Williamsport Game Report, 7/28

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Another insightful game report from NYPhilsManiac19:

 
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Roman Quinn: I was very interested in seeing Quinn but he did not have a good game. In his first two at-bats, he bunted foul- good to see him trying to utilize his speed. 1st time up, he fouled off three 2 strike pitches before popping up to shallow RC. Second at bat he also fouled off a few pitches before getting hit by the pitch on the knee. He was in obvious pain but stayed in the game. Quinn took off for second and Walding hit a perfect high chopper over the 1B’s head so Quinn went 1st to 3rd. After he got to third he was bent over holding his knee so the trainer came out, but again he stayed in the game. Larry Greene knocked him in with a hard liner to LF that went for a sac fly. In his last two at-bats, I would’ve thought his speed would have helped but they were both outs (4-6-3 DP, and a swinging bunt that the 3B barehanded and threw him out). I would guess his sore knee was partially responsible though he did seem to be running normally. He had a rough day in the field. Though he was only charged with one error ( an in between hop that ate him up), on a few tough chances the ball bounced out of his glove, and he didn’t show a great arm. My guess is he ends up at 2B or in the OF. Continue reading Williamsport Game Report, 7/28 →

General Discussion – Week of 7-30-2012

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So maybe Dom Brown will be in left field for my visit to Nats’ Park on Tuesday. If he is, I’ll yell questions at him all night.  Let me know what you want me to ask.  I can get very loud, so who knows, maybe he’ll answer.  Or I’ll be asked to leave.

Box Score Recap 7-28-2012

Box Score Recap

Keivi Rojas owns the GCL. 23.2 IP, 15H, 2BB, 33K. There’s a man in need of a promotion.

I’d say something nice about the starting pitchers in that Reading DH, but they both walked too many men for me to get excited about either performance.

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Around the System–OF, Top Half

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A look at the outfield for Lehigh Valley, Reading and Clearwater with Lakewood,Williamsport and the GCL Phils to come next week. 

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Domonic Brown, 24, Phils 20th round pick in 2006; .286/.335/.437 in 206 AB’s; 5HR 26 RBI; 4/10 SB; 7%bb/19% k rates; .327 vs. LH; .273 vs. RH; .377 with RISP.  53 games in the OF with 7 errors (.933); 1.84 R/F. 4 OF assists. I would like to see Brown in Philly and Victorino elsewhere come next week. Continue reading Around the System–OF, Top Half →

Box Score Recap 7-27-2012

Box Score Recap

Kevin Brady had a heck of a night – 8k in 3 IP.  He’s now thrown 9 innings in Williamsport and has has 16 ks.  That’a a k/9 rate of something like…umm…let’s see…carry the four…well…let’s just say it’s good.  And zero walks in those 9 innings, which I won’t even try to figure.

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Domonic Brown Made a Hell of a Grab Tonight (w/video)

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Video from tonight’s game against Norfolk.

It’s like the Jiwan James catch, except Domonic actually caught it.

Brody Colvin Promoted to AA

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Brody Colvin has gotten the callup from High A Clearwater to AA Reading and is in line to take the rotation spot of recently promoted Jonathan Pettibone.  It has been a bumpy road for Colvin who was removed from the Clearwater rotation for a time, presumably to get his head straight after struggling consistently for two months.  Colvin, a 7th round pick in 2009, has made 18 starts this year and is 4-6 with a 4.48 ERA in 18 starts.  His WHIP as a starter is 1.57 and the opposition is hitting .284 against him. On the brighter side of the equation, Colvin over his last 8 starts is 2-2 with a 3.74 ERA but even during that time period his WHIP is a high 1.51 and the opposition is hitting .301.

Somewhere Adam Morgan, Austin Wright and Jesse Biddle are shaking their heads.

Box Score Recap 7-26-2012

Box Score Recap

Cameron Rupp with 2 doubles and two walks in 4 trips to the plate.  He’s been hot for a long time.  Check out his pre/post All-Star splits and you’ll see around 120 PAs with increased power and walk rates.  Yes, he is old for the league.  Not much he can do about that except maybe hit Sebastian Valle in the knee with a club.

And this from the GCL – Kevin Walter pitched in a professional baseball game.  Wild.

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Box Score Recap 7-25-2012

Box Score Recap

Lakewood go boom.  Duffy with 5 hits.  GCL go boom.  Other direction.  3 hits for the whole lot.  Congrats to Jon Pettibone for moving up to AAA.  Congrats to Dom Brown for playing baseball today.  Even if it was just DHing.  And even if he did get hosed on the bases.

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Pettibone Gets The Call-Up

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Multiple media sources are reporting that Jonathan Pettibone has been called up to AAA Lehigh Valley.  First report I saw was from @anthonyburkhart of The Republican-Herald in Reading.

Pettibone put forth a strong performance tonight, going 7 innings, giving up just 1 earned run, 3 hits and no walks, and striking out 6 Altoona Curve(s?).  On the season, he was 9-7 in 19 starts for Reading, with a 3.30 ERA, gave up 115 hits, 9 of them homeruns, allowed 27 bb and struck out 81 in 117.1 innings pitched, for a WHIP of 1.21, a k rate of 6.34/9, a very good bb rate of 2.07 and a HR rate of 0.69/9.

For the record, I also saw a report tonight that Jarred Cosart was just called up to AAA in the Houston organization.  So 2 of the 5 so-called “Baby Aces” aces are now in AAA, 2 remain in AA, and one is still repeating A+.