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Three Phils in BA’s NYPL Top 20

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Three Williamsport Crosscutters, and two players who spent part of 2009 with the BlueClaws, were ranked among the top 20 prospects in the New York Penn League by Baseball America (see the list here) in a list that came out today. This is the second of the league lists related to the Phillies (GCL here), and we’ll soon see the South Atlantic League, Florida State League, Eastern League, and International League.

4. Sebastian Valle, C: Split the year between Lakewood (.223) and Williamsport (.307-6-40) but really hit the ball well in the Penn League, where he placed from their season opener in June through September 2nd. Valle didn’t turn 19 until July, and when he struggled in Lakewood, he was an 18 year old against older players. Further, with the BlueClaws, he was only catching once or twice a week, not easy. Valle began catching just two years ago. He’ll likely be in Lakewood next year, catching and hitting clean-up on Opening Day.

11. Anthony Hewitt, 3B: The 24th overall pick in the 2008 draft hit .223-7-30 with Williamsport this year, an improvement over the .197 he hit as a rookie in the GCL. He was always considered a project with a ton of ability. We’ll probably see him in Lakewood in 2010. He’s from Brooklyn and played high school ball in Connecticut, so remember he didn’t get to play nearly as much (weather) growing up as a player from say, California. One scout said about Hewitt last year that if he could hit .250 in the big leagues he’d hit 30 home runs. Will be interesting next year.

16. Leandro Castro, OF: Hit .316-7-43 with Williamsport after hitting .155 with Lakewood (he was sent down on Memorial Day). Was 4th in the league in hitting and 2nd in RBIs. Castro is 20, and a solid defensive outfielder who goes gap-to-gap at the plate. Another who began to thrive when he played every day, which is quite significant. We’ll see him in Lakewood to open 2010 as well, one would think.

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Baseball America Chat Notes

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

JJ Cooper over at Baseball America recently posted a chat and fielded questions on several Phillies prospects, and former BlueClaws players. You can read the entire chat here, but we’ve taken a few snippets.

Dom Brown or Michael Taylor?
I’d still go with Brown because of the age difference (Brown is two years younger), Brown’s better speed and better defense in right. But it’s nitpicking as both are among the top 25 prospects in baseball.

How good of a prospect is Jason Knapp? Better than Jason Donald or Lou Marson?
That seems very fair. There’s always some hesitation about putting a low Class A arm above guys on the cusp of the big leagues, but Knapp’s ceiling is higher than either Marson or Donald. He could end up being a pretty special arm.

On Anthony Hewitt…
He’s a raw hitter who will need time to figure it out if he ever will. The Phillies knew that when they drafted him, so they will be willing to be patient.

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Leandro Castro…

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

In last night’s season opener for Williamsport, Leandro Castro, who was with the BlueClaws through Memorial Day, went 5-6 with a home run hitting second for the Crosscutters. Congrats to Leandro and we wish him luck in Williamsport this year. Castro had 10 hits in 66 at bats with the BlueClaws this season.

Also of note, Anthony Hewitt, Phillies 2008 first-round pick who hit under .200 last year in the GCL, went 1-4 in a 15-2 Crosscutters victory over State College last night.

That was the season opener for Williamsport, and they are now in full gear through Labor Day, like the BlueClaws.

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Williamsport Crosscutters Announce Roster

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

The Single-A short season affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies, the Williamsport Crosscutters, have announced their opening day roster which will take the field in their first game on June 19th.

Of the current 25-man roster, ten players played for the Crosscutters last season, and BlueClaws manager Dusty Wathan was the manager for the team last season. A number of players throughout the year will play for the Crosscutters and then for the BlueClaws this season.

Of the current roster, Leandro Castro and Esmelvin Jiminez played for the BlueClaws this season and TJ Warren played for the BlueClaws in 2008. The headliner of the roster is the Phillies 2008 first pick Anthony Hewitt (24th overall). He is a higher draft selection than anyone on the Lakewood BlueClaws. The Phillies have sent 11 of their 2009 draft picks to play at Williamsport.

