Articles by Rich Wilkins (406)
Yesterday I got some stuff wrong, and omitted a guy or two. Tonight, we'll fix that. Here's my predictions. IRON PIGS: Line-Up: Thompson-CF, Frandsen-SS, Brown-LF, Kratz-C, Overbeck-1B, Montanez-RF, Spidale-DH, Thurston-3B, Orr-2B Rotation: Hyatt, Elarton, Misch, Bush, Bump Bench: Gosewisch, Blanco, Mitchell, Kennelly Bullpen: Schwimer, Aumont, Diekman, Valdes, Horst, Purcey, Sanches DL: De Fratus R-PHILS: Line-Up: […]
Well, more cuts come from Clearwater's Minor League Camps. Bill Rice, Brent Clevlen, and Jeff Lanning are gone. I'm a little surprised by this, since it means they lost some depth, but hey, who knows what the desires are in the upper minors. Between that and the Blanco signing, that's the news of the day. […]
The Phillies will be out of Florida by Sunday night, as camp is winding to it's conclusion. By Tuesday night exhibition ball will be done, and we'll be talking about real games. It's exciting, but it's also a very competitive time of year, as players compete to make rosters in every system in the league. […]
Well, we're getting down to the very end of spring training. The Phillies played today, and they hit well. The problem? They didn't pitch so good. They lost 11-7. Vance Worley had an ugly outing. Raul Valdes and David Herndon both threw two shutout innings though, helping their chances. Hector Luna homered and had three […]
There are new workout groups in Clearwater. There are also new cuts. Eric Pettis was a surprise cut, but Matt Way was not. Hog Blog, as usual, had a great post today. It really shed light on a lot of stuff, including Chin-Hung Lu failing his physical, and the battle for back up catching jobs. […]
Leave it to me, I said yesterday was Sunday. Oops! Well, the news of the day was a lack of news. There was a game, and they had all of three hits, and lost 6-0 to Boston. Galvis had a double and Montanez and Orr added singles, and well, that was it. Blanton was weak, […]
Well, today was a day of movement in the Phillies system. They moved some guys out, assigned workout groups for the week, and generally did stuff. I saw nothing truly stunning, but I did see plenty of story lines generally play themselves through. Maybe the biggest surprise was Gillies and James being both in the […]
Posted by Rich Wilkins In Dom Brown's first game for the Iron Pigs after being sent down, he answered any questions about whether or not he'll give it a good go there. Brown hit a homer, and went 2-for-3 in his first game back. Putting his major and minor league numbers together for the […]
Well, after taking the weekend mostly away from the computer, it's time to get back at it. Camp is winding down, and lots is happening in the world of the Phillies. They played a lot of games that I haven't mentioned yet. Today they played two. They tied the Orioles 3-3. Jim Thome had an […]
I took two days off, I know. Don't worry, I didn't forget about them Iron Pigs or Reading, or their upcoming game when they get north. So, being that there's not a ton of news, here's the Iron Pigs roster I have in mind: Line-Up: Podsednik-RF, Thompson-CF, Brown-LF, Rizzotti-1B, Kratz-C, Frandsen-SS, Overbeck/Montanez-DH, Luna-3B, Cartwright-2B Rotation: […]