Phillies Minor League Report: Lakewood pitches a great week

Let’s run through the minor leagues and check in on the Phils’ top prospects.

LEHIGH VALLEY: For the first time in a while, the Pigs had a losing week, going 2-3, and losing a series to Buffalo.

The hitters:

Jorge Alfaro: .267/.300/.403, 16 XBH, 66 K, 5 BB, 206 AB
Jesmuel Valentin: .229/.282/.292, 4 XBH, 16 K, 6 BB, 96 AB (out for season)
Rhys Hoskins: .294/.387/.589, 35 XBH, 41 K, 35 BB, 231 AB
Roman Quinn: .274/.344/.389, 13 XBH, 49 K, 18 BB, 175 AB (7-day disabled list)
Cameron Perkins: .295/.390/.460, 22 XBH, 35 K, 27 BB, 200 AB
Nick Williams: .272/.305/.502, 26 XBH, 77 K, 8 BB, 235 AB
Dylan Cozens: .248/.310/.496, 25 XBH, 80 K, 21 BB, 234 AB
J.P. Crawford: .194/.313/.252, 7 XBH, 42 K, 36 BB, 206 AB
Brock Stassi: .333/.379/.444, 1 XBH, 3 K, 2 BB, 27 AB (.333/.429/.333, 0 XBH, 0 K, 1 BB, 6 AB in Reading)

Crawford tweaked his groin last Saturday but should be back Monday and avoid any trips to the DL. Meanwhile, Quinn is already in rehab in Florida, a great sign for the oft-injured outfielder. Alfaro had a big week, of course.

The pitchers:

Jake Thompson: 55.2 IP, 6.79 ERA, 48 K, 24 BB
Ricardo Pinto: 50.1 IP, 4.65 ERA, 32 K, 17 BB
Mark Appel: 63 IP, 5.71 ERA, 41 K, 38 BB
Tom Eshelman: 52 IP, 1.56 ERA, 37 K, 5 BB (29 IP, 3.10 ERA, 22 K, 5 BB in Reading)
Jesen Therrien: 9.1 IP, 3.86 ERA, 8 K, 2 BB (26.2 IP, 1.35 ERA, 35 K, 3 BB in Reading)

Nothing too fun happening on the mound.

READING: The Fightin’ Phils ripped off eight-straight wins before dropping a tough one late on Friday against Binghamton. At 37-26, Reading still is five back of Trenton.

The hitters:

Andrew Pullin: .316/.378/.564, 35 XBH, 41 K, 22 BB, 250 AB
Malquin Canelo: .237/.325/.343, 13 XBH, 52 K, 23 BB, 169 AB
Scott Kingery: .302/.376/.609, 36 XBH, 45 K, 26 BB, 248 AB
Carlos Tocci: .286/.355/.359, 12 XBH, 37 K, 17 BB, 220 AB
Zachary Coppola: .194/.341/.194, 0 XBH, 4 K, 8 BB, 36 AB (.350/.413/.413, 7 XBH, 26 K, 17 BB in Clearwater)

Pullin continues to hit. Everyone else … as is.

Drew Anderson: 67.1 IP, 3.48 ERA, 58 K, 19 BB
Brandon Leibrandt: 66.2 IP, 3.65 ERA, 48 K, 21 BB
Yacksel Rios: 33 IP, 2.18 ERA, 40 K, 7 BB (assigned to Williamsport)

Rios was sent to Williamsport, but it’s likely a paper move (part of roster shuffling) because Ranfi Casimiro is coming up from Clearwater. Watch for Rios to either be back in Reading or move to Lehigh Valley (or Philadelphia, after a 40-man roster placement).

CLEARWATER: A 3-3 week for the Treshers, mostly against Lakeland.

Hitters:

Herlis Rodriguez: .259/.342/.443, 16 XBH, 37 K, 19 BB, 174 AB
Damek Tomscha: .296/.392/.454, 17 XBH, 38 K, 27 BB, 196 AB
Cornelius Randolph: .230/.308/.364, 14 XBH, 62 K, 24 BB, 209 AB
Jose Pujols: .180/.214/.257, 8 XBH, 90 K, 7 BB, 183 AB
Cord Sandberg: .318/.400/.500, 8 XBH, 6 K, 3 BB, 22 AB (.265/.309/.407, 19 XBH, 56 K, 11 BB, 189 AB in Lakewood)

Pujols hit his third home run of the season this week. So there’s that.

Pitchers:

Cole Irvin: 60 IP, 2.70 ERA, 46 K, 12 BB
Franklyn Kilome: 52 IP, 2.60 ERA, 47 K, 20 BB
Jose Taveras: 70.2 IP, 2.17 ERA, 65 K, 15 BB
Seranthony Dominguez: 35.2 IP, 2.02 ERA, 45 K, 13 BB (assigned to Williamsport)
Alberto Tirado: 54.1 IP, 3.98 ERA, 49 K, 31 BB

Taveras may be in line for the mid-season promotion.

LAKEWOOD: A great week for Lakewood! They go 5-1 with wins against Delmarva, Hagerstown and current opponent Hickory. In the wins, they outscored their opponents 38-5. Good stuff.

Hitters:

Daniel Brito: .235/.298/.321, 12 XBH, 55 K, 18 BB, 234 AB
Mickey Moniak: .277/.333/.403, 21 XBH, 52 K, 18 BB, 231 AB
Arquimedes Gamboa: .230/.320/.310, 5 XBH, 17 K, 12 BB, 87 AB

Moniak rebounded a little this week.

Pitchers:

Sixto Sanchez: 29.1 IP, 3.07 ERA, 32 K, 3 BB
JoJo Romero: 71.2 IP, 2.01 ERA, 76 K, 21 BB
Ranger Suarez: 64.2 IP, 1.95 ERA, 73 K, 21 BB
Adonis Medina: 60.1 IP, 3.13 ERA, 75 K, 23 BB
Nick Fanti: 64 IP, 2.25 ERA, 65 K, 16 BB
Bailey Falter: 59 IP, 3.20 ERA, 45 K, 10 BB

Talk about a week. Ten strikeouts for Romero. Twelve for Medina. And Sanchez returned and was his regular self. Great pitching all around for the Claws.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.