Lehigh Valley had an up and down week, but it ended in an up note with a 3-3 record on the week. The ‘Pigs are now 13-34, last in the Northern division, 17.0 games back of leading Scranton. Hitting leaders include Mike Cervenek who is 8th in the league in at bats (167), 6th in runs (29), and 4th in hits (52). Andy Tracy is 6th in the league in homers (8), and 10th in RBI’s (28). Pitching leaders include Brian Mazone who is 5th in wins (5), and leading the league in innings pitched (65.2). JA Happ is 5th in innings (57.1), 7th in homers allowed (8), and leading the league in strikeouts with 66.
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Weekly Threshers Notes
The Clearwater Threshers got the past week off to a rough start when they were held to just one run in their series final against the Dunedin Bluejays, but finished the week on a high note by picking up a 9-3 win over the Daytona Cubs and giving Zack Segovia his first win of the season. Sandwiched in between were to more wins and three more losses to give the team a 3-4 record on the week moving the team’s overall record to 18-27 on the year securing their place firmly at the bottom of the FSL Western Division standings.
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Lehigh Valley Week Seven Report
New faces in the locker room and clearly a new attitude on the field personify this weeks Iron Pigs as they had an excellent week going 6-1. The ‘Pigs now stand at 11-31, still in last place, but improving, now 17.5 games out of first. Looking at ‘Pigs among the league leaders, Andy Tracy is 7th in homers (7) and 4th in the league in walks (21). Brian Mazone is 7th in the league in wins (4), third in the league in innings (51.2), and 8th in WHIP (1.12). He is also 5th in homers allowed (7). JA Happ is 4th in the league in innings (51.1), and leading the league in strikeouts (61). JD Durbin is 4th in the league in homers allowed (..8..) in only 28 innings.
Clearwater Threshers Weekly Report
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The Threshers had a pretty good week this week despite going just 3-3 in the process with Sunday as an off-day for Mother’s Day. The week began with the Threshers picking up two wins to extend their streak to four wins-in-a-row for the first time this year; they then lost two tightly contested games on Friday & Saturday.
The team was shut out by their cross-county rivals the Dunedin Bluejays on Monday with Tuffy Gosewisch picking up the team’s only hit in the game, and then they ended the week with a come-from-behind win over the Bluejays thanks to a seventh inning home run from Adrian Cardenas in his first game back since April the 17th. Continue reading Clearwater Threshers Weekly Report
Lakewood BlueClaws Report
Up to this point, this has been an up-and-down season for the Lakewood BlueClaws. Plagued by inconsistencies, both by pitchers and position players, they entered the week with a record of 15-16. Boosted by five solid starts by their rotation, the BlueClaws managed to eclipse the .500 mark this week, and they certainly hope to stay there for the foreseeable future.
Tuesday saw the BlueClaws finishing off a four-game series against the Lexington Legends. Behind a strong showing from Julian Sampson (6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 4 K), the BlueClaws not only won the game 5-1, but the series. The offensive production came from homeruns from two of the BlueClaws’ more intriguing prospects, Michael Taylor and Dominic Brown, Taylor’s driving in three of the five runs on the night.
VSL Season Starts Today
The first of the two Latin American complex leagues starts today with the beginning of the Venezuelan Summer League. The Phillies are coming off a 36-31 4th place finish in 2007, though may have a very young pitching staff on the 2008 roster. Ace pitcher Freddy Ballestas is now stateside along with several others from the 2007 team. The second best pitcher from last season, Juan Colmenarez, is still listed on the VSL roster, though he was present on the minor league Spring Training rosters earlier. Daniel Lara is definitely back from last year to provide at least some veteran presence on the mound. Continue reading VSL Season Starts Today
Lehigh Valley Report Card –Quarter Mark
As the ‘Pigs have won only 6 out of 36 games through the first quarter of the season, dont expect this to be pretty.
1B– Andy Tracy has been improving as of late, trying to undo a very difficult beginning. He currently had a 11 game hitting streak that was just snapped, and many of those hits have been clutch. His power numbers are picking up, as he now has 6 homers and 19 RBI’s, to go along with a .237 average . He is hitting .346 with runners in scoring position, far better than most ‘Pigs. Grade: C
2B– A big season was expected from minor league veteran Casey Smith when he was acquired during the off season and Lehigh Valley has got just next to nothing from him. He is hitting .179 with 2 homers and 9 RBI’s, along with a .216 OBP. Even more startling is his .111 average with RISP. Grade D-.
SS– Oscar Robles was just acquired a week or two ago, and it is too early to grade him, although so far it isnt looking pretty(.160). Grade: Incomplete. Continue reading Lehigh Valley Report Card –Quarter Mark
Clearwater Breaks Out the Offense on Thursday Night
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The Clearwater Threshers have been rolling lately, and the train just kept on going in Thursday night’s effort versus the Jupiter Hammerheads. The team picked up their fourth consecutive win, and their fifth in the last six games. Coming into the game the team had just eight home runs in the first 33 games of the year, however the club picked up four home runs on the night with Jake Blalock, Welinson Baez, Tuffy Gosewisch and Clay Harris each crushing a long ball all for the first time as a Thresher this season.
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Iron Pigs– Week 6
Lehigh Valley closed out week six of their season having gone 1-6 on the week, and now at 5-30 on the year, 20 games out of first place in the Northern Division of the IL. The misery clearly continues with no real end or even break in sight. Andy Tracy moved into 6th place in the IL in homers (6) and that wraps it up as far as Lehigh Valley hitting leaders. As far as pitching goes JA Happ is 9th in innings pitched (39.1) and 2nd in strikeouts (42). Brian Mazone is 4th in WIns (4), 2nd in innings (45.2), and third in homers allowed (6). JD Durbin is 2nd in homers allowed (7) in only 24 innings. Continue reading Iron Pigs– Week 6
Clearwater Threshers Report
We are now just over one month into the season and the Threshers have an 12-20 record so far. Over the last week the team faced the Ft. Myers Miracle for three games, followed by a four-game set with their first Eastern Division opponent of the year, the Brevard County Manatees. The Miracle began the Threshers week by sweeping them to give the Miracle a perfect 9-0 record against the Threshers this year, but the Threshers faired better against the Manatees with a 3-1 series record.
The team began the season with the pitchers leading the team in production, and the hitters lagging way behind. As the season has progressed the hitters have begun to get on track while the pitching has seen their stats fall in the league standings. The offense has the fourth best batting average in the league up from last place after week one, while the pitching has seen their ERA go from third best in the league after week one to the third worst at present.
Despite the good batting average the team has still got room for improvement. They are dead last in the league in all extra base hit categories, and have scored the third fewest runs as a result. On the positive side though, the hitters have the second most walks in the league and the second fewest strikeouts ranking them third in the league in OBP. As for the pitchers the team has the second most strikeouts in the league with 254, but has also allowed the second most walks with 122. Also the team lost their early season ace Antonio Bastardo to the AA Reading Phillies and has seen starter Carlos Monasterios placed on the DL this week. Continue reading Clearwater Threshers Report
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