Phillies - A Fan’s View

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Rochester 13 (22-19) Lehigh Valley 11 (19-22) Rochester, NY -ESL Ballpark How they scored : Steward Berroa doubled to lead off the game and scored on a single by Carter Kieboom. Dylan Crews hit a two run home run for Rochester in the bottom of the first inning. Christian Cairo walked in the second inning and stole second. Caleb Ricketts singled. Robert Moore singled to score Cairo. Steward Berroa doubled to sco

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Rochester 3 (21-19) Lehigh Valley 0 (19-21) Rochester, NY -ESL Ballpark How they scored : A single, wild pitch and single scored a run for Rochester in the first inning. They scored a run in the third inning on a walk and double - another run in the sixth on two singles and a suicide bunt. The game was played in 2 hours and 24 minutes. At Bat : 0 R, 4 H, 5 BB, 7 K’s Carter Kieboom had two hits (singles). On The

Compiled and written by Steve Potter Florida Complex League (Short Season) - Blue Jays 7 (7-0) Phillies 1 (2-5) Dunedin, FL - Bobby Mattick Complex How they scored : The Blue Jays plated three runs in the second inning on two walks and three singles. Erick Brito walked in the third inning, advanced to third when TJayy Walton reached base on a throwing error and scored when Romeli Espinosa grounded out. A fielding error allowed Kennew Blanco to reach base for the Blue Jays in

Plate Appearances : Christian Cairo - LHV - 169 - 39 games Bryan De La Cruz - LHV - 162 - 38 games Dante Nori - REA - 139 - 29 games Aroon Escobar - REA - 138 - 31 games Devin Saltiban - JS - 138 - 29 games Hits : Alirio Ferrebus - CW - 39 Dante Nori - REA - 37 Carter Kieboom - LHV - 37 Christian Cairo - LHV - 35 Devin Saltiban - JS - 35 Raylin Heredia - REA - 35 Runs : Christian Cairo - LHV - 29 Raylin Heredia - REA - 24 Sergio Alcantara - LHV - 22 Bryan De La Cruz - LHV - 2

Appearances : Gènesis Cabrera - LHV - 14 Seth Johnson - LHV - 13 Alex McFarlane - REA - 13 Jonathan Hernandez - LHV - 12 5 tied - 11 Starts : Kyle Brnovich - REA - 7 Jean Cabrera - LHV - 7 Adam Seminares - REA - 7 Gage Wood - CW - 7 Eight tied - 6 Wins : Luke Russo - REA - 4 Brian Walters - CW - 3 Reese Dutton - JS - 3 Braydon Tucker - REA - 3 Connor Gillispie - LHV - 3 Saves : Keegan Batka - CW - 5 Alex McFarlane - REA - 3 Seth Johnson - LHV - 3 Danyony Pulido - JS - 2 Gabe

Compiled and written by Steve Potter This week’s Spotlight Player : Alirio Ferrebus (Clearwater) - 20 years old - signed as international free agent 1/15/23 - Maracaibo, Venezuela Alirio gave us a scare on Thursday against Daytona when he was hit on the wrist by an upper nineties fastball and had to leave the contest- he returned to game action however on Saturday. On Sunday he had a four hit game - so much for any injury concern! Ferrebus had an outstanding week going 11 for

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Buffalo 11 (19-20) Lehigh Valley 2 (19-20) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park How they scored : A walk and three singles scored two runs for Buffalo in the first inning. They scored five runs in the fifth inning on four hits including a three run home run by Willie McIver. Bryan De La Cruz homered in the bottom of the fifth. Bryan De La Cruz and Liover Peguero walked in the seventh, they advanced on a passed ball.

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Buffalo 9 (18-20) Lehigh Valley 7 (19-19) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park How they scored : A single and four walks scored two runs for Buffalo in the second inning. A triple and single scored a run for them in the third inning. A walk followed and then a three run home run by Riley Tirotta. Sergio Alcantara walked in the third, Christian Cairo was hit by a pitch. Carter Kieboom singled to score a run. Bryan De

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 4 (19-18) Buffalo 0 (17-20) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park How they scored : Christian Cairo singled in the first inning as did Liover Peguero. Bryan De La Cruz doubled to score them both. Liover Peguero reached on a fielding error in the fourth inning, Paul McIntosh and Robert Moore walked. Peguero scored on a single by Sergio Alcantara. Otto Kemp doubled in the eighth inning, he scored on a sing

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Buffalo 13 (17-19) Lehigh Valley 5 (18-18) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park How they scored : RJ Schreck hit a two run home run for Buffalo in the first inning. Christian Cairo was hit by a pitch to lead off the bottom of the first, Steward Berroa doubled. They both scored on a three run home run by Otto Kemp. A walk and triple scored a run for Buffalo in the third inning. A walk and double scored a run for them

