Phillies - A Fan’s View

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 9 (25-29) Buffalo 4 (26-28) - 11 AM start - Buffalo, NY - Sahlen Field How they scored : The IronPigs scored six runs in the second inning - Christian Cairo reached on an error and went to third on an error when Dylan Moore reached base on a fielders choice. Paul McIntosh singled to score a run. Robert Moore doubled to score a run, Dylan Carlson singled to score another. Felix Reyes doubled to pl

Jonathan Hogart was signed by the Phillies as an un-drafted free agent on 7/22/25 from Murray State University. He played two seasons for the Racers after spending 2023 as a member of the Louisiana Tech squad and the prior two years at the junior college level for Wabash Valley College. He graduated from Madisonville-North Hopkins High School in Madisonville, Kentucky. Jonathan was part of the amazing 2025 season for Murray State, in fact he set an NCAA record for most lead o

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 7 (24-29) Buffalo 6 (26-27) Buffalo, NY - Sahlen Field How they scored : Buffalo scored three runs in the second inning - two on a home run by former Phillies minor leaguer William Simoneit. A single and double scored another run. Steward Berroa doubled in the third inning, he scored on a double by Felix Reyes. Gabriel Rincones Jr singled to score Reyes. Buffalo scored twice in the bottom of the t

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Buffalo 5 (26-26) Lehigh Valley 4 (23-29) - 10 innings Buffalo, NY - Sahlen Field How they scored : Felix Reyes walked in the fourth inning, stole second, went to third on a ground out and scored on a sacrifice fly by Liover Peguero. A walk, triple and single scored two runs for Buffalo in the sixth inning. Three singles scored a run in the seventh. Dylan Moore homered in the eighth inning. Carter Kieboom homer

Compiled by Steve Potter Thanks to tips and research from a couple friends we found former Phillies minor league first baseman Rixon Wingrove playing in a Japan Independent League (listed below) and former Phillies RHP Edgar Garcia now pitching in the Canadian League. Also former Phillies minor league LHP Jaylen Smith told me he is now participating in “entertainment” baseball as an outfielder as part of the “Cosmic Takeover Tour”. Transactions since the 5/1/26 update : C Gab

Compiled and written by Steve Potter Florida Complex League - Tigers 8 (6-11) Phillies 1 (5-12) - seven innings Lakeland, FL -Tigertown Complex - 10 AM start How they scored : TJayy Walton singled in the second inning, Logan Dawson walked and Victor Cardoza singled. Jalvin Arias hit a sacrifice fly to score a run. The Tigers scored three runs in the third inning on two walks, a single and double. They scored two more in the fifth on four singles and three more in the sixth in

Plate Appearances : Christian Cairo - LHV - 217 - 50 games Bryan De La Cruz - LHV - 210 - 49 games Aroon Escobar - REA - 190 - 44 games Dante Nori - REA - 188 - 41 games Raylin Heredia - REA - 178 - 44 games Devin Saltiban - JS - 178 - 40 games Hits : Alirio Ferrebus - CW - 48 Christian Cairo - LHV - 47 Carter Kieboom - LHV - 46 Raylin Heredia - REA - 45 Dante Nori - REA - 43 Runs : Christian Cairo - LHV - 38 Raylin Heredia - REA - 28 Bryan De La Cruz - LHV - 28 Bryan Rincon

Compiled and written by Steve Potter This week’s Spotlight Player : RHP Sam Highfill - 25 years old - signed as non drafted free agent 7/29/25 - NC State University Sam had an outstanding outing this week for Jersey Shore going five scoreless innings on Friday night allowing just three hits and one walk while striking out four batters. He’s now riding an eight inning scoreless streak. He has been a reliable innings eater in his brief two year pro career to date - features a f

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - SWB 5 (26-23) Lehigh Valley 4 (23-28) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park How they scored : Carter Kieboom walked in the second inning, Christian Cairo doubled and Dylan Carlson walked. Kieboom scored when Dylan Moore reached on a fielding error (third baseman). A wild pitch scored a run. Steward Berroa grounded out to score a run. Three singles and a wild pitch scored two runs for SWB in the third inning. A fieldin

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 5 (23-27) SWB 4 (25-23) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park How they scored : A walk, two stolen bases and fielders choice ground ball scored a run for SWB in the third inning. Two doubles scored a run for them in the fourth inning. Liover Peguero and Carter Kieboom each singled in the bottom of the fourth, Christian Cairo walked. Dylan Carlson and Dylan Moore each walked to score a run. Paul McIntosh

