In these waning days in the Phillies organization for some players, let’s look at how some minor leaguers performed.
Buffalo 5, Lehigh Valley 4
Keaton Anthony hit a home run for the IronPigs yesterday, which makes me wonder about his trade value. He’s a right handed hitting first baseman that can’t really play in the outfield, isn’t really that great a shakes with the glove and is probably just suited to be a DH. How much value does he actually have? Is he something of a second piece? A third piece? On
the pitching side, Alex McFarlane had one innings where he struck out two. Personally, I think he’s headed out the door as a trade piece, no matter that he would probably be a better option than at least one pitcher in the current bullpen.
Binghamton 7, Reading 6
For the Fightin’ Phils, Bryan Rincon had a double and scored two runs, Aroon Escobar had two hits and two runs scored and Wuilfredo Antunez almost copied that line, only he had a double as one of the two hits. Pitching wise, Jean Cabrera allowed four runs in four innings, which wouldn’t have been an issue had Mavis Graves not exacerbated the issue by walking four and allowing two runs in a single inning of relief. In a week, I don’t think this team will look the same.
Jersey Shore/Hudson Valley
Jersey Shore was rained out last night.
Clearwater 16, Jupiter 8
I think the Phillies might want to consider taking some lessons from the Threshers. Continuing their solid season in Low-A, the Threshers put up 16 on the Hammerheads, led by Jonathan Hogart (3-4, 2B, HR, 4 RBI) and Victor Cardoza (3-6, 3 R). Nolan Beltran and Will Vierling kicked in two hits each, Vierling hitting a home run as part of it. On the mound, Brad Pachecho continued raising his own stock, throwing six innings and only allowing three runs, one of them earned, scattering five hits and striking out seven. He’s starting to be someone to watch for the player development system.
