Minor League Games - Thursday, August 23, 2018

[kikutaro]

Lehigh Valley IronPigs (77-52) @ Syracuse Chiefs (56-73) 6:35 pm | Gameday
Enyel De Los Santos (10-4, 2.43) vs. David Goforth (3-4, 3.64)

Final
Lehigh Valley 3, Syracuse 2

Notable

Dean Anna 1-4, R, 2B, BB, K
Mitch Walding 1-2, R, RBI, 2B, BB, SB
Dylan Cozens 1-4, K, SB
Aaron Altherr 1-4, RBI, 2B, K
Danny Ortiz 0-3, BB, 2 K
Matt McBride 0-2, 2 BB
Enyel De Los Santos 0-2, 2 K

Enyel De Los Santos 6.0 IP, 3H, 1R, 0ER, 2BB, 3K, game score: 66
Tyler Gilbert (W, 3-1), 1.2 IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 1K
Pedro Beato (S, 32), 1.1 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K

Trenton Thunder (69-60) @ Reading Fightin Phils (61-66) 7:15 pm | Gameday
Adonis Rosa (undefined-undefined, ) vs. Harold Arauz (9-6, 4.98)

Final
Reading 8, Trenton 3

Notable

Adam Haseley 2-5, RBI, K
Pedro Florimon 0-4, BB, 3 K
Cornelius Randolph 1-3, R, RBI, 2B, BB
Darick Hall 0-4, BB, 2 K
Jose Pujols 1-2, 2 R, 2B, 2 BB
Austin Listi 2-3, 3 R, 4 RBI, 2B, HR, BB
Malquin Canelo 2-4, R, RBI, K, SB

Harold Arauz (W, 9-6), 5.1 IP, 6H, 2R, 2ER, 3BB, 8K, game score: 50
Josh Tols (H, 6), 1.2 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 4K

Dunedin Blue Jays (64-64) @ Clearwater Threshers (70-57) 7:00 pm | Gameday
Patrick Murphy (10-5, 2.67) vs. Adonis Medina (9-4, 4.31)

Final
Dunedin 4, Clearwater 1

Notable

Daniel Brito 1-3, BB, K
Arquimedes Gamboa 1-4, RBI, 3B, 2 K
Edgar Cabral 0-3, BB, 2 K

Adonis Medina (L, 9-4), 6.0 IP, 4H, 2R, 2ER, 4BB, 4K, game score: 52
Jakob Hernandez 2.0 IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 2K

Lakewood BlueClaws (79-48) @ Hickory Crawdads (65-62) 7:00 pm | Gameday
Gustavo Armas (2-1, 2.18) vs. A.J. Alexy (5-8, 3.79)

Final
Lakewood 4, Hickory 1

Notable

Matt Vierling 1-4, R, 2B
Jake Scheiner 2-4, 2 RBI, 2 2B, 2 K
Rodolfo Duran 0-4, 2 K
Jhailyn Ortiz 0-4, 2 K
Madison Stokes 2-4, R, 2 2B, K
Jose Antequera 0-2, RBI, 2 K
Colby Fitch 1-3, RBI, 2 K

Gustavo Armas (W, 2-1), 8.0 IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 8K, game score: 85
Zach Warren (S, 13), 1.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 3K

Williamsport Crosscutters (27-38) @ Batavia Muckdogs (30-35) game 2 (makeup of 6/23 ppd) | Gameday
Colton Eastman (0-2, 3.00) vs. N/A

Final
Batavia 1, Williamsport 0

Notable

Ben Aklinski 0-3, 2 K
Danny Mayer 1-3, 2B, K
Jesse Wilkening 0-3, 2 K
Matt Kroon 0-3, 2 K

Tyler Carr 3.0 IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 3K, game score: 57
Abdallah Aris (L, 2-5), 3.0 IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 5K

Williamsport Crosscutters (27-37) @ Batavia Muckdogs (29-35) 5:05 pm | Gameday
Juan Escorcia (0-3, 3.45) vs. N/A

Final
Williamsport 3, Batavia 2

Notable

Alec Bohm 1-3, R, RBI, 2B
Ben Pelletier 1-3, 2 RBI, 2B, K
Jake Holmes 0-2, BB, K, SB
Seth Lancaster 0-3, 3 K

Colton Eastman 3.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 5K, game score: 59
Jose Jimenez (W, 2-1), 2.2 IP, 4H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 3K
Robinson Martinez (H, 1), 0.1 IP, 1H, 2R, 1ER, 1BB, 0K
Keylan Killgore (S, 10), 1.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K

GCL Yankees West (25-26) @ GCL Phillies East (30-23) 11:00 am | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A

Final
GCL Yankees West 3, GCL Phillies East 2

Notable

Julio Francisco 3-5, 2 2B, 2 SB
Nicolas Torres 0-2, 2 K
Jack Zoellner 2-3, R, 2B, BB, K
Carlos De La Cruz 0-4, 3 K
Mitchell Edwards 1-3, 2 K
Edgar Made 2-4, RBI, 2 2B, K

