Minor League Games - Friday, June 23, 2017

kikutaro 2017-06-23 14:56:24 UTC #1

Lehigh Valley IronPigs (49-25) @ Rochester Red Wings (36-34) 7:05 pm | Gameday
John Richy (0-0, 0.00) vs. Matt Tracy (2-0, 7.20)

Notable

Pedro Florimon 0-5, 2 K
J.P. Crawford 1-4, R, 2B
Jorge Alfaro 0-3, R, BB, 2 K
Dylan Cozens 1-3, R, 2B, BB, K
Rhys Hoskins 2-4, R, 3 RBI, K
Nick Williams 1-3, 2 K
Andrew Pullin 1-4, RBI, 2B
Angelo Mora 0-3, 2 K

John Richy 4.2 IP, 8H, 3R, 3ER, 1BB, 1K, game score: 42
Ricardo Pinto (W, 4-3), 2.1 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K
Jesen Therrien (S, 2), 2.0 IP, 3H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K

Trenton Thunder (47-25) @ Reading Fightin Phils (41-28) 7:05 pm | Gameday
Josh Rogers (4-0, 3.19) vs. Tyler Viza (4-4, 5.90)

Notable

Zachary Coppola 2-5, 2 R, K, SB
Scott Kingery 1-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, 3B, BB, K
Kyle Martin 0-0, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB
Jiandido Tromp 2-3, RBI, 2B
Chace Numata 1-4, 2 RBI
Harold Martinez 2-4, R
Herlis Rodriguez 1-4, R, 2 RBI, HR, 2 K
Malquin Canelo 0-3, R, 3 K

Tyler Viza (W, 5-4), 5.0 IP, 6H, 4R, 4ER, 3BB, 1K, game score: 35
Austin Davis (H, 4), 2.0 IP, 2H, 2R, 2ER, 0BB, 0K
Victor Arano (S, 3), 2.0 IP, 4H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 2K

Daytona Tortugas (33-34) @ Clearwater Threshers (40-32) 6:15 pm | Gameday
Jonathon Crawford (0-3, 3.42) vs. Edgar Garcia (1-2, 3.75)

Notable

Cord Sandberg 4-5, 2 R, RBI, 2B
Emmanuel Marrero 1-3, 3 R, 2 RBI, 2B, BB, 2 K
Derek Campbell 1-4, R, BB, K
Wilson Garcia 2-3, RBI, BB
Cornelius Randolph 0-3, 2 RBI, BB
Jose Pujols 1-3, R, BB, K
Grenny Cumana 0-4, 2 K

Edgar Garcia (W, 2-2), 5.1 IP, 7H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 2K, game score: 52
Tyler Gilbert 2.2 IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K

Lakewood BlueClaws (40-32) @ Delmarva Shorebirds (31-39) 7:05 pm | Gameday
Sixto Sanchez (2-2, 2.88) vs. Matthias Dietz (0-6, 5.54)

Notable

Daniel Brito 2-4, R, BB, K
Arquimedes Gamboa 2-5, RBI
Mickey Moniak 2-5, 2B
Darick Hall 3-4, R, 2 RBI, HR, K
Henri Lartigue 1-4, R, RBI, HR
Luke Williams 1-4, R, SB

Sixto Sanchez 6.0 IP, 4H, 2R, 2ER, 0BB, 7K, game score: 63
Mauricio Llovera 2.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 2BB, 4K
Trevor Bettencourt (BS, 3)(L, 3-2), 0.0 IP, 3H, 3R, 3ER, 0BB, 0K

West Virginia Black Bears (4-1) @ Williamsport Crosscutters (1-4) 7:05 pm | Gameday
Stephan Meyer (0-0, 0.00) vs. Luis Carrasco (0-0, -.--)

Notable

Josh Stephen 1-5, 2 K, SB
Jhailyn Ortiz 1-2, 2 R, RBI, HR
Greg Pickett 2-5, R, 2 K, SB
Cole Stobbe 0-3, 2 BB, K
Malvin Matos 1-2, 2 RBI, 2B, K

Luis Carrasco 4.0 IP, 0H, 2R, 0ER, 2BB, 1K, game score: 55
Luis Ramirez 3.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K
Orestes Melendez (BS, 1)(L, 0-1), 2.0 IP, 2H, 3R, 3ER, 3BB, 2K

DSL Phillies White (11-7) @ DSL Mets2 (11-7) 10:30 am | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A

Notable

Rusbel Vasquez 0-1, 2 BB
Freddy Barreto 0-2, 2 K

Jonas De La Cruz (L, 1-2), 4.0 IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 2BB, 3K, game score: 51

DSL Yankees (10-8) @ DSL Phillies Red (7-10) 10:30 am | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A

Notable

Luiggi Mujica 0-4, 2 K
Luis Matos 1-4, R, 2 K, SB
Carlos Oropeza 1-3, R, BB, K
Edgar Made 1-2, R, RBI, BB, SB
Jose Rivera 1-3, R, RBI, 2B, K

Erick Heredia 6.0 IP, 4H, 1R, 1ER, 4BB, 3K, game score: 60
Roimy Mendoza (W, 3-0), 2.2 IP, 3H, 2R, 1ER, 0BB, 2K
Ludovico Coveri (S, 3), 0.1 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 0K

(click on the start time for box scores)

kmc1019 2017-06-23 18:23:39 UTC #2

This year is not just about an unexpectedly awful major league record and the sudden disintegration of our #1 prospect (Crawford). Celebrating bright spots here, two of whom received some recognition from Baseball America for their respective performances of the past week: Hoskins at #8, JJ Romero at #15:

andyb 2017-06-23 18:45:34 UTC #3

After a couple of rough early starts Romero has been consistently good. He is still young enough for Lakewood but I am wondering if he needs to be challenged at Clearwater. Maybe if they decide to push Howard there after a few starts they will push Romero up. I am always a little wary of lefties putting up good numbers in the lower minors since they are facing hitters who may not have hit against lots of LHP.

