Iron Pigs
Phillies prospect Tyler Cloyd went 3-0 with a 1.80 ERA at AA Reading this season. So, the Phillies promoted him to AAA Lehigh Valley. At AAA he is 11-1 with a 1.93 ERA. So, in all that makes him 14-1 with a 1.93 ERA. I thought it was a foregone conclusion that when Joe Blanton […]
Photo Courtesy of Corey Shaw In the next couple weeks, the Phillies may need an outfielder from AAA to fill out their major league roster. Domonic Brown is now an option as he has been reinstated from the disabled list and is available for the Iron Pigs tonight. Brown is in left field, but […]
Ryan Howard is listed as 6'4 and 240 pounds. That was, before he got injured and could do no exercise whatsoever. In Lakewood, Howard had to wear #52 until they could put together a #29 jersey that big: Photo: Philliedelphia/Frank Klose Tonight in Lehigh Valley, Howard was slugging away wearing #50. But, #50 is […]
Photo: Philliedelphia/Frank Klose In a very under-the-radar move just over two weeks ago, the Phillies signed outfielder Jason Pridie to a minor-league contract. Like many of you, I only vaguely knew of Pridie due to his time spent with the New York Mets last year. The next we heard of Pridie (if we were even […]
Photo: Courtesy of Corey Shaw According to Iron Pigs beat reporter Michael LoRe, Phillies OF prospect Domonic Brown has hit the disabled list with a right knee sprain. Brown has been hurt for a while; back on June 15th we first noted that Brown's right knee hurt, but the extent was unknown. Since then, Brown […]
On the way into Citizens Bank Park tonight, I predicted the Pirates would beat the Phillies 10-4. I'm at that point with this team. They entered the game at 34-40, so why would you believe they would beat a team that's played reasonably well this year? Well, for one night, they played like the Phillies […]
Phillies IF/OF Michael Martinez was reinstated from the disabled list tonight and optioned to AAA Lehigh Valley. This means behind him on the depth chart was: Hector Luna Pete Orr Mike Fontenot This makes me wonder: was it worth carrying Martinez all last year when he clearly is not better than the collection of […]
Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz was a late scratch before the Phillies Memorial Day 1:00 p.m. game in New York at Citi Field. He was said to be "day to day" at the time. But, the AAA Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs played a night game and pulled from the original lineup was Iron Pigs catcher Erik […]
UPDATE: According to @ToddZolecki, Vance Worley has been officially placed on the disabled list. Kyle Kendrick will take Worley's place in the starting rotation. Just optioned on Friday, Joe Savery is headed back up to the majors, according to Iron Pigs beat reporter Michael LoRe: Left-handed reliever Joe Savery was called up to the Phillies. […]
Party like it's 2007! The Phillies lost reliever David Herndon to the disabled list with an elbow issue, so the Phillies caleld up right-hander Brian Sanches. Yes, Sanches was part of the Phillies first division championship team in this run and part of the team that used a ridiculous 28 pitchers to get through the […]
