Minor League Games - Tuesday, July 25, 2017

[kikutaro]

Gwinnett Braves (50-51) @ Lehigh Valley IronPigs (63-40) 11:35 am | Gameday
Kevin Matthews (0-0, -.--) vs. Jake Thompson (4-11, 5.36)

Notable

Scott Kingery 2-4, R, K
J.P. Crawford 0-1, R, 3 BB
Rhys Hoskins 0-1, R, 3 BB
Brock Stassi 1-3, R, 5 RBI, HR, K
Matt Williams 1-3, BB
Logan Moore 0-3, BB, 2 K
Dylan Cozens 0-2, 2 K

Yacksel Rios 2.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K, game score: 52
Joey DeNato (W, 1-0), 3.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 3BB, 1K
Pat Venditte 2.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K

Altoona Curve (52-48) @ Reading Fightin Phils (54-46) 7:05 pm | Gameday
Alex McRae (7-4, 3.70) vs. Cole Irvin (4-1, 3.18)

Notable

Damek Tomscha 1-3, 2 K
Malquin Canelo 0-3, 2 K

Cole Irvin 6.0 IP, 5H, 1R, 0ER, 0BB, 4K, game score: 67
Alexis Rivero (L, 4-3), 2.0 IP, 2H, 1R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K

Daytona Tortugas (38-58) @ Clearwater Threshers (52-48) 5:00 pm | Gameday
N/A vs. Jacob Waguespack (6-4, 2.98)

Notable

Jan Hernandez 1-3, R, 3B, K
Zach Green 1-3, 2 K
Derek Campbell 2-3, CS
Jose Pujols 0-3, 2 K

Jacob Waguespack (L, 6-5), 5.0 IP, 6H, 4R, 4ER, 2BB, 7K, game score: 49
Matt Hockenberry 2.0 IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 0K

Daytona Tortugas (39-58) @ Clearwater Threshers (52-49) 3:33 am | Gameday
N/A vs. Harold Arauz (3-1, 1.19)

Notable

Cornelius Randolph 0-4, 2 K
Zach Green 2-2, 2B, BB
Jose Pujols 1-2, BB

Harold Arauz (L, 3-2), 4.0 IP, 10H, 6R, 6ER, 1BB, 3K, game score: 15
Luke Leftwich 3.0 IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K

Lakewood BlueClaws (54-48) @ Charleston RiverDogs (55-46) 12:05 pm | Gameday
Gustavo Armas (1-0, 0.00) vs. Nick Green (6-6, 3.90)

Notable

Daniel Brito 1-5, R, 2 K
Mickey Moniak 2-4, R, 2 K
Luke Williams 0-2, 2 BB
Juan Luis 2-4, R, RBI, HR, K

Gustavo Armas (L, 1-1), 3.2 IP, 9H, 7R, 7ER, 2BB, 1K, game score: 14
Addison Russ 2.1 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K
Ismael Cabrera 2.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K

Auburn Doubledays (13-22) @ Williamsport Crosscutters (19-14) 7:05 pm | Gameday
Ben Braymer (1-0, 2.38) vs. Andrew Brown (2-2, 2.88)

Notable

Nick Maton 1-3, R, BB, K
Jake Scheiner 0-3, 3 K
Adam Haseley 0-3, BB, 2 K
Greg Pickett 2-4, RBI
Jhailyn Ortiz 1-3, 2B, K
Rodolfo Duran 1-3, 2B, BB

Andrew Brown (L, 2-3), 6.0 IP, 6H, 4R, 4ER, 3BB, 5K, game score: 51
Kyle Dohy 2.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 2K

GCL Tigers East (6-16) @ GCL Phillies (13-10) 3:33 am | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A

Notable

Ben Pelletier 1-3, R, 2 K
Lenin Rodriguez 0-1, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB, K
Edwin Rodriguez 2-3, 2 R, 5 RBI, 2 HR, K
Keudy Bocio 0-1, 2 BB, K

Sandro Rosario 3.0 IP, 4H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 4K, game score: 47
Anton Kuznetsov (W, 2-0), 2.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 4K
Oscar Marcelino 2.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K

GCL Phillies (13-10) @ GCL Tigers East (6-16) 11:00 am | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A

Notable

Simon Muzziotti 2-3, RBI, 3B, BB, 2 CS
Quincy Nieporte 2-3, R, 2B, BB
Ben Pelletier 1-4, R, 2B
Kevin Markham 1-3, BB, K
Yahir Gurrola 1-3, R, 2 RBI, BB, SB
D.J. Stewart 1-3, 2B
Kipp Moore 1-3, R, RBI, 2B, K

Manuel Silva (W, 3-0), 5.0 IP, 4H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 3K, game score: 63
Robinson Martinez 2.0 IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 0K

DSL Rangers2 (26-18) @ DSL Phillies White (27-16) 10:30 am | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A

Notable

Julio Francisco 0-3, R, BB, SB
Raymond Mora 2-3, BB
Yerwin Trejo 0-2, 2 BB, K
Alexito Feliz 1-3, 2B
Jose Tortolero 1-4, R, 2B, K
Nicolas Torres 2-4, R, 3B

Bryan Alcala 5.0 IP, 3H, 2R, 0ER, 2BB, 6K, game score: 60
Jean Carlos Valdez 3.0 IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 2BB, 3K
Carlos Salazar (W, 4-0), 1.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K

DSL Phillies Red (20-24) @ DSL Rockies (21-23) 10:30 am | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A

Notable

Juan Aparicio 2-2, 2B
Jose Rivera 0-1, 2 R, 2 BB
Jevi Hernandez 3-4, R, 3 RBI, 2B, 3B, SB
Luis Matos 0-1, 2 BB, K, CS

Antonio Canizales 5.0 IP, 9H, 4R, 4ER, 0BB, 2K, game score: 42
Victor Santos (W, 3-1), 4.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 3K

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Minor League Games - Tuesday, July 25, 2017

[Squire]

Big day. Some day games. Doubleheaders for both FSL and GCL (cross your fingers)

[bigegypt0417]

Big day. Some day games. Doubleheaders for both FSL and GCL (cross your fingers)

It's been a fairly quiet couple of days...

