Williamsport Trip Day 1 (7/7/17): Larger Than Life

Since I started this adventure to be a scout two years ago I have attended at least one game at all but one facility the Phillies are affiliated with. This weekend, that has changed as I can now scratch Williamsport off the list finally. And when I made the nearly three hour trek to the … Read more

Scotty Jetpax Blasts Off and Other Minor Thoughts From Allentown (6/26/17)

In the last five weeks, we have seen Phillies 2B Cesar Hernandez suffer an oblique injury and AAA 2B Jesmuel Valentin have shoulder surgery, shutting down his season. Meanwhile, down in Reading, Scott Kingery continued to rake. All of Phillies nation has been clamoring for a while now that he should get the call-up to … Read more

Valentin Injured, LHV Rotation, and Other Moves

I am sorry I have not written as much as I used to. A big thanks to Jeff for taking over the draft previews. Some things happened in the last week and I want to write about current events the way I used to write about current events. Jesmuel Valentin to Have Surgery for Shoulder … Read more

Minor Thoughts March 3, 2017

They finally put a game on TV, so I have some thoughts about some players. Specifically 3 players. Rhys Hoskins worked 3 full counts in his 4 trips to the plate today. He also fouled off a bunch of pitches in those at bats in addition to the 3-2 counts. He ended up going 0-3 … Read more

Minor Thoughts February 28, 2017

We won’t be getting one of these tomorrow as the Rays have not yet moved into the 21st century. The pitching was not great as Pivetta was stymied by a combination of poor command and bad defense. The same would plague Elniery Garcia, who was once again 91-93 with his fastball and broke off some … Read more