Jonas De La Cruz (L, 5-2), 3.1 IP, 3H, 3R, 3ER, 5BB, 4K, game score: 33
Mario Sanchez 2.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 3K
Kyle Arjona 2.0 IP, 3H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 0K

GCL Phillies West - Off

DSL Angels (21-49) @ DSL Phillies Red (30-39) 10:30 am | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A

Final
DSL Phillies Red 5, DSL Angels 3

Notable

Freddy Francisco 3-5, R, RBI
Guarner Dipre 1-5, 2 K, SB
Johan Rojas 2-4, R, K, SB
Juan Carlos Smith 1-3, R, BB, 2 SB, CS
Wilfredo Flores 1-4, RBI, 2 K
Wilson Valdez 2-4, R, RBI
Victor Alfonso 1-2, BB

Edinso Aleman 3.0 IP, 3H, 3R, 3ER, 3BB, 2K, game score: 33
Cristian Lima 2.2 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 5BB, 4K
Hernando Mejia (W, 1-1), 2.1 IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K
Luis Candelo (S, 8), 1.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 0K

DSL Phillies White (38-32) @ DSL D-backs2 (23-47) 10:30 am | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A

Final
DSL D-backs2 3, DSL Phillies White 2

Notable

Jevi Hernandez 1-4, R, SB
Jose Cedeno 0-2, R, K, SB
Juan Herrera 0-4, 2 K

Andy Reyes 4.0 IP, 2H, 1R, 0ER, 1BB, 2K, game score: 57
Engel Estevez (L, 3-3), 2.2 IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 3K

(click on the start time for box scores)

[phillychuck]

All GCL races are over, Phillies West made the mistake of playing in the same division as the Tigers West, who played .680 baseball. 4 PHW hitters are in the top 15 for the league, Garcia, O'Brien, Gutierrez, and Trejo. 4 of the next 10 are Torres, De La Cruz, Smith, and Francisco from GCL-E. A couple of the G-Phils players are actually hitting better (O'Hoppe, Holmes (promoted), Aparicio), but they are just below the qualification level for league-wide listing.

If I read the playoff procedures correctly in the GCL, the GCL-E Phils would be playing the Cardinals, who are playing almost .700 ball, in the first round of the playoffs, a winner-take-all single game elimination. The Cardinals' likely starter is 22-year-old Connor Coward (VaTech alum), who is way too old for GCL and has an ERA in 10 games (6 starts) below 1.00. The Cardinals' leading hitter is 18-year-old catcher Ivan Herrera who has a 950-ish OPS. The Cardinals were bolstered through the season by 22-yerar-old OF Andrew Warner (1100 OPS) who was promoted in early August to the Appy League. Some other key Cardinals--22-year-old OF Will Jimenez (850 OPS), Zach Gahagan, 23-year-old SS (who plays mostly 1B) out of UNC (780 OPS), and 21-year-old 2B Josh Shaw out of St. Johns (700 OPS). The Cards are an OLD GCL team.

Interesting article on Haseley:

Fightins' Haseley continues power surge

[phillychuck]

To continue, let's compare the Cards' and PhilsE's lineups by position...

Player, Age (yr.mo), draft (yr.rd or LAFA) Cardinals listed first / Phils second:

C Herrera 18.2 LAFA / Aparicio 18.3 LAFA
1B Gahagan 23.1 2018.39 / Zoellner 23.10 2017.9
2B Shaw 21.10 2018.19 / Torres 18.11 LAFA
SS Gil 18.2 2018.3 / Simmons 18.4 2018.6
3B Sabino 22.3 2018.35 / Stewart 19.5 2017.39
OF1 Jimenez 22.7 LAFA / De La Cruz 18.10 UDFA
OF2 Del Rio 20.10 LAFA / Smith 22.0 UDFA
OF3 Warner 22.8 2018.40 / Francisco 20.5 LAFA
OF4 Garcia 19.0 LAFA / Miller 21.10 2018.22
DH Purcell 24.1 2018.32 / Conley 21.5 2018.27
SP1 Coward 22.4 2018.26 / Santos 18.2 LAFA
SP2 DellaValle 22.7 2018.27 / Brown 18.10 2017.33
SP3 Pirela 20.8 LAFA / Pipkin 18.9 2018.9

OK, they're not quite as much older as I thought...about 1.5 yrs per position, a lot older in the pitching staff. Interestingly the Phils feature 3 2017 draftees who played very limited time in 2017, and two UDFAs.

[bigegypt0417]

So we're close to two months worth of good numbers for Cornelius Randolph...since 7/1/18 his slash line is 321/397/447 with an OPS of 843.

Same timeframe for Moniak...