Here is the roster:

Managers & Coaches (click column headers to sort)
# Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt DOB Status
Chris Truby Manager R R 6′ 2″ 220 12-09-1973 Active
Bobby Meacham Batting Coach S R 6′ 1″ 180 08-25-1960 Active
Tom Filer Pitching Coach R R 6′ 1″ 198 12-01-1956 Active
Pitchers (click column headers to sort)
# Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt DOB Status MLB 40-man
19 Spencer Arroyo P L L 6′ 2″ 166 08-09-1988 Active No
46 Freddy Ballestas P R R 6′ 3″ 170 10-04-1986 Active No
16 Jordan Ellis P R R 6′ 2″ 198 09-11-1985 Active No
28 Sean Grieve P L L 6′ 1″ 195 12-13-1984 Active No
47 Nicholas Hernandez P L L 6′ 3″ 172 07-30-1988 Active No
37 Austin Hyatt P R R 6′ 2″ 180 05-23-1986 Active No
30 Esmelvin Jimenez P L L 5′ 10″ 180 02-05-1987 Active No
45 Siulman Lebron P R R 6′ 1″ 170 06-11-1987 Active No
8 Justin Long P R R 6′ 2″ 220 12-12-1985 Active No
29 Ebelin Lugo P R R 6′ 2″ 04-23-1990 Active No
33 Eric Massingham P R R 6′ 2″ 205 11-19-1986 Active No
35 Jonathan Pettibone P L R 6′ 5″ 200 07-19-1990 Active No
Mauricio Romero P R R 6′ 3″ 202 06-16-1986 7-day DL No
Colby Shreve P R R 6′ 5″ 210 01-05-1988 7-day DL No
27 Reginal Simon P R R 6′ 3″ 177 12-28-1989 Active No
11 Luke Wertz P R R 6′ 1″ 175 09-20-1985 Active No
39 Joshua Zeid P R R 6′ 5″ 210 03-24-1987 Active No
Catchers (click column headers to sort)
# Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt DOB Status MLB 40-man
5 David Doss C R R 6′ 2″ 190 04-28-1987 Active No
7 Jean Rodriguez C R R 5′ 10″ 204 03-27-1989 Active No
Infielders (click column headers to sort)
# Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt DOB Status MLB 40-man
24 Jeremy Barnes 2B R R 5′ 10″ 190 04-13-1987 Active No
10 Stephen Batts 2B R R 6′ 0″ 200 02-14-1986 Active No
12 Anthony Hewitt 3B R R 6′ 1″ 190 04-27-1989 Active No
13 Francisco Murillo 1B R R 6′ 0″ 196 10-18-1986 Active No
3 Evan Porter 2B R R 6′ 5″ 205 03-13-1987 Active No
Outfielders (click column headers to sort)
# Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt DOB Status MLB 40-man
18 Leandro Castro OF R R 5′ 11″ 175 06-15-1989 Active No
6 Micheal Dabbs OF L R 6′ 0″ 185 03-29-1987 Active No
23 James Jiwan OF S R 6′ 4″ 180 04-11-1989 Active No
Fabio Murakami LF R R 6′ 1″ 194 03-04-1988 7-day DL No
2 Carl Uhl OF S L 5′ 8″ 175 04-02-1987 Active No
4 T.J. Warren OF R R 6′ 4″ 190 08-17-1988 Active No

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Saturday Notes

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

From Saturday’s minor league games, first Triple-A…

  • Dave Huppert (BlueClaws manager, 2006), who had been up with the big league team, managed Lehigh Valley today in a 6-4 loss to Las Vegas.
  • JA Happ (05) gave up five runs, three earned, over 5 1/3 innings. He’ll likely have one more spring start before a decision is made on the team’s fifth starter. It will be Happ or Chan Ho Park.
  • Javon Moran (04) went 3-4 and Mike Spidale (06) had an RBI double.

Double-A (L, 7-6 v TOR)…

  • Tyson Brummett (08) gave up three runs, two earned, in 3 2/3.
  • Quintin Berry (07) went 2-5, Michael Taylor (08) homered, and PJ Antoniato (07) went 2-2.

Hi-A (W 11-2 v TOR)…

  • Freddy Galvis (08) went 3-5 with 3 RBIs, Matt Rizzotti (08) went 4-4 after homering on Thursday.
  • Travis D’Arnaud (08) added two more hits.

