Hot or Not

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Happy 4th and another week in the books.  Observations:

–The Lakewood lineup has taken it up a notch over the last couple weeks, most notably Aaron ALtherr who has put together several consecutive very good weeks.

–Leandro Castro is working towards a call up to Lehigh Valley to finish the season.  He is well above .300 on the season now, and after a miserable April, has reallu started swinging the bat well.

–The transition of Harold Martinez to High A has been less than smooth and he has seen limited playing time as of late.

–Very nice to see conseuctive very goos starts by Brody Colvin who may be coming out of his season long funk. Nice numbers by Josh Warner and Tyler CLoyd just keeps rolling along.

–Phillippe Aumont was simply nasty in his outings this week, while Joe Savery was just the opposite.

Hot Hitters: Tug Hulett (.474, 6R, HR 5RBI); W. Austudillo (.438); Kyrell Hudson (.435); Aaron Altherr (.429, 11R 1HR 7 RBI, 2SB); Maikel Franco (.400, 4R HR, 10RBI); Dylan Couzens (.389, 5R HR, 5RBI); Albert Cartwright (.375, 5RBI); Leandro Castro (.360, 7RBI); Tyler Greene (.350); Kelly Dugan (.348, 8R 4RBI); Honorable Mention: Walding, ALonso, C. Hernandez, Serritella, Frandsen, Suomi, Stassi Continue reading Hot or Not →

Lehigh Valley Weekly Report

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‘The Pigs are hot, having won three in a row and now stand at 49-35 and in first place of the Northern Division of the International League, 2 games ahead of second place Pawtucket. The ‘Pigs continue their 5 game series against Scranton this evening with Tyler Cloyd on the mound, before leaving for a three game, pre All Star Break road trip in Rochester. Continue reading Lehigh Valley Weekly Report →

Box Score Recap 7-2-2012

Box Score Recap

Lehigh Valley won on a walkoff wild pitch, Tim Kennelly pitched a scoreless ninth in the Reading loss, and Aaron Altherr drew a walk-off base on balls in the 11th in Lakewood. 

In normal, not weird baseball results, a good night from Adam Morgan, (he was due for one).  6 shutout innings, 3 hits, 1 walk, 7 Ks.

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VSL 2012 Midseason Update

1. VSL/DSL

With the beginning of July we are now over half of the way through the 2012 VSL season.  It has been a strange season for the Phillies entry who have dominated the league going 28-14.  The team has a 2.41 ERA overall and a .779 OPS.  They are in first place by 1.5 games.  With all that, however, it is difficult to determine whether the team has any real prospects.  The offense is certainly young, though the best performances have come from older players.  The pitching has dominated though also led by strong performances from the older players.  In spite of these dominant performances it is very possible that the Phillies have a better group of older players than the other teams in the 4-team league.

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General Discussion – Week of 7-2-2012

Weekly Discussion

First half is over.  Second half would have to be as good as the first half was bad to get to .500.  And I wasn’t even a math major.

International Signing

International Signings

Per Ben Badler at BA, the Phils have signed Jose Pujols, who Badler called #20 in International FA market.  “Philadelphia has signed Dominican corner outfielder Jose Pujols for $540,000. Pujols, 16, has tremendous righthanded power and bat speed from his lanky 6-foot-4, 175-pound frame.”

Seeing Badler also reporting Phils signed 16-year old catcher Deivi Grullon.  Commenters below have info on him already, but Badler called him the 15th best Intl. prospect last week.

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Box Score Recap 7-1-2012

Box Score Recap

Altherr’s stats are actually looking pretty good this year.  Ks remain pretty bad, but walks are near 8.5%, better for him.  20/26 stealing bases.  He’s still a nice prospect, IMO.

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Around the System–Starting Pitchers, Bottom Half

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A look at the starting rotation in the lower half of the organization.  Limited stats for WIlliamsport and GCL, so limited analysis as it isnt fair to draw any conclusion based on the small sample size. Next up, the bullpen, sometime next week.

Lakewood

Ethan Stewart, 21, Phils 47th round pick in 2010;  16 games; 4-6 with a 3.21 ERA; 81.1IP 57H 43BB 54K; 0.95 GO/AO; .197 opp. avg., 3 HR allowed; 1.22 WHIP; 4.7BB/5.9K per nine; .220 vs LH, .188 vs. RH, .192 with RISP. 4-0 with a 1.76 ERA in June.  Stewart has been excellent as of late, although needs to get done the walk rate for continued success.

Ramon Oviedo, 21, Signed as a free agent in 2010; 1-6 with a 8.72 ERA; 7 starts; 32IP 39H 16BB 25K; 1.00 GO/AO; .312 opp. avg., 1.72 WHIP; 4.5BB/7.0K; .340 vs. LH, .292 vs. RH, .378 with RISP.  Ugly thus far. Continue reading Around the System–Starting Pitchers, Bottom Half →

Box Score Recap 6-30-2012

Box Score Recap

Kinda interested in this catcher they got for Jim Thome.  Also interested in Kyrell Hudson with 4 hits.  If he could do that thrice a week, he’d be all set.  Someone let him know I suggested that.

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