289/340/480 with an 820 OPS

[phillychuck]

More impressive for Moniak at CLW rather than Reading (tougher park and league), but a good run for CRandolph, too. If Randolph can maintain the super-high OBP he might be a MLB player even with limited power.

[bigegypt0417]

More impressive for Moniak at CLW rather than Reading (tougher park and league), but a good run for CRandolph, too. If Randolph can maintain the super-high OBP he might be a MLB player even with limited power.

Agreed. He would really need to hit for average and walk a lot.

[mdougherty12]

Randolph sounds a bit like the well-traveled Billy McKinney.

[teabag259]

Is Crawford ever going to get another base hit this season?

In all seriousness I may have missed some box scores over his rehab time in Clearwater and Lehigh Valley but I only recall one hit in what must be 10 games or more.

[phillychuck]

Yeah, Crawford is capable of getting himself really messed up at the plate for a while. In 2017 in the first half he struggled to hit .200, then really played well in the second half at LV. He couldn't get the ball out of the infield for a couple of months, then all of a sudden he started ripping it.

[phillychuck]

Haseley 2/5, Randolph 1/3, 2B, BB. Pujols 1/2, 2B, 2 BB. Moniak with an 0/4 collar.

Walding 1/2, 2B, BB, SB.

Solid night most places for the pitching. Gustavo Armas must really love Lakewood...

[schooldoc]

I had a fun day visiting the complex in the early afternoon then going to the Threshers game tonight. It might sound funny, but while most people love coming down to Clearwater for spring training....and I've done it probably 10 times since the mid-1990's...I have grown to love coming down in August. It's hot, but it's far less crowded and everything like flights and hotel rooms is much cheaper. You can get around easier, get tables in restaurants, and all those nice things with so much less hassle.

Got to meet the great jimpeyton today at the complex and also chatted with Bailey Falter's dad--a real nice fella in from Cali visiting his son. Although they have not released fall & winter ball assignments yet, it sounds like Falter and Mickey Moniak are two guys under consideration from the Phils.

Oh and I think I might have mentioned this yesterday, but you can find Sixto Sanchez hanging around the complex during the game talking to friends behind the backstop. I'm telling you, he is at least 15 pounds bigger/heavier than he was last year.

Watched Medina throw tonight for the Threshers. He was 92-93 mph for the most part with the FB and threw a little over 100 p in his 6 innings of work. He also had a pitch that was usually about 80 mph and broke like a slider, but you'd expect a slider to be harder so I suspect it was a change-up or curveball. I was somewhat surprised to find Jakob Hernandez throwing 86-87 mph FB. I was also surprised to see the crowd reported as something like 1700 or 1800--it was half that, at best.

[Philsmania]

If the Phillies raid the Pigs' roster on 9/1, does Haseley. move up to LHV to help the Pigs in the postseason?

[teabag259]

Can someone explain why Law and I guess a few others are so down on Haseley? It seems like his numbers in AA should merit more compliments than they have from the so called experts.

[phillychuck]

Law is almost always down on everyone except can't miss guys...statistically, lots more prospects fail than succeed, and Law gets to say he was right more often than he was wrong. It's a cynical approach to scouting prospects.

That being said, some scouts don't like Haseley's swing--too much arm and body, not enough hands. To me he looks fine, and he hasn't had much off-season instruction as a pro yet.

If Haseley keeps playing well he should be a top-50 prospect overall this year

[julio]

Can someone explain why Law and I guess a few others are so down on Haseley? It seems like his numbers in AA should merit more compliments than they have from the so called experts.

With regard to why a few posters here appeared to be down on Haseley earlier in the season, I think you can put that down to a combination of panic, and the more-or-less understandable expectation (based on literally decades of futility) that anything the Phillies touch is at risk of going south.

[andyb]

The argument against Haseley is that he has a swing that is not geared for power while also being a bit of a tweener defensively. Not great in CF. As a corner OF the offensive bar is higher. At least he has a really good arm so both RF and LF are in play if CF does not work out.

I think draft people like Law also rate players relative to position in the draft and think Haseley is not good enough for his draft slot. That sort of bias creeps in though should be independent of how you rate a prospect even if it is also fair to have expectations in part of their draft slot like with Moniak and Bohm where expectations should be high.

[fish]

That being said, some scouts don't like Haseley's swing--too much arm and body, not enough hands. To me he looks fine, and he hasn't had much off-season instruction as a pro yet.

That's pretty much the nuts and bolts of it- it's a bit of an unorthodox setup. Not as bad as it was in college, but getting better. He seems to have a pretty good aptitude for the game, so at this point I don't doubt he be a big leaguer someday. He needs a bit more strength in his upper body before he projects to be a good regular. .

[teabag259]

I would think that Haseleys overall impressive AA numbers are even better to a degree because they don’t include the regular perceived Reading bump due to the ease that HRs are hit there.

[andyb]

958 home OPS (4 HRs)/840 road OPS (2 HRs). Reading effect is there for Haseley.