who is 3rd in innings (77) and leading the league in strikeouts with 81. Matt Childers is 6th in the league with 8 saves. Continue reading Iron Pigs Report →

Clearwater Week in Review

02. Org Reports, 5. Clearwater, Savery, Joe


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For the first time this season the Clearwater Threshers had a winning record for the week of their report. The team was 4-3 on the week, though they remain at 25-33 on the year and in last place in their division. The good news on the week was the announcement of the F.S.L. All-Star team. Four Threshers were chosen to represent the Western Division at the game this upcoming Father’s Day weekend in Brevard County, FL.

Edgar Garcia, Matt German, Brett Harker, and Gus Milner will all take part in the game. In addition as the defending Western Division champs the Clearwater Threshers coaching staff has the honor of leading the Western Division squad in the game.
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DSL Season Starts – Roster Posted

1. VSL/DSL

The DSL season started over the weekend with two Phillies victories.  The Phillies are currently 2-0 and in 1st place in the early going in the 5-team Santo Domingo North division.    A roster has been posted at the minor league baseball site at the following link:

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=t_ros&cid=623

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Latin American Update – End of May

1. VSL/DSL

Tomorrow is opening day for the Phillies DSL squad.  They play in the Santo Domingo North division and are coming off of a division-winning season where they went 45-18 behind a squad featuring lots of young players.  While multiple players from last season’s team are likely to graduate to GCL this year (Sebastian Valle, Yohan Flande, Ferrel Gomez, Lendy Castillo, Leandro Castro, Vlad De Los Santos, Ebelin Lugo, and Reginal Simon), several younger prospects remain.  Expect to see Rudney Balentien and Miguel Alvarez in the OF and Juan Sosa and Pedro Carpio heading up the pitching staff.  In addition, we are also likely to see the debut of high priced SS Carlos Valenzuela and the first full season from RHP Gabriel Arias. Continue reading Latin American Update – End of May →

Iron Pigs Report

7. Lehigh Valley

Lehigh Valley continued their consistent play over the last several weeks, going 4-3 this week and are now 18-37,  16.5 games back in the Northern Division of the IL. Looking at hitting leaders, Mike Cervenek is 6th in AB’s (195), 5th in runs (34), 2nd in hits (63), 9th in RBI’s (35), and 4th in average (.323).  Andy Tracy is 9th in homers (9) and 2nd in walks (30). Pitching leaders include Brian Mazone is 2nd in wins(6), first in innings (72.2), and 6th in WHIP (1.10). JA Happ is 7th in innings (64.1) and leading the league with 70 strikeouts. Matt Childers is now 5th in the league with 8 saves and ‘Pigs pitchers continue to struggle in the homers allowed department.  Ron Chiavacci is 6th (9), Brian Mazone is 7th (9), and former ‘Pig JD Durbin is 9th(8). Continue reading Iron Pigs Report →

Threshers Week in Review

02. Org Reports, 5. Clearwater, Savery, Joe

The Clearwater Threshers finished another week with a 3-3 record and currently sit at 21-30 on the year twelve games out of first place with 19 games remaining until the end of the first half of the season. Barring a complete collapse by all five of the teams ahead of our club in the standings it seems unlikely that that team can secure a playoff berth in the first half of the season to try and defend their 2007 FSL crown. Of course as we say here just about every year, there’s always the second half .

Despite the team’s record the club is not as bad as their record would indicate. Offensively the team has made some strides while beginning to get some extra base hits which is certainly promising. After trailing the league most of the season they moved up three places to ninth (of twelve) in slugging percentage this week. Unfortunately the pitching also ranks ninth in ERA with a 4.11 mark on the year and the Threshers staff has surrendered the most HR in the league having given up 45 so far on the year while the offense has managed to hit just 23 HR of their own.
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Lakewood BlueClaws Report (5/20-5/26)

4. Lakewood

After a disappointing week in which the BlueClaws went 2-5, the team rebounded with an extremely impressive 6-1 record this last week. In a week in which they eclipsed the Hickory Crawdads to take a two-way tie for fourth place in the SAL Northern division, the ‘Claws found themselves dropping their first game of the week before picking up the pace in their current six-game winning streak. Once again, the key to the week was pitching, as the starters posted a combined 2.65 ERA for the week.

Continue reading Lakewood BlueClaws Report (5/20-5/26) →