I will continue to write off-season articles on the Phillies minor league players - not as detailed as in years past but hopefully will do justice to the process. Those won’t start in earnest for a while however as it’s time to sit back and watch the major league playoff tournament and cheer the Phillies to a World Series title.
Since we are in a down time week in that regard as far as the Phillies are concerned I’ll kick off the minor league off-season with a few notes on where some players are performing in Fall and Winter Leagues the next few months.
The Arizona Fall League :
As previously noted the Phillies have a nine player contingent - pitchers Christian McGowan, Tristan Garnett, Wesley Moore, Griff McGarry, Wen Hui Pan, infielders Bryan Rincon and Otto Kemp, catcher Jordan Dissin and outfielder Gabriel Rincones Jr. They have all now arrived in Glendale as new members of the Desert Dogs and have joined in practices with teammates from the Dodgers (6 players), Cardinals (8 players), White Sox (9 players) and Reds (9 players) to form the team. League play opens on Monday, 10/7 with the Desert Dogs opening their season on 10/8. One note - RHP Andrew Painter continues to progress with the rehab group here in Clearwater - he threw a two inning simulated game on Tuesday - there’s a chance he might join the Desert Dogs near the end of October to pitch a few innings - no determination has been made at this point.
Premiere 12 World Baseball Tournament :
Outfielder Justin Crawford will play for Team USA in the 12 team world tournament. The opening round will begin on November 9 in Mexico and on November 13 in Japan and Taiwan. “The top two teams from each group will advance to the Super Round, which will be played at the Tokyo Dome in Japan, where the medal games will also be played.” - WBSC. This is the third iteration of the tournament - the first was in 2015 followed by the second in 2019 - Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm played for Team USA in the 2019 tournament.
The Dominican Winter League :
Shortstop Starlyn Caba is on the pre-season roster of Tigres del Licey and is participating in practices with the club. The league begins play on October 16th. Caba is just eighteen years old but is already a standout defender.
The Venezuela Winter League :
Catcher Andrick Nava is on the pre-season roster of Aguilas Del Zulia and is participating in practices with the club. The league typically begins play in late October.
The Mexican Winter League :
RHP Alan Rangel is on the pre-season roster of Naranjeros de Hermosillo. The league begins play on 10/11/24.
The Puerto Rico Winter League opens on 11/3/24 this year and the Australian Baseball League is slated to begin on November 15th - the Phillies will have players on the two time defending champions Adelaide Giants including LHP Lachlan Wells, infielder Nickau Pouaka-Grego, RHP Mitch Nuenborn and RHP Estibenzon Jimenez - others to be announced soon. Former Phillies player Curtis Mead, Rixon Wingrove and Nick Ward are all slated to return to Adelaide for the upcoming season also.
At the Complexes :
Fall Instructs continue at the Dominican Academy with the six week session scheduled to wrap up by this week’s end - it began in early September. There will be two five week High Performance Camps beginning on 10/13/24 - one at the Dominican Complex and the other at Carpenter Complex in Clearwater. Currently there are 15 players continuing rehab work at Carpenter Complex - they will continue thru at least mid November.
Happy Day, Happy Baseball ⚾️
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