I always thought Romero had some Randy Wolf similarities. Shorter LHP with average stuff but decent deception and good athleticism to repeat his delivery.

Austinfan 2017-06-23 21:34:00 UTC #4

Nice little contest between Irvin and Romero

Irvin - A+ 2.55 ERA 67 IP 14BB 52K
Romero - A 2.01 72IP 55H 21BB 76K [note, 0.82 ERA at home, 3.03 ERA 39IP 35H 8BB 42K on the road]
With Fanti and Falter as well, at some point we're going to produce a LH SP.

Jacob Waguespack 2.38 45 IP 18BB 45K is the surprise pitcher, free agent, still only 23, was throwing 94 out of the pen after throwing high 80s in HS.
They gave him a start out of necessity and he pitched so well he's stayed in the rotation.

andyb 2017-06-24 02:44:13 UTC #5

Not sure what that means. Irvin is older so he really needs to move quicker to be a prospect. Romero has a little time but still needs to move since he has lesser stuff. Waguspack is still likely a non prospect even though he is starting, He is probably a little better than they though he was originally but really has not done anything to suggest he is a real prospect.

California_Dreamin 2017-06-24 03:08:30 UTC #6

If not for late game bullpen meltdowns, it would have been a 5-0 night down on the pharm. Instead a 3-2 ledger with winners in LHV, Reading and Clearwater and losses in Lakewood [painful blown 4-2 lead in bottom of the 9th] and Williamsport.

Lots to like tonight, a few highlights were 3 RBI from Hoskins, a home run from Herlis Rodriguez in his Reading debut, decent saves from Therrian and Arano and perhaps most interesting, a 4 hit night from Sandberg [now hitting .371 at Clearwater].

Perhaps the most potentially disconcerting...Ortiz got HBP in the hand and had to be removed from the game, ironically after homering earlier in the game.

allentown 2017-06-24 13:25:36 UTC #7

Perhaps not so much ironically as deliberately in retaliation for HR?

schooldoc 2017-06-24 15:31:30 UTC #8

Well, Ortiz had already been hit once since hitting the HR, so my guess is it was unintentional. Ortiz was also leading off the bottom of the 9th in a 2-run game. So it would have been pretty stupid to intentionally put him on.

I seem to recall Ortiz getting hit a fair amount of times in the GCL as well. Perhaps he's close to the plate or just doesn't fear getting hit, a la Chase Utley.

Last night, when he got hit in the 9th they ruled that it was a foul ball. Pat Borders got ejected arguing the ball. Ortiz left the game for a PH, who grounded out.

Hopefully Jhailyn is ok and returns tonight, or soon at least.

schooldoc 2017-06-24 15:36:35 UTC #9

I know he doesn't need it, but I gotta give a shout out to Sixto Sanchez. He just gave up his first HR as a pro last night after 120 innings. After being lifted last Saturday after 5 innings and 57 pitches, the Phils let him throw 6 innings and 69 pitches last night.

I'm sure the Phils have him on a strict innings watch, but Sixto burns through innings on so few pitches it probably makes more sense to let him go to 80-85 pitches. If that's 7 innings, so be it.

Sixto's won-loss record (2-2) and ERA (2.90), while good, belie his terrific peripherals. A 39:3 k/bb ratio and OBA of .199. Put those together for a WHIP of 0.79. That's pretty terrific. And he turns 19 next month.

bigegypt0417 2017-06-24 15:54:53 UTC #10

We have a very good group of young pitchers who profile to be upper rotation starters when you look at sanchez, kilome, medina, gowdy and maybe some others.

They are not talked about more since the risk on them is also very high...

For a team that gets killed for international spending they seem to do ok.

andyb 2017-06-24 15:55:59 UTC #11

The injury break Sanchez had probably puts him on a good 100 inning path for the season even if he pitches to the end of it. He probably has 11 or 12 starts left which would leave him in the 100-110 inning range (and many of those innings are not that tough).

It might be tougher to keep him out of winter ball because I imagine one of the Dominican teams would really want him this winter.

Austinfan 2017-06-24 16:15:39 UTC #12

Actually, Dominican ball wouldn't be so bad, he'd still be behind a lot of veteran pitchers, but would get a taste of throwing to older players, including some fringe ML players.

flyers19rw 2017-06-24 20:37:25 UTC #13

There is plenty of evidence to support nursing along these young pitchers. Just look at what happened to Julio Urias. Now he has a blown shoulder. Such a shame for a quality young pitcher. Let's take it slow and easy with our young guys and have them gradually build up their arm strength.

schooldoc 2017-06-24 20:47:34 UTC #14

A story on Urias. The Dodgers did the best they could to bring Urias along slowly in light of his obvious potential and early success..and he broke down anyway. It's such a fine line between giving these guys the needed mound time and protecting their arms.