Several years ago, a key concern of many Phillies fans was the left handed heavy lineup. To be honest, I think the problem was a bit overblown; Chase Utley, Ryan Howard and Raul Ibanez (after replacing Pat Burrell) were the only everyday left handed batters, Jimmy Rollins and Shane Victorino were both better batting right [More...]
Lehigh Valley started the week by losing three in a row and only scoring two runs over the three games, but their fortunes changed as they won three straight to close the week. The IronPigs had to deal with a lot of roster turnover with a lot of players moving up and down or in [More...]
Lehigh Valley started May with a 4-1 week that included a sweep of Syracuse and series win against Charlotte. They’re now just a game back of division leading Pawtucket. Domonic Brown missed a few games with an injury, but he returned Sunday with a two RBI pinch hit triple. With the exception of Dave Bush [More...]
Now that a month in the books, small sample sizes aren’t as small anymore, and stats are becoming a little more meaningful. There is still plenty of time for a bad season to get better or vice versa, but the season is taking shape. Lakewood is the only affiliate currently under .500, and they’re not [More...]
People will spend a lot of time talking about Trevor May, and for good reason. He’s the organization’s top prospect and off to a great start. Cesar Hernandez has also had a promising start to the season after a rough year in Clearwater, but prospect followers were already well aware of him. Instead of looking [More...]
A 2-4 week has landed Lehigh Valley second in their division behind the Pawtucket Red Sox. They’ll return home this week to start a homestand against Buffalo after just splitting a four game series with the Mets affiliate last week. Domonic Brown sat a game after going hitless in the previous two, but he still [More...]
We’re over two weeks into the minor league season, so stats are getting close enough to be an adequate sample size to evaluate. With the Phillies off to a sluggish start that has fans wondering if the team’s best days are behind them, it’s a good time to look at some of the players that [More...]
Last Thursday, the Phillies announced that Pat Burrell will sign a ceremonial one-day contract so he can officially retire as a member of the team (Ruben Amaro initially offered a three day contract, but that was deemed unnecessary.) He’ll be honored the weekend of May 18-20 against the Red Sox close to 12 years after [More...]
Lehigh Valley is off to a strong 9-3 start, putting them three games up on second place Pawtucket. There probably won’t be too much resistance from their division this season. This is in spite of a putrid offense that ranks 9th out of 14 in runs scored and last in OPS. Dom Brown started slowly, [More...]
Continued from Part 1: the Upper Levels… Clearwater Threshers Rotation: Clearwater’s rotation rivals Reading’s, and they may even have more depth. Brody Colvin returns after a poor season, and he needs to have a good year to get back on track. 2010 first rounder Jesse Biddle joins him and has to avoid the sophomore slump [More...]