Down On The Farm

Larry Shenk
5 min readSep 5, 2023

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Week 22 standouts in the Phillies minor league system include OF Weston Wilson, P Shaun Anderson, P Hector Perez, C Caleb Ricketts, P Mitch Neunborn.

The four full season teams went 12–11 in regular season games for the week. The seven clubs in the system are now a cumulative 369–298 in the regular season for a winning percentage of .553. The four affiliates participating in split seasons are 127–106 (.545) in the second half.

Lehigh Valley went 6–0 against Syracuse. The IronPigs are tied with Durham for the second half title. Jersey Shore remained in the hunt for the second half South Atlantic League northern division title by going 4–2. The BlueClaws are tied with Brooklyn for the second half playoff spot. Six games left to decide the winner. Jersey Shore will travel to Hudson Valley and Brooklyn will host Wilmington this week.

Clearwater, the first half Florida State League West division champions, end the second half in Palm Beach this week. Playoffs are scheduled to begin on September 12.

AAA Level : Lehigh Valley : 6–0 for the week against Syracuse, (35–22, 71–59)- 9/5/23 @ Buffalo

Weston Wilson — 9 for 19 (.474) with a double, triple, four home runs and nine RBIs — five walks, .583 OBP

Cal Stevenson — 5 for 13 (.385) with a double, three RBIs, two walks, .500 OBP

Brewer Hicklen — 3 for 10 (.300) with three walks, .462 OBP

Drew Ellis — 5 for 15 (.333) with three doubles, three walks, .444 OBP

Simon Muzziotti — 7 for 20 (.350) with four runs, seven RBIs, two walks, .435 OBP

Kody Clemens — 8 for 22 (.364) with ten runs, two doubles, triple, three home runs and nine RBIs, two walks, .417 OBP

Darick Hall — six hits, five, runs, double, home run, four RBIs, four walks, .400 OBP in 25 PA’s

Rafael Marchan — 4 for 13 (.308) with three RBIs

Dustin Peterson — 5 for 14 (.357) with four runs, home run, four RBIs

Shaun Anderson — eight innings, one run, four hits, one walk, seven strikeouts

Michael Plassmeyer — five innings, one run, two hits, one walk, seven strikeouts

Ben Bowden — two appearances, two innings, no runs, one hit, one walk, four strikeouts

Yunior Marte — two appearances, three innings, no runs, two hits, one walk, three strikeouts

Connor Brogdon -two appearances, two innings, no runs, one hit, two walks, three strikeouts

Taylor Lehman — two appearances, one and two third innings, no runs, two hits, no walks, two strikeouts

Tyler McKay — two appearances, one and two third innings, no runs, two hits, no walks, two strikeouts

Luis Ortiz — two appearances, two innings, no runs, one hit, no walks, two strikeouts

Hector Perez — two appearances, two innings, no runs, no hits, no walks, four strikeouts

Jeremy Walker — three appearances, threeinnings, no earned runs, one hit, one walks.

AA Level : Reading : 1–5 for the week against New Hampshire, (26–31, 54–71) overall — 9/5/23 vs Portland

Oliver Dunn — five hits, five walks, three runs, two doubles, .400 OBP in 25 PA’s

Carlos De La Cruz — four hits, six walks, three runs, double, home run, .385 OBP in 26 PA’s

Baron Radcliff — four hits, two walks, double, two home runs, .375 OBP in 16 PA’s

Mick Abel — five innings, one run, two hits, two walks, five strikeouts

David Parkinson — six innings, two runs, six hits, three walks, six strikeouts

Orion Kerkering — two appearances — two innings, no runs, one hit, three strikeouts

High A Level : Jersey Shore : 4–2 for the week against Aberdeen, (34–26, 69–56) overall — 9/5/23 @ Hudson Valley

Caleb Ricketts — 6 for 17 (.353) with two RBIs

Jared Carr — 4 for 13 (.308) with two runs scored and three RBIs

Kendall Simmons — 4 for 13 (.308) with three runs scored, four RBIs, three walks, .389 OBP

Leandro Pineda — two hits, seven walks in 19 PA’s (.526 OBP)

Bryan Rincon — 3 for 10 (.300), five runs, scored, two walks, .467 OBP

Felix Reyes — 3 for 8 (.375) with a walk off home run and seven RBIs

Andrick Nava — 3 for 5 (.600) with four walks, two runs scored, home run, two RBIs — .778 OBP in 9 PA’s

Justin Crawford — 7 for 23 (.304) with four runs scored, two doubles, triple

Mitch Neunborn was outstanding — five no hit, no run innings, one walk, ten strikeouts

Gabriel Cotto — five innings, two runs, three hits, three walks, five strikeouts

Christian McGowan — four innings, no runs, four hits, two walks, four strikeouts

Gunner Mayer — five plus innings, two runs, three hits, three walks, five strikeouts

Sam Aldegheri — five and a third innings, two runs, six hits, one walk, eight strikeouts

Rafael Marcano — six innings, two runs, seven hits, one walk, six strikeouts

Wesley Moore — two appearances, two and two third innings, no runs, one hit, three walks, two strikeouts

Andrew Walling — two appearances, two and two third innings, no runs, one hit, no walks, five strikeouts

Carlos Betancourt — three appearances, four innings, two runs — one earned, two hits, two walks, six strikeouts

Jack Dallas — two appearances, three and one third innings, two runs — one earned, two hits, one walk, four strikeouts

Low A Level : Clearwater : 1–4 for the week against Fort Myers, (32–27, 76–48) overall — 9/5/23 @ Palm Beach

Chad Castillo — 6 for 16 (.375) with two doubles and two RBIs, walk, .389 OBP

Aidan Miller — 4 for 11 (.364) with a triple and walk, .417 OBP

Troy Schreffler — 3 for 7 (.429), home run, two RBIs, two walks, .556 OBP

Jean Cabrera — five innings, two runs, six hits, one walk, seven strikeouts

Estibenzon Jimenez — five innings, two runs, six hits, two walks, six strikeouts

Ezequiel Ventura — six innings, one run, two hits, one walk, four strikeouts

Hunter Loyd — two appearances — two innings, no runs, one hit, one walk, one strikeout

Josh Bortka — two appearances — two innings, no runs, one hit, no walks, three strikeouts, one save

(Information courtesy of Steve Potter of https://www.philliesbaseballfan.com/.

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Larry Shenk
Larry Shenk

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