Minor League Games - Wednesday, August 22, 2018

[kikutaro]

Lehigh Valley IronPigs (76-52) @ Syracuse Chiefs (56-72) 6:35 pm | Gameday
Ranger Suárez (2-0, 2.92) vs. Austin Voth (4-8, 4.57)

Final
Syracuse 7, Lehigh Valley 3

Notable

J.P. Crawford 0-4, BB, 3 K
Aaron Altherr 1-5, 2 K
Mitch Walding 0-3, BB, 3 K, SB
Joey Meneses 1-3, R, 2B, BB
Dylan Cozens 0-3, BB, 2 K
Collin Cowgill 1-3, R, BB, 2 K
Logan Moore 1-4, R, 2 RBI, HR, K
Ranger Suarez 1-2, 2B, BB, K

Ranger Suarez 6.0 IP, 6H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 3K, game score: 64
Jeff Singer (H, 1)(L, 0-1), 1.0 IP, 3H, 4R, 4ER, 2BB, 0K
Tom Windle (BS, 3), 1.0 IP, 2H, 2R, 1ER, 1BB, 2K

Trenton Thunder (68-59) @ Reading Fightin Phils (60-65) 7:15 pm | Gameday
Jonathan Loaisiga (3-1, 4.15) vs. Tyler Viza (2-4, 3.28)

Game Over (End 9)
Trenton 8, Reading 7

Notable

Adam Haseley 3-4, 3 R, RBI, HR, BB
Cornelius Randolph 2-3, 2 RBI, 2B, 2 BB
Darick Hall 0-3, R, 2 BB, 2 K
Jose Pujols 2-5, R, 3 RBI, HR, K
Malquin Canelo 0-4, 2 K

Tyler Viza 6.2 IP, 4H, 2R, 2ER, 2BB, 3K, game score: 65
Kyle Dohy (L, 1-4), 0.2 IP, 0H, 3R, 3ER, 3BB, 0K
Seth McGarry (BS, 3), 0.2 IP, 1H, 3R, 3ER, 3BB, 0K

Dunedin Blue Jays (63-64) @ Clearwater Threshers (70-56) 7:00 pm | Gameday
Maverik Buffo (3-3, 5.66) vs. David Parkinson (2-0, 1.17)

Final
Clearwater 5, Dunedin 4

Notable

Mickey Moniak 2-4, R, K
Henri Lartigue 0-3, R, BB, 2 K
Luke Williams 0-3, 2 K
Raul Rivas 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B, HR
Jose Gomez 2-3, RBI, K

David Parkinson 5.0 IP, 5H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 2K, game score: 55
Jonathan Hennigan (BS, 1), 1.0 IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 0K
Trevor Bettencourt (H, 3), 2.0 IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K
Addison Russ (BS, 1)(W, 4-0), 1.0 IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 2K

Lakewood BlueClaws - Off

State College Spikes (32-32) @ Williamsport Crosscutters (26-37) 7:05 pm | Gameday
Franyel Casadilla (4-1, 1.59) vs. Manuel Silva (1-5, 3.04)

Final
State College 6, Williamsport 1

Notable

Jesus Henriquez 0-4, RBI, 2 K
Rafael Marchan 0-4, 2 K
Jake Holmes 0-4, 2 K
Brayan Gonzalez 0-3, 2 K
Seth Lancaster 1-2, R, 2B, BB

Manuel Silva (L, 1-5), 6.0 IP, 4H, 2R, 1ER, 3BB, 8K, game score: 64
Austin Ross 2.0 IP, 3H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 4K

GCL Tigers East (24-27) @ GCL Phillies East (30-22) 12:00 pm | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A

Final
GCL Phillies East 2, GCL Tigers East 0

Notable

Edgar Made 0-3, R, BB, 2 K
Jack Zoellner 0-3, R, BB, 2 K, SB
Carlos De La Cruz 0-3, RBI, 2 K
Logan Simmons 2-2, RBI

Dominic Pipkin 4.0 IP, 4H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K, game score: 58
Alejandro Made (W, 4-2), 2.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 2K
Brian Auerbach (S, 3), 2.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K

