A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Last Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight 1B Darick Hall It wasn’t a good last two weeks of the season for Hall, who finished up his worst minor league season as the most prolific home run hitter in the history of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. Hall hit 76 home runs in 410 games with the Phillies AAA … Read more
Each year the Phillies honor one pitcher and one hitter (with some occasional small exceptions) with the Paul Owens Award as the best hitting and pitching performance of the year. It is not always the best prospect, but you can see below that sometimes the best prospect, particularly hitter just also is the best performer. … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight C Kehden Hettiger 5-14 1 2B 1 3B 2 H 4 BB 3 K .357/.500/1.000 Hettiger has had a rough season. This last little stretch has him over .200 for the first time this season, now at a .208/.364/.339 line on the season. He has been kept … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Raylin Heredia 16 PA 5-15 1 3B 2 HR 8 RBI 1 BB 3 K 1 SB A year ago I over-ranked Heredia on my midseason list. He was in his age 19 season and had laid waste to the FCL to the tune of .326/.415/.532 … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule #completion of suspended game *double header This Week’s Schedule #completion of suspended game Hitter Spotlight 2B/SS William Bergolla 10-21 2 2B 1 HR 2 BB 2 K 1 SB As part of the BlueClaws barrage on the Greensboro park this year, Bergolla hit his first home run of his career and had … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule *Part of a Doubleheader This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight SS Bryan Rincon 6-18 2 2B 2 BB 7 K 2 SB It wasn’t a particularly stunning week for Bryan Rincon, but it was a step in the right direction for a player who entered the week hitting .140/.308/.220. He has looked passive … Read more