We’ll have some stuff here and there in the coming weeks on some of your favorite former BlueClaws as spring training nears and continues. Pitchers and catchers are set to report in less than two weeks and we’ve stumbled across some Freddy Galvis news and notes that are worth sharing here.

Last Year: Galvis split the season between Reading (where he played in 2010) and Lehigh Valley, hitting .273 in 104 games with the R-Phils and .298 in 33 games with the IronPigs, easily his best offensive seasons. In fact, it’s the only time he hit above .238 in any stop except for an 8-29 rehab stint with the GCL Phillies in 2009.

Baseball America: He was ranked 6th in the system, his highest ranking, and they note what everyone has always said - he is a defensive wizard.

In the Media: Todd Zolecki of MLB.com noted the following in a recent mailbag about Galvis.

Well, the good news for the Phillies is they don’t have to do anything with Galvis other than play him at Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Galvis had a nice season last year, hitting a combined .278 with Double-A Reading and Lehigh Valley. But that’s also the first season he hit better than .240.

Galvis is far from a finished product, so more seasoning in the Minors should serve him well. And because Philadelphia traded Wilson Valdez to Cincinnati, Galvis could get an extended look in the big leagues this season should something happen to Rollins.

Trade Influence: The Phillies traded utility IF Wilson Valdez to the Reds the day of the Winter Tour stop in Lakewood and Ruben Amaro said the following:

“We’re keeping our minds and eyes and ears open,” Amaro said. “Freddy, we view him as a guy who will start off in Triple A and if we have any injury issues or things that will happen during the course of the year, we feel very comfortable that Freddy can come in and do a good job as a backup or a stopgap at this stage of his career.”

Sandberg Says: Sandberg will manage the 22 year old in Lehigh Valley this year.

“Freddy made a great stride last year. He turned out to be the best regular player we had on the whole field. He’s a very heads up player, he’s right there with the manager, thinking the game of baseball,” Sandberg said. “He does all the little things. That’s drag bunting, checking the defense, taking what the defense gives you, gap to gap hitting. He really stepped in and like I said, was probably our best regular player the last month of the season and into the playoffs. I think he’ll really get a serious look from the major league club.”

That’s number one. We’ll have more of these roundups as we go forward.

This is always one of the books I am most eager-to-open each year - the Baseball America Prospect Handbook, which you can order online through Baseball America. They release their top ten prospects each year and in the fall we did a Q&A with Matt Forman, who handed the Phillies list. Today, however, we go from 1-10, all the way up to 30.

11-20: 11 - Roman Quinn, SS (2nd round pick in 2011); 12 - Lisalberto Bonilla, RHP (2011 BlueClaw); 13 - Carlos Tocci, OF (16 year old signed with Phillies on August 23rd, his birthday); 14 - Cesar Hernandez, 2B (Played last year with Clearwater after skipping Lakewood); 15 - Aaron Altherr, OF (split last year between Lakewood and Williamsport and could be back with the BlueClaws); 16 - Ervis Manzanillo, LHP (2011 BlueClaw); 17 - Julio Rodriguez, RHP (2010 BlueClaw heads to Reading this year); 18 - Kyrell Hudson (3rd round pick in 2009 could open with Lakewood this year); 19 - Harold Garcia, 2B (2009 BlueClaw missed most of last year with torn ACL but could open this year with Lehigh Valley); 20 - Larry Greene, OF (Phillies supplemental first-round pick in 2011).

21-30: 21 - Perci Garner, RHP (2nd round pick in 2010 likely joins Lakewood this year); 22 - Austin Hyatt, RHP (2009 BlueClaw heads to Lehigh Valley this year); 23 - Mitchell Walding, SS (Phillies 5th round pick in 2011); 24 - Leandro Castro, OF (2009-10 BlueClaw); 25 - Joe Savery, LHP (made Phillies debut in September, never played here); 26 - Austin Wright, LHP (2011 8th round pick went 1-2, 2.67 in seven BlueClaws starts); 27 - Zach Collier, OF (played here in 2009 and 11); 28 - JC Ramirez, RHP (acquired in Cliff Lee trade from Seattle); 29 - Adam Morgan, LHP (3rd round pick in 2011 from Alabama went 3-3, 2.01 with Williamsport); 30 - Michael Schwimer, RHP (made Phillies debut in September).

(Yes, my desk is a little messy. Yes, that’s my Atlantic-10 Tournament pamphlet - Go Fordham! Yes, that’s my Big Brown bobblehead doll).

