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From Nowo: Part Two

Monday, January 25th, 2010

If you missed part one of our ClawCast with Phillies farm director Steve Noworyta, click here. Part two, you can click here. This time, we take a further look at the scouting process, a look at some former BlueClaws from 2009 and some future BlueClaws in 2010. Some snippets:

  • Scouting the sport to prepare for trades…You have your amateur scouts doing high school and college and the pro scouts who are out there specifically for the pro teams and your big league club so when you’re ready to make trades you have reports on these guys.
  • Do you look at amateur scouting reports before a pro trade? Some guys, like (Tyson) Gilles from Seattle, we liked him as an amateur. Marti Wolever really liked him and wished we could have drafted him. But the last year is the most important. Players change over the years.
  • On Jacob Diekman…As big as he is, coming from the side, he’s done a tremendous job.
  • On Austin Hyatt…Just continue to put up the numbers that he’s had everywhere he’s gone.
  • On Neil Sellers (who played for Reading)…He’s constantly putting up the numbers. One of the reasons we got him in the Rule 5 two years ago was he keeps producing. He might be that bat of the bench that you look for. He makes contact, played well in Mexico. He has to keep proving himself, but knowing him, that won’t be a problem.
  • On Sebastian Valle…I think he’s probably better off going to Lakewood to make sure what we saw at the end of the year we see midway through the year. He had a good winter in Mexico, especially with some good power numbers…We say Lakewood now but sometimes those type of players change your mind in spring training.
  • 2010 BlueClaws…Chris Truby did a nice job with the young kids becasue we took a lot of them to Lakewood. They still finished strong. They have some good young talent that Marti (Wolever) has done a nice job bringing together. It’s going to be a competitive club. We have a lot of pitching and good pitching always beats good hitting.

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Trivia Contest (UPDATE: WINNER)

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

mccoyingramblueclawsWe’re going to start having weekly trivia contests here on BlueClaws Blog and in the process give away some Opening Day tickets and other prizes…Without further adieu, and with the BCS Championship football game coming up on Thursday night…

Who is the only 2009 BlueClaw who played at one of the schools represented in Thursday’s BCS Championship Game between Alabama and Texas? Name the player and the school.

Answer in the comments section please. First correct answer will win four Opening Day tickets (April 16th). The answer is somewhere on BlueClaws.com.

UPDATE: A bunch of correct answers, but John was the first to answer Austin Hyatta, Alabama. He wins the tickets. We’ll have another one of these next week.

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Definitive BlueClaws/Phillies Bowl Guide

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

bowlguideWho do you root for in all the bowl games if not your school or favorite team? We’ve compiled the definitive BlueClaws/Phillies Bowl Guide to help you. School affiliations, one way or another, for different former BlueClaws and members of the Phillies. I’m sure we missed some so feel free to jump in the comments…

New Mexico Bowl: Wyoming vs Fresno State (Steve Susdorf, 2009 LBC)…Wyoming won 35-28

Las Vegas Bowl: BYU vs Oregon State (Mike Stutes, 2008 LBC; Andrew Baldwin, 2005 LBC)…BYU won 44-20

12/24 Hawaii Bowl: Nevada vs SMU (Phillies broadcaster Scott Franzke)

12/26 Meineke Car Care Bowl: Pittsburgh (Nick Evangelista, 2004 LBC) vs North Carolina (Jason Knapp, 2009 LBC-committed to UNC but signed with the Phillies)

12/26 Emerald Bowl: USC (D’Arby Myers, 2008-09 LBC) vs Boston College (Kevin Shepard, 2004 LBC)

12/27 Music City Bowl: Clemson (Herm Demmink, 2007 LBC) vs Kentucky (Joe Blanton, Phillies)

12/28 Independence Bowl: Texas A&M vs Georgia (Jayson Werth, Phillies-committed to UGA but signed with Orioles)

12/29 EagleBank Bowl: Temple vs UCLA (Chase Utley, Phillies; Tyson Brummett, 2008 LBC)

12/29 Champs Sports Bowl: Wisconsin vs Miami (Domonic Brown, 2008 LBC-committed to play football here but signed with Phillies)

12/30 Humanitarian Bowl: Idaho vs Bowling Green (Andy Tracy, Phillies minor leaguer played with Lehigh Valley last year)