[California_Dreamin]

Big E...quiet??? Its been brutal, 2-8 over the past couple of days and more zero's in the linescores over the past two weeks than spots on a leopard. Usually hitters pick up steam in July but by and large [except at Williamsport] our offense has been terrible over the past couple of weeks in the minors.

[bigegypt0417]

Sorry CD, I don't really care about wins and losses.

I care that the players I want to progress continue to progress.

Wins are a bonus.

[Austinfan]

I think one problem is adjustments, they did a lot of shuffling players the last couple weeks, and some guys (Pullin) are struggling at the next level.
Plus, they started so well the inevitable "regression to the mean" has set in.
There's about 35 games left, plenty of time for some kids to salvage, improve upon their seasons.

Strangely enough, a college oriented draft can hurt that season, and help the next, a lot of college players struggle initially with wood bats, while they're being very conservative with Howard and Seabold, probably to get them comfortable with pitching every 5 days and protecting them from overuse. Next year they'll probably be in the rotation at Lakewood or Clearwater.

[California_Dreamin]

Big E...fair enough but the two are often tied together. When the prospects were hitting and pitching well, the teams were winning. Now several of the prospects have slumped [both at the bat and on the mound] and the Phils are losing at the minor league level.

I understand that if this system had a lot of mercenaries the records wouldn't necessarily matter [I recall that GCL team a few years ago that was very old for the league and dominated the playoffs] but the Phils system is pretty much age appropriate so I believe winning takes on more relevance.

Not end all, be all of course but I still think its important for young players to get used to winning together.

[California_Dreamin]

Thompson scratched today, wonder what happened?

[andyb]

Thompson scratched today, wonder what happened?

Apparently he is headed to Philly as an extra arm after yesterday's rain delayed mostly bullpen game.

[California_Dreamin]

Thanks Andy...we could also speculate that he is coming to replace Neshek or Hellickson on the staff If/When one of them is traded in the next couple of days.

[andyb]

Thanks Andy...we could also speculate that he is coming to replace Neshek or Hellickson on the staff If/When one of them is traded in the next couple of days.

They could easily wait out the afternoon to activate him if they are looking at trades. I wonder if we will see Therrien in the next few days too. Lively would be the next starter back up though obviously we would need to look at the schedule since Thompson can obviously start in the next couple of days if he is needed.

[Squire]

Today's odd stat of the day is Simon Muzzioti who now has 6 triples on the season and only 1 double

[donaldorc]

Big E...fair enough but the two are often tied together. When the prospects were hitting and pitching well, the teams were winning. Now several of the prospects have slumped [both at the bat and on the mound] and the Phils are losing at the minor league level.

Dear friend CD. I have read your posts for many years, and years ago your blog "connecting the dots. . ." You were always the voice of optimism during some awfully dry and depressing years. Lately you have become a much more pessimistic voice, which concerns me. Interesting since it seems to me that the organization has turned to many more positive developments than during the times of desperation. I hope this is a short aberration.

[andyb]

Complex fields are generally not small (don't want to lose too many baseballs!) and he is fast. Plus they typically have fences and not walls, so the balls do not bounce back as much to the outfielders. I have only played in some of the AZ complexes but they were all at least 420' to center and had regular (but relatively tall) fences. Which meant I was running to retrieve a whole bunch of triples over my head...

[LoneStarPhan]

While it is certainly true that the most important thing about the minor league system is developing players for the big club or for trade for needed players, winning is important. It certainly is a good thing for those coming up through the system to learn to win, get use to winning, and to develop an attitude that expects to win.

[Squire]

H. Martinez walk
Kingery out
JP Crawford walk
Hoskins walk
Stassi Grand Slam

[Philsmania]

Big E...fair enough but the two are often tied together. When the prospects were hitting and pitching well, the teams were winning. Now several of the prospects have slumped [both at the bat and on the mound] and the Phils are losing at the minor league level.

Dear friend CD. I have read your posts for many years, and years ago your blog "connecting the dots. . ." You were always the voice of optimism during some awfully dry and depressing years. Lately you have become a much more pessimistic voice, which concerns me. Interesting since it seems to me that the organization has turned to many more positive developments than during the times of desperation. I hope this is a short aberration.

I've seen CD becoming a convert to the VFK school of thinking.

[donaldorc]

've seen CD becoming a convert to the VFK school of thinking.

[Austinfan]

Looks like Hoskins has finally figured out if they won't pitch to you, just take the free base. 3 BB in 3 AB, either the pitchers are wild or that's respect!

Manuel Silva in the GCL is listed at 6'2 145. Of course, that was age 16. Something tells me we're going to be readng two years from now about his 4 MPH jump in velocity after he filled out to 190 lbs.

[bigegypt0417]

Looks like Hoskins has finally figured out if they won't pitch to you, just take the free base. 3 BB in 3 AB, either the pitchers are wild or that's respect!

Or that's anecdote and SSS

JP and Hoskins are tied for the organizational lead in walks.