Phillies - A Fan’s View

Andrew Painter’s most successful season to date (at least statistically) was in 2022 when he skyrocketed thru the system going from Low A Clearwater to AA Reading. Then came the two lost seasons as a result of Tommy John surgery with a return to the mound in 2025 at Lehigh Valley. This season he’s struggled finding consistency with his fastball in regard to command and effectiveness. So me being the brainiac that I am 🤪 I took at look at data from the two seasons 2022 (only

Compiled and written by Steve Potter Florida Complex League - Phillies 10 (9-18) Yankees 9 (14-13) - 11 innings Clearwater, FL - Carpenter Complex How they scored : The Yankees scored four runs in the top of the second inning on three singles, two walks, a hit batter and wild pitch. Guillermo Rosario and Jalvin Arias walked in the bottom of the second, Jose Familia singled. Jonathan Alcantara singled to score a run. Romeli Espinosa tripled to score three runs. Espinosa scored

Update 6/8/26 from 5/5/26 Signings/Releases since 5/5/26 list published RHP Yunior Marte - designated by Reds 6/3 - elected FA - signed by Pirates 6/6 RHP Joel Kuhnel - traded by A’s to Brewers 6/6/26 RHP Efrain Contreras - released by Angels 6/5/26 RHP Andrew Schultz - signed by Cardinals 6/4/26 OF Nick Castellanos - designated for assignment by Padres 6/3/26 RHP Jaydenn Estanista - released by Phillies 5/17/26 - signed by Marlins 6/2/26 LHP Brandon Liebrandt - designated fo

Compiled and written by Steve Potter This week’s Spotlight : 6/3/26 - Clearwater No-Hitter On Tuesday in game one of a double-header three Clearwater Threshers pitchers combined to no hit the St Lucie Mets in a 2-0 seven inning victory. Right hander Tanner Gresham retired 15 of the 16 batters he faced allowing just one walk while striking out 8 hitters in his five innings of work. He needed just 58 pitches to do so and threw strikes at a 76% rate! Right hander Marty Gair thre

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Rochester 7 (38-24) Lehigh Valley 6 (29-34) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park - eleven innings How they scored : Christian Franklin homered for Rochester in the first inning. Dylan Carlson doubled in the bottom of the first, Otto Kemp was hit by a pitch. Keaton Anthony doubled to score Carlson. Gabriel Rincones Jr hit a sacrifice fly to score Kemp. A double and three singles scored two runs for Rochester in the th

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 3 (29-33) Rochester 2 (37-24) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park - seven innings Rain delayed the start of the game till after 9 PM, it was switched to a seven inning contest as a result of that. How they scored : Bryan De La Cruz doubled in the fourth inning, Christian Cairo singled. Carter Kieboom singled to score De La Cruz. Gabriel Rincones Jr singled in the fifth, Otto Kemp was hit by a pitch and

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 4 (28-33) Rochester 2 (37-23) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park How they scored : Bryan De La Cruz walked in the fourth inning, Christian Cairo singled. A wild pitch advanced them a base. Another wild pitch allowed De La Cruz to score. A single, double, single and sac fly sequence scored two runs for Rochester in the fifth. Robert Moore doubled in the fifth and scored on a single by Gabriel Rincones

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Rochester 7 (37-22) Lehigh Valley 1 (27-33) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park How they scored : Keaton Anthony and Carter Kieboom singled in the second, Anthony scored on a single by Paul McIntosh. Rochester scored a run in the third on a double and single, another in the fourth on an error walk and two groundouts. They plated two in the fifth on a double, two singles and two walks and two in the sixth on two walk

The following is a Press Release issued by the Phillies. Thursday, June 4, 2026 GRIFFIN BURKHOLDER, RAMON MARQUEZ AND ALEX McFARLANE EARN ORGANIZATIONAL HONORS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY Clearwater outfielder Griffin Burkholder was named Phillies Minor League Hitter of the Month for May while Clearwater right-handed pitcher Ramon Marquez and Reading right-handed pitcher Alex McFarlane shared Phillies Minor League Pitcher of the Month honors. Burkholder, 20, went 2

Since I’ve been writing about the Phillies Player Development Process I’ve created and continued with multiple article series. Daily reports (Winter League Roundup, Today in Spring Training, ST Minor League Game Stats, Minor League Round-Up), weekly reports (Week in Review), monthly reports (Players of the Month, former Phillies with other organizations, former Phillies playing in Independent Leagues), annual reports (off-season individual player notes on the prior season - t

