Phillies Weekly Minor League Report

AAA Scranton-Wilkes Barre Red Barons

Standouts

• IF Angel Chavez: .333/.417/.714 (1.131 OPS) – 4 doubles
• C Carlos Ruiz: .350/.435/.650 (1.085 OPS) – 2 homeruns

• RHP Clay Condrey: 3.1 IP 2 H 0 ER 0 BB 2 K
• LHP Eude Brito: 4 IP 1 H 0 ER 2 BB 6 K

Either Chavez or Brito could be an Oriole by the end of the week...I can't wait until September 1st when the Phillies finally recall Carlos Ruiz...any catcher who puts up an OPS of .898 in AAA (even a 27-year old repeating the league) and is a plus receiver behind the plate is more than qualified to handle the backup catching job of any team in baseball...period.

Other Notables

• RHP Scott Mathieson: 6.2 IP 5 H 5 ER 2 BB 7 K
• RHP Gavin Floyd: 5.2 IP 9 H 5 ER 3 BB 2 K
• RHP Justin Germano: 5 IP 11 H 5 ER 0 BB 5 K

Three young righthanders angling for a shot to start one of those doubleheader games next weekend, three guys giving up 5 earned runs in their most recent starts...funny how that works...by the way...Scranton is close to clinching a postseason spot...so now you know

AA Reading Phillies

Standouts

• RHP Joe Bisenius: 2 IP 1 H 0 ER 0 BB 0 K

Other Notables

• C Jason Jaramillo: .269/.296/.423 (719 OPS) – 4 doubles, 2 errors, 2 runners picked off

• LHP Gio Gonzalez: 6 IP 4 H 4 ER 5 BB 6 K
  
• LHP J.A. Happ: 7 IP 6 H 4 ER 2 BB 8 K

Two young lefthanders, two guys giving up 4 earned runs in their most recent starts...weird stuff going on down on the farm this past week...

High A Clearwater Threshers

Standouts

• 2B Tim Moss: .385/.429/.462 (890 OPS)
  
• 3B Mike Costanzo: .273/.448/.364 (812 OPS)

• RHP Kyle Kendrick: 7 IP 5 H 0 ER 0 BB 2 K
  
• RHP Pat Overholt: 5 IP 3 H 2 R 0 ER 0 BB 6 K

Pat Overholt vs. Joe Bisenius in the battle for the best Phillies minor league relief prospect...I'll go with the guy closer to the majors (Bisenius) although I admit it is more of a toss of a coin than anything else...

Other Notables

• OF Greg Golson: .259/.355/.407 (762 OPS) – HR, 8 runs scored, 12 strikeouts in 31 plate appearances
  
• SS/2B Brad Harman: .278/.316/.278 (594 OPS)

12 strikeouts in a week for Golson? Yikes...

Low A Lakewood BlueClaws

Standouts

• C Louis Marson: .316/.381/.474 (855 OPS) – 3 doubles
  
• OF Jeremy Slayden: .250/.379/.458 (838 OPS)
  
• 1B Clay Harris: .313/.450/.375 (825 OPS) – 4 walks, 0 strikeouts

• LHP Josh Outman: 12 IP 8 H 1 ER 4 BB 15 K (0.75 ERA, 1.00 WHIP)
  
• LHP Matt Maloney: 7 IP 4 H 3 R 1 ER 4 BB 10 K
  
• RHP Carlos Carrasco: 5.1 IP 8 H 2 ER 4 BB 1 K
  
• RHP Mike Zagurski: 4.2 IP 4 H 0 ER 2 BB 7 K
  
• RHP Will Savage: 4.2 IP 5 H 2 ER 0 BB 4 K
  
• RHP Brett Harker: 3 IP 3 H 1 ER 1 BB 3 K

It is easy to see why the BlueClaws have already clinched a birth in the postseason...this team should be dangerous come playoff time now that they have time to set the rotation...a 1-2-3 punch of Carrasco, Outman, and Maloney (in any order) should make Lakewood the South Atlantic League champs...

Other Notables

• 3B Welinson Baez: .250/.375/.300 (675 OPS)
  
• SS C.J. Henry: .188/.235/.438 (673 OPS) – 2 triples, 2 errors

• LHP Daniel Brauer: 4 IP 3 H 4 R 3 ER 2 BB 4 K
  
• RHP Ben Pfinsgraff: 5 IP 6 H 3 ER 0 BB 5 K

Seeing 2006 draft picks Brauer and Pfinsgraff pitch for a full season club less than three months after becoming professionals is a beautiful sight for those worried about pitching depth in the organization...I actually had a chance to see Pfinsgraff pitch while he was with the University of Maryland, but passed it up to watch Northeastern University's Adam Ottavino instead...it would have been nice to see a future Phil in action, but I think it was a good decision on my part (Ottavino went on to be a first round pick of the St. Louis Cardinals)...

Short Season Batavia Muckdogs

Standouts

• OF Jake Dempsey: .485/.500/.879 (1.379 OPS) – 3 homeruns, 4 doubles, 12 RBI, 11 runs scored
  
• C/1B/3B/OF Tim Kennelly: .438/.471/.625 (1.096 OPS)
  
• OF Jay Miller: .355/.412/.452 (863 OPS) – 9 runs scored
  
• 1B Charlie Yarbrough: .214/.389/.429 (817 OPS)

• RHP Andrew Cruse: 13 IP 14 H 4 R 3 ER 1 BB 6 K (2.08 ERA, 1.15 WHIP)
  
• RHP Andrew Carpenter: 7.2 IP 5 H 0 ER 2 BB 11 K
  
• RHP Edgar Garcia: 6 IP 3 H 0 ER 0 BB 1 K
  
• RHP Reymond Cruz: 5 IP 5 H 0 ER 0 BB 8 K
  
• RHP Michael Dubee: 5 IP 6 H 2 R 1 ER 2 BB 4 K

Dempsey's week has to rank up their with the very best of any Phillies minor leaguer this season...great to see Andrew Carpenter, the Phillies second round pick this past year, pitch so effectively...on the season he has pitched 10.2 innings with 15 strikeouts, 2 walks, and no earned runs allowed...

Other Notables

• OF Quintin Berry: .200/.368/.200 (568 OPS) – 4 walks
  
• SS Jason Donald: .235/.368/.294 (663 OPS) – 2 stolen bases
  
• C Joel Naughton: .278/.300/.278 (578 OPS) – 4 RBI, 2 errors
  
• OF Gus Milner: .290/.290/.290 (581 OPS) – 9 hits in 31 at bats…all 9 were singles
  
• 2B/SS Zach Penprase: .040/.040/.040 (080 OPS) – one for twenty five…six strikeouts
  
  
• RHP Alexander Concepcion: 9 IP 8 H 5 ER 2 BB 9 K

Penprase with a week to forget...1 for 25...I really liked him as a sleeper prospect from the 2006 draft, but this dreadful week has really put a hurt on his '06 numbers (.225/.288/.264)...fear not Zach, your numbers may be bad but you are in the right organization...don't believe me? Compare his numbers with the Phils current starting third baseman...