A very busy day today, batting practice, fielding drills, side bullpens and live bullpens - all four fields at the complex in use. Access today to only one side of the practice activities (two fields) as the other half of the complex was being power washed.
Pitchers :
Side Bullpens :
High Performance Camp - Angel Liranzo, Daniel Harper, Luis Avila, Marty Gair, Erubiel Armenta, Kevin Warunek, Danyony Pulido and Eli Trop.
Big League Camp Early Arrivals - Mick Abel, Nick Vespi, Aaron Nola, Seth Johnson, Matt Strahm, Jordan Romano, Orion Kerkering, Max Lazar and Seth McGarry.
Rafael Marchan, Paul McIntosh, Caleb Ricketts, Kehden Hettiger, Luke Davis, Kodey Shojinaga, Angel Mata, Alirio Ferrebus and Jordan Dissin caught the side bullpens.
No access to watch any of these sessions.
Live Bullpens : Ashburn & Roberts Fields
High Performance Camp - Camron Hill, Ryan Degges, Enrique Segura, Cody Stashak, Zack Tukis, AJ Wilson, Titan Hayes, Erik Ritchie, Kyler Carmack, Ethan Chenault, Ryan Dromboski, Jayden Estanista and Marcus Morgan.
Big League Camp Early Arrivals - Joel Kuhnel, Austin Schulfer and Tyler Phillips.
Kehden Hettiger, Eduardo Tait, Alirio Ferrbus, Guillermo Rosario, Jordan Dissin, Kodey Shojinaga, Luke Davis and Kehden Hettiger caught the live BP’s.
From my view Tyler Phillips, Ethan Chenault and Erik Ritchie had strong sessions. Phillips has been working for a few months at Cressy Sports and is further along - it seemed he threw more pitches than the others. When he’s throwing strikes and down in the zone he definitely can compete at the big league level. It’s the first time I’ve seen Ritchie - was impressed with the zip and movement he had on the fastball. Chenault had a really sharp breaking pitch which is his forte - swing and miss pitch, he also showed good velocity on the heater - one to watch. Kuhnel is a big fella who throws down hill, ball looks like it’s got heavy sink, it’s quick, today there was inconsistency in throwing strikes, he also threw what seemed like more pitches than the others - maybe thirty or so altogether. He’s got big league experience with the Reds, Astros and Rays - looked like a sinker/slider mix.
Hitters :
Rafael Marchan and Paul McIntosh took BP on Roberts Field. All HP Camp hitters took BP on Carlton Field. Live BP hitters included Jordan Dissin, Alirio Ferrebus, Caleb Ricketts, Griffin Burkholder, Carter Mathison, Dante Nori, Devin Saltiban, John Spikerman, TJayy Walton, Justin Crawford, Otto Kemp, Aidan Miller and Gabriel Rincones Jr.
Aidan Miller hit a loud liner into the shortstop hole for a hit, Gabriel Rincones Jr drove one to the right center field wall and Justin Crawford hit a couple balls sharply to right field.
Minor League Roster Moves :
The following players have been transferred to the FCL Roster (from DSL):
RHP Eligio Arias
RHP Naoel Mejia
RHP Fernando Ramos
Truck Day :
The Equipment trucks that left CBP earlier this week arrived safely at the complex in Clearwater and were successfully unloaded - they are now on their way back home.
Happy Day, Happy Baseball ⚾️
Note : I've partnered with Fanatics on Phillies Merchandise - if you would like to help support my website and articles here's a link to order merchandise - I get a small commission on any sales - thanks for the support.