Steve Potter
A summary of results and standouts from the past week in the Phillies minor league system.
Lehigh Valley :
The IronPigs went 3-4 at home against Rochester, they are 19-30 overall - outfielder Simon Muzziotti went 4 for 10 in four games played. IF/OF Weston Wilson was 7 for 25 with 2 doubles, 2 home runs and 7 RBIs. LHP David Parkinson went 6.2 innings in his start yielding two runs and posted his first win of the season. RH reliever Max Lazar made two scoreless appearances (3 IP).
Reading :
Reading went 3-3 at home against Binghamton, they are 20-25 overall - Infielder Julio Rodriguez went 8 for 12 with 2 doubles and a home run. 1B Bryce Ball was 4 for 12 with 2 HR’s, 3B Kendall Simmons was 5 for 14 with 3 HR’s and 6 RBIs, both 1B Carson Taylor and CF Marcus Lee Sang were 8 for 22. C Caleb Ricketts was 7 for 20 with 2 doubles, 1 HR and 7 RBIs. LHP Lachlan Wells pitched six innings in his start allowing just one run on three hits. Reliever RHP Cristian Hernandez made two scoreless appearances (3 IP) as did LHP Tristan Garnett (3 IP).
Jersey Shore :
The BlueClaws went 3-3 at Aberdeen, they are 25-20 overall - outfielder Hendry Mendez was 5 for 13 with a triple and 4 RBIs, 6 walks (.579 OBP). Infielder William Bergolla was 6 for 17 with a double. Infielder Zach Arnold went 5 for 15 and center fielder Justin Crawford 7 for 21 with 2 doubles. Infielder Otto Kemp had 6 hits and 6 walks in 29 PA’s (.448 OBP). LHP Samuel Aldegheri (6 IP - 2 R, 4 H, 8 K’s), LHP Braeden Fausnaught (6 IP - 1 R, 3 H, 5 K’s) and RHP Eiberson Castellano (6 IP - 1 R, 6 H, 7 K’s) made quality starts while RH reliever Gunner Mayer made two scoreless appearances (2.1 IP) - he’s un-scored upon in his last six outings (8.1 IP, 1 H, 9 K’s).
Clearwater :
The Threshers went 5-1 at St Lucie, they are 32-13 overall. 1B Keaton Anthony had a good week going 5 for 12 with 2 walks. Right fielder Raylin Heredia was 7 for 23 with 2 doubles, a triple and 6 RBIs. 1B/DH Dakota Kotowski went 6 for 18 with a double, two HR’s and 7 RBIs, 7 runs scored plus 5 walks (.480 OBP). IF Trent Farquhar was 7 for 19 including a five-hit game on Sunday. UTL Bryson Ware was 7 for 20 with 6 runs scored, 1 HR and 5 RBIs.
LHP Mavis Graves made a great start on Friday (6 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 9 K’s). RHP Micah Ottenbreit pitched seven innings in his start (2 R, 4 H, 6 K’s). RHP George Klassen struck out five in three scoreless innings of work, right handed relievers Ethan Chenault (2 appearances, 4 IP -no runs, one hit), Drew Garrett (2 appearances, no runs, no hits, three K’s), Chase Hopewell (2 appearances - 3.2 scoreless IP) and Jose Pena Jr (one appearance - 3 IP, 0 R, 3 K’s) had strong weeks.
FCL Phillies :
The FCL Phillies went 3-3 during the week, they are 8-8 overall. Nineteen-year-old catcher /first baseman Guillermo Rosario had a monster week going 7 for 18 with 3 doubles, a home run and eight RBIs. Eighteen-year-old shortstop Starlyn Caba had 4 hits and 5 walks in 20 plate appearances (.450 OBP) this week and stole 4 bases. Twenty-year-old outfielder Ezra Farmer was 4 for 8 with 3 walks for a .636 OBP in eleven plate appearances.
Dominican Academy :
In pre-season play at the Dominican Academy seventeen-year-old outfielder Venezuelan outfielder Jorge Julio Jr had a great week going 5 for 9 with 2 doubles, a home run and 4 RBIs. He’s the son of former major league pitcher Jorge Julio who pitched in the major leagues for nine years and was the Orioles closer from 2002 to 2004.
Injury Updates :
There are multiple players at the complex working with the rehab and re-tooling team. This week LHP Kolby Allard (Reading), LHP Jordi Martinez (FCL) and RHP Jonh Henriquez (FCL) returned to game action - Martinez and Henriquez on rehab assignment. Side bullpens were thrown by RHP Dominic Pipken, RHP Wen Hui Pan, RHP Alex Garbrick, RHP Michael Rucker and LHP Jordan Fowler. Recently signed RHP Blaine Knight threw a live BP session on Friday.
College Town for a week :
This past week the American Athletic Conference baseball championship tournament was held at BayCare Ballpark/Carpenter Complex. Eight teams competed with Tulane winning their second consecutive tournament championship by defeating Wichita State in the final game on Sunday. The tournament has been held in Clearwater annually since 2014. Last season #14 draft pick INF Zach Arnold played in it for the University of Houston and the season before RHP Orion Kerkering played for the University of South Florida before becoming the Phillies 2022 5th round pick. OF Gabriel Rincones Jr (Florida Atlantic University) was the 2022 3rd round pick. The most celebrated Phillies tournament participant to date is 3B Alec Bohm (2018 # 1 pick for Phillies) who played for Wichita State University.
Player Spotlights :
This past week I posted spotlight articles on two players - the articles are Q & A sessions with each. In case you missed them here are links to the Trent Farquhar interview https://www.philliesbaseballfan.com/post/5-20-24-spotlight-infielder-trent-farquhar and the Starlyn Caba interview https://www.philliesbaseballfan.com/post/5-27-24-spotlight-shortstop-starlyn-caba. For my Spanish speaking friends I also posted the Caba interview in Spanish https://www.philliesbaseballfan.com/post/25-05-24-destacado-campocorto-starlyn-caba
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