Phillies - A Fan’s View

The Arizona Fall League will commence play on October 3rd. The Phillies are sending nine players, eight will be part of the Surprise Saguaros (joined by the Mets, Guardians, Rangers and Royals) while one will participate as a member of the Scottsdale Scorpions. Phillies Position Players : Dante Nori - 21 years old - drafted in 1st round of the 2024 draft from Northville HS, Northville, MI - spent a large part of the year on the IL and working with the rehab team in Clearwater

Tonight the Reading Fightin Phils make their first Eastern League playoff appearance since 2019 when they host the Hartford Yard Goats (Rockies) in game one of the best of three Northeast Division series with games two and three (if needed) in Hartford. The Erie SeaWolves (Tigers affiliate) meet the Richmond Flying Squirrels (Giants affiliate) in the Southwest Division series with the two winners meeting in the best of three league championship series. Reading has not won the

Plate Appearances : Raylin Heredia - REA - 579 Aroon Escobar - REA - 569 Bryan Rincon - REA - 534 Christian Cairo - LHV - 516 - designated for assignment 9/13/26 Alex Binelas - LHV/REA - 488 Matthew Ferrara - CW - 486 Robert Phelps - JS/CW - 479 Devin Saltiban - JS - 456 Juan Villavicencio - JS/CW - 449 Pedro Leon - REA/LHV - 430 Hits : Raylin Heredia - REA - 151 Bryan Rincon - REA - 113 Aroon Escobar - REA - 112 Alex Binelas - LHV/REA - 109 Pedro Leon - REA/LHV - 108 Juan Vi

The Top 100 : This past week shortstop Bryan Rincon was added to MLB’s top 100 prospect list giving the Phillies four players on the “daunted” list. I guess that makes Bryan a better player than he was before now that he’s “ranked”. I’ve long had a cynical view of these lists and of those who treat them as validation. Also this week Baseball America published an article highlighting pitchers Cody Bowker and Brad Pacheco as “really good sleeper prospects” who could excel in 2

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) : Lehigh Valley (32-36, 67-76) The Iron Pigs went 3-3 for the week against Worcester (Red Sox affiliate). The week’s standouts : At Bat : Payton Henry - 4 for 10 (.400), 2 HR’s - 1.455 OPS Keaton Anthony - 5 for 16 (.313), 5 runs, 2 HR’s, 5 RBIs, 5 walks, 1.289 OPS Kameron Misner - 7 for 23 (.304), 7 runs, 2 doubles, HR , .882 OPS Gabriel Rincones Jr - 7 for 24 (.292), double, 3 HR’s, 7 RBIs, 1.078 OPS On The Hill : LH Tanne

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Worcester 8 (37-30, 73-65) Lehigh Valley 7 (32-36, 67-76)- Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park At Bat : 7 R, 9 H, 0 BB, 11 K’s Colby Thomas had two hits (two doubles) with two RBIs. Keaton Anthony hit his 11th home run and doubled (14th). Kameron Misner had two hits (single & double). Nick Biddison singled and drove in two runs. On The Hill : 8 R, 13 H, 2 BB, 8 K’s RH Casey Lawrence - 5 IP, 5 R, 9 H, 0 BB, 5 K’s - 83 pitches -

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 7 (32-35, 67-75) Worcester 5 (36-30, 72-65)- Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park At Bat : 7 R, 7 H, 8 BB, 9 K’s Gabriel Rincones Jr doubled (11th) and a two run home run (5th), he also walked. Payton Henry homered (8th) and singled. Carter Kieboom doubled (21st). Paul McIntosh homered (9th) and walked twice. On The Hill : 5 R, 8 H, 3 BB, 11 K’s RH Drake Fellows - 6 IP, 4 R, 6 H, 2 BB, 6 K’s - 93 pitches - 65 strik

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 4 (31-35, 66-75) Worcester 1 (36-29, 72-64)- Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park At Bat : 4 R, 7 H, 2 BB, 10 K’s The IronPigs hit four solo home runs - Gabriel Rincones Jr (4th), Otto Kemp (16th), Keaton Anthony (10th) and Payton Henry (7th). Rincones Jr and Kemp also singled. On The Hill : 1 R, 5 H, 1 BB, 6 K’s RH Chuck King - 6 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 0 BB, 2 K’s - 85 pitches - 56 strikes RH Andrew Hoffman - 1.1 IP, 0 R,

Forty-three players are participating in the 2026 Dominican Fall Instructional camp which began on 9/7. Yesterday the first road scrimmage game was played against the Braves - today the Phillies host the Braves at their academy. Home games can be viewed on the Phillies Dominican Academy YouTube channel - it’s a video feed only. Below is the Camp Schedule. Note that there is no longer an Instructional League or camp at Clearwater, instead they hold a High Performance Camp foc

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Worcester 7 (36-28, 72-63) Lehigh Valley 4 (30-35, 65-75)- Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park At Bat : 5 R, 4 H, 4 BB, 8 K’s Wuilfredo Antunez tripled. Kameron Misner homered (21st) and singled. On The Hill : 7 R, 8 H, 6 BB, 7 K’s RH Alan Rangel - 5 IP, 6 R, 5 H, 3 BB, 2 K’s - 93 pitches - 57 strikes LH Tucker Davidson - 2 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 2 BB, 3 K’s - 41 pitches - 21 strikes LH Kyle Backhus - 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 BB, 0 K’s - 18 p