12/30 Holiday Bowl: Nebraska (Jacob Diekman, 2008-09 LBC-committed but signed with Phillies; Luke Wertz, 2009 LBC) vs Arizona (Jason Donald, 2007 LBC; Anthony Gose, 2009 LBC-committed but signed with Phillies)

12/31 Armed Forces Bowl: Houston vs Air Force (Karl Bolt, 2008 LBC)

12/31 Sun Bowl: Oklahoma (Will Savage, 2006 LBC; Greg Dobbs, Phillies) vs Stanford (Michael Taylor, 2008 LBC; Eric Bruntlett, with Phillies in 2009; John Mayberry, Jr, with Lehigh Valley and Phillies in 09)

1/1 Outback Bowl: Auburn (Javon Moran, 2004 LBC) vs Northwestern (JA Happ, 2005 LBC; Dan Brauer, 2006 LBC)

1/1 Capital One Bowl: LSU (Clay Harris, 2006 LBC; Brody Colvin, 2009 Phillies draft pick committed to LSU) vs Penn State (Phillies broadcaster Chris Wheeler)

1/2 International Bowl: South Florida vs Northern Illinois (Matt German, 2007 LBC)

1/2 PapaJohn.com Bowl: UConn vs South Carolina (Mike Cisco, 2008 LBC; Andrew Cruse, 2007 LBC; Aaron Rawl, 2005-06 LBC)

1/2 Cotton Bowl: Ole Miss (Cooper Osteen, 2006 LBC) vs Oklahoma State (John Urick, 2006 LBC; Jason Jaramillo, 2005 LBC)

1/5 Orange Bowl: Georgia Tech (Jeremy Slayden, 2006 LBC) vs Iowa (Harry Kalas, legendary Phillies broadcaster; Nathan Johnson, 2005 LBC)

1/7 BCS Championship Game: Texas vs Alabama (Austin Hyatt, 2009 LBC)

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No Rest for the Weary

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

Win a championship. Go to Disney World. Well, not quite, but close. It’s off to Clearwater for several members of the 2009 BlueClaws SAL Championship team for the 2009 Florida Instructional League.

  • OF Anthony Gose led all of Minor League Baseball in stolen bases this year with 76 and hit ..407 in the six playoff games. He was voted the league’’s most exciting prospect, best baserunner, and best defensive outfielder by the league’’s managers.
  • 3B Travis Mattair completed his second season with the BlueClaws with an SAL title. Mattair’’s Lakewood teams were 158-118 over two regular seasons and the former 2nd round pick has played more games with Laekwood than anyone in team history.
  • 2B Harold Garcia was voted the league’’s best defensive second baseman and added 42 stolen bases this year while forming a potent 1-2 duo with Gose at the top of Lakewood’’s lineup.
  • C Travis d”Arnaud hit 13 home runs on the season and .305 in the second half as Lakewood’’s lead catcher. d”Arnaud was a former supplemental first-rounder of the Phillies in 2007 and hit .391 in the playoffs.
  • C Sebastian Valle returned to hit 5th for the BlueClaws during the playoffs. He began the year with Lakewood and hit .306 with Williamsport before returning for the playoffs.
  • RHP Trevor May went 4-1 with Lakewood during the regular season and won game two of the division series. He did not allow a run in his last 21 innings and gave up just three in his last 37 on the season.
  • RHP Jesus Sanchez went 9-2 over his last 15 starts and won game two of the Championship Series. Sanchez is a former catcher who was in his first season as a pitcher this year.
  • LHP Matthew Way joined Lakewood in early August and went 4-1 plus he won game one of the Division Series. Way was a 5th round pick this year (Washington State).
  • RHP Heitor Correa joined the BlueClaws in early May and won seven games this year. He developed a back injury and did not appear in a playoff game.
  • RHP Justin De Fratus was an all-star as a reliever in the first half and moved into the rotation in the second half. Overall, he won 5 games with a 3.19 ERA, though he was injured late in the season and did not play in the postseason.
  • LHP Jacob Diekman had an ERA of over 7 in the first half, but after dropping to a sidearm delivery, Diekman pitched to a sub-2 ERA in the second half.
  • RHP Austin Hyatt was drafted in the 15th round this year (Alabama) and threw six shutout innings for Lakewood in the postseason (including the final two). He had a 0.66 ERA with Williamsport before joining Lakewood.

