AAA: Lehigh Valley (RHP David Buchanan) at Norfolk - 12:05PMAA: Reading (RHP Efrain Contreras) at Richmond - 5:05PMAA: Reading (LHP Lachlan Wells) at Richmond - Game 2High A: Jersey Shore (RHP Estibenzon Jimenez) at Hudson Valley - 6:35PMLow A: Daytona at Clearwater (TBD) - 4:00PMLow A: Daytona at Clearwater (TBD) - Game 2Rookie: FCL Phillies (TBD) at FCL Yankees - 12 Noon
Rolling Scores Here - https://www.milb.com/scores/2024-05-16/all/all/phillies
Rolling Boxes Here - https://www.mlb.com/prospects/stats/affiliates?teamId=143&date=05/16/2024
Top of the FCL lineup having a good first few innings. Guillermo Rosario with his first home run. He is the "other" catcher besides Tait among the better prospects on the team.
Bryan Rincon gets us on the board with a 2-run home run in the 6th! pic.twitter.com/uazOKdIdG2— Jersey Shore BlueClaws ( @BlueClaws ) May 15, 2024
Bryan Rincon gets us on the board with a 2-run home run in the 6th! pic.twitter.com/uazOKdIdG2
Tait with a 3 hit game today.
Everyone except Caba with at least a hit so far. 2nd HR for Rosario. 19-0 at the moment.
Marchan with a rehab start for the Threshers today
He caught Tuesday and was in the lineup at DH yesterday before it rained out. If all goes well he should be back at Lehigh Valley in a couple of weeks at least. Our depth at catcher in the upper minors is pretty thin so far this year.
A little bit of offense from the young crew today!
Tait might be trade bait at the deadline. If he is not good enough at any position, we are good at DH here for a while as you figure after Schwarber is gone, Harper probably becomes the DH.
We don't exactly have any obvious catching solutions after JT so I would hang onto Tait if at all possible. There is nothing to suggest defensively that Tait can't stay at catcher. They are just sharing playing time with multiple players at GCL. Rosario is a lesser prospect but still good enough that he has to play catcher also.