Austin Hyatt and BJ Rosenberg, both members of the 2009 BlueClaws, will head to spring training this year as non-roster invitees.

Both spent this year with AA Reading, where Hyatt went 12-6, 3.85 as a starter and Rosenberg went 5-7, 4.28 split between the bullpen and the starting rotation.

They were never formally teammates with Lakewood, as Rosenberg, who was drafted in the 13th round in 2008 from Louisville, was promoted (straight to Reading) in early August. He did not allow an earned run after Memorial Day (28.2 consecutive innings). He was also a non-roster invitee last year.

Hyatt, who was drafted that year from Alabama in the 15th round, joined Lakewood for the final five regular season games (he appeared in just one) and the playoffs. That post-season, he appeared in four games (four of the five BlueClaws wins) and threw six shutout innings.

Todd Zolecki of Phillies.com has the rest of the 15 non-roster invitees announced in November:

Right-handers Dave Bush, Scott Elarton and Brian Sanches; left-handers David Purcey, Pat Misch and Raul Valdes; catchers Steven Lerud and Tuffy Gosewisch; infielders Pete Orr, Kevin Frandsen and Hector Luna; and outfielders Scott Podsednik and Luis Montanez.

Gosewisch, of course, is another former BlueClaw, who was here in 2007. He hit .247 with 13 HRs and 66 RBIs this year with Reading.

Best of luck to those players.

By the way, Opening Day in Lakewood is just 98 days away and assuming a Valentine’s Day report date, you’re looking at just 40 days until pitchers and catchers (I say this as we got our first snow dusting here at the Shore this morning).

The Phillies announced the coaching staffs today for their minor league affiliates and Lakewood will have a new manager in 2012: Mickey Morandini.

Morandini managed Williamsport last year to a 45-33 record in his first year in the system. Lakewood’s manager from 2011, Chris Truby, will head to Clearwater.

Below is the full release.

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LAKEWOOD, NJ - Former Phillies second baseman Mickey Morandini will manage the BlueClaws in 2012, it was announced by the Phillies on Monday. Morandini is joined on the staff by hitting coach Greg Legg and pitching coach Les Lancaster.

Morandini hit .268 over 11 big league seasons, nine of them with Philadelphia. He was the starting second baseman on the club that advanced to the 1993 World Series and an All-Star in 1995.

Most recently, Morandini managed Williamsport in 2011, leading the Crosscutters to a record of 43-33 with a number of players that should be with the BlueClaws in 2012. Morandini had been an instructor at spring training the two previous years and served as the head baseball coach at Valparaiso High School in Indiana.

He becomes the 10th manager in BlueClaws history, replacing Chris Truby, who will move up to manage Hi-A Clearwater in 2012.

Legg returns for his sixth season with Lakewood and fifth consecutive after serving as the first manager in team history in 2001. Legg has been Lakewood’s hitting coach since 2008. Last year, he was the winner of the John Vukovich Award, presented by the Phillies in honor of his 30 years of service to the Philadelphia organization.

Lancaster went 41-28 over seven Major League seasons, five with the Cubs, from 1987-1993. He served as a pitching coach for the Gulf Coast League Phillies in 2011, his first season in the organization.

Ryne Sandberg returns for his second season with Triple- A Leghigh Valley.

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In case you missed this over the weekend…on Saturday, Lehigh Valley finished off Pawtucket in a three-game sweep with a 3-1 win in Rhode Island.

Here is the Lehigh story from the Morning Call.

“To get the momentum at our place and come up here to a place that hasn’t been too friendly to us this year and wrap it up, that’s great,” IronPigs manager Ryne Sandberg said.

Brian Bass went all nine for Lehigh Valley. “I told Rod [Nichols, the IronPigs' pitching coach] I won’t come out,” Bass said with a smile. “He said he’d give me three hitters — I guess I needed four — but that’s all right. I got through it.”

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And here is the Reading story from the Republican-Herald.

“We’ve been resilient all season,” Reading manager Mark Parent said. “We just ran out of time tonight. It’s been a fun year, though.”

Reading forced the late-inning tie with a run in the seventh on Michael Spidale’s two-out RBI single that scored Tim Kennelly.

Cisco entered in the eighth to record the final two outs before coming back in the

ninth. Cisco gave up a leadoff double to Mike McDade, who was 3-for-4 on the night, before the one-out homer to Perales.

“It’s in those spots where one mistake can cost you, and it cost us tonight,” Parent said. “(Perales) hit a back-door breaking ball out.