Professional baseball is a business first and foremost. The goal of every organization is to build a cohesive unit at the major league level that can and ultimately does produce championships. Player development as part of that equation is to provision pieces to the puzzle that can either impact the big league team directly else be used as trade chips to acquire other puzzle parts that can be molded into the equation. Like every large corporation it’s difficult to get to know

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 6 (22-27) SWB 5 (25-22) - 10 innings Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park How they scored : SWB scored two runs in the third inning on a walk, double, ground out and wild pitch. Steward Berroa and Felix Reyes singled in the third inning, they scored on a home run by Bryan De La Cruz. Four singles scored two runs for SWB in the fourth inning. Felix Reyes and Bryan De La Cruz singled in the fifth inning.

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Scranton/WB 8 (25-21) Lehigh Valley 7 (21-27) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park How they scored : Steward Berroa singled in the first inning, he went to third on a single by Felix Reyes. Carter Kieboom walked, Dylan Carlson walked to force in a run. A walk, single, fielders choice, single, two errors and double play ground out scored three runs for SWB in the third inning. Ernesto Martinez Jr then hit a two run ho

RHP Drake Fellows (28 years old) has signed a minor league contract with the Phillies and has been assigned to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. He had been assigned to pitch in the Mexican League for the Saraperos de Saltillo after being released by the Yankees organization on 3/22/26 but never appeared in a game. Fellows was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 6th round of the 2019 draft from Vanderbilt. He was traded to the Pirates organization on 1/19/21 and signed by the Ya

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 13 (21-26) Scranton/WB 1 (24-21) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park - 11 AM How they scored : Steward Berroa walked in the third inning and scored on a monstrous home run to left field by Felix Reyes. Bryan De La Cruz and Dylan Carlson walked in the fourth inning - they both scored on a double by Liover Peguero. Robert Moore doubled to score Peguero. Christian Cairo singled to score Moore. Felix Rey

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Scranton/WB 15 (24-20) Lehigh Valley 4 (20-26) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park How they scored : Scranton Wilkes-Barre (SWB) scored a run in the third inning on a single, stolen base and single. Dylan Carlson homered in the fourth inning. A single, stolen base, sacrifice bunt and throwing error (pitcher) posted a run for SWB in the fifth inning. Yanquiel Fernandez hit a two run home run. Dylan Moore singled in t

Mr. Dombrowski has been quoted as saying that the earliest a realistic evaluation of a major league team can be made is after approximately 40 games - about a quarter of the season. The Phillies currently stand at 25-23 - for each of the past four seasons they’ve been a playoff team - in 2022 after 47 games they were 21-27 (that team eventually won 87 games and went to the World Series), in 2023 they were 22-26 (that team eventually won 90 games), in 2024 they were a stellar

Compiled and written by Steve Potter Florida Complex League (Short Season) - Tigers 4 (3-9) Phillies 0 (4-8) Lakeland, FL - Tigertown Complex - seven innings How they scored : All four runs scored in the first inning - three singles scored the first run then a three run home run was hit by Cristian Perez. At Bat : 0 R, 3 H, 2 BB, 7 K’s TJayy Walton doubled. On The Hill : 4 R, 7 H, 2 BB, 9 K’s RH Deiry Gonzalez - 2.2 IP, 4 R, 4 H, 0 BB, 5 K’s LH Raymon Rosario - 1.1 IP, 0 R, 0

Compiled and written by Steve Potter This week’s Spotlight Player : Victor Cardoza - 20 years old - signed as an international free agent - 1/15/23 - Puerto Cabello, Venezuela Victor went 6 for 10 (.600) with a triple and five RBIs in three FCL games this week - he had a walk-off game winning single on 5/15 against the Yankees in a three hit effort. However it’s coupling that with the carryover from last week why he’s earned this week’s spotlight. He was transferred to the

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Rochester 3 (25-20) Lehigh Valley 0 (20-25) Rochester, NY -ESL Ballpark How they scored : A double, single, fielders choice and single scored two runs for Rochester in the fourth inning. Two doubles scored a run for them in the eighth. At Bat : 0 R, 6 H, 2 BB, 6 K’s Liover Peguero had three hits (singles). On The Hill : 3 R, 7 H, 0 BB, 10 K’s RH Chuck King - 4 IP, 2 R - 1 earned, 4 H, 0 BB, 4 K’s - 59 pitches -