Lo-A (W 5-2 v TOR)…

  • Tyler Cloyd, who could be here this year, gave up just an unearned run over four innings of work.
  • Arlon Quiroz continued his hot hitting, going 3-4.
  • Yonderman Rodriguez had a two-run triple.
  • 1st round pick Anthony Hewitt played here (0-4) but is considered unlikely to open the season in Lakewood.

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Minor League Spring Training Update

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Last week, at this post, we updated you on the Minor League Spring Training games down in Florida. It’s time for another update…

From Saturday’s games…

  • Michael Stutes (2008) was up with the AAA team, and gave up two runs over three innings
  • Sergio Escalona (07-08) threw three shutout innings in the AA game
  • Dominic Brown (08) and Michael Taylor (08) both added hits in the AA game
  • Cody Overbeck, with Williamsport last year, went 1-2 in the AA game, with Tim Kennelly (07) hitting a home run
  • Kyle Drabek (07) and Yohan Flande each threw three shutout innings in the Hi-A game
  • D’Arby Myers (08) had a double and triple with the Hi-A team
  • Yonderman Rodriguez homered with the Lo-A team with Anthony Hewitt going 2-4

From Sunday…

  • Taylor had a 2-run double, Tuffy Gosewisch (07) a triple, and Fidel Hernandez (06-07) two hits with the AA-team
  • Drew Naylor (08) and Chance Chapman (08) combined to give up seven runs in five innings in a loss for the Hi-A team
  • Derrick Mitchell (08) went 3-4 and Travis Mattair went 2-4
  • Justin De Fratus, likely BlueClaw, threw three shutout innings for Lo-A
  • Sebastian Valle added his first home run of the spring, with Yonderman Rodriguez going 2-4

Finally, from a rainy Monday…

  • Gosewisch added a triple in three ABs while Fidel Hernandez went 2-3 for Double-A
  • In the Lo-A game, Tyler Cloyd threw three shutout innings with four strikeouts
  • Arlon Quiroz hit his fourth home run of the spring (he didn’t hit any last year)

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Minor League Spring Training Update

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

The minor leaguers started their spring camp yesterday. Here’s an update…

First, from the games on Wednesday:

  • Carlos Monasterios (07) threw three shutout innings with six Ks in the Hi-A game
  • Michael Durant (08) homered in the Hi-A game
  • Zach Collier, #8 in Baseball America’s rankings, stole a base and started in RF in the Hi-A game. He could be in Lakewood
  • Freddy Ballestas allowed three runs in three innings in the Lo-A game
  • First-round pick Anthony Hewitt went 0-4 with 3 strikeouts in the Lo-A game
  • Arlon Quiroz, who did not homer for Williamsport last year, homered in the Lo-A game

And from Thursday’s action:

  • Tyson Brummett allowed four runs (one earned) in three innings with the Double-A team
  • Chance Chapman gave up two runs in two innings in the same game
  • Troy Hanzawa & Cody Overbeck, the left side of the Williamsport infield last year, both played in the Double-A game, going 3-8 between them (Overbeck 2-4)
  • Derek Mitchell (08) homered in the Hi-A game
  • Robert Roth started the Lo-A game and threw three shutout innings
  • Anthony Gose went 1-3 with a double and two runs scored for the Lo-A squad
  • Arlon Quiroz homered twice with the Lo-A team, giving him three in the first two days of spring games

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Look Who’s Hitting Now

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Spring TrainingJason Donald (BlueClaws 2007) went 3-4 yesterday and is now hitting .320 in spring training, not including a home run against Team USA. He’s 8-25 in nine games and 6 for his last 10.

“He’s swinging good, very good,” Charlie Manuel said of Donald. “He’s been doing a good job. He’s been playing very well defensively and the last two to three days he’s been swinging the bat better.”

“I think subconsciously, I really was trying too hard,” Donald said. “It was in the back of my mind that I felt like I need to produce here, I need to have a positive at-bat, instead of letting the game come to me. Charlie and [hitting coach] Milt [Thompson] talked to me a little bit. It’’s easier said than done, but trust in your abilities at the plate and trust in your approach.”

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The Phillies reassigned the following players to minor-league camp: righthander Yorman Bazardo; infielders Ozzie Chavez, Anthony Hewitt and Terry Tiffee; and outfielders Jeremy Slayden (2006) and Chris Walker.

Minor league position players reported to Clearwater yesterday.

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