Phillies' Daily Minor League Report

[Burrs5]

Rankings are courtesy of MLBpipeline.com team top 30.

AAA - Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs
(11-9) - W 2-0
---Zach Eflin (#13) (3-0, 2.05) pitched 6.1 innings of shutout ball. He allowed 4 hits, while fanning six. Tommy Joseph hit a HR (4) and is now batting .380. Cam Perkins extended his hitting streak to 12 games and is batting .378.

AA - Reading Phillies
(13-7) - W 11-2
---JP Crawford (#1) reached base three times (2 walks). He now has 17 walks in 19 games and a sports a .420 OB%. Dylan Cozens (#23) slammed his 5th HR and his 6th double of the season. He walked thrice, drove in 3, and added his 5th SB. Rhys Hoskins (#20) extended his hitting streak to 15 games (1 hit in 14 of them), but is still only hitting .231 on the season. Anthony Vasquez improved to (4-0, 1.95) in allowing two runs over 6 IP.

A - Clearwater Phillies
(14-6) - W 14-2
---Matt Imhoff (2-1) got the win (6 IP, 1 ER, 5 W, 7 K's). Scott Kingery (#11) hit his first HR of the season. He's batting .293. Mitch Waldong hit his 6th HR. Kyle Martin went 3-5 (.308).

A - Lakewood Blue Claws
(4-16) - L 2-3
---Shane Watson had a ND after tossing 7 innings of 3-hit, 1-run ball (5 K's). 2B Josh Tobias had a hit and is slashing .343/.458/.998 on the season.

 

[obriend1]

I've been following Joseph to see how he does at first this year. I hope, for his sake, that he can make the transition.

 

[gldendog]

Just get Howard outta here. Play Joseph at first, I don't care. He can't be any worse in the field. Or at the plate. Not possible.

 

[NickleDimer]

Love the plate discipline by Crawford. It's been missing for a while. Used to have several 90-100 walk potential guys in the lineup- young utley and Howard, Burrell, abreu, Thome, Werth

 

[NovaHoops2002]

I saw Randolph was put on the DL in Class A yesterday but haven't see you anything else. Any word on that?

 

[Burrs5]

I saw Randolph was put on the DL in Class A yesterday but haven't see you anything else. Any word on that?

I read it was t that serious. A couple of weeks.

 

[Burrs5]

AAA - Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs
(11-9) - DNP

AA - Reading Phillies
(13-7) - DNP

A - Clearwater Phillies
(15-6) - W 5-2
---Cord Sadberg reached base three times with a HR (1). Currently batting .328. Carlos Tocci (#14) tripled. John Richy (1-0) picked up his first win in first start. He threw the first 5 innings, allowing 3 hits & 1 ER. Richy came over in Utley trade. Alexis Riverso picked-up save. He has now not allowed a run in 10.2 IP (6 hits allowed) this year and has fanned 14.

A - Lakewood Blue Claws
(4-16) - Cancelled.

 

[NickleDimer]

Cord Sandberg! Did Tim McCarthy's kid ever see the field?

 

[LizReed]

AAA - Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs
(11-9) - DNP

AA - Reading Phillies
(13-7) - DNP

A - Clearwater Phillies
(15-6) - W 5-2
---Cord Sadberg reached base three times with a HR (1). Currently batting .328. Carlos Tocci (#14) tripled. John Richy (1-0) picked up his first win in first start. He threw the first 5 innings, allowing 3 hits & 1 ER. Richy came over in Utley trade. Alexis Riverso picked-up save. He has now not allowed a run in 10.2 IP (6 hits allowed) this year and has fanned 14.

A - Lakewood Blue Claws
(4-16) - Cancelled.

Solid updates.

 

[Burrs5]

AAA - Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs
(11-10) - L 2-1
---Tommy Joseph continued a hot battle going 2-4 (8-gm hitting streak; .455 during it). He knocked in his team's lone run and is hitting .389 on the year. RHP Mark Appel took a ND going 5.1 IP and allowing 1 ER (1.64 ERA). He did walk 4.

AA - Reading Phillies
(14-7) - W 14-3
---Ben Lively (3-0, 1.55 ERA) picked up the win. He allowed 1 ER in 5 innings. CF Roman Quinn went 3-5 (triple) and scored 3 runs. JP Crawford reached base three times (2 walks) and stole his 4th base of the year. Rhys Hoskins extended his hitting streak to 16 games with a monster night. He went 3-5 with a HR & 5 RBIs. Angel Mora continued his solid play with 3 hits (2 doubles) and is now batting .317 on the year.

A - Clearwater Phillies
(15-7) - L 11-4
---1B Kyle Martin blasted a HR (5). He's hitting .500 (10-20) over last 5 games and .318 on the season. C Chace Numata went 4-4 with a pair of doubles.

A - Lakewood Blue Claws
(5-16) - W 5-1
---Luke Leftwich (1-1) picked up the win after only allowing 1 ER on 3 hits over 6 innings. He fanned 11. SS Emmanuel Marrero went 2-4 (.304) with a SB. 2B Josh Tobias (.352) picked up two more hits.

