Minor League Games - Wednesday, July 25, 2018

[kikutaro]

Gwinnett Stripers (48-54) @ Lehigh Valley IronPigs (61-40) 11:35 am | Gameday
Touki Toussaint (2-0, 1.77) vs. Drew Anderson (undefined-undefined, )

Final
Gwinnett 5, Lehigh Valley 0

Notable

Dean Anna 1-3, BB
Ryan Goins 0-4, 2 K
Aaron Altherr 0-3, BB, 2 K
Dylan Cozens 0-2, 2 BB, K, SB
Adron Chambers 0-3, 2 K

Tom Eshelman (L, 1-9), 6.0 IP, 6H, 2R, 2ER, 3BB, 5K, game score: 51
Mark Leiter Jr. 2.0 IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 0BB, 1K

New Hampshire Fisher Cats (56-44) @ Reading Fightin Phils (48-54) 12:15 pm | Gameday
Tayler Saucedo (2-1, 4.37) vs. Ranfi Casimiro (4-2, 4.15)

Final
New Hampshire 5, Reading 2

Notable

Damek Tomscha 1-4, R, RBI, HR
Darick Hall 1-4, 2B, 2 K
Jan Hernandez 1-3, R, RBI, HR, K

Ranfi Casimiro 6.0 IP, 5H, 2R, 0ER, 0BB, 3K, game score: 57
Luke Leftwich (L, 0-4), 1.2 IP, 0H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 3K

Clearwater Threshers (51-49) @ St. Lucie Mets (39-59) 10:30 am | Gameday
McKenzie Mills (1-4, 3.71) vs. David Peterson (2-5, 6.00)

Final
Clearwater 6, St. Lucie 3

Notable

Jose Gomez 1-5, SB
Mickey Moniak 1-3, R, 2 RBI
Henri Lartigue 1-4, R, 2B, 2 K
Jose Pujols 4-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 2B, HR
Luke Williams 1-4, 2 K, CS
Raul Rivas 1-5, RBI, 2B, 2 K
Gabriel Lino 1-4, 2 K
Kevin Markham 3-4, 2 R, 2 2B

McKenzie Mills (W, 1-4), 6.0 IP, 6H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 3K, game score: 62
Grant Dyer (H, 3), 1.0 IP, 2H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 0K
Jonathan Hennigan (H, 2), 1.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 0K
Addison Russ (S, 4), 1.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K

Greensboro Grasshoppers (48-53) @ Lakewood BlueClaws (62-39) 11:05 am | Gameday
N/A vs. Spencer Howard (6-7, 4.50)

Final
Lakewood 7, Greensboro 5

Notable

Dalton Guthrie 0-4, 3 K
Simon Muzziotti 2-4, R, 2B, SB
Jhailyn Ortiz 1-4, R, 2 RBI, HR, 2 K
Nick Maton 2-3, 2 R, 3B, BB
Matt Vierling 2-4, R, RBI
Gregori Rivero 1-3, R, 2 RBI, 2B, K

Spencer Howard 5.1 IP, 3H, 3R, 3ER, 3BB, 10K, game score: 61
Luis Cedeno (BS, 1)(W, 1-2), 1.2 IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 3BB, 2K
Connor Brogdon (S, 3), 2.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 3K

Williamsport Crosscutters (15-22) @ Vermont Lake Monsters (17-21) 7:05 pm | Gameday
Ethan Lindow (1-1, 2.43) vs. Chase Cohen (1-1, 6.94)

Completed Early
Williamsport 9, Vermont 2

Notable

Madison Stokes 1-3, R, RBI, 2B, BB, K
Edwin Rodriguez 1-3, 3 RBI, 2B, 2 K
Ben Pelletier 2-4, R, 2B, 2 K
Ben Aklinski 1-4, R, 2 K
Seth Lancaster 0-2, R, 2 BB, 2 K
Jesus Henriquez 2-2, 2 R, RBI, BB

