Minor League Update 7/17 - 7/23

AAA Scranton-WB

• Michael Bourn: 7-28, 2B, 6 R, 5 BB, 2 SB (8), 7 K, OF assist
• Carlos Ruiz: 10-24, 2 HR (9), 3 2B, 10 RBI, 7 R, 7 BB, 2 HBP, 4 K, CS (3), PB (4)
• Chris Roberson: 7-29, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 5 R, 4 BB, 4 SB (19), 2 CS (9), 5 K, OF assist, E (7)
• Josh Kroeger: 2-22, 3B, 2B, RBI, 2 R, 6 K, OF assist
• Danny Sandoval: 5-28, 2B, 3 RBI, 3 R, 2 BB, 3 K, E (14)
• Brennan King: 6-30, 2 HR (11), 4 RBI, 4 R, BB, 7 K, 2 E (13)

First off, superb week for Carlos Ruiz, decent week for Mike Bourn, and dismal week for Josh Kroeger...

Scranton had a mid-week series against the Durham Bulls, a team loaded with potential big leaguers. Check out some of the players in the starting lineup: B.J. Upton 3B,Ben Zobrist SS, Delmon Young RF, Elijah Dukes LF, Shawn Riggans C, and Wes Bankston 1B. Upton, Young, and Dukes all look like potential impact players, Bankston should be an above average regular, and Riggans and Zobrist ought to hold major league jobs for a long time. That's quite a minor league team...Scranton also played the Charlotte Knights this week...the Knights are the White Sox AAA affiliate. Their lineup includes familiar names such as former Yankee wonder kid Ruben Rivera in rightfield and former Astros pitching prospect Tim Redding on the mound. As far as prospects go, Charlotte is thing - the player that most Phillies fans have on their radar is Josh Fields, one of the top third base prospects in baseball. He went 2-5 with a run scored in the series...

• Gavin Floyd (W, 4-1): 7 IP 8 H 4 ER 2 BB 7 K
• Scott Mathieson (W, 2-0): 7.2 IP 7 H 5 ER 3 BB 9 K
• Eude Brito (L, 8-6): 6 IP 5 H 3 ER 3 BB 5 K
• Clay Condrey: 3 IP 6 H 3 ER 1 BB 2 K
• Brian Sanches (2 S, 16): 4 IP 2 H 0 ER 1 BB 4 K
• Travis Minix: 1 IP 2 H 1 ER 1 BB 0 K
• Ryan Cameron (S, 7): 3 IP 3 H 1 ER 1 BB 2 K

Call up Brian Sanches...

AA Reading

• Jason Jaramillo: 2-13, RBI, R, BB, K, E (6)
• Angel Chavez: 1-17, 2 RBI, 3 K, 2 E (12)
• Sal Fasano: 0-3
  

So long, Sal...

• Randy Wolf (W, 1-1): 5 IP 6 H 3 R 2 ER 2 BB 4 K
• Gio Gonzalez: 5 IP 3 H 4 ER 4 BB 6 K (3 HBP)
• Gio Gonzalez: 4.1 IP 5 H 4 ER 7 BB 2 K
• J.A. Happ (W, 4-1): 7 IP 3 H 0 ER 2 BB 9 K
• Zack Segovia (W, 8-4): 6 IP 3 H 0 ER 0 BB 3 K
• Nick Evangelista: 4.1 IP 5 H 4 ER 1 BB 3 K

I have no idea what's up with Gio Gonzalez...

High A Clearwater

• Mike Costanzo: 5-22, HR (8), 2 2B, 3 RBI, 3 R, 3 BB, 3 K, E (17)
• Brad Harman: 3-15, 2 2B, 4 R, 4 BB, 2 K, 5 E (31)
• Bryan Hansen: 0-13, 3 R, 5 BB, 5 K
• Tuffy Gosewisch: 4-13, 2B, 2 RBI, R, HBP, E (5)
• Tim Moss: 7-23, 2B, RBI, R, 2 SB (13), BB, 6 K
• Sal Fasano: 0-5, K
  

31 errors for Harman is tough to swallow...so long, Sal...

• Julio De La Cruz: 7 IP 4 H 1 ER 2 BB 4 K
• Julio De La Cruz (L, 4-7): 4 IP 11 H 7 R 4 ER 2 BB 2 K
• Andrew Baldwin (W, 7-6): 7 IP 9 H 1 ER 0 BB 6 K
• Derek Griffith (L, 6-7): 4.1 IP 3 H 3 R 1 ER 3 BB 2 K
• Kyle Kendrick (W, 5-4): 7 IP 5 H 2 ER 1 BB 3 K
• Joe Bisenius: 4.2 IP 4 H 1 ER 1 BB 5 K
• Pat Overholt (W, 1-0): 2.1 IP 1 H 0 ER 0 BB 1 K

Low A Lakewood

• Greg Golson: 7-29, HR, 2 RBI, 6 R, 2 SB (23), BB, HBP, CS (7), 13 K, OF assist
• Welinson Baez: 0-5, 2 K
• Lou Marson: 5-18, HR, RBI, 3B, 3 RBI, 3 R, 3 K, PB (6)
• Jeremy Slayden: 6-21, 2 HR (7), 2 2B, 7 RBI, 5 R, 5 BB, 6 K
• Clay Harris: 11-23, 2 HR (12), 2 2B, 8 RBI, 3 R, 4 BB, 3 K, E (7)
  

13 strikeouts in a week? Clearly it's time for Golson to be promoted...