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Rochester 5 (36-22) Lehigh Valley 3 (27-32) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park How they scored : Rochester scored five runs in the second inning on a walk, four singles and a double. Liover Peguero was hit by a pitch in the bottom of the second, Keaton Anthony walked. Peguero went to third on a fly out by Bryan De La Cruz and scored on a ground out by Christian Cairo. Caleb Ricketts doubled in the fifth and scored

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Rochester 8 (35-22) Lehigh Valley 7 (27-31) - 10 innings Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park How they scored : Rochester scored twice in the first inning on a home run by Yohandy Morales. Liover Peguero walked in the fourth inning, Keaton Anthony singled, Bryan De La Cruz hit a three run home run. Liover Peguero doubled in the sixth inning and scored on a double by Keaton Anthony. Dylan Carlson and Felix Reyes walke

Compiled and written by Steve Potter Florida Complex League - Phillies 9 (7-14) Yankees 5 (11-11) - seven innings Clearwater, FL - Carpenter Complex - Roberts Field How they scored : Romeli Espinosa walked in the first inning, he scored on a triple by Jack Barker. Esterling Rodriguez singled to score Barker. The Yankees scored twice in the second inning on three singles and a fielding error. Jack Barker walked in the third inning, stole second and scored on a single by Ester

Today is opening day for the Dominican Summer League (DSL) which was founded in 1985. Since the 2016 season the Phillies have fielded two teams (Phillies Red & Phillies White) in the league, this year they will consolidate into one club. The move is designed to allow for a more concentrated focus on individual player development at the team’s Dominican Academy. The league plays games to mid August with 72 games per team scheduled. The DSL Phillies team (entitled Phillies) wil

The Phillies have historically issued “Player of the Month” awards in two categories - Hitter and Pitcher. Below are a few possibilities for the May awards 🤔🤓. Hitters of the Month : C/1B - Alirio Ferrebus - Clearwater - 20 years old - signed as an international free agent 1/15/23 - Venezuela - .371/.408/.584 with a .992 OPS in 23 games (98 PA’s) with 33 hits (10 doubles, 3 HR’s) and 19 RBIs, 4 walks, 16 K’s, 2 stolen bases, 13 runs scored. 52 Total Bases. OF Griffin Burkh

Compiled and written by Steve Potter This week’s Spotlight Player : Robert Phelps - Clearwater - 22 years old - drafted in 19th round of the 2025 draft from Reinhardt University, Georgia A big week for the Clearwater infielder (has played 2B, SS and 3B this season) as he went 10 for 27 (.407) with two doubles, two home runs and seven RBIs. Included in those numbers was a walk off game winning double on 5/28 along with other clutch hits in the series against Dunedin. It’s bee

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 8 (27-30) Buffalo 5 (27-30) Buffalo, NY - Sahlen Field How they scored : A double and three singles scored three runs for Buffalo in the third inning. Liover Peguero reached on a fielding error to lead off the fifth, Christian Cairo walked. Bryan De La Cruz doubled to score them both. Caleb Ricketts hit a sacrifice fly to score De La Cruz. A walk, two singles and a sacrifice fly scored two runs fo

On March 11th of 2025 I wrote an initial spotlight article on Griffin Burkholder - at the time he was in Winter High Performance Camp working with the rehab team addressing hamstring discomfort. It became a lingering injury and bothered him throughout the 2025 season limiting him to just 34 games as he spent a significant amount of time working with the rehab team at the Player Development Center in Clearwater to both alleviate the recurring issue while also strengthen his le

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Buffalo 6 (27-29) Lehigh Valley 5 (26-30) Buffalo, NY - Sahlen Field How they scored : Buffalo scored a run in the third inning on two walks and a single. They scored two in the fifth and one in the sixth in a home run by former Phillies minor leaguer William Simoneit. The IronPigs scored five runs in the eighth inning - Robert Moore and Dylan Carlson singled. Gabriel Rincones Jr walked. Liover Peguero doubled

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 5 (26-29) Buffalo 4 (26-29) - 11 innings - Buffalo, NY - Sahlen Field How they scored : Buffalo scored a run in the first inning on a walk, throwing error, hit batter and sacrifice fly. Paul McIntosh doubled in the third inning and scored on a home run by Felix Reyes. A walk and double scored a run for Buffalo in the sixth. Dylan Moore singled in the seventh, Paul McIntosh doubled. Caleb Ricketts