Ethan Lindow (W, 1-1), 5.2 IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER, 2BB, 4K, game score: 58

GCL Phillies East (16-13) @ GCL Tigers East (12-15) 12:00 pm | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A
(postponed: rain)

Postponed
GCL Phillies East , GCL Tigers East

GCL Braves (12-16) @ GCL Phillies West (15-13) 12:00 pm | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A

Final
GCL Braves 9, GCL Phillies West 4

Notable

Luis Garcia 3-4, 2 R, CS
Abrahan Gutierrez 2-4, RBI, 2B
D.J. Stewart 2-4, R, 2 RBI
Stoney O'Brien 1-3, RBI, BB

Antonio Canizales (L, 1-4), 0.2 IP, 5H, 7R, 1ER, 0BB, 1K, game score: 14
Ethan Evanko 3.1 IP, 6H, 2R, 2ER, 2BB, 2K
Adam Cox 2.0 IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 3K
Alex Garcia 2.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 3BB, 3K

DSL Phillies Red (18-27) @ DSL Cardinals Blue (31-13) 10:30 am | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A

Final
DSL Cardinals Blue 12, DSL Phillies Red 3

Notable

Wilfredo Flores 2-4, RBI, K, CS
Giuseppe Peguero 0-3, BB, 2 K
Johan Rojas 3-4, 2B
Freddy Francisco 2-4, R, 2B
Christopher Duran 1-3, R, SB

Jordi Martinez (L, 0-3), 4.1 IP, 9H, 7R, 6ER, 0BB, 8K, game score: 35
Jose Palacio 2.2 IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 5K

DSL Cardinals Red (25-19) @ DSL Phillies White (26-17) 10:30 am | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A

Final
DSL Phillies White 9, DSL Cardinals Red 4

Notable

Jevi Hernandez 1-3, 2 R, 2 BB
Carlos Mendoza 3-5, R
Mani Boekhoudt 2-5, R, K
Cesar Rodriguez 1-3, R, RBI, 2B, BB
Raymond Mora 1-4, 2 R, 2B, 2 K
Oscar Gonzalez 2-4, R, RBI
Wilbert Garcia 2-3, R, 3 RBI, HR, BB, K

Dalvin Rosario (W, 4-3), 6.2 IP, 4H, 4R, 2ER, 3BB, 7K, game score: 55

(click on the start time for box scores)

[phillychuck]

4 day games in the full-season leagues. Lots of early results today for us to peruse...

[bigegypt0417]

Moniak 1 for 3 with 2 RBI's
Pujols 4 for 5 with a HR 2 RBI's

Clearwater wins 6-3

Jhailyn Ortiz with a 2R HR

[tom81]

Quinn didn’t play in the LV game tiday. Meeting the big club in Philly for the flight to Cincy?

[phillychuck]

Pujols not only had the HR, he had 2 doubles, too. If he could have stretched one he'd have hit for the cycle.

Maton, Vierling, and Muzzotti all with 2-hit games for Lakewood.

Haseley with an 0/4 Doesn't like day games?

Randolph 1/1 as a PH.

[bigegypt0417]

Haseley with an 0/4 Doesn't like day games?

All 4 AB's against lefties. Something he'll need to work on.

[California_Dreamin]

I saw that Quinn didn't play and immediately came to the conclusion that one of two things happened...1] he got hurt again or 2] he is joining the big club in Cincinnati. Hope its #2.

[zambonir]

He could just have a day off in an 11am game after a night game when he's still working his way back. That said, surely he is heading to Ohio over Cozens. Only other possibility is a trade. But it seems like they are waiting until Friday and might go with the short bench again tomorrow. They optioned Anderson already but that would just be for Suarez.

