Minor League Games - Friday, September 1, 2017

[kikutaro]

Scranton/WB RailRiders (86-52) @ Lehigh Valley IronPigs (77-62) 7:05 pm | Gameday
Brady Lail (6-5, 5.41) vs. Drew Anderson (0-0, -.--)

Notable

J.P. Crawford 1-4, R, 2B, BB
Cameron Perkins 1-2, R, BB
Christian Marrero 2-3, R, 2 RBI, BB
Dylan Cozens 1-2, R, 3 RBI, HR, 2 BB, K
Logan Moore 0-4, 2 K

Drew Anderson 6.2 IP, 5H, 2R, 1ER, 2BB, 7K, game score: 61
Michael Mariot (W, 7-2), 0.1 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 0K
Cesar Ramos (H, 3), 0.2 IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 0K
Pedro Beato (S, 31), 1.1 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K

Reading Fightin Phils (70-67) @ Trenton Thunder (91-46) 7:00 pm | Gameday
Cole Irvin (5-3, 4.19) vs. Jose Mesa (4-0, 0.92)

Notable

Mitch Walding 2-5, R, 2 2B, 2 K
Kyle Martin 1-3, R, 2 BB, K
Chace Numata 2-4, BB
Damek Tomscha 1-5, RBI, 2 K
Malquin Canelo 1-4, 2 K

Cole Irvin 7.0 IP, 6H, 2R, 2ER, 0BB, 5K, game score: 69
Jeff Singer (L, 0-2), 0.1 IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 1K

Dunedin Blue Jays (71-65) @ Clearwater Threshers (66-70) 6:15 pm | Gameday
Conor Fisk (7-11, 4.01) vs. Harold Arauz (4-3, 2.14)

Notable

Darick Hall 0-4, 2 K
Wilson Garcia 2-4
Jose Pujols 0-3, BB, 2 K
Jan Hernandez 0-3, 2 K
Carlos Duran 1-3, R, 2B, K

Harold Arauz (L, 4-4), 8.0 IP, 2H, 2R, 1ER, 0BB, 10K, game score: 82

Kannapolis Intimidators (68-67) @ Lakewood BlueClaws (71-66) 7:05 pm | Gameday
Luis Martinez (8-1, 3.33) vs. Nick Fanti (8-2, 2.68)

Notable

Austin Listi 1-3, R, 3B, 2 K
Gregori Rivero 2-3, RBI, K
Daniel Brito 0-3, K, SB
David Martinelli 0-3, 2 K

Nick Fanti (W, 9-2), 6.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 2BB, 7K, game score: 77
Gustavo Armas (H, 1), 1.2 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 2BB, 1K
Will Hibbs (S, 20), 1.1 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 4K

Batavia Muckdogs (30-39) @ Williamsport Crosscutters (33-35) 7:05 pm | Gameday
Sam Perez (3-1, 2.08) vs. Julian Garcia (3-4, 3.57)

Notable

Nick Maton 0-3, SB
Greg Pickett 1-4, 2B, K
Yahir Gurrola 3-4, 2B
Luis Encarnacion 0-3, 2 K

Julian Garcia (L, 3-5), 2.0 IP, 6H, 5R, 5ER, 1BB, 4K, game score: 27
Orestes Melendez 4.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 2BB, 7K
Kyle Dohy 2.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 2BB, 3K

GCL Blue Jays (35-24) @ GCL Phillies (35-22) 12:00 pm | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A

Notable

Jonathan Guzman 1-3, BB
Brayan Gonzalez 2-4, 2B, K
Danny Mayer 1-4, 2 K
Jesus Henriquez 3-4, RBI

Sandro Rosario (L, 1-4), 5.0 IP, 4H, 2R, 2ER, 3BB, 4K, game score: 54
Jose Jimenez 2.0 IP, 1H, 1R, 0ER, 2BB, 2K

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Tom Housenick (TomHousenick)

[California_Dreamin]

If I got a dollar for every zero that has been showing up on Phillie minor league scoreboards nightly for the past 8 weeks, I would be a wealthy man. Today alone would probably pay for a delicious steak dinner at a fancy restaurant.

I know I have probably harped on this till no one cares anymore but I still think its alarming. The hitting organization wide has been embarrassingly bad and sure makes for an alarming end to what once was a very promising and enjoyable minor league season.

Yes, I realize that some solid prospects have been promoted to Philadelphia and I do understand that this could hurt performance somewhat. But the system wide demise of hitting and scoring runs since July sure has hurt what has largely been a solid pitching year pharm wide. And probably put undo pressure on some of the better arms to pitch almost perfect games since they assume they will have few, if any, runs to work with.

[California_Dreamin]

In short...3 runs total for the 6 game organization. Oh, and the parent Phils are getting zeroed tonight by a guy pitching in his first major league game.