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Friday Nuggets and Notes

Friday, September 18th, 2009

First off, here are today’s game notes. What’s been the key to the series? Easy. Hitting with runners in scoring position.

RISP Note: Greenville outhit Lakewood in games one and two, but lost both games, going just 3-19 with RISP…Lakewood lost game three, despite outhitting Greenville, since they went 2-16 with RISP.

–It’s 12:56 pm and it’s pouring here. Rain is supposed to continue all day long. But we’ll see. Everyone still hopeful of playing tonight. If, by the way, the game is postponed tonight, there would be no DH on Saturday, but rather game four on Saturday and game five on Sunday. We would expect that Lakewood would throw Matt Way on Saturday and Jesus Sanchez on Sunday, on normal rest. Greenville will likely keep their rotation as is, but that’s an educated guess. Update: 3:32…still raining…we’re iffy for tonight. No BP today and the bus was pushed from 2:30 to 4:00.

–It’s been 1,099 days since the BlueClaws last won the South Atlantic League title, September 15th, 2006.

–Like in 2006, the BlueClaws won games one and two of the finals, and then lost game three.

–Finally, watch Austin Hyatt. He’s thrown four shutout in the playoffs, and with two days off, we wouldn’t be shocked if Dusty Wathan tries to get maybe even a third inning out of him if needed tonight. Remember, he’s had two days off with one game after tonight, as opposed to this time yesterday, he had one day off after back-to-back with two games to go…Hyatt had a 0.66 ERA over 52 innings with Williamsport before a promotion at the end of the regular season.

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Some Pictures From Tuesday

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Lakewood beat Greenville 2-0 in game two of the South Atlantic League Championship Series on Tuesday night. Here are some Dave Schofield photos…

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Above is Jim Murphy’s pick of a Greg Dobbs throw (there were two outs and runners on second and third in the fourth inning last night. If he doesn’t pick that, it’s 2-0 Greenville).

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Austin Hyatt has not allowed a run in four innings of playoff baseball with Lakewood. He threw two shutout last night.

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Santo Hernandez has saved three of the four BlueClaws playoff wins.

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Jesus Sanchez threw six shutout innings in the game two win. Including the playoffs, he went 10-2 over his last 16 starts.

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Notes and Quotes from Game One

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

crowd-4473Lakewood won game one last night 6-3, now just two wins away from their second SAL title in four years. Some notes and quotes…

  • Anthony Gose’s leadoff HR was his second of the year. His first was also against Greenville, at Fluor Field in July. Gose said “It was a 1-0 fastball and I didn’t miss it.”
  • Dusty Wathan: “Wertz and Diekman came in in big situations. They did a great job going after guys. From then on out it almost seemed easy after Clay (Condrey) got out of his jam. It’s never easy but after we got those two runs in the eighth it really helped us.”
  • The BlueClaws are hitting .337 as a team in the playoffs, and Travis d’Arnaud is 6-11.
  • Harold Garcia hit eight HRs during the regular season (two batting right-handed), but his HR last night was from the right side.
  • Austin Hyatt has two 1-2-3 innings in the playoffs and has a hammer-lock on the eighth inning. His addition has been tremendous.

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Game One Wrap

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

Quick thoughts on game one of the series with Kannapolis, won by Lakewood 4-2 last night at Fieldcrest Cannon Stadium.

  • Matt Way was excellent, again. “Fastballs in, changeups, sliders. I threw just about everything tonight. It worked out well for me,” he said.
  • Anthony Gose was 1-25 coming into last night’s game. No big deal. He went 3-5.
  • The middle of the lineup keeps hitting. Travis d’Arnaud added two more hits, but the top seven in the lineup went 12-29. That will work every night.
  • Left 13 on base and went 2-11 with runners in scoring position. That will have to improve.
  • Austin Hyatt, an easy 1-2-3 8th inning. Between Hyatt and Santo Hernandez, Lakewood has the last nine outs of any game locked down (they got six out of the pen last night).
  • Biggest at bat of the game: Harold Garcia’s 8th inning SAC fly: he had foul off 3 different 0-2 pitches before the fly ball, making it 4-1 Lakewood. That run was huge as Hernandez labored in the 9th.

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