 

[NickleDimer]

Klentak has secured my write in vote for president.

 

[Burrs5]

Klentak has secured my write in vote for president.

Might need to change his name to Klentako.

 

[Burrs5]

AAA - Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs
(12-10) - W 3-2
---Making his first start in AAA this season Alec Asher went 8.2 innings, allowing just two hits and no earned runs. He fanned five and walked none. Nick Williams had two hits and raised his average to .299. Cam Perkins extended his hitting streak to 13 games with two more hits. He's now batting .396. Taylor Featherstone went 2-3 and is hitting .357.

AA - Reading Phillies
(14-8) - L 6-3
---Roman Quinn went 2-4 with a pair of SB (9). Rhys Hoskins extended his hitting streak to 17 games.

A - Clearwater Threshers
(15-8) - L 4-0
---Elnierny Garcia (2-1, 1.82) suffered his first loss. He threw 5.2 IP allowing 4 ER. He did fan 7. Scott Kingery notched one of the two hits by the Threshers, while swiping his 6th base of the season.

A - Lakewood Blue Claws
(6-16) - W 10-7
---RF Jose Pujols (4) & CF Jiandido Tromp (3) eached hit home runs to pace the Blue Claws. 1B Wilson Garcia went 3-5 (.317) and drove in a pair of runs.

 

[gldendog]

Asher is one of those guys who looks great in the minors and can't pitch in the bigs.

 

[RimJob Larry]

Asher is one of those guys who looks great in the minors and can't pitch in the bigs.

Saving this for when Asher wins Cy Young next year.

 

[tomjackleman]

 

[gldendog]

Saving this for when Asher wins Cy Young next year.

You'll be saving it for a while.

 

[Burrs5]

AAA - Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs
(12-10) - PPD

AA - Reading Phillies
(14-9) - L 7-6
---#10 prospect Ricardo Pinto gave up three unearned runs in six innings of work. #20 Rhys Hoskins extended his hitting streak to 18 games with a 1st inning HR (5). #23 Dylan Cozens reached base three times with a pair of hits/walk. He also stole his 6th base of the year. #7 Roman Quinn continued his good play as of late. Today, he went 2-4 with two walks, including his 3rd triple of the year. Over his last four games he has reached base 13 times going 8-for-18, with 5 walks

A - Clearwater Threshers
(16-8) - W 4-2
---Tyler Viza earned the win going 6/1 IP, 1 ER, and 11 K's. In four starts this season he is (4-0) with a 1.14 ERA. He has given up just 3 ER in 23.2 IP and has a 28-4 K-BB ratio. Alexis Rivero notched his 2nd save. He has a 0.77 ERA and 15 K's in 11.2 IP. #11 Scott Kingery went 2-4 and stole his 7th base. #12 SS Malquin Canelo was 2-3 with his first HR of the year. Kyle Martin doubled and drove in his 21st run of the year.

A - Lakewood Blue Claws
(6-16) - PPD


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[Burrs5]

Just a quick little update tonight. Some decent stuff to report.

Crawford hit a HR and drew another walk.

Quinn stole his 10th base.

Hoskins lost his 19-gm hitting streak.

Nick Williams hit a walkoff 2-run HR.

Tommy Joseph hit another HR.

Can Perkins had two hits, 14-gm hitting streak. Hitting .385. Rumblings he might get a look.

Jake Thompson 7 IP, 2 H, 1ER.

 

[gldendog]

Just a quick little update tonight. Some decent stuff to report.

Crawford hit a HR and drew another walk.

Quinn stole his 10th base.

Hoskins lost his 19-gm hitting streak.

Nick Williams hit a walkoff 2-run HR.

Tommy Joseph hit another HR.

Can Perkins had two hits, 14-gm hitting streak. Hitting .385. Rumblings he might get a look.

Jake Thompson 7 IP, 2 H, 1ER.

Perkins should be up. Tmrw. Why the hell not?!

 

[Eberzzz]

So they bring Williams up later this month? Not sure service time implications but I feel like it's June 10th or something. Send Burress (sp? on all these guys) down.

Bring Joseph up...send Lough down? I feel like Borjeus is one of the worst hitters I've ever seen but his defense has legit saved them 3/4 games this year.

Guessing they'll try to keep Goeddel up all year but at a certain point if the starting pitching holds up and the bullpen remains passable (I feel a reversion coming on soon) you've got to make sure these guys get a shot at sticking around.

For a team this young with so many lively personalities where the positive "vibe" has been discussed quite a bit already, a season full of competitive pitching and youthful infusions of talent later in the season could really set the table for next year. Have them all go through growing pains together and start to build another nucleus that can compete for 5 or 6 years.

If they get league average production from LF & 1b they could finish around .500.

 

[gldendog]

I'd keep Bourjos up just for his D. Send Lough down. Let's see if Perkins can hack it. He can't be any worse. If not - you know Williams is coming soon.

 

[Burrs5]

Joseph hit his 6th HR today. He is 9-15 over last four. Leads International League in BA/Slug%.

He currently has a .392/.417/.709 slash line.

Dylan Cozens hit his 7th HR for Rwading.

