Hey, looks like Brody Colvin’s back in the rotation in Clearwater. And he took a no-hitter into the sixth last night. ALL HAIL COLVIN.
Ok, that might be a bit premature.
Hot or Not
So Tim Kennelly seems to have taken to the leadoff spot in Reading this week in Tyson Gillies absence….
—The typical Lakewood candidates on the not hot hitting list.
–The list of ajectives used to describe the year that Tyler CLoyd is having is getting overused, however he has been consistently excellent.
–After a half dozen relief appearances, Brody Colvin got the start on Tuesday and re-appears on the Hot list giving up just one earned on two hits in six innings. Continue reading Hot or Not
Lehigh Valley Weekly Report
The ‘Pigs wrapped up their series in Syracuse having taken three out of four from the Chiefs (they were rained out this morning), and now stand at 37-27,2.5 games behind division leading Pawtucket in the Northern Division of the International League. Lehigh Valley has won six of their last seven games, with a patchwork lineup. Continue reading Lehigh Valley Weekly Report
Box Score Recap 6-11-2012
Not bad from Perci Garner tonight. Struck out 5 over 6 innings of 2 hit ball, but he did walk 4. Cameron Rupp went deep in that one.
Box Score Recap 6-10-2012
Kratz rhymes with Bats. It all makes sense now… Also, a big wow for Tim Kennelly. On the prospect front, Brown, Asche and Franco all had 2 hits, and one of Franco’s was his sixth HR of the year. JRod had a pretty nice line, Biddle not so much.
General Discussion – Week of 6-11-2012
Your non-prospect related spot for the week. Enjoy!
Around the System–Middle Infield
Reading looking good up the middle,the rest, not so much. Stats are thru Saturday’s games.
Lehigh Valley
Andreas Blanco, 28, Signed as a free agent in 2012, .212/.282/.318 in 198 AB’s; 5 HR 16RBI; 5SB; 9%bb/18%k rates; .200 vs. LH, .217 vs. RH, .191 with RISP; .218 since May 1st. 56 games at SS with 10 errors (.957); 3.98 R/F. Blanco has been extremely average all around and has recently been injured, missing time with a knee injury. Continue reading Around the System–Middle Infield
2012 DSL Phillies – Week One Update
As we did with the VSL a few weeks ago, this post will summarize the new names on the 2012 Phillies Dominican Summer League roster while also providing some early clues on who the top prospects to watch might be. As always we lead with the caution that any observations here are based on stats, playing time, and age. They are not based on actual scouting reports unfortunately unless certain players have been mentioned in interviews with the Phillies minor league staff.
In 2011 the DSL Phillies played in the 8 team Boca Chica South division and finished at 38-33, in 3rd place 8.5 games behind one of the Cubs 2 affiliates. Many other organizations have started a second VSL team in recent years as they have closed their Venezuelan academies. The Phillies still field one team in each league. One interesting note on the Phillies DSL team from last year: they were outscored by 58 runs and still finished 5 games over .500. Maybe Manny Amador should be considered to manage the big club. Continue reading 2012 DSL Phillies – Week One Update
Morning Musings
Life has slowed down to a pace where I have ten minutes to out some thoughts together this morning. Here it goes….
–Although I didn’t expect much when JC Ramirez was called up to help out in the Lehigh Valley bullpen, his first two outings have been very strong.
–Lehigh Valley OF Derrick Mitchell, coming off an 8 RBI night (in a double header), broke his wrist and will miss at least the next 6 weeks recovering.
—Tyson Gillies has begun only very minimal physical activity recovering from his wrist injury/concussion and he still is at least a week away from a return. This is just another in a long series of physical set backs for Gillies, who was playing well up until the time of his injury.
–It is time to start paying some real attention to 21 year old Dominican Lisalberto Bonilla. During his 22 games between Clearwater and Reading he has held opponents to a .191 average and is striking out 12.3 per nine.
—Jesse Biddle was scheduled to start last night for CLearwater and did not. Clearwater is on the road, so it is more difficult to get information. Stay tuned.
–It is time to take a look at why Lakewood is performing so badly. They are now equally miserable swinging the bat, as well as throwing the ball. Coming into the year, Lakewood looked to be a team with talent. 61 games in they are without a major bright spot. Having a dozen 20 year olds performing below expectations is very problematic for the system.
–Williamsport and the GCL Phils begin play a week from tomorrow, the 18th. Look for rosters to be filled out after a 5 day mini camp in Clearwater this week.
Box Score Recap 6-9-2012
Austin Wright has been hit around pretty badly two of his last three starts. Strikeouts in May/June are around 6.3 k/9 compared to around 12.9 k/9 in April. Unreasonable to expect he stay near 13, but still, concerning. Anyone with a velocity report comparing April and now will receive one cool point.