Injured List players rehabbing at the Clearwater Player Development Center : Minor League Seven Day IL : 7 1B Keaton Anthony - (went on IL 3/27/26) INF Brady Day - (went on IL 4/30/26) OF Pedro Leon - (went on IL 4/11/26) INF Aidan Miller - (went on IL 3/27/26) RHP Mitch Neunborn - (went on IL 4/2/26) LHP Cade Obermueller - (went on IL 4/2/26) C Rene Pinto - (went on IL 4/4/26) Minor League Sixty Day IL : 15 LHP Kleyderve Andrade - (went on IL 3/22/26) RHP Andrew Bechtold - (

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Buffalo 11 (16-19) Lehigh Valley 1 (18-17) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park How they scored : A double and three singles scored two first inning runs for Buffalo. Two walks, a single, throwing error and two doubles scored four runs for them in the second inning. The game went into rain delay in the bottom of the second inning. Play resumed around 8:50 PM. Buffalo scored four in the fifth on three walks, a single

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 7 (18-16) Buffalo 5 (15-19) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park How they scored : Robert Moore singled in the fifth, Steward Berroa walked. Otto Kemp hit a three run home run. A double and two singles scored a run for Buffalo in the sixth. Robert Moore walked in the bottom of the sixth, stole second and went to third when Christian Cairo reached on an error. Steward Berroa walked. Otto Kemp hit a grand

Signings/Releases since 4/6/26 initial list published RHP Joe Ross - signed 4/7/26 by Arizona Diamondbacks RHP Efrain Contreras - signed 4/17/26 by Los Angeles Angels LHP Josh Hendrickson - signed 4/18/26 by Houston Astros RHP Luis Garcia - signed 4/21/26 by Minnesota Twins LHP Anthony Gose - signed 4/28/26 by Kansas City Royals INF Jamari Baylor - signed 4/29/26 by New York Mets RHP Lou Trivino - signed 5/4/26 by Baltimore Orioles RHP Trevor Richards - traded to White

Phillies Press Release: 5/5/26 “GAGE WOOD AND ALEX BINELAS EARN ORGANIZATIONAL HONORS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL Clearwater right-handed pitcher Gage Wood and Reading infielder Alex Binelas have been named Phillies Minor League Pitcher and Hitter of the Month, respectively, for April. The 22-year-old Wood posted a 3.45 ERA (6 ER, 15.2 IP) with 25 strikeouts and seven walks while holding opponents to a .170 batting average (9-53) in five starts for single-A Clearwater in April

Compiled and written by Steve Potter Florida Complex League - Blue Jays 5 (2-0) Phillies 1 (0-2) - seven innings Clearwater, FL - Carpenter Complex How they scored : The Blue Jays scored two runs in the third inning on three singles and a balk. They scored three in the fourth on a fielding error, single, two walks, a wild pitch and sacrifice fly. Three walks and a single by Jalvin Arias scored a run for the Phillies in the sixth inning. At Bat : 1 R, 4 H, 5 BB, 7 K’s Logan Da

Compiled and written by Steve Potter This week’s Spotlight Player : Utility Player Nolan Beltran - 21 years old - signed as international free agent 1/15/22 - Barranquilla, Colombia Last season was an injury riddled season for Nolan who began the year as the regular shortstop with Clearwater before being transferred to the FCL on May 6th and being placed on the IL three days later - he didn’t return to active status till August 5th and finished out the season with the Threshe

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Syracuse 5 (18-14) Lehigh Valley 0 (17-16) NBT Bank Stadium - Syracuse, NY How they scored : A walk, stolen base and single scored a run for Syracuse in the second inning. Two walks, a single and ground out scored a Syracuse run in the sixth - Cristian Pache then hit a two run home run in that inning. They scored a run in the 8th on a walk and two singles. At Bat : 0 R, 4 H, 6 BB, 14 K’s Cade Fergus had two hit

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 9 (17-15) Syracuse 6 (17-14) NBT Bank Stadium - Syracuse, NY How they scored : Christian Cairo walked to lead off the game, he went to third on a sacrifice bunt and throwing error by the Syracuse pitcher. Otto Kemp hit a sacrifice fly to score a run. Syracuse scored three runs in the bottom of the first on a walk, three singles and a sacrifice fly. Two walks and two singles scored a run for them i

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Syracuse 6 (17-13) Lehigh Valley 3 (16-15) NBT Bank Stadium - Syracuse, NY - five innings - rain shortened How they scored : Steward Berroa reached on a fielding error in the first inning, stole second and went to third on a single by Otto Kemp. Bryan De La Cruz grounded out to score Berroa. A single and three walks scored a run for Syracuse in the third inning. Syracuse scored five runs in the fourth inning o