Phillies - A Fan’s View

Compiled and written by Steve Potter The Phillies have historically issued “Player of the Month” awards in two categories - Hitter and Pitcher. Below are a few possibilities for the April awards 🤔🤓. Hitter of the Month : 0F/1B/3B - Felix Reyes - Lehigh Valley - 25 years old - signed as an international free agent - 2/22/20 - Dominican Republic - promoted to MLB 4/18/26 - .333/.345/.654 with a .999 OPS in 18 games played (84 PA’s) with 27 hits (8 doubles, 6 HR’s) with 15 R

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Syracuse (16-13) Lehigh Valley (16-14) - doubleheader NBT Bank Stadium - Syracuse, NY Game One : Syracuse 7 Lehigh Valley 0 How they scored : Syracuse scored a run in the first inning on a single, stolen base and single. They scored four in the third on two singles, a hit batter, fielding error and double. In the fifth inning they scored two more runs on two singles and a double. At Bat : 0 R, 4 H, 2 BB, 9 K’s

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Syracuse (14-13) Lehigh Valley (16-12) - PPD - Rain NBT Bank Stadium - Syracuse, NY Eastern League (AA) - Hartford 6 (10-12) Reading 2 (10-12) Dunkin' Park - Hartford, CT How they scored : Four consecutive walks (Austin Murr, Dante Nori, Bryan Rincon & Aroon Escobar) scored a run for Reading in the third inning. Bryant Betancourt hit a three run home run for Hartford in the fourth inning. Aidan Longwell hit a t

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Syracuse 10 (14-13) Lehigh Valley 4 (16-12) NBT Bank Stadium - Syracuse, NY How they scored : A triple and hit batter followed by a three run home run (former IronPig Christian Arroyo) scored three runs for Syracuse in the first inning. Christian Cairo walked in the second inning and scored on a home run by Carter Kieboom. Sergio Alcantara singled in the third inning, went to second on a throwing error and scor

Plate Appearances : Christian Cairo - LHV - 117 - 27 games Bryan De La Cruz - LHV - 115 - 26 games Liover Peguero - LHV - 95 - 23 games Sergio Alcantara - LHV - 94 - 21 games Carter Kieboom - LHV - 92 - 22 games Hits : Christian Cairo - LHV - 27 Felix Reyes - LHV - 27 - promoted to MLB 4/18/26 Bryan De La Cruz - LHV - 24 Carter Kieboom - LHV - 24 Dante Nori - REA - 24 Runs : Sergio Alcantara - LHV - 20 Christian Cairo - LHV - 19 Bryan De La Cruz - LHV - 16 Raylin Heredia - RE

Compiled and written by Steve Potter This week’s Spotlight Player : RHP Braydon Tucker - 26 years old - signed as an un-drafted free agent 7/19/23 - Lipscomb University 2026 : has made four starts for Reading thus far (20 IP) posting a 1.35 ERA with 26 K’s and 8 walks - this week he went six innings allowing one run on three hits and three walks while striking out eight batters in his start on Thursday. 2025 Stats : made 19 appearances (12 starts) for Jersey Shore totaling 8

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley (16-11), Durham (9-18) - doubleheader Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park Game One : Lehigh Valley 6 Durham 0 How they scored : Steward Berroa led off the bottom of the first with a single, Otto Kemp was hit by a pitch. Liover Peguero singled to score Berroa. Christian Cairo hit a three run home run. Paul McIntosh and Cade Fergus walked in the fourth inning. A wild pitch moved them up a base. Steward B

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Durham (9-16) Lehigh Valley (14-11) - ppd - rain Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park Eastern League (AA) - New Hampshire (10-7) Reading (9-10) - ppd - rain Reading, PA - First Energy Stadium South Atlantic League (High A) - Bowling Green (14-6) Jersey Shore (9-10) Bowling Green Ballpark - Bowling Green, KY - doubleheader Game One : Bowling Green 3 Jersey Shore 2 How they scored : Luis Caicuto and Carter Mathison wa

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Durham 12 (9-16) Lehigh Valley 5 (14-11) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park How they scored : Sergio Alcantara doubled in the first inning, he scored on a double by Otto Kemp. Caleb Ricketts hit a two run home run. Five walks, single and sac fly scored four runs for Durham in the third inning. Logan Davidson hit a three home runs. Sergio Alcantara and Steward Berroa walked in the fifth, Otto Kemp was hit by a pitch

Starting Pitching : Thru 377 games played to date in MLB the Major League Average for Quality Starts (at least six innings and allowed three or fewer runs in a start) is eight with the Dodgers leading the way with sixteen. Fourteen teams are above the league average - the Phillies have had six quality starts in twenty-five games. The Dodgers have had quality starts in 64% of their twenty-five games played to date. The league average is currently 32% - the Phillies are at 24%.

