Trevor May, a 4th round pick of the Phillies in 2008, joined the BlueClaws in June of 2009 and went 4-1, 2.56 over 15 starts and gave up just two earned runs in two playoff starts. He was recently ranked 5th in the system by Baseball America, we had a chance to sit down with May recently as he prepares for his third season in the system, likely with Hi-A Clearwater in just a few months. You can read Part One here.

• What was it like to pitch in a playoff game: It’s always helpful if you can get that experience in that big game where people are counting on you. I was there four days later and we clinched but I didn’t feel like I did anything. I had one start. There was a little good-natured ribbing, having been there for only four days. Eventually winning, it felt good.

• You only gave up three runs in your last 36 innings. Safe to say you had it all working by the end of the season: I don’t know. Even in High School I stopped worrying about confidence. The way we played, we were confident and we knew we were going to win. I kind of had that. We were on a really good team. The bats and defense were good, and if I threw well we had a good chance to win the game. If I had my stuff I knew the other team knew that and I started to work on everything and I didn’t think things would go wrong.

• Going into the season you had a couple power arms in the organization in Drabek and Knapp…now their gone. Does that boost your confidence knowing that you are one of the big time guys now: I had this asked by my family and friends, but it’s two things: one, I don’t want to see them go. I was real good friends with Knapp and I knew Drabek well. There’s no set depth chart. But at the same time it’s good that the Phillies hold me in high enough regard to keep me and it does give you confidence that you’re here when those things go down. It’s nice that some of the other right-handed pitching prospects that I was going to be competing with for big league spots got traded, so yes it does give you a lot of confidence.

• Looking forward to getting the Championship Ring: Oh yeah…that’s the best thing about Spring Training!

• Minor league pitchers report March 6th, when will you be in Clearwater: I’ll be there February 30th to get acclimated to the heat. People think, “Oh well it’s hot,” but you have to be in great shape to go eight innings in Florida. In June it’s literally 95 in degrees and humidity…I know from being there in the GCL and instructs. I ran in the offseason to get into better shape than I was going into last year.

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