[California_Dreamin]

Yay! LHV with 5 run 7th, I just got a bit poorer! I'll take it.

[phillychuck]

On the other hand the pitching was pretty brilliant through the system tonight. Drew Anderson had a great start at LV (I was there, he was throwing 96 in the first inning (down to 92 by the 7th) with a good change and great curve. Arauz lost a bad-luck 2-hitter at CLW and Irvin threw well (no decision) at Reading. Fanti and friends won a shut out for Lakewood.

[nycphils]

Throwing 96 for Drew Anderson? Bet he ends up in the bullpen next year.

[LoneStarPhan]

....and for those who may have missed it, the big club scored two in the top of the ninth to down the Marlins in Miami, 2-1.

[LoneStarPhan]

Yay! LHV with 5 run 7th, I just got a bit poorer! I'll take it.

Cozzens 1 for 2 with 2 walks and his 27th home run. Maybe he has a solid break out year next season a AAA and becomes a prospect again.

[schooldoc]

Good to see Simon Muzziotti return to the GCL Phils lineup today, although he went 0-3. He had not played for several weeks after a home plate collision.

[phillychuck]

Cozens' HR was a real moon shot, way, way up in the air and just cleared the high fence in deep RCF.

Crawford hit the ball on the nose 3 times, two line drives caught.

Kingery, honestly, looked horrible, again chasing breaking pitches way out of the zone. He had a 1-0 count in his second AB and swung at three straight curves the catcher had to block. No reason to chase out of the zone at 1-0 or 1-1. Got a late hit, though, on a fastball.

Angelo Mora really gives professional ABs...works the count a bit, then seems to barrel the ball up when he's ahead.

Logan Moore is a weird looking dude for a catcher. Looks like a surfer with shoulder-length hair and is pretty tall and skinny. Works really hard behind the plate, has a quick release to 2B, and seems to call a good game. Hard for me to imagine him as a coach, though, which is what many of us have speculated given how he's moved around in the minors.

[California_Dreamin]

PC..I have consistently talked about the brilliance of the pitchers in the system, probably why the hitting woes have been so frustrating. Look at Arauz tonight...brilliant performance but all he got was another loss. Irvin another one who pitched very well and had nothing to show for it.

10 runs scored in the entire organization tonight, and 5 of them came in one inning. Yep, very nice to see Cozen's homer but that was pretty much the whole offense organization wide tonight.

[Austinfan]

CD, pitching is far more important than hitting in the minoirs.
Reason is simple, you only need a few top hitting prospects, but you need lots of mediocre pitchers.
That's because once a good hitter is established at a ML position, he often give you 5-6 solid years.
So if you have a lineup in place, you only need a few top position prospects to maintain that lineup.

Pitching on the other hand requires depth for two reasons, attrition and twelve pitchers.
Pitchers get injured on a regular basis, and filling out a pitching staff requires a lot of "mediocre" arms to fill the #4, #5 SP, and 4-5 RP slots.
So college starters who move to the pen, command pitchers who throw 90-91, sidearm specialists, etc. fill out your staff.
Phillies have gotten great pitching all year at all levels, Arauz is throwing great in Clearwater, Fanti in Lakewood, and we're talking "marginal" talents but who may have enough to fill a ML role down the road.

You don't need 10 OF prospects pounding the ball, you do need 10-20 pitching prospects showing promise.
Phillies have their share of hitting prospects, Crawford, Kingery in AAA, Hall, Randolph and Haseley in A, Ortiz in rookie ball, etc.

[California_Dreamin]

AF...valid points and I do agree that a team needs more pitching prospects since so many will eventually fail. But the hitting has been bad since the end of June,

[fish]

Kingery, honestly, looked horrible, again chasing breaking pitches way out of the zone. He had a 1-0 count in his second AB and swung at three straight curves the catcher had to block. No reason to chase out of the zone at 1-0 or 1-1. Got a late hit, though, on a fastball.

He looked like he was committed to swinging at pitches that looked like strikes out of the pitchers hand- taking curves that dropped in for strikes, and swinging at the ones that started as strikes and dropped out of the zone. Just hyper-aggressive for some reason.

[Austinfan]

We saw that with Williams last year, and a lot of the pitchers overthrowing once they get to the Show.
A lot of young players lack mental discipline, as they get closer to the Show, they try to do too much.

Someone just needs to sit down with him and explain that the FO isn't looking to see if he hits 15 HRs or 30 HRs in AAA, they want to see a good approach to the plate that suggests he can put up an OBP > .350, because they're not dumping their 2B/leadoff hitter for a 2B who can't fill that role.

[phillychuck]

Yeah, after watching Kingery live a few times the last couple of weeks it's clear he's not ready for MLB yet.

Crawford, OTOH, has a hyper-patient approach that should serve him well once he adjusts to the majors.