The final number is 3 years 12 million with a 4th year vesting/team option. Negotiations hit a snag with regards to injury concerns. Gonzalez has been placed on the 40 man roster and John Lannan has been moved to the 60 day DL to make room.
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End of the Minor League Season Mailbag
A ton of great questions coming in this week so without anything further here are the answers to your questions
Mitch_Rupert says: If you were forced to pick one team throughout minor league baseball to watch every game they played this year, which team would you have picked at the beginning of the season?
I love this question. The first thing I did was look up where top talent was playing to start the year and the teams that jumped out were Hickory Crawdads (TEX, SAL), Quad City Bandits (HOU, MWL), Ceder Rapids Kernals (MIN, MWL), Memphis Redbirds (STL, PCL), and Portland Seadogs (BOS, EAS). In the end I love low minors talent and I would take the Quad city Bandits because going into the year you knew you were going to get Carlos Correa, Lance McCullers, Rio Ruiz, and eventually the #1 pick in the draft (which ended up being Mark Appel). Additionally coming into the year the Midwest League was really strong on talent and it would be good to have caught Buxton, Seager, Urias, Ynoa, Fried, and Almora. I live in the middle of the MWL right now (Madison, WI) and my job has brought me to Cedar Rapids multiple times, but I never did get to a game while Buxton was there, but nonetheless there is a ton of talent and a great baseball atmosphere.
If I were to pick a Phillies affiliate it would have been the GCL Phillies. Continue reading End of the Minor League Season Mailbag
Clearwater Game Report, 8/27/13
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Threshers vs Tampa Game Report, August 27
Last night’s Thresher game was an exciting one, which CW won with 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th. Severino Gonzalez started and pitched 7 strong innings but was matched by two Yankee pitchers which left the game knotted at 1. Ryan O’Sullivan pitched a scoreless 8th but couldn’t find the plate in the 9th (he walked 4 though 1 was intentional). In the bottom of the ninth, the Yanks reliever returned the favor by walking 4 as well, and with one out, Harold Martinez lifted a fly ball to RF that wasn’t very deep. Aaron Altherr tagged anyway, and scored the winning run with an awesome slide around the catcher, just catching the plate with his left hand. Continue reading Clearwater Game Report, 8/27/13
House Keeping
Just a quick note to let you know what to expect with the Minor League season ending next week. As in previous years, I will be going through each player in the organization and reviewing their 2013 season with stats, a grade, comments and a 2014 projection. Also included will be a post season Top 40 ranking where applicable for those within that top 40 group. We will fully cover the Arizona Fall League and Florida Instructional League as we can gain tidbits of information during the Fall months.
God willing, Matt and Brad will continue with their contributions, as put simply, the site would not function on anywhere close to the level it does day in and day out without their hard work and expertise. I am deeply grateful and appreciative of their efforts.
I am hoping my schedule allows additional time for analysis of prospects and that is something that I havent been able to dedicate myself to as much as I would like, but Matt and Brad have picked up my slack and then some.
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GCL Game Report
Todays first hand report from NYPHILSMANIAC19. Excuse the formatting issues please…
Gulf Coast Game Report vs Yankees 1, August 27
PITCHING:
Feliberto Sanchez started and pitched into the 6th inning. He looked good over all but seemed to tire late in the 5th and in the 6th. At times his fastball seemed overpowering (I would make a wild guess at around 92-93). He also has an effective change-up. I think he needs to work on his move to first as a few guys stole second more on him than on Grullon. Here are his batter-by-batter results:
1st: 0-2 pitch lined into RC for a base hit/Hard liner to CF that Sandberg corralled- it was very breezy and Cord sprinted back too far but then turned and came in to make the catch/weak 4-3 groundout/K looking on fastball on the outside corner
2nd: 2 Hopper, 6-3/Hard hit lineout to Left/pop-up to SS
3rd: BB/Flyout to shallow LF/Flyout to shallow LF/RBI double that hit the Lf wall/Flyout to shallow LF
4th: K on high Fastball/4-3 (nice play by Torres going to his left)/Foul popout to first
5th: K looking/Deep liner over Sandberg’s head in center but he ran back and caught it/hard single into CF/Bunt single (Grullon stumbled or it probably would have been the third out)/Hard ground RBI single between SS and 3B/Walk (after going 0-2, he threw 4 straight pitches outside to a lefty batter)/Settled down and induced a 5-4 FC on an 0-2 pitch with bases loaded
At this point, he would have left the game with a very positive outing, but…
6th: Hard grounder off Hernandez’s glove at 3rd- was ruled an error but could’ve gone either way/4 pitch BB/Sac Bunt, 5-3/Hard 1B down the LF line that scored both runners.
