Minor League Games - Tuesday, August 14, 2018

[kikutaro]

Durham Bulls (66-52) @ Lehigh Valley IronPigs (73-48) 7:05 pm | Gameday
Andrew Moore (6-6, 4.48) vs. Tom Eshelman (2-12, 5.47)

Final
Durham 6, Lehigh Valley 5

Notable

Aaron Altherr 1-4, R, BB, 2 K
Trevor Plouffe 1-3, R, BB, K
Zach Green 1-4, R, 3 RBI, HR, 3 K
Matt McBride 1-4, 2B
Jiandido Tromp 1-1, 2B
Danny Ortiz 1-3, 2B, K

Tom Eshelman (L, 2-12), 5.2 IP, 8H, 6R, 5ER, 2BB, 3K, game score: 39

Hartford Yard Goats (54-63) @ Reading Fightin Phils (58-61) 7:15 pm | Gameday
Jesus Tinoco (7-10, 5.03) vs. Connor Seabold (1-3, 5.40)

Final
Hartford 5, Reading 3

Notable

Adam Haseley 1-5, 2 K
Cornelius Randolph 1-5, 2 K
Damek Tomscha 1-4, 2 K
Darick Hall 3-4, R, RBI, HR
Deivi Grullon 2-4, 2 R, RBI, HR, K
Jan Hernandez 0-2, 2 BB, 2 K
Drew Stankiewicz 1-3, RBI, BB, 2 K
Heiker Meneses 0-2, 2 K

Connor Seabold (L, 1-3), 6.0 IP, 6H, 3R, 3ER, 1BB, 10K, game score: 63
Seth McGarry 2.0 IP, 2H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 2K

Bradenton Marauders (50-63) @ Clearwater Threshers (65-54) 7:00 pm | Gameday
Evan Piechota (0-4, 5.57) vs. Jerad Eickhoff (0-1, 3.00)

Final
Clearwater 6, Bradenton 1

Notable

Arquimedes Gamboa 2-3, 2 R, RBI, 2B, BB, CS
Mickey Moniak 2-4, R, RBI, 2B, 3B
Henri Lartigue 2-3, 3 RBI, BB
Luke Williams 2-4, R, SB
Kyle Martin 0-4, 2 K
Grenny Cumana 2-4, CS
Kevin Markham 1-2, R, RBI, 2B, 2 BB

Jerad Eickhoff 4.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 3BB, 4K, game score: 60
Ramon Rosso (W, 5-1), 4.0 IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 5K

Lakewood BlueClaws - Off

Williamsport Crosscutters - Off

GCL Phillies East (26-19) @ GCL Yankees West (21-23) 10:00 am | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A

Final
GCL Phillies East 6, GCL Yankees West 2

Notable

Julio Francisco 2-4, R, RBI, BB, SB
Alec Bohm 2-3, 2 RBI
Nicolas Torres 1-5, RBI, 2 K
Logan Simmons 2-4, 2 R, 2 2B, K
James Smith 3-4, 2 R, RBI, 2 2B, K

Victor Santos (W, 5-1), 5.0 IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER, 0BB, 8K, game score: 56
Jose Taveras (H, 1), 1.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K
Mark Potter (H, 3), 2.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 5K

GCL Phillies West - Off

DSL Phillies Red (26-35) @ DSL Yankees (24-37) 10:30 am | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A

Final
DSL Phillies Red 3, DSL Yankees 3

Notable

Wilfredo Flores 1-3, RBI, BB
Juan Carlos Smith 1-3, R, K, SB
Jefferson Encarnacion 1-2, R, BB
Giuseppe Peguero 0-3, 2 K
Victor Alfonso 1-3, 2 RBI
Carlos Hernandez 1-3, R, 2B

Nicoly Pina 4.0 IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 2BB, 6K, game score: 54
Wilberson Liendo 2.0 IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 2K

DSL Brewers (35-27) @ DSL Phillies White (35-27) 10:30 am | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A

Completed Early
DSL Brewers 6, DSL Phillies White 0

Notable

Oscar Gonzalez 1-2, BB

Juan Geraldo (L, 3-4), 5.0 IP, 4H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 3K, game score: 60

(click on the start time for box scores)

[andyb]

GCL East boys up early and scoring runs again. Bohm has the average back to .500.

[schooldoc]

Bohm finishes the day 2-3. A return to Williamsport tomorrow wouldn't surprise me.

[fish]

GCL East boys up early and scoring runs again. Bohm has the average back to .500.

Good gravy. Between Antonio Cabello, Anthony Garcia and Stanley Rosario the yankees have 3 really impressive 17 year olds playing in the GCL.

