Phillies - A Fan’s View

It’s been a breakout offensive year for 22 year old shortstop Bryan Rincon at Reading as he’s posted 23 doubles, 20 home runs and 25 stolen bases becoming one of only eleven 2026 minor leaguers to date to join the “Three Twenty” club this season and only one of six Phillies minor leaguers to do so in the last twenty-seven years (see https://www.philliesbaseballfan.com/post/8-23-26-the-triple-twenty-club). It’s by far the best year with the bat in his five year career. Bryan w

Plate Appearances : Raylin Heredia - REA - 508 Aroon Escobar - REA - 497 Alex Binelas - REA - 460 Bryan Rincon - REA - 460 Christian Cairo - LHV - 458 Hits : Raylin Heredia - REA - 135 Alex Binelas - REA - 105 Felix Reyes - LHV - 102 Bryan Rincon - REA - 99 Juan Villavicencio - JS/CW - 96 Runs : Bryan Rincon - REA - 79 Raylin Heredia - REA - 75 Alex Binelas - REA - 72 Aroon Escobar - REA - 68 Matthew Ferrara - CW - 68 Doubles : Raylin Heredia - REA - 32 Bryan Rincon - REA - 2

Only includes pitchers that remain in the organization. Appearances : Jack Dallas - REA - 40 Christian McGowan - REA - 39 Evan Gates - REA - 38 Gabe Craig - JS/CW - 37 Daniel Harper - REA/LHV - 36 Camron Hill - JS/CW - 36 Alex McFarlane - LHV/REA - 36 Starts : Adam Seminaris - REA - 22 Gage Wood - REA/CW - 22 Tanner Gresham - JS/CW - 21 Luke Russo - REA - 20 Jean Cabrera - REA/LHV - 20 Cody Bowker - REA/JS/CW - 19 Brad Pacheco - CW - 19 Braydon Tucker - REA - 19 Wins : Adam S

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) : Lehigh Valley (25-24, 60-64) The Iron Pigs went 3-2 for the week against Buffalo (Blue Jays affiliate). The week’s standouts : At Bat : Tommy Pham - 5 for 15 (.333), 2 doubles, 4 walks - .474 OBP in 19 PA’s Dylan Moore - 5 for 18 (.278), double, 3 RBIs, 3 walks - .381 OBP in 21 PA’s On The Hill : RH Chuck King - 6 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 1 HB, 2 BB, 4 K’s RH Drake Fellows - 5 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 1 BB, 1 K LH Kyle Backhus - three appearan

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Buffalo 10 (27-23, 62-63) Lehigh Valley 2 (25-24, 60-64) - Sahlen Field -Buffalo, NY At Bat : 2 R, 7 H, 7 BB, 6 K’s Rafael Marchan had two hits as did Otto Kemp (singles). Dylan Moore and Gabriel Rincones Jr each doubled .Tommy Pham walked twice and scored a run. On The Hill : 10 R, 15 H, 3 BB, 3 K’s RH Alan Rangel - 3 IP, 9 R, 10 H, 2 BB, 1 K - 76 pitches -50 strikes LH Kirby Snead - 1 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 BB, 1 K - 19 pitches

In last night’s Reading game shortstop Bryan Rincon hit his 20th home run of the season. It brings his season totals to 23 doubles, 20 home runs and 25 stolen bases. Having 20 or more tallies in all three categories is a feat that according to my research that only eleven minor leaguers have done this season. Bryan’s teammate Raylin Heredia accomplished the task earlier in the year, they represent the only two minor league teammates on the same club for the entire year to do

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Buffalo (26-23, 61-63) Lehigh Valley (25-23, 60-63) - Sahlen Field -Buffalo, NY - cancelled - Rain Eastern League (AA) - Reading 5 (28-21, 58-60) Portland 2 (25-25, 60-58) Delta Dental Park•Portland, ME At Bat : 5 R, 6 H, 8 BB, 10 K’s For the second game in a row Bryan Rincon led off the contest with a home run (20th), he also singled and walked - had a 12 pitch AB in the ninth inning as well. Raider Tello had two hits (si

Dominican Summer League - Padres Gold 9 (2-1) Phillies 3 (2-1) Dominican Republic - Playoff Game Three - Padres Complex The Padres Gold team advances to the DSL playoff semi-finals, the Phillies season is over. It was a great season for the Phillies squad. The change in signing philosophy and going to one DSL team rather than two worked very well for the organization. Quite a few of this year’s DSL players seemed destined for stateside action next year. Just a clarification

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Buffalo 8 (26-23, 61-63) Lehigh Valley 0 (25-23, 60-63) - Sahlen Field -Buffalo, NY At Bat : 0 R, 3 H, 3 BB, 8 K’s On The Hill : 8 R, 13 H, 4 BB, 8 K’s RH Brian Keller - 4.1 IP, 5 R, 7 H, 2 BB, 3 K’s - 88 pitches - 55 strikes LH Tristan Garnett - 2/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 BB, 0 K’s - 14 pitches - 9 strikes RH Ryan Cusick - 1.1 IP, 3 R, 5 H, 1 BB, 3 K’s - 35 pitches - 23 strikes RH Mitch Neunborn - 1.2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 2 K’s -