“Cisco has been a great guy to have all year and he’s been the most reliable pitcher we’ve had. He’s been tremendous.”

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Lehigh Valley plays Columbus (Indians) in the International League Championship Series beginning Tuesday in Columbus. Lehigh Valley hosts games 3-4-5.

If you were wondering about Columbus (roster here), all of the players that the Phillies sent in the original Cliff Lee deal in 2009 (Marson, Carrasco, Donald) are in the big leagues (except of course Jason Knapp who is injured).

However, the Clippers do have…Nick Johnson! He is batting .201.

The BlueClaws wish the best of luck to both Reading and Lehigh Valley, our fellow Phillies affiliates, who start their post-seasons on Wednesday night.

Here is a preview of the Reading/New Hampshire series from the R-Phils official site, and here is one for Lehigh Valley/Pawtucket.

Let’s take a look at some of the former BlueClaws on each of the two rosters.

Reading
RHP Tyson Brummett (2008) - Former UCLA Bruin won the playoff clincher on Labor Day and was 4-8, 4.52 with Reading this year.

RHP Mike Cisco (2008) - Had a great year in the pen with a sub-2 ERA and has allowed 2 ER in his last 20 innings entering the playoffs.

RHP Tyler Cloyd (2009) - Game one starter was an All-Star with Lakewood before getting promoted at the All-Star break…Cloyd is 6-3, 2.78 with Reading this year.

LHP Jacob Diekman (2008-2010) - Lefty specialist is heading to the Arizona Fall League this year and held lefties to a batting average of just .099 this year.

RHP Joe Esposito (2010) - Joined the BlueClaws from the Long Island Ducks last year and is 5-5 as a starter with Reading.

RHP Austin Hyatt (2009) - Dominated in the playoffs for Lakewood two years ago and led the R-Phils with 12 wins this year. He’ll start game three on Friday night in Reading.

RHP Chris Kissock (2008) - Went 3-7, 4.82 with Reading this year out of the bullpen.

RHP BJ Rosenberg (2009) - He did not allow an ER with Lakewood from Memorial Day until a promotion straight to Reading on August 6th. He’s been a starter and a reliever with Reading, going 5-7, 4.28 and will likely come out of the pen in the playoffs.

C Tuffy Gosewisch (2007) - Caught the last eight games of the year to help Reading make the playoffs. A great defensive catcher, Gosewisch hit .247 with a career high 13 home runs this year.

C Tim Kennelly (2006-2008) - Gosewisch’s backup hit .215 with three HRs this year. One of several Australians in the system.

SS Troy Hanzawa (2009) - Slick-fielding shortstop spent most of the last two years with Clearwater but joined Reading about 10 days ago.

1B Matt Rizzotti (2008) - Former Manhattan College Jasper hit .295-24-84 with Reading this year and the 24 HRs were a career high. Was an Eastern League post-season All-Star.

3B Steve Singleton (2011) - Was with Lakewood for only 11 games before going to Reading in early August…He hit a grand slam in his first at bat with the R-Phils.

OF Derrick Mitchell (2008) - Hit a career high .265 and a career high 19 home runs this year with Reading.

OF Mike Spidale (2006) - Spidale, who won a batting title with Lakewood in 2006, led Reading with a .326 batting average this year, third best in the Eastern League.

Also - manager Mark Parent (2010) and pitching coach Bob Milacki (2009) both won championships with the BlueClaws.

Lehigh Valley
RHP Chance Chapman (2008) - Has bounced around the system this year but went to Lehigh for good on August 15th where he is 2-2, 5.29.

RHP Justin De Fratus (2009) - One of Lakewood’s best pitchers in 2009, De Fratus starred with Clearwater and Reading last year, Reading this year before moving to Lehigh Valley, where he is 2-3, 3.73 with 7 saves and will anchor the back of the bullpen with Phillippe Aumont and Mike Zagurski.

RHP Scott Mathieson (2004) - Has come back from multiple arm surgeries and moved into the IronPigs rotation in July. He’s 2-2, 3.28 on the year.

LHP Mike Zagurski (2006) - Fan-favorite with Lakewood in 2006, he made his big league debut in May of 2007. This year, he’s 4-0, 2.65 with Lehigh Valley, adding in 11 saves. He appeared in four games with the Phillies.

SS Freddy Galvis (2008) - Nobody has ever questioned his fielding but Galvis has had a great year at the plate, hitting .273 with Reading and .298 with Lehigh Valley, where he has been for 33 games. He wont’ turn 22 until November.

