The Phillies played a game yesterday. The long winter is finally subsiding. And we have things to talk about. I’ll open the floor for discussion. And I’ll post the prospect highlights from the 8-0 win over Florida State to get everyone started.

Naylor: 2 IP – 1 H – 2 K
Stutes: 1 IP – 1 H – 3 K
Schwimer: 1 IP – 1 BB
De Fratus: 1 IP -2 K
Mathieson: 1 IP – 1 BB – 2 K

Michael Martinez: 0/2, RBI
Rivero: 0/1
Larish: 0/1
J-Berry: 1/1, R
Brown: 1/3, R
Galvis: 1/2, RBI
Barfield: 1/2

Annnnnnd. Go!

As we enter mid February and just days away from Pitchers and Catchers reporting to Clearwater, I wanted to get some discussion going with the Top 10 questions the Phillies face as it relates to the Minor Leagues. 

1.  Is Domonic Brown ready for a full time job in Philly and if not, should he be playing every day in AAA or part time in Philly?  My vote is until Brown shows otherwise,  he should be the everyday rightfielder in Philly.  Less than 100 major league at bats and a difficult Winter League is not showing otherwise.

2.  Who fills the open role(s) in the Phillies bullpen?  The Phils have 4 givens in their bullpen (Romero, Contreras, Madson and Lidge).  They need a long man, and that race will come down to Kendrick vs. Worley. Kendrick probably has the inside track based on the salary he will be receiving this year, which is in the over two million range.  Continue reading Top 10 Pre-Spring Training Questions →

Seven more players were invited to the Phils major league spring training camp the Phils announced today.  In alphabetical order, Pitcher Brian Bass, Catcher Tuffy Gosewisch, C Joel Naughton, INF Robb Quinlan, RHP Michael Schwimer, RHP Mike Stutes, and INF/OF Delwyn Young all received invites.  

Delwyn Young is an interesting name to add to the mix as the 28 year old finished third in major league baseball with 16 pinch hits in 2010.  During his major league career, Young is a .258 hitter with 17 HR and 81 RBI in parts of five seasons between the Pirates and the Dodgers. He started games at 3B, 2B and in the OF for Pittsburgh last year.

The Phils have added Justin DeFratus, Freddy Galvis, Harold Garcia, Cesar Hernandez, and Matt Rizzotti to the 40 man roster, thus protecting them from potential exposure in the Rule 5 draft.

Notably left off: Joe Savery, D’Arby Myers and Chris Kissock.

Continue reading 40 man roster decisions; Spring Training Invites →