[andyb]

On the Yankees, both this year and last they signed more top 30 prospects than anybody else. And 4 of the top 12 supposedly both this year and last. It will take years to see if their strategy is better or worse than the Phillies, but they are maxing out the dollars they spend there in a seemingly smart way (and they are signing dozens of lower profile players also).

The Yankees make the most of international signings

[bigegypt0417]

On the Yankees, both this year and last they signed more top 30 prospects than anybody else. And 4 of the top 12 supposedly both this year and last. It will take years to see if their strategy is better or worse than the Phillies, but they are maxing out the dollars they spend there in a seemingly smart way (and they are signing dozens of lower profile players also).

The Yankees make the most of international signings

I think we don't really need to wait years to see if the Phillies strategy works since we have players that are showing it does...the proof is in the performances we're seeing. The Phillies have decided to do something different with their allocation.

[fish]

On the Yankees, both this year and last they signed more top 30 prospects than anybody else. And 4 of the top 12 supposedly both this year and last. It will take years to see if their strategy is better or worse than the Phillies, but they are maxing out the dollars they spend there in a seemingly smart way (and they are signing dozens of lower profile players also).

pinstripealley.com

The Yankees make the most of international signings

For the second straight year, the Yankees signed four of the twelve top international amateur free agents.

I'll give the Phils all the props in the world for their success in finding pitching and catching in the foreign market (Luis Garcia is looking good too). But for some reason the Phils don't usually go after position players that project to be big, physical athletes. Maybe that's just because those guys are the big bonus types, and maybe that's changing - Johan Rojas and Jefferson Encarnacion are 17/16 year old outfielders in the DSL that have some physical projection, but not on the scale of guys like Anthony Garcia and Stanley Rosario. Also like what i'm seeing from 17 year old catcher Arturo De Freitas- we don't usually see that kind of strong hitting line from 17 year olds.

[andyb]

I think we don't really need to wait years to see if the Phillies strategy works since we have players that are showing it does...the proof is in the performances we're seeing. The Phillies have decided to do something different with their allocation.

True and I am not passing judgement on their strategy. They are only spending 80%-90% as much as the Yankees though even before the penalties for signing free agents. That aspect cannot be ignored either.

[bigegypt0417]

Victor Santos has walked 3 batters in 54+ innings.

[baseballoldie]

MM 2/2 with a double and triple so far

[Squire]

Keith Law at the Reading game tonight. This should be depressing

[phillychuck]

Should be positive on Seabold, Hall, and Grullon.

[bigegypt0417]

Grullon has really put together a very good season.

His defensive profile makes it even better.

[Austinfan]

Yes, but he's not a "real" prospect. Doesn't have a glowing BA assessment.
Just ignore the 20 HRs at 22 in AA.

[Squire]

He wasn't. Said Seabold isn't even a back of the rotation guy and that Grullon both is awful defensively and can't hit at all. I love these guys who act like what you actually do in the games doesn't matter.

[nycphils]

Link?

[bigegypt0417]

Yes, but he's not a "real" prospect. Doesn't have a glowing BA assessment.
Just ignore the 20 HRs at 22 in AA.

Well, until recently you didn't think he was a prospect either.

[bigegypt0417]

He wasn't. Said Seabold isn't even a back of the rotation guy and that Grullon both is awful defensively and can't hit at all. I love these guys who act like what you actually do in the games doesn't matter.

I'll just keep thinking about when Law said Soto wasn't even ready for AA and his approach wasn't good enough. Law loves to dig in once he's made a prediction.

[andyb]

If you are referring to me, I have never said that he was not a real prospect like I have said about guys like Meneses, Before this year I thought Grullon was more of a backup catcher prospect unless he showed more offense. This year he has showed more offense though some of his power is due to his home park and his BB/K ratio is not really improved that much. He is more athletically limited than an Alfaro so his ceiling is lower.

I don't think any of that assessment before or now was wrong. I have always liked Grullon and so have the Phillies. I remember arguing for him to be promoted from Lakewood a year earlier than he was because I thought the defense was ready. If I recall you were treating him as a non-prospect when he was 18 or 19 and putting up that typical mediocre Lakewood offensive line.

Assessing Grullon properly requires looking at everything. Performance. Age versus level. Park adjustments. Scouting reports, etc. RIght now he is probably moving up to somewhere in the 10-15 range in our system. Really good year for him though the offense probably needs to be seen at a higher level and in tougher hitting environments to know if it is real.

[bigegypt0417]

If you are referring to me, I have never said that he was not a real prospect like I have said about guys like Meneses,

To be fair...AF only deemed him a prospect about a month ago so it isn't like he's been banging the drum for a long time like some others.

His issue will be if he can sustain this level of offensive production at AAA.