GCL Phillies West (29-23) @ GCL Braves (21-30) 10:00 am | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A

Final
GCL Phillies West 13, GCL Braves 9

Notable

Yerwin Trejo 3-5, 2 R, SB, CS
Luis Garcia 2-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2B
Abrahan Gutierrez 2-4, 3 R, 3 RBI, 2B, BB, SB
Stoney O'Brien 1-3, R, RBI, 2 BB, K
Logan O'Hoppe 1-3, RBI, 2B, 2 BB
Trent Bowles 1-5, R, 4 RBI, HR, K, SB
D.J. Stewart 1-4, 2 R, BB
Luis Rojas 2-5, 2 R, 2 K

Kyle Glogoski (W, 4-0), 5.0 IP, 7H, 3R, 3ER, 1BB, 5K, game score: 50
Junior Tejada 2.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K

DSL Phillies Red (29-39) @ DSL Angels (21-48) 10:30 am | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A

Final
DSL Phillies Red 6, DSL Angels 0

Notable

Wilfredo Flores 2-5, 2 K
Johan Rojas 1-4, R, RBI, 2B, BB, CS
Wilson Valdez 2-5, 2 R, RBI, K, SB
Juan Carlos Smith 1-5, 2B, K
Jefferson Encarnacion 3-4, R, BB, K
Victor Alfonso 1-4, 2 RBI, 2B, BB
Freddy Barreto 2-5, R

Jose Palacio (W, 3-2), 6.0 IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 5K, game score: 75
Wilberson Liendo (S, 1), 3.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 2K

DSL D-backs2 (22-47) @ DSL Phillies White (38-31) 10:30 am | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A

Final
DSL Phillies White 10, DSL D-backs2 0

Notable

Jose Cedeno 0-2, R, SB
Cesar Rodriguez 1-3, R, 2 BB
Oscar Gonzalez 2-3, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB
Juan Herrera 2-5, 2 R, RBI, 2 SB
Wilbert Garcia 1-4, R, 2 RBI, BB, K, 2 SB
Mani Boekhoudt 1-3, R, RBI, 2 K
Ellian Rondon 1-4, 2 RBI, K
Albert Jerez 1-2, R, 2 BB, CS

Israel Puello 4.0 IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 7K, game score: 67
Sergio Sanchez (W, 4-0), 2.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 2BB, 2K
Alexis Herrera 2.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 4K

(click on the start time for box scores)

[Squire]

Happy 20th to Ben Pelletier who is now 3rd in the NY-Penn League OPS standings.

[phillychuck]

Jaren Duran (Red Sox), is a year and a half older than Pelletier and will not qualify in the NYPL since he's been promoted, so the #2 guy isn't going to be "ahead" of him for long. The #1 guy, Tyler Freeman, is younger than Pelletier and plays SS, and he's 100 OPS points ahead of him. Don't know why the Indians haven't bumped him up yet, but it might be that he's working on defensive skills at that level. Freeman was a CompBalance pick for the Indians (#71 overall), and Duran was a 7th rounder (perhaps a diamond in the rough). Regardless, Pelletier should be considered a strong prospect given his age, performance, and the Phils' high regard for him (he hits cleanup for the Cutters).

I think that because Pelletier was injured at the start of the year his value has been discounted since we sort of forgot about him for a while. He also started slowly after the injury, so he was off the radar because of that, too.

His August OPS is .975 and he has a pretty heavy reverse platoon split right now. How good will he be if he learns to hit lefties??

[andyb]

It would be fun to throw out this lineup:

CF - Trejo (389 OBP)
SS - Garcia (911 OPS)
C - Aparicio (935 OPS)
1B - O'Brien (900+ OPS) - Could put Rixon Taylor-Wingrove in if you wanted all younger players but really O'Brien and Zoellner have been the best 1Bs
DH - O'Hoppe (929 OPS)
2B - Torres (345 OBP)
RF - De La Cruz (6 HR)
LF - Smith (822 OPS) - Again the older player would deserve to start
3B - DJ Stewart or Logan Simmons

No good place to put Gutierrez as the 3rd catcher.
Starters: Santos, Pipkin, Glogoski, Brown, Vargas

[phillychuck]

Pipkin a nice start for East; Lively on in relief.