At that point Therrien (formerly known as JDT) came in and threw some gasoline on the fire (though an error by Robinson Torres also contributed). Therrien only gave up one runner in the 7th.
Lewis Alezones pitched a rocky 8th (1 run with 2 BB’s and a single), and then a scoreless 9th (with another BB and single)
Prospect Spotlight: Deivi Grullon and Jose Pujols
On July 2, 2012 the Phillies spend just over a million combined on a pair of Dominican 16 year olds. They were both consensus Top 20 J2 prospects and the latest in a line of increased Latin American budget for signings. The Phillies brought both stateside in 2012 for the Florida Instructional League before they started their professional careers in the GCL for 2013. Both have had struggles at times but the arrow is point upwards for both of them. Continue reading Prospect Spotlight: Deivi Grullon and Jose Pujols
End of Minor League Season Mailbag – Question Request
Only a week or so left in the minor league regular season, so it is time for another set of questions and answers. Like always I will take questions here, on Twitter, and by email. I also encourage you to direct questions at gregg (who has seen many more games than me this year) or at Brad (who is much funnier than I am and headline writer extradornaire).
Questions don’t have to be limited to the Phillies minor league system (majors, minors, life, beer, etc), but keep them tasteful.
Hot or Not
A look back at the time period of August 15-21. Quick thoughts…the lack of production this year by 2012 high draft picks Shane Watson and Mitch Guellar is enough for a raised eyebrow but far too early to give up…Is Harold Martinez coming around, or is his production simply him catching up with High A pitching after 2 full years in CLearwater…Three starts, and all of them very solid for David Buchanan in AAA…Control issues for Kenny Giles this week, hopefully just a mirage.
Note: There will not be a “Hot or Not” published next week. The final edition will cover the last week and a half of the season.
Hot Hitters: Matt Tolbert (.500); Harold Martinez (.476, 7R, 4RBI); Cesar Hernandez (.467, 6R), Tyler Henson (.467); Cameron Rupp (.467); Jiwan James (.421, 5R, 5RBI, 3SB); Brock Stassi (.411, 5R 4RBI); Cameron Perkins (.400); Justin Parr (.375, 5R); Jim Murphy (.370, 2HR 6RBI); Gutavo Martinez (.368); Honorable mention: Ferdinand, Greene, Moore, Mojica, Altherr, Pierce, Carmona Continue reading Hot or Not
Lehigh Valley Weekly Report
Lehigh Valley is down to the last 13 games of the season after a 3-1 loss last night and are currently 67-63 and in 4th place of the Northern DIvision of the International League, 4.5 games behind division leading Rochester and 3.5 games behind Pawtucket in the wild card race.. With their loss last night, Lehigh Valley is 7-4 over their last 11 games. After an off day today, the ‘Pigs play Buffalo seven straight games, the first four in Buffalo, followed by three in Lehigh Valley.
News and Notes:Perci Garner won his AAA debut on Monday evening going 5.2innings and giving up 2 runs on 6 hits. He walked 2 and struck out 7 and looked quite impressive, taking a shutout into the 6th inning. Continue reading Lehigh Valley Weekly Report
Phillies Minor League Leaders
Maikel Franco continues to be the primary story here, with JP Crawford now with enough AB’s to qualify and headed to Lakewood.
Note: Min 130AB’s for hitter; 35IP for pitchers.
AB’s: Maikel Franco(462); Jim Murphy(429); Chris Serritella (422); Albert Cartwright(412); Aaron Altherr(407); Willie Carmona(404); Cody Asche(404); Carlos Alonso(399); Cody Overbeck(396); Zach Collier(391)
R: Maikel Franco(72); Albert Cartwright(71); Carlos ALonso(66); Art Charles(57); Jim Murphy(55); Tyson Gillies(55); Willie Carmona(52); Aaron Altherr(52); Cody Asche(52); Cody Overbeck(51).
Hits: Maikel Franco(147); Willie Carmona(121); Cody Asche(119); Jim Murphy(117); Albert Cartwright(110); Cesar Hernandez(109); Carlos Alonso(109); Aaron Altherr(108); Kelly Dugan(107); Cody Overbeck(105) Continue reading Phillies Minor League Leaders
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