Big day for three Phillies prospects, and two former BlueClaws as Quintin Berry (2007), Jesus Sanchez (08-09) and Yohan Flande were added to the Phillies 40-man roster. The move protects all three from being chosen in next month’s Rule Five Draft, held at the Winter Meetings, plus these guys will almost certainly get to go to big league spring training for at least a little bit.

For Berry, it’s a nice birthday present (he turns 25 on Saturday). He spent the year with Reading, hitting .266 and stealing 48 bases, second in the Eastern League. He hit .312 with Lakewood in 2007 and led the SAL and FSL in steals the last two seasons.

Sanchez’s magical journey continues with his transaction. Remember, this time last year he had just finished up Instructional League, where he was converting from catcher to pitcher. As a pitcher this year with Lakewood, all he did was go 10-6, 3.44, or 9-2, 2.57 from June 1st on. Here is a July 24th ClawCast with Sanchez.

Finally, Flande is another great story. He was in the Gulf Coast League last year, but skipped Williamsport and Lakewood, made the Futures Game, and ended up with Reading. All told, the lefty went 10-5, 3.40 between Clearwater and Reading in 2009.

We took a shot (badly) here yesterday.

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