I wish we had good defensive stats. He looks ok to me but what do I know? With all the shifting around, who gets penalized when a ball gets through the infield? I also think the pitching staff effects defensive numbers. When a guy like Jerome Williams or one of those O'Sullivans is giving up rockets, fielders are penalized for not making the play I'd guess.

I like Cesar. 2B is a weak position. I think he's not a problem.

At the Phillies mural dedication. Every time I see Lidge, it puts a smile on my face.

I guess this can go here for now, but something like it should probably have it's own permanent thread other than the weekly minor league threads...

With all of the trades, international signings and draft behind us, here's a quick Phillies Minor Leaguers to Watch List (as opposed to another horrific top 30 list):

Pitchers:
Arano, Victor – 20 - Clearwater
Asher, Alec – 23 – Lehigh Valley
Biddle, Jesse – 23 – Lehigh Valley
Cordero, Jimmy – 23 – Reading
Eflin, Zach – 21 - Reading
Eickhoff, Jerad – 24 – Lehigh Valley
Falter, Bailey – 18 - GCL
Fanti, Nick - 18 - GCL
Gilbert, Tyler – 21 - Williamsport
Gonzalez, Severino – 22 – Lehigh Valley (injured)
Gueller, Mitch – 21 - Williamsport
Imhoff, Matt – 21 - Clearwater
Keys, Denton – 20 - Williamsport
Kilome, Franklyn – 20 - Williamsport
Leftwich, Luke – 21 - Williamsport
Leibrandt, Brandon – 22 - Clearwater
Lively, Ben – 23 - Reading
McWilliams, Sam – 19 - GCL
Pinto, Richardo – 21 - Clearwater
Pivetta, Nick – 22 - Reading
Ramos, Edubray – 22 - Reading
Stewart, Will – 17 - GCL
Thompson, Jake – 21 - Reading
Tirado, Alberto – 20 - Clearwater
Viza, Tyler – 20 - Lakewood
Watson, Shane – 21 - Lakewood
Windle, Tom – 23 - Reading

Catchers:
Alfaro, Jorge – 22 – Reading (injured)
Gullon, Deivi – 19 - Lakewood
Knapp, Andrew – 23 - Reading
Marchan, Rafael – 16 – Recently Signed
Rodriguez, Lenin – 17 - VSL

First Base:
Encarnacio, Luis – 17 - GCL
Green, Zach - 21 – Clearwater (injured)
Hoskins, Rhys – 22 – Clearwater
Joseph, Tommy – 23 – Lehigh Valley
Martin, Kyle – 22 - Lakewood

Second Base:
Kingery, Scott – 21 - Lakewood
Tobias, Josh – 22 - Williamsport
Valentin, Jesmuel – 21 - Clearwater

Third Base:
Hernandez, Jan – 20 - Williamsport
Williams, Lucas – 18 - GCL

Shortstop:
Arauz, Jonathan – 16 - GCL
Brito, Daniel – 17 - DSL
Canelo, Malquin – 20 – Clearwater
Crawford, JP – 20 – Reading
Gamboa, Arquimendes – 17 - GCL

Outfield:
Altherr, Aaron – 24 – Lehigh Valley
Austudillo, Willians – 23 - Clearwater
Biter, Venn – 20 - Williamsport
Brown, Aaron – 23 - Clearwater
Cozens, Dylan – 21 - Clearwater
Dugan, Kelly – 24 – Lehigh Valley
Laird, Mark – 22 - Williamsport
Martelo, Bryan – 18 - GCL
Ortiz, Jhailyn – 16 - Recently Signed
Pelletier, Ben – 17 – Recently Signed
Perkins, Cam – 24 - Reading
Pickett, Greg – 18 - GCL
Pujols, Jose – 19 - Williamsport
Pullin, Andrew – 21 - Clearwater
Quinn, Roman – 22- Reading
Randolph, Cornelius – 18 - GCL
Sandberg, Cord – 20 - Lakewood
Tocci, Carlos – 19 – Clearwater
Williams, Nick – 21 - Reading

I love watching Hernandez and Herrera even though they act like Revere rubbed off on them at times. Both are still young. Hopefully not everyday players but solid players.

Kingery seemed like a pretty great pick and if his upside is as good as people think I would guess up the middle would be Crawford/Kingery and they might arrive pretty much on the same course. Hopefully we luck into another Rollins/Utley combination. Not like that's asking for much haha

So who's the next to be called up? Altherr? Dugan? Eickhoff? Asher?

Is that first basemen in Reading not a candidate for that list? He's having a really good season.

Doll Is Mine wrote:So who's the next to be called up? Altherr? Dugan? Eickhoff? Asher?

Is that first basemen in Reading not a candidate for that list? He's having a really good season.

Stassi is 26 and in AA.

Pat is on the pregame radio show wasted

when do we find out that worley is a phillies again?

Since the break, the Phillies own baseball's best record (12-2) and have scored the second-most runs in the National League (78). They've outscored their opponents by 35 runs.

Run differential down to -125

Insane

I thought this team was going to make us forget how bad the teams we grew up with were and now I am pretty sure this is the best baseball team ever most likely.

Maybe it really was all Sandberg's fault

this team was definitely somebodys fault

Howard has more extra-base hits this season than Jose Abreu, Alex Rodriguez, Pederson, Ryan Braun, Adam Jones, Prince Fielder, Robinson Cano, Michael Brantley, David Ortiz, Jhonny Peralta and Edwin Encarnacion.

Guys- Howard isn't terrible

Utley playing for Lehigh Valley today.

JFLNYC wrote:Howard has more extra-base hits this season than Jose Abreu, Alex Rodriguez, Pederson, Ryan Braun, Adam Jones, Prince Fielder, Robinson Cano, Michael Brantley, David Ortiz, Jhonny Peralta and Edwin Encarnacion.

Can the Phillies advertise that fact to some AL team that needs a 1b/DH?

Warszawa wrote:Since the break, the Phillies own baseball's best record (12-2) and have scored the second-most runs in the National League (78). They've outscored their opponents by 35 runs.

Run differential down to -125

My worst fear is that this continues and saves Ruben's ass.

Only 1.5 behind Miami now. yikes