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Worcester 8 (35-28, 71-63) Lehigh Valley 3 (30-34, 65-74)- Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park At Bat : 3 R, 8 H, 3 BB, 10 K’s Christian Cairo singled and walked twice. Gabriel Rincones Jr homered (3rd) and singled posting two RBIs. Kameron Misner doubled. On The Hill : 8 R, 14 H, 3 BB, 10 K’s RH Brian Keller - 4 IP, 7 R - 6 earned, 10 H, 1 HB, 1 BB, 2 K’s - 83 pitches - 50 strikes RH Ryan Cusick - 2 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 BB, 3 K’s -

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 5 (30-33, 65-73) Worcester 4 (34-28, 70-63) - Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park - ten innings At Bat : 5 R, 7 H, 7 BB, 13 K’s Carter Kieboom singled and doubled - 20th - he had the game winning walk-off hit scoring two runs in the bottom of the 10th. Otto Kemp homered (15th) and walked. Dylan Moore singled and hit a sacrifice fly RBI. Keaton Anthony walked twice. On The Hill : 4 R, 10 H, 5 BB, 11 K’s RH Casey La

In minor league baseball the primary focus is on individual player development with league games being opportunities to enhance individual skills. While teams play to win each contest there’s generally not an in game strategic approach to doing so with playing time scheduled ahead of time and closely adhered to. That being said it’s still a competitive endeavor and building a winning attitude is strengthened by positive outcomes. Players still get excited with productive outp

Roster Builds : The evaluation of a developing baseball player is always subjective whether it be based upon data or observation - the wisest being a blend of both. It’s also an evolutionary review - game and practice experience sharpen the portrait of what a player is seemingly capable or incapable of doing. Those who base their evaluations on limited reviews are making short sighted opinions while those who do so on just a current point in time are discounting potential gro

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) : Lehigh Valley (29-33, 64-73) The Iron Pigs went 2-5 for the week against Scranton Wilkes-Barre (Yankees affiliate). The week’s standouts : At Bat : Keaton Anthony - 7 for 20 (.350) with a double, HR and 3 RBIs Kameron Misner - 6 for 18 (.333), 2 HR’s, 4 RBIs, 2 BB - .400 OBP - 20 PA’s Carter Kieboom - 5 for 16 (.313) with 2 doubles, 4 BB - .429 OBP - 21 PA’s Christian Cairo - 6 for 21 (.286) with HR, 4 BB - .400 OBP - 25 P

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Scranton Wilkes-Barre 7 (36-24, 73-62) Lehigh Valley 3 (29-33, 64-73) - Moosic, PA - PNC Field At Bat : 3 R, 5 H, 4 BB, 5 K’s Otto Kemp doubled (9th), Kameron Misner homered (20th), walked and had two RBIs. On The Hill : 7 R, 11 H, 4 BB, 7 K’s RH Drake Fellows - 4 IP, 6 R, 7 H, 2 BB, 3 K’s - 86 pitches - 56 strikes LH Tucker Davidson - 2 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 1 BB, 3 K’s - 29 pitches - 20 strikes RH Mitch Neunborn - 1 IP, 0 R, 2 H

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 8 (29-32, 64-72) Scranton Wilkes-Barre 6 (35-24, 72-62) - Moosic, PA - PNC Field At Bat : 8 R, 10 H, 3 BB, 7 K’s Kameron Misner had three hits (two singles & HR - 19th) with two RBIs. Gabriel Rincones Jr had a pinch hit double. Robert Moore doubled. Carter Kieboom had two hits (singles) with a walk, two runs scored and two RBIs. On The Hill : 6 R, 9 H, 6 BB, 6 K’s RH Chuck King - 5 IP, 3 R, 5 H, 3 BB, 0 K’s

As previously reported by both Matt Gelb of the Athletic and Scott Lauber of the Inquirer twenty-two year old Aidan Miller is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment tonight with the Clearwater Threshers. If he plays it will be his first game action of the season as he’s been sidelined since 9/18/25 with a back injury. He has worked diligently to return to action thru medical consultation, procedure and extensive therapy with the rehab team at the complex in Clearwater. He’s be

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Scranton Wilkes-Barre 9 (35-23, 72-61) Lehigh Valley 2 (28-32, 63-72) - Moosic, PA - PNC Field At Bat : 2 R, 6 H, 3 BB, 9 K’s Carter Kieboom doubled. Christian Cairo singled, homered (4th) and walked twice. Keaton Anthony homered (9th). On The Hill : 9 R, 17 H, 3 BB, 5 K’s RH Brian Keller - 2.2 IP, 6 R, 11 H, 1 BB, 0 K’s - 64 pitches - 43 strikes RH Ryan Cusick - 1.1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 BB, 0 K’s - 18 pitches - 7 strikes LH Ta

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Scranton Wilkes-Barre 4 (34-23, 71-61) Lehigh Valley 3 (28-31, 63-71) - Moosic, PA - PNC Field At Bat : 3 R, 8 H, 4 BB, 7 K’s Gabriel Rincones Jr had two hits (single & double). Otto Kemp singled, had two RBIs and a run scored. Carter Kieboom had two hits (single & double). On The Hill : 4 R, 9 H, 2 BB, 7 K’s RH Alan Rangel - 5.1 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 2 BB, 6 K’s - 82 pitches - 54 strikes LH Kyle Backhus - 1.2 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 0 BB,