[California_Dreamin]

zambonir...hope Quinn is OK, he could offer so much to the big club. One other thing I noticed at Reading. Hernandez caught a fly ball to end the 8th and was then replaced defensively in the ninth. Does anyone know if he got hurt catching the fly ball [diving, running into the fence?] He, Pujols and Grullon are 3 guys who have really helped themselves prospect wise this year and I would like all 3 to finish the season strong and healthy.

[Austinfan]

Garcia, LA big bonus baby, hitting .400 in GCL at 17.
And the Braves catcher is doing well.
Ortiz another dinger, suddenly LA is looking very, very good.

[andyb]

Phoulballz on our Long Island GCL guys, Ben Brown and Logan O'Hoppe:

GCL hurler Brown dazzles with 16 strike out effort

Young catcher O'Hoppe making a splash in rookie ball

[Austinfan]

If this is true, "Brown, whose repertoire features a (usually) 92-94 MPH fastball, a curve ball and a change up," then our development staff has struck again, taking a 88-90 FB to 92-94 within a year or so.

[andyb]

No indication that is true. The report from GCL was more 89-91. All young pitchers (especially tall ones) tend to pick up velocity. It is no giant victory for the development staff other than a reminder of why it is good to invest in a few projectable pitchers every year (and spend some money in the draft to get them).

[fish]

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No indication that is true. The report from GCL was more 89-91. All young pitchers (especially tall ones) tend to pick up velocity. It is no giant victory for the development staff other than a reminder of why it is good to invest in a few projectable pitchers every year (and spend some money in the draft to get them).

I’m not going to anoint him as the next big thing, but it is pretty impressive to get that kind of improvement and performance from an 18 year old 32nd round pick. Interesting thing they have going on there in Long Island.

[California_Dreamin]

Hard to believe but a year later, MacKenzie Mills wins his first game as a member of the Phillies organization. He came in a trade from Washington last July with a gaudy 12-2 record and some promise of being a decent prospect. Finally, he won his first game yesterday though he has been pitching well for a month now.

[bigegypt0417]

No indication that is true. The report from GCL was more 89-91. All young pitchers (especially tall ones) tend to pick up velocity. It is no giant victory for the development staff other than a reminder of why it is good to invest in a few projectable pitchers every year (and spend some money in the draft to get them).

LOL

There is nothing this development staff can do that would be to their credit...it seems that when good players end up here it's just all some good luck and zero skill.

[bigegypt0417]

Cornelius Randolph has been pretty good over the last month but really good the last couple of weeks...slash line over the last month.

.282 .382 .379 .761

20k's and 21 walks in that time.

For July

.362 .457 .493 .950

[allentown]

If he can be a consistent .950 OPS, that will certainly be sufficient. The .761 OPS is clearly inadequate. He is limited to corner OF/1b and isn't a plus defender at any position, so his bat will have to be exceptional for him to make it. Let's hope that he has turned a corner, rather than this simply being a brief hot streak.

[allentown]

The development staff has done an exceptionally good job with projectable skinny pitchers. Our medical staff hasn't always been their most effective friend.

[andyb]

There is nothing this development staff can do that would be to their credit...it seems that when good players end up here it's just all some good luck and zero skill.

The comment was in response to a comment that suggested our development staff magically added 4-6 mph to a pitcher from a poster who often criticizes the importance of signing HS pitchers. I am all for signing projectable HS pitchers. And spending to our international pool max to do the same with international projectable pitchers. But I also have a realistic view that what the Phillies do is not magic. It is scouting paired with development. There is not lots of evidence we are better at development than anyone else. We tend to do better when we devote the resources into signing better players.

New developments like 2 GCL teams are an improvement. Spending to the max in the draft (and doing more $100K bonuses rather than $5K bonuses to college seniors is also a little bit of an improvement. It is not magic though. It is money and other resources that do this. And we also should not think that whatever the Phillies is doing is special. I have no idea if our development people now are better than 5 or 10 years ago. They are getting more money (and thus better players). But are we better at actual development? No clue on that.