Minor League Games - May 24th, 2023

[Squire]

AAA: Buffalo at Lehigh Valley (LHP Michael Plassmeyer) - 6:45PM
AA: Harrisburg at Reading (RHP Seth McGarry) - 6:45PM
High A: Jersey Shore (RHP Alex Garbrick) at Aberdeen - 5:05PM
High A: Jersey Shore (TBD) at Aberdeen - Game 2
Low A: Clearwater (TBD) at St. Lucie - 11:00AM

Rolling Scores Here - https://www.milb.com/scores/2023-05-24/all/all/phillies

Rolling Boxes Here - https://www.mlb.com/prospects/stats/affiliates?teamId=143&date=05/24/2023

[phillychuck]

Here is a line I never thought I would read in a Phillies' minor league summary:

"Casey Martin had four hits (three singles & double, also walked). Kendall Simmons had three hits (two singles & triple). "

Full recap:

5/23/23 : Minor League Roundup

De La Cruz's HR was mammoth. In the complex league, there was an encouraging report on Bergolla, "Shortstop William Bergolla continues to shine, today he went three for five with two singles, a double, a run scored and an RBI."

[andyb]

Martin will almost certainly get a look at AA at some point this year. From all reports he has made himself a pretty good defensive SS the last couple of years even when his offense struggled more. He is kind of where Dalton Guthrie was in the system at a similar age and he is better defensively.

Still a longshot as this is his 3rd try at High A. Walk rate is up and the K rate is pretty constant. And maybe there is a bit more power hidden by Jersey Shore. Both he and Simmons are too old though. Need to see what they have (and clear room for Lee to play every day in the infield once he is healthy again).

Crawford with a nice catch here:

Phillies first round pick Justin Crawford goes full extension — and thankfully doesn’t hurt himself — for a diving catch to give Wen Hui Pan a scoreless sixth inning pic.twitter.com/LvZfmVyFn5

— Mitch Rupert ( @Mitch_Rupert ) May 23, 2023

And a little Bryan Rincon here who has been playing really well of late. Often leading off and showing some power and speed at a pretty young age.

Bryan Rincon goes 101 mph off the bat up the alley for an RBI triple for Clearwater. He gets home to third in 11.78 seconds pic.twitter.com/REQJjs0KLN

— Mitch Rupert ( @Mitch_Rupert ) May 23, 2023

[Austinfan]

Simmons is more exciting than Matin, more raw skill - if he's turned it around.
He was always a project (similar to Baylor).
Martin was a college player who shouldn't need 3 years in A ball.

[Squire]

FSL Player of the Week is SS Bryan Rincon. Also just FYI he has the highest OPS among qualifying SS in the FSL

https://twitter.com/Threshers/status/1661382835716980738

[andyb]

Threshers win again (31-10) 6-2. And this was without much of their "A" lineup (Crawford, Rincones, Boyd, and Dissin all sat).

[Austinfan]

Clearwater is dominating, which is a good sign, since this team is weighted toward younger players.
Be interesting to see the FCL team this year, if it plays well over .500 that bodes well for the farm reorganization.
Still would take 2-3 years for any improvement to work it's way "through the snake."

Player getting overlooked is Cade Fergus, who had an awful start but has hit well since - has been called the best defensive OF in the organization, which is saying something given the competition.

[andyb]

Clearwater age is almost exactly average for the FSL so they are not super young. There are definitely some younger players there and a few good prospects, but it is also not the type of team that is dominating while being much younger than the league.

Not sure I would put much stock in Fergus who is a year old for the level and has holes in his swing. Nice organizational player who has decent tools but that is probably it.

[Austinfan]

He's really turned it around, and his defense is supposedly elite - that kind of defense doesn't require a great bat, anything approaching RC 100 makes him a solid starter.

Just sayin' he bears watching, if they fixed his swing there might be something there.
It's time for this organization to start turning suspects into prospects, instead of prospects into suspects!

[RTaylor]

McGarry threw 56 pitches, 4 shutout innings.

[fish]

FSL Player of the Week is SS Bryan Rincon. Also just FYI he has the highest OPS among qualifying SS in the FSL

After you see how skinny Crawford and Boyd are, Rincon’s solid build sticks out a bit.

[andyb]

Jake Cave 3 hits and another HR (hard to remember what day it is because he has kind of done that the last half dozen games).
McGarry 4 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K - 56 pitches. His best outing so far.
Marcus Lee Sang 5-8, 2B, 3B, 5 RBI, SB
Casey Martin 2-5, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB
Kerkering 1 IP, 0 H, 1 BB, 2 K