• Matt Maloney (W, 11-5): 7 IP 5 H 2 R 1 ER 1 BB 6 K
• Matt Maloney (W, 12-5): 7 IP 7 H 1 ER 3 BB 5 K
• Carlos Carrasco: 6 IP 4 H 2 ER 1 BB 1 K
• Josh Outman (W, 8-5): 7 IP 5 H 3 R 2 ER 2 BB 7 K
• Justin Blaine: 4.1 IP 6 H 4 ER 2 BB 2 K
• Will Savage (S, 1): 4 IP 2 H 0 ER 0 BB 4 K
• Mike Zagurski: 3 IP 6 H 3 ER 1 BB 6 K
• Brett Harker (W, 1-3): 3 IP 1 H 0 ER 1 BB 2 K
• Andy Barb (S, 14): 4 IP 2 H 2 ER 4 BB 6 K

The race for Phillies minor league pitcher of the year is now down to two official candidates: J.A. Happ and Matt Maloney...both guys have been outright dominant, Maloney absolutely deserves to be double jumped to AA Reading next season...J.A. Happ has been great, but I still like both Carlos Carrasco and Gio Gonzalez over him in the long run...Will Savage (a June draftee) has been near perfect since earning his promotion to Low-A...

Short Season: Batavia

• SS Jason Donald (3^rd Round): 5-26, 3B, 2B, RBI, 5 R, 4 BB, 3 SB (6), 8 K, E (5)
• CF Quintin Berry (5^th Round): 5-25, 2 RBI, BB, 4 K, SB (7)
• 1B Charlie Yarbrough (7^th Round): 2-16, HR, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R, 6 K
• 2B/SS Zach Penprase (13^th Round): 3-20, 2B, 3 RBI, 3 R, BB, 2 SB (8), 7 K, 2 CS (3), E (3)
  
• OF Gus Milner (14^th Round): 9-22, HR, 2 3B, 4 RBI, 6 R, 2 BB, HBP, 3 K, OF assist
• 3B Cody Montgomery (16^th Round): 2-14, 2 RBI, 2 R, 2 K
• OF Jay Miller (17^th Round): 1-19, RBI, 2 R, HBP, 2 SB (3), BB, 2 K
• 3B/OF Jacob Dempsey (21^st Round): 5-20, HR, RBI, 3 R, 8 K
• C Shawn McGill (23^rd Round): 2-6, K, SB (1)
• RF/1B Doug Morales: 4-17, 2 RBI, R, 2 K, E (1)
• C/1B/3B/LF Tim Kennelly: 1-5, RBI, BB, CS (1), PB (3)
• C Joel Naughton: 4-16, HR, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, K, PB (3)
  

Batavia hitter of the week: Gus Milner...and by a lot. The Muckdogs ran wild on the Orioles short season team earlier in the week - O's top catching prospect Brandon Snyder had a very hard time keeping up with the M-Dogs...they stole 6 stolen bases (including a Jason Donald steal of home) in one game...

• Edgar Garcia (L, 2-3): 4.1 IP 7 H 7 ER 3 BB 7 K
• Daniel Brauer (L, 1-1): 6 IP 7 H 2 ER 0 BB 10 K
• Michael Dubee: 4 IP 1 H 1 ER 4 BB 0 K
• Michael Dubee: 5 IP 4 H 1 ER 2 BB 2 K
• Andrew Cruse (W, 1-2): 6 IP 3 H 0 ER 1 BB 4 K
• Andrew Cruse (W, 2-2): 6 IP 2 H 0 ER 3 BB 3 K
• Ben Pfinsgraff (S, 1): 5.2 IP 3 H 1 ER 2 BB 6 K
• Sam Walls (L, 0-1): 3.1 IP 3 H 1 R 0 ER 0 BB 3 K
• John Brownell: 5.1 IP 4 H 0 ER 1 BB 4 K

It is really hard not to like the 2006 pitching draft class...

Rookie: GCL Phillies

• SS Adrian Cardenas (1^st Round): 6-20, HR, 2B, 5 RBI, 6 R, 2 BB, 3 SB (6), 5 K, 2 E (9)
• CF D’Arby Myers (4^th Round): 10-19, HR, 3B, 2 2B, 5 RBI, 7 R, 2 SB (7), 2 BB, 5 K, 2 E (2)
• OF Terrance Warren (8^th Round): 0-7, RBI, R, BB, 3 K
  
• OF Darin McDonald (12^th Round): 4-15, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, SB (4), 5 K
• OF Dominic Brown (20^th Round): 4-10, 2B, RBI, R, BB, 2 K
• C Michael Fuentes (29^th Round): 2-8, 2B, RBI, 3 R, BB, E (1), 4 PB (5)
• 2B/3B Michael Deveaux (33^rd Round): 1-10, HR, 3 RBI, R, 3 K
• 2B/3B Herman Demmink (28^th Round): 1-3, SB (2), BB, K
• LF Jermaine Williams: 1-10, R, 3 K
• 1B Michael Durant: 3-9, 2 2B, BB, HBP, 2 K, SB (1), CS (1)
• SS/3B Derrick Mitchell: 2-15, 2B, 3 RBI, 4 R, BB, HBP, 4 K
  

D'Arby Myers is a player, definitely keep an eye on him... Michael Fuentes allowed 4 passed balls on Sunday - this is a huge problem for a player who's strength was supposedly his defense...

• Robert Roth: 3.2 IP 4 H 3 R 2 ER 4 BB 3 K
• Jarrod Freeman: 5 IP 2 H 2 ER 1 BB 3 K
• Matt Olson: 5 IP 2 H 0 ER 0 BB 1 K
  

Jarrod Freeman with a 9-2 GO/FO ratio this week...Matt Olson with an even crazier 14-0 GO/FO ratio...gotta teach 'em all to throw groundballs while they are young, right?