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11/14/24 : Winter League Notes


The Arizona Fall League :


The Phillies group is playing for the Glendale Desert Dogs. The Glendale team has a 16-13 record and is tied for second place with Salt River with one regular season game left to play.  They potentially could meet on Saturday in the semi-final playoff game.  The Scottsdale Scorpions remain in playoff contention at 15-14, they play Glendale today at 3:30 ET.


The Surprise Saguaros (17-10) are the regular season winners and will get an automatic placement into the championship game while the teams who finish second and third in the six team league play a one game playoff to determine who also reaches the championship game.  The Surprise Saguaros have won the last two league titles, two years ago the Phillies were part of that group.  The regular season concludes today with the singular playoff game slated for 11/15 and the championship for 11/16.


Outfielder Gabriel Rincones Jr went 2 for 5 on 11/11 in a 7-3 win.  RHP Andrew Painter made his final outing on 11/12 -  2.2 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 2 BB, 6 K’s - he finished the AFL season with a 2-0 record, a 2.30 ERA in 6 games (15.2 IP) with 18 K’s and 4 walks, a 0.89 WHIP and a .189 BAAA 👀.   In the 11/12 game shortstop Bryan Rincon went 1 for 3.  RHP Christian McGowan made his final appearance on 11/13 -  4 IP, 2 R - 1 earned, 3 H, 3 BB, 3 K’s - in his final two outings he pitched nine innings total - 3 R - 2 earned, 7 H, 5 BB, 7 K’s - is back to good form (little rusty with the walks issued), just needs to accumulate innings - he finished strong.


The Venezuela Winter League :


Former Phillies OF Odubel Herrera went 3 for 4 with a home run and three runs scored on 11/10 for Tigres de Aragua against Tiburones de La Guaira.


Australian Baseball League :


League play begins today.


Current Phillies minor leaguers LHP Matt Osterberg, RHP Mitch Nuenborn, RHP Estibenzon Jimenez, C Luis Caicuto, C Lou Albrecht, INF Trent Farquhar, INF Diego Gonzalez and INF Nikau Pouaka-Grego are on the Adelaide Giants roster.  Free agent LHP Lachlan Wells and former Phillies minor leaguers INF Nick Ward, INF Curtis Mead, RHP Todd Van Steensel, OF Jared Carr, OF Jordan McArdle and 1B Rixon Wingrove are also on the club.  Current Phillies minor league coach Chris (Tank) Adamson returns to manage the two time defending league champions as does Pitching Coach and former Phillies minor league hurler Josh Tols.


Former Phillies minor league catchers Chris Burke, Logan Moore and Mitchell Edwards will play for the Melbourne Aces as will infielder Robbie Glendinning.   Outfielder Tim Kennelly will once again play for the Perth Heat.  RHP Kyle Glogoski  will play for the Sydney Blue Sox.


At the Complexes :


High Performance Camps are in process - they run till 11/22/24.


Happy Day, Happy Baseball ⚾️




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