DOWN ON THE FARM

Larry Shenk
4 min readSep 12, 2023

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Standouts in week 23 of the Phillies minor league system include OF Raylin Heredia, RHP Mick Abel, RHR Orion Kerkering, RHP Christian McGowan, RHR Jack Dallas, RHR Nate Karaffa, INF Bryson Ware. #phillies

The four full season teams went 13–9 in regular season games for the week. The seven clubs in the system are now a cumulative 382–307 in the regular season for a winning percentage of .554. The four affiliates participating in split seasons are 140–115 (.549) in the second half. Both Clearwater and Jersey Shore qualified for the playoffs next week and each club finished the regular season with the best overall record in their respective leagues, they set and protected the standard!

AAA Level : Lehigh Valley : 3–3 for the week against Buffalo, (38–25, 74–62)- 9/12/23 @ Rochester

Aramis Garcia — 5 for 13 (.385) with two doubles, .429 OBP

Weston Wilson — 5 for 13 (.385) with two doubles and two home runs, eight RBIs

Rafael Marchan — 3 for 9 (.333) with two doubles, home run, eight RBIs, four walks, .538 OBP

Dustin Peterson — six hits, three walks, four runs, three walks, .375 OBP

Shaun Anderson — seven innings, one run, six hits, no walks, seven strikeouts

Tyler Phillips — five innings plus, one unearned run, six hits, four walks, three strikeouts.

Nick Nelson — six and one third innings, two runs, seven hits, four strikeouts.

Ben Bowden — two appearances, two and two third innings, no runs, one hit, one walk, two strikeouts.

AA Level : Reading : 3–2 for the week against Portland, (29–33, 57–73) overall — 9/12/23 @ Binghamton

Oliver Dunn — 4 for 11 (.364) with two runs and five walks, .563 OBP

Carlos De La Cruz — 4 for 12 (.333) with a double, two home runs, six RBIs, four walks, .471 OBP

Ethan Wilson — 4 for 13 (.308) with a double and two RBIs

Nick Ward — two hits and two walks in eleven plate appearances — .364 OBP

Mick Abel — six innings, no runs, one hit, two walks, seven strikeouts

Zach Haake — six innings, no runs, one hit three walks, four strikeouts

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

Orion Kerkering — two appearances, two saves, two innings, no runs, two hits, two strikeouts

High A Level : Jersey Shore : 4–2 for the week against Hudson Valley, (38–28, 73–58) overall

Otto Kemp — 6 for 20 (.300) with two doubles, two RBIs, three walks, .375 OBP

Gabriel Rincones Jr — three HBP’s, four hitd, four walks, four runs, .407 OBP

Justin Crawford — six hits, three doubles, three walks, .370 OBP

Christian McGowan — four innings, no runs, two hits, one walk, six strikeouts

Jack Dallas — two appearances, three and two third innings, no runs, no hits, one walk, four strikeouts

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

Mitch Neunborn — five innings, one run, two hits, four walks, six strikeouts

Jason Ruffcorn — two appearances, five innings, one earned run, six hits, two walks, seven strikeouts

Rafael Marcano — four innings, one run, two hits, three walks, five strikeouts

Konnor Ash — two appearances, three and two third innings, one run, three hits, no walks, seven strikeouts

Low A Level : Clearwater : 3–2 for the week against Palm Beach, (35–29, 79–50) overall

Raylin Heredia — 10 for 17 (.588) with five runs scored, two doubles, triple, home run, five RBIs — .611 OBP

Bryson Ware — 7 for 15 (.467) with a double, home run and four RBIs — .471 OBP

Chad Castillo — 5 for 13 (.385) with five runs scored, two RBIs — .400 OBP

Jordan Dissin — 6 for 19 (.316) with four runs scored, double, two home runs, six RBIs

Trent Farquhar — 3 for 10 (.300) with four runs scored, two doubles, three walks — .462 OBP

William Bergolla — 4 for 13 (.308) with three RBIs, two walks — .400 OBP

Eiberson Castellano — five innings, one run, three hits, two walks, one hit batter, four strikeouts.

Estibenzon Jimenez — five scoreless innings, three hits, one walk, three strikeouts.

Braeden Fausnaught — five innings, one run, two hits, two walks, six strikeouts.

Nate Karaffa — three innings, no runs, three hits, one walk, one hit batter, four strikeouts.

Paxton Thompson — two appearances — two innings, no runs, one hit, one walk, two strikeouts.

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

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Larry Shenk
Larry Shenk

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