Alfaro is back from his oblique injury.

 

[NovaHoops2002]

Ruf hit some balls hard today but he's just not swinging a good bat. The fact that he can't outplay Howard says it all. I'm thinking Joseph might get a call before the end of the month? He does them no good in minors. He's not a prospect and doesn't need regular ABs etc. If he feels comfortable enough at 1B you call him up to play vs lefties and then even give him chances vs righties. Also he could be a guy with pop off the bench late. I see no reason why this doesn't happen.

 

[gldendog]

I'm done with Ruf. Cut the cord. And take Lough with him.

 

[NovaHoops2002]

I'm done with Ruf. Cut the cord. And take Lough with him.

Lough, Bourjos, Goedel are fine when you have 1 player like that on your team. You can't have 3.

 

[Burrs5]

Joseph isn't considered a prospect anymore because of the injuries/concussions, but he's still only 24. At one time he was considered to have a good bat. Now that taking foul balls off the face has been removed, maybe he can find himself again. His splits this year have been comparable.

He'll probably be up at some point, but I think next year you might see a Joseph/Knapp platoon at 1B.

 

[Box+1]

Can't get to excited about any guy putting together a couple of good weeks in the minors. Worst thing the Phillies could do now is yo-yoing guys up and down from Lehigh to Phila. while ignoring the 25 million dollar albatross
Let things play out till at least mid July at the earliest, later if the team is still in contention.

What do you do with Asche when he returns?
System overloaded with catching prospects, do you keep them all, convert some to play 1b or lf, trade ?

 

[NickleDimer]

Asche, Ruf, Bourjos and Howard to the scrap pile. Bring up the young guys. Not yo-yoing. Commit to playing them at the big league level.

 

[Box+1]

Just want the young guys to prove themselves for at least a year at AAA, no desire to get engaged in the hype around another Dom Brown.

 

[NovaHoops2002]

Just want the young guys to prove themselves for at least a year at AAA, no desire to get engaged in the hype around another Dom Brown.

This isn't 2008 anymore. Pro sports has become a young man's game, no need to let guys sit in minors until they are 23-24 anymore.

 

[NickleDimer]

The Dom Brown hype was real... for half a season.

 

[Burrs5]

Reading banged out 17 hits today in a 9-0 win. Ben Lively improved to (5-0, 1.80) with six shutout innings. Dylan Cozens slammed his 8th HR. Crawford only batting .269, but his 25 walks has his OB% at .405.

 

[NickleDimer]

Reading banged out 17 hits today in a 9-0 win. Ben Lively improved to (5-0, 1.80) with six shutout innings. Dylan Cozens slammed his 8th HR. Crawford only batting .269, but his 25 walks has his OB% at .405.

Why the f do they essentially use their AA team as their AAA club? Do they not respect the International League?

 

[NovaHoops2002]

Why the f do they essentially use their AA team as their AAA club? Do they not respect the International League?

Is that not common place all throughout baseball? AAA is littered with guys who are AAAA players, career minor leaguers, and prospects right before they are called up to the big leagues. AA is usually regarded as the more serious league I always thought? Plus nowadays everyone in AA can throw mid 90s so there is not a huge jump in pitch speed at each level.

 

[KennyTheKangaroo]

The general consensus is that the most talented minor league teams are in AA. I would say most top prospects (with exceptions) spend a full year in AA.

AAA has too many Michael Martinezes and Chase D'arnauds to be considered the best test for prospects.

Just think about what it takes to be a AAA left handed pitcher. You have to really suck to be a lefty pitcher in AAA.

 

[CWertz]

Why the f do they essentially use their AA team as their AAA club? Do they not respect the International League?

AAA mostly has your cup of coffee major league players. They get called up when injuries occur but are over the hill and not real prospects. Basically time for those types to move on with their lives.

 

[Burrs5]

I think some of it has to do with age/experience, too. Their top 3 pitching prospects are at AAA (Thompson, Appel, Efflin).

Cozens hot his 9th HR, 4th in 5 games today. Quinn notched his 4th triple. Nick Pivetta (3-2, 3.86) grabbed the W with a 6-inning, 3-hit, 1 ER, 7 K day.

On a down note Crawford went 0-5 and made his 7th error.

 

[KennyTheKangaroo]

This is probably a bb2n, but I saw couzens play at Williamsport a few years ago. He was a man among boys then, and it looks like he is still holding his own.

 

[lowry99]

Seems like AAA is slightly more valued for starting pitching prospects. You'll get some professional ABs from guys who have been in the bigs, know how to work a count/pitcher, have seen good stuff before, want to make a name and get back up.

But as Kenny pointed out, you're not likely to see any critical mass of good pitching in AAA, so why have top hitting prospects spend time there? Not enough good relievers or starters to realistically assess what a guy can do in real games. Maybe a few ABs per week that help with development. Too tempting (and often planned) at the big league level to shift "fallen star" or developing pitching prospects from the rotation to the bullpen and back again rather than send back to AAA, they serve a purpose, harder to juggle everyday players that way, especially when more roster spots usually go to situational relief.