Down On The Farm

Larry Shenk
4 min readJul 4, 2023

--

DOWN ON THE FARM:

Standouts in week 13 of the Phillies minor league system….INF Scott Kingery, INF Nick Ward, OF Emaarion Boyd, P Matt Osterberg, P Zack Haake.

A shift in the work schedule this past week as games were played Wednesday thru Monday for the full season affiliates.

Scott Kingery had a standout week for Lehigh Valley hitting .421 with a .476 OBP while Weston Wilson hit three home runs and Jake Cave posted four dingers. TJ Zeuch had a seven inning outing on Thursday and Andrew Bellatti continued to post zeros in two outings. Darick Hall earned a big league promotion on Sunday. Reading had a rough week going 1–5 against Richmond.

Jersey Shore went 3–3 and Nick Ward posted a .476 OBP in twenty plate appearances. The bullpen continued to pitch well with multiple contributors, starters Matt Osterberg and Zach Haake had strong outings. Clearwater continued to roll going 4–2, Emaarion Boyd stood out hitting .467 for the week, Cade Fergus hit a grand slam and Felix Reyes delivered eight RBIs. Sam Aldegheri and Jean Cabrera had five inning outings as starters allowing no earned runs and Dominic Pipkin and Noah Song each made two rehab appearances.

AAA Level : Lehigh Valley : 3–3 for the week against Rochester, 3–3–2nd half, 39–40 overall — 7/4/23 @ Scranton Wilkes-Barre

Scott Kingery — 8 for 19 (.421) with two doubles, two home runs and seven RBIs — .476 OBP

Weston Wilson — 7 for 23 (.304) with a triple, three HR’s and eight RBIs, .370 OBP

Jake Cave — 7 for 23 (.304) with a double, four HR’s and seven RBIs, .407 OBP

Jim Haley — 6 for 13 (.462) and a .500 OBP

Simon Muzziotti — 6 for 14 (.429) and a .500 OBP

Darick Hall — 5 for 12 (.417) with a HR and four RBIs, .429 OBP

Andrew Bellatti — two appearances, two IP, no runs, one hit, two walks, two strikeouts

TJ Zeuch — seven innings, one run, five hits, two walks, five strikeouts.

Drew Hutchinson — five and two third innings, one run, five hits, two walks and four strikeouts

Bailey Falter — four innings, one run, three hits, two walks and three strikeouts

AA Level : Reading : 1–5 for the week against Richmond, 1–5–2nd half, 29–45 overall — 7/4/23 @ Somerset

Oliver Dunn — 7 for 16 (.438) with two doubles and two RBIs, .526 OBP

Nick Podkul — 4 for 12 (.333) with two doubles, two home runs, four RBIs, .500 OBP

Brett Schulze — two appearances, two and one third IP, no runs, one hit, one walk, four strikeouts

Andrew Schultz — two appearances, two IP, no runs, one hit, no walks, two strikeouts

Griff McGarry — five IP, two runs, four hits, two walks, seven strikeouts

Tyler Phillips — five IP, three runs, five hits, one walk, five strikeouts

High A Level : Jersey Shore : 3–3 for the week against Brooklyn, 5–4–2nd half, 40–34 overall — 7/4/23 vs Hudson Valley

Nick Ward — 7 for 18 (.389) with a double, HR and two RBIs, .476 OBP in 20 PA’s

Hao Yu Lee — 8 for 22 (.364) with a double and three RBIs, two stolen bases, .391 OBP

Erick Brito — .381 OBP in 21 PA’s, five hits, two doubles, three RBIs

Zach Haake — five IP, no runs, four hits, one walk, six strikeouts

Tommy McCollum — three appearances, three IP, no runs, one hit, no walks, three strikeouts

Wesley Moore — three appearances, three IP, no runs, two hits, two walks, three strikeouts

Orion Kerkering — three appearances, three IP, one run, three hits, no walks, two strikeouts

Tristan Garnett — two appearances, two IP, no runs, no hits, no walks, no strikeouts

Jordi Martinez — two appearances, two IP, no runs, three hits, no walks, four strikeouts

Rodolfo Sanchez — two appearances, two IP, no runs, one hit, one walk, one strikeout

Matt Osterberg — six IP, two runs, two hits, one walk, eight strikeouts

Low A Level : Clearwater : 4–2 for the week against Bradenton, 6–3–2nd half, 50–23 overall — 7/4/23 vs Palm Beach

Emaarion Boyd — 7 for 15 (.467) with two doubles, two stolen bases, .579 OBP.

Ryan Leitch — 4 for 12 (.333) with a double and three walks, .556 OBP.

Otto Kemp — five hits, five walks, two HBP, .522 OBP in 23 PA’s

Cade Fergus — four hits including grand slam HR, triple, three walks, .389 OBP in 18 PA’s

Troy Schreffler — 4 for 12 (.333) with a HR and three RBIs, .429 OBP

Felix Reyes — two doubles, HR, eight RBIs

Samuel Aldegheri — five innings pitched, one unearned run, five hits, three walks, six strikeouts

Jean Cabrera — five innings pitched, no runs, two hits, two walks, five strikeouts

Dominic Pipkin — two appearances — two IP, no runs, no walks, three strikeouts

Braeden Fausnaught — two scoreless IP, one hit, two walks, one strikeout

Jonh Henriquez — two scoreless IP, no hits, no walks, four strikeouts

Andrew Walling — two scoreless IP, two hits, two walks, two strikeouts

Danny Wilkinson — two appearances — three and one third IP, one run, two hits, two walks, eight strikeouts

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

--

--

Larry Shenk
Larry Shenk

Written by Larry Shenk

Larry Shenk offers insight into the past, present-day and future of his beloved Phillies.

No responses yet