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 5 (14-10) Durham 3 (8-16) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park How they scored : Sergio Alcantara doubled to lead off the game, he scored on a single by Otto Kemp. Bryan De La Cruz singled. They both advanced on a ground out - Kemp then scored on a ground out by Christian Cairo. Carter Kieboom singled to score De La Cruz. Tatem Levins homered for Durham in the second inning. Two singles and a sacrifice

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 4 (13-10) Durham 1 (8-15) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park How they scored : Otto Kemp was hit by a pitch in the first inning, Bryan De La Cruz walked. They advanced on a wild pitch. Caleb Ricketts doubled to score two runs. Christian Cairo walked in the fourth inning and scored on a double by Liover Peguero. A walk and two singles scored a run for Durham in the sixth inning. Liover Peguero walked i

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 8 (12-10) Durham 7 (8-14) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park How they scored : Durham scored two runs in the first inning on three walks and two singles. Sergio Alcantara walked in the bottom of the first inning, Steward Berroa tripled to score him. Otto Kemp hit a sacrifice fly to score Berroa. A walk, stolen base and single scored a run for Durham in the second. Caleb Ricketts homered in the third i

The Jersey Shore BlueClaws are led this season by thirty-eight year old Mycal Jones. He’s the first black manager in the team’s twenty-five year history. Mycal was a fourth round draft pick of the Atlanta Braves in 2009 from Miami Dade College initially as a shortstop before moving to center field, he played in their system through 2015 and then one season in the independent Atlantic League. He is entering his seventh season in the Phillies organization as a coach and now man

Compiled and written by Steve Potter This week’s Spotlight Player : Nineteen year old shortstop Matt Ferrara had quite a week for the Clearwater Threshers going 9 for 20 (.450) with seven runs scored, two doubles, two triples, two home runs and eight RBI’s - he walked twice and struck out six times posting an on-base percentage of .478 in 23 plate appearances with a 1.050 slugging percentage. He also impressed with his defensive play at shortstop showing range, athleticism an

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - St Paul 12 (9-11) Lehigh Valley 8 (11-10) CHS Field-St. Paul, MN How they scored : Sergio Alcantara singled to lead off the game, Steward Berroa doubled. Bryan De La Cruz grounded out to score Alcantara. A walk, throwing error ( Tucker Davidson ) and fielding error ( Christian Cairo ) scored a run for St Paul in the bottom of the first inning. Sergio Alcantara homered in the third inning. St Paul scored six run

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 10 (11-9) St Paul 6 (8-11) CHS Field-St. Paul, MN How they scored : Sergio Alcantara doubled in the first inning and scored on a single by Steward Berroa. Bryan De La Cruz doubled to score Berroa. Rehabbing Royce Lewis hit a two run home run for St Paul in the bottom of the first inning. Tanner Schobel homered for St Paul in the fourth inning. Christian Cairo, Carter Kieboom and Caleb Ricketts si

Twenty five year old Felix Reyes (initially signed 2/22/20 as an international free agent from the Dominican Republic) is joining the Phillies today and will make his major league debut. It’s a proud occasion for the entire organization but in particular the Player Development group. Felix is highly regarded both for his baseball prowess (especially hitting) and as a person. I was intending to spotlight him this week in my minor league weekly recap article - in fact I had rea

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - St Paul 7 (8-10) Lehigh Valley 4 (10-9) CHS Field-St. Paul, MN How they scored : Felix Reyes hit his 5th home run of the season in the first inning. St Paul scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning - two on home runs by Alan Roden and Kyler Fedko. Felix Reyes hit his 6th home run of the season in the third inning. Two walks, a single, fielders choice and ground out scored three runs for St Paul in th

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