OF Domonic Brown (2008) - Top prospect has settled into the IronPigs OF so he can play every day, though he was sick and missed some time at the end of the regular season. Hitting .261-3-15 with the Pigs this year.

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Also, Reading is playing New Hampshire with C Travis d’Arnaud (BC 2009), who hit .311-21-78 this year and OF Anthony Gose (BC 2009), who hit .253-16-59 and stole 70 bases, second most in Minor League Baseball. Both were post-season All-Stars in the Eastern League this year. d’Arnaud was the league MVP.

While Williamsport, Lakewood and Clearwater have been eliminated from playoff consideration (first time for Trevor May and Brian Gump among others that they will not win a ring - Gump has three in two years), both Reading and Lehigh Valley can clinch playoff spots today.

Reading - Here is their game preview story, but the short version is this: they lead New Britain by one game with two to play and advance to the playoffs with a win today and a loss by New Britain.

Lehigh Valley - No such game preview story but they have a one-game lead in the International League wild card race. They clinch with a win today and a loss by Gwinett. Note that if they tie, they will actually host a playoff tie-breaker game on Tuesday.

Every year the fine folks at the Reading Eagle do a Phillies farm system minor league prospect survey, taking votes from media around the organization. This is what the group come up with:

1. Trevor May, RHP Clearwater, 21
2. Sebastian Valle, C Clearwater, 21
3. Jesse Biddle, LHP Lakewood, 19
4. Freddy Galvis, SS Lehigh Valley, 21
5. Phillippe Aumont, RHP Lehigh Valley, 21
6. Brody Colvin, RHP Clearwater, 21
7. Justin DeFratus, RHP Lehigh Valley, 23
8. Julio Rodriguez, RHP Clearwater, 20
9. Michael Schwimer, RHP Philadelphia, 25
10. Jiwan James, OF Clearwater, 22
11. Jonathan Pettibone, RHP Clearwater, 21
12. Austin Hyatt, RHP Reading, 25
13. Aaron Altherr, OF Williamsport, 20
14. Joe Savery, LHP Lehigh Valley, 25
15. Harold Garcia, 2B Reading, 24
16. Dave Buchanan, RHP Clearwater, 22
17. Carlos Rivero, 3B Reading, 23
18. Cesar Hernandez, 2B Clearwater, 21
19. Lisalberto Bonilla, RHP Lakewood, 21
20. Zach Collier, OF Lakewood, 20

That’s a pretty good list (the number on the right is their age). A few notes:

• Jesse Biddle is the only one on the list who is in his teens. When Baseball America does their poll in a few months, it won’t be that way, but people were hesitant to vote on people they haven’t seen play yet, or are unproven at the lower levels, which makes sense.
• Everyone on the list except for Aumont, Savery and Rivero have played for the BlueClaws.
• No surprise at all Trevor May is number one. He’s had a tremendous season with Clearwater (3.45 ERA, .215 opponents BA and a whopping 197 Ks in just 143 innings pitched, wow).
• Sebastian Valle got off to a blazing start, hitting .357 to the all-star break, and though he’s only at .227 in the second half, a catcher that has power and is improving defensively is a major asset.
• Vance Worley, Mike Stutes, and Domonic Brown were not eligible for obvious reasons.
• Great run for Jonathan Pettibone this year with a 3.00 ERA to move up.
• Good to see people taking notice of BlueClaws RHP Lisalberto Bonilla, who has been excellent (and is slated to pitch game one of the double-header tomorrow.

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Nice article on Trevor May in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer:

“I believe this year as opposed to last year I made a lot of improvement mechanical-wise in being able to repeat things and also staying on a solid routine,” May said. “You have to find a work ethic that works for you. I also felt like this year I was able to make strides in dealing with adversity.

“I was really able to settle down when I got in trouble. I think you can see that by the fact that I have pitched more innings in 25 starts this year than I did in 27 last year.”

As much as he hated being demoted to Lakewood a year ago, May learned a lot from his second stint near the Jersey Shore.

“It was kind of a wake-up call,” May said. “I learned that I needed to throw more strikes and I needed to stay in the bottom half of the strike zone. You can get by with some things in the lower levels that you can’t get by with the higher you go.”

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And another great one by Matt Gelb in the Inquirer on Vance Worley:

Six years ago - before Vance was Vanimal, before he wrote angry messages to himself inside his hat, before he transformed from middling non-prospect to one of the best rookie starters in Phillies history - he was an unassuming freshman with a buzz cut. He asked Chris Aquino, then a junior catcher for Long Beach State University, if he would catch a bullpen session before the school year even started.