Simmons 2/2 with an RBI.

Awesome morning in the DSL...I'm waiting on Andy's year-end DSL review because we seem to be running out almost all 17 and 18-year-olds this year, and they're holding their own. I don't know which ones are real prospects...

[Squire]

Rookie Ball Sweep this morning (4-0 in DSL and GCL)

[nycphils]

Luis Garcia continuing to tear it up for GCL West with 2more hits, including a 2B...would they ever push him all the way to Lakewood next year?

[andyb]

Assuming he has a good instructional league and winter I would push Garcia to Lakewood. Garcia, Brayan Gonzalez (2B) and Jonathan Guzman could share the playing time in the middle infield. Guzman is a true SS but probably should play both positions because rule number 1 of prospect development is that the best prospects take priority.

Which means Garcia starts 110 games at SS. And Guzman fills in at both SS and 2B. Maybe 2B is more of a 50-50 playing time split with Gonzalez. Freddy Galvis made Lakewood at age 18 and Garcia is a much better prospect than Galvis and also seems much more likely to be able to handle it offensively. The system is deeper now of course, but Garcia is really the first top SS prospect we have had since Crawford 5 years ago.

[teabag259]

Haseley 2/3 with a HR.

Randolph 2/3.

Moniak 2/4.

Crawford 0/4 with 3Ks.

[phillychuck]

Middle infield is going to be seriously crowded in the low minors, since Nick Torres and Christian Valerio also appear to be prospects who might jump to the Sally League.

[Philsmania]

I'm beginning to wonder about those elimination/magic numbers posted on MiLB.com. Pigs lost yet two games were shaved off their magic number which now stands at two. If MiLB is correct, the Pigs can clinch the IL Northern Division as soon as Friday when they host second place SWB.

Meanwhile, with the win, the Threshers get their magic number into single digits (9).

[phillychuck]

Reading bullpen explodes for what seems like the 20th or 30th time this season and they lose 8-7 despite a 3/4 night from Haseley and another Pujols HR. Randolph was 2/3 with a walk.

Moniak went 2/4 in the CLW win with a double. GW HR from little known 3B Rivas (whose OPS is under 600, but he's only 21).

[schooldoc]

I was at the GCL East game today at the Complex with my buddy and his 7-year-old son. Can't promise good scouting reports here but can share an observation or three.

Pipkin was upper 80's/low 90's for the most part with the FB but did touch 95 on one FB way up & in to a RH batter. He has the pre-2018 Jacob deGrom thing going on with the hair coming out from underneath the cap.

The Phils P who seemed to pop the mitts the most for me was Alejandro Made. It made me sneak a peek at the guns, and he was hitting 93 mph.

Carlos De La Cruz certainly is a big fella, a little awkwardly so for my taste. His K's were on sliders, low and away.

Victor Santos was very nice to my friend's son, playing with him and talking with him a little as he watched the game. I wish my 5 years of high school Spanish went a little further with him than it did.

Sixto Sanchez was in & out of the clubhouse a couple times, coming out to sit behind the plate & talk with some of the Latino GCL pitchers sitting there. He looks bigger in the upper body to me than I remember from the past. I believe he is throwing bullpens & live BP now--probably very close to a return to games, if they want him to. I'm not sure the Phils are in much of a hurry on that though.

[bigegypt0417]

Adam Haseley has really put together a very good season considering how bad of a start he had.

[saycheese]

Seen Haseley play several times now and I think he is a legit prospect. Smooth advanced swing, good eye at the plate (Which is hard to sometimes see in the minors with the umpires being inconsistent), can run pretty well and is good defensively. It would not surprise me if he is challenging at the MLB level in Spring training next year. Especially if the team wants to move on from Herrera.

[teabag259]

But Keith Law said he was terrible with an awful swing!