Aquino had never before been asked to do that. When they were done Worley said, “Thank you.” But Aquino was disturbed.

That should cover it for now. Hopefully we’ll have more later.

“Every time you got into your balance point and you separated,” he said to Worley, “you gave me this big smile right before you delivered the ball.”

BlueClaws 2B Carlos Alonso, who is 15-32 with 11 walks over his last 12 games, was named Phillies Minor League Player of the Week for the week ending Sunday.

Below, find the full story from the great Larry Shenk.

Players of the Week

**Pitcher: RHP Scott Mathieson, Lehigh Valley.  Was 1-0 in 2 starts, 11 total innings, 5 hits, 1 run, 4 walks, 12 strikeouts.  Picked up a win on Monday, 1 run, 4 hits, 7 innings and had a no decision on Sunday, 0 runs, 1 hit, 4 innings. Returned to starting role on June 19 and is 1-1 with a 2.27 ERA for 8 starts, striking out 45 in 35.2 innings.  He was last in a starting rotation on a regular basis in 2006.  The 27-year-old was selected in the 17^th round in 2002 and signed by Tim Kissner.

**Player: 2B Carlos Alonso, Lakewood.  Hit .529 in 5 games, with a club-high 9 hits.  Included were a double and his 1^st home run on Sunday; drove in 5 runs.  Over the last 10 games, he’s batting .471.  For August, .386.  He began the season at Williamsport (.429, 14 games) before promotion to Lakewood on July 9. The 21-year-old was selected in the 32^nd round in 2010 out of the University of Delaware and signed by Paul Murphy.

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With LHP Austin Wright scheduled to make his BlueClaws debut tonight, and Ryan Duke having picked up his fourth save of the year on Sunday, we thought it would be instructive to take a look at some current year draftees and how they have helped the BlueClaws. By current year of course we mean they pitched with the BlueClaws the year they were drafted.

2007: RHP Brian Schlitter (17th round, College of Charleston)
- Went 0-1, 3.80 in 16 games with Lakewood that year and he ended up getting traded to the Cubs for Scott Eyre at the 2008 trading deadline
- He ended up making the big leagues in 2010 with Chicago, claimed by the Yankees and the Phillies on waivers and awarded back to the Cubs. He hasn’t pitched this year

2008: RHP Vance Worley (3rd round, Long Beach State)
- Went 3-2, 2.66 with Lakewood in 2008 as the team made a playoff run that fell just short
- Made his Phillies debut last year and this year is 7-1, 2.33 with the Phillies

2008: RHP Mike Stutes (11th round, Oregon State)
- Went 5-1, 1.48 in seven starts with Lakewood in 2008 forming a late-season 1-2 punch with Worley
- Both he and Worley made their 2009 debuts with Reading becoming the first players in 10 years to start their first full-seasons with Reading
- This year he made his Phillies debut and is 5-1, 3.18

2009: LHP Matt Way (5th round, Washington State)
- Went 4-1, 3.11 with Lakewood in 2009 plus started Game One in both the SAL Northern Division Championship Series and the SAL Championship Series
- Split last year between Lakewood & Clearwater
- Has missed all of 2011 with an injury

2010: RHP Eric Pettis (35th round, UC-Irvine)
- Joined Lakewood for the post-season after pitching to a 1.37 ERA with Williamsport
- This year, he opened with Lakewood and is now with Clearwater, where he has a 3.10 ERA and 3 saves in 25 games

2011: RHP Ryan Duke (25th round, Oklahoma)
- Threw seven shutout innings for Williamsport and has four saves in seven games with Lakewood, having allowed two runs in 7.1 innings pitched.

2011: LHP Austin Wright (8th round, Ole Miss)
- Went 2-1, 3.38 with Williamsport before joining the BlueClaws, where he will debut today.

Here is the weekly Minor League review as sent over by the great Larry Shenk.

–Note, not included in last week’s report was Travis Mattair’s two home run game for Clearwater on Tuesday night, a game that also included Julio Rodriguez win his minor-league leading 13th game of the season.

Players of the Week

**Pitcher: RHS Austin Hyatt, Reading.  Was 2-0 for 2 starts, 2 runs, 8 hits in 13 innings.  Walked 4 and struck out 16.  Victory was his third in a row and improved his record to 9-5 for 20 starts.  ERA is 4.02 for 112.1 innings with 125 strikeouts.  In 3-plus minor league seasons, he is 24-10.  The 25-year-old was selected in the 15^th round in 2009 out of the University of Alabama and signed by Mike Stauffer.

**Player: CF Jiwan James, Clearwater.  Batted .400 in 7 games with an organization-high 12 hits, 6 runs scored and 5 doubles. Had doubles in each of his last 4 games. Drove in 5 and stole 2 bases (20 for the season). Hitting .339 post-All-Star Game, boosting his average from .261 to a season-high .287. The 22-year-old was selected as a pitcher in the 22^nd round in 2007 and signed by Chip Lawrence.  He was 0-4, 7.71 ERA at the Gulf Coast League in 2007, didn’t play at all in 2008 (right biceps injury) and converted to an outfielder at Williamsport in 2009.

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Here are two really good articles you should read.

The first is in today’s New York Daily News on BlueClaws 2008 first baseman Matt Rizzotti (why the NY Daily News? He’s from Floral Park, went to Molloy and Manhattan College):

It didn’t take long for Reading coach Mark Parent to see that his fast-talking first baseman was unflappable.

“His approach to hitting is different than anyone I’ve ever seen,” says Parent, who has played and coached in professional baseball for 26 years. “He chooses to hit with two strikes. He almost likes hitting with two strikes.”

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The second is from Saturday’s Asbury Park Press on 2010 BlueClaws manager Mark Parent:

“You don’t have to constantly remind guys of different situations that come up,”’ said Parent last week while sitting in the dugout at Trenton prior to a game between the Thunder and the Reading Phillies.

The Phillies promoted Parent two managing levels in the wake of his leading the BlueClaws to the 2010 SAL championship, the second consecutive title for the franchise.

“These (Double-A) guys have more of a baseball I.Q. than at that (low-A) level, and they know more how to take care of themselves on a day in and day out basis,” Parent said.

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The BlueClaws will play a day game today in Kannapolis, an 11:05 start with LHP Ervis Manzanillo on the mound. You can read today’s game notes here.

Julio Rodriguez won his 11th game of the year last night, allowing just one run over seven innings in a win at Port Charlotte (for Clearwater)…Rodriguez is now tied with Craig Westcott of San Jose for the MiLB lead in wins.

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Colin Kleven, a hard-throwing 20 year old from British Columbia, threw seven shutout innings for Williamsport last night.

Also included in Kleven’s effort were 15 ground ball outs of the 21 batters he retired, and that brought a smile to Morandini’s face.

“That is absolutely big, especially on this field,” Morandini said. “It is a slow infield and they didn’t square him up too much tonight. When you are getting ground balls like that, it means you are keeping the ball down, changing speeds and that made him real effective tonight.”

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Great line from Reading manager, and 2010 BlueClaws manager, Mark Parent on Joe Savery, who has given up hitting and is back pitching again:

“Most pitchers are so worried about themselves 24/7 I don’t know how they stay married in the first place,” Parent said in both a serious and kidding way. “When they go out to the other side, play defense, it becomes a team-oriented game and you kind of get out of yourself.”

Monday, Lisalberto Bonilla was named South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Week. Tuesday, he won his first game of the year and on Wednesday, he was named Phillies Minor League Pitcher of the Week.

Here is the weekly Phillies minor league review from Larry Shenk at the Phillies.

Players of the Week

**Pitcher: RH Lisalberto Bonilla, Lakewood.  Made 1 start and wasn’t involved in the decision, a 1-0, 10-inning BlueClaws win over Hagerstown on Wednesday.  Pitched 9 innings, allowed 5 singles, 0 walks and fanned a career-high 12.  Threw 107 pitches, 77 for strikes and had 3, 3-ball accounts. He was also named the MiLB.com pitcher of the week in the SAL. In 17 games at Lakewood (5 starts), he has a 1.49 ERA for 54.1 innings with 54 strikeouts.  The 21-year-old was signed as an amateur free agent out of Samana, Dominican Republic, by Sal Agostinelli and Bernardo Perez, 12/19/08.

**Player: 1B-DH Darin Ruf, Clearwater.  Hit .632 in 6 games (12-19) with 3 doubles, 6^th-7^th homers and 8 RBI.  Ended the week on an 8-game hitting streak.  Six-game RBI streak ended Sunday.  Batting .403 in 17 2^nd-half games, 4 homers, 15 RBI.  For the season, hitting .311 in 81 games with an organization-high and FSL-leading 29 doubles; 7 homers, 50 RBI, matching his career high set a year ago at Clearwater. The 24-year-old was selected in the 20^th round in 2009 out of Creighton University and signed by David Seifert.

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