Dominican Summer League - Phillies 9 (2-0) Angels 6 (0-2) Dominican Republic - Playoff Game Two - Phillies Complex How they scored : The Angels scored twice in the first inning on a single, stolen base, single, sacrifice bunt and sacrifice fly. Both Jose Tovar and Deivas Velasquez were hit by pitches in the bottom of the second, they advanced a base on a wild pitch. Nieves Izaguirre hit a sacrifice fly to score Tovar, Javen Maduro singled to score Velasquez. The Angels plat

Congrats to RHP George Klassen (2023 6th round draft choice) for an outstanding effort on 8/18 for the Los Angeles Angels against the Houston Astros - he went seven scoreless innings allowing just one hit with three walks and seven strikeouts, post game remarks were that he was dominant. Since being recalled to the major leagues on 8/7 he’s posted a 1.59 ERA in three starts (17 IP) winning two games with 15 K’s and 8 walks. He’s featured a four seam fastball averaging 97 mph

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 7 (25-22, 60-62) Buffalo 5 (25-23, 60-63) - Sahlen Field -Buffalo, NY At Bat : 7 R, 11 H, 6 BB, 9 K’s Colby Thomas had three hits (two singles & triple) as did Dylan Moore (two singles, two walks, two RBIs). Kameron Misner walked and hit a two run home run. Otto Kemp tripled. Rafael Marchan singled, walked and scored twice. Carter Kieboom had two hits (singles), a walk and RBI. On The Hill : 5 R, 13 H, 0 BB,

Dominican Summer League - Phillies 6 (1-0) Astros Orange 0 (0-1) Dominican Republic - Playoff Game One - Phillies Complex A very hot day and a few players experienced what appeared to be leg cramps - Phillies starting pitcher Yilmar Samudio exited in the top of the fourth after throwing a warm up pitch and shortstop Juan Parra left in the top of the fifth with what appeared to be a left leg cramp. How they scored : Nelson Prieto walked in the second inning, Sebastian Saenz

The regular season has ended for the DSL Phillies, round robin playoffs begin today - you can watch the Phillies team play in them on YouTube (11 AM). Clearwater and Jersey Shore end the regular season on 9/6/26, Reading on 9/13/26 and Lehigh Valley on 9/20/26. Clearwater has already qualified for the playoffs by winning the first half title in the Florida State League and Reading currently holds down first place in the second half Eastern League NorthEast division playoff ra

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 2 (24-22, 59-62) Buffalo 1 (25-22, 60-62) - Sahlen Field -Buffalo, NY At Bat : 2 R, 7 H, 3 BB, 12 K’s Tommy Pham had two hits (single & double) with two RBIs. Payton Henry had two hits (single & double). On The Hill : 1 R, 6 H, 4 BB, 4 K’s RH Drake Fellows - 5 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 1 BB, 1 K - 79 pitches - 49 strikes LH Tucker Davidson - 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 BB, 0 K’s - 12 pitches - 11 strikes LH Kirby Snead - 1 perfec

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 5 (23-22, 58-62) Buffalo 1 (25-21, 60-61) - Sahlen Field -Buffalo, NY At Bat : 5 R, 12 H, 4 BB, 7 K’s Tommy Pham had three hits (two singles & double) and scored twice. Christian Cairo doubled. Kameron Misner homered (17th - 14 with Omaha, 3 with LHV), he also singled. Dylan Moore had two hits (singles). Carter Kieboom walked twice. Keaton Anthony had two hits (single & double). On The Hill : 1 R, 7 H, 3 BB,

Compiled by Steve Potter Dominican Summer League - Mariners 10 (33-22) Phillies 2 (36-19) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - Phillies Complex At Bat : 2 R, 6 H, 0 BB, 4 K’s Edwin Ramirez had two hits (singles) and an RBI. Nieves Izaguirre doubled. On The Hill : 10 R, 11 H, 6 BB, 10 K’s RH Wandelin Garcia - 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 3 BB, 1 K RH Alexandre Moreti - 2.2 IP, 5 R - 3 earned, 6 H, 1 BB, 4 K’s RH Rene Yrish - 2 IP, 3 R, 2 H, 1 HB, 1 BB, 3 K’s RH Ronaldson Estevez - 1 IP,

Hitting it hard in Clearwater : On 8/14/26 Clearwater outfielder Caden Bogenpohl hit a screaming home run in Fort Myers measured at a 117 mph exit velocity and later hit two singles in the game at 107 mph and 116 mph. By comparison current Lehigh Valley masher Felix Reyes has posted a maximum exit velocity of 115 mph in his career while former Phillies minor league slugger Dylan Cozens reached 113 mph in the minors and posted 111.3 mph on 6/6/18 in the majors against the Cubs

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) : Lehigh Valley (22-22, 57-62) The Iron Pigs went 4-1 for the week against Scranton Wilkes Barre (Yankees affiliate). The week’s standouts : At Bat : Payton Henry - 4 for 8 (.500), 2 HR’s, 3 RBIs Gabriel Rincones Jr - 6 for 15 (.400), 4 doubles, 3 RBIs - 1.138 OPS Tommy Pham - 7 for 18 (.389), 5 runs, 2 doubles, HR, 9 RBIs, 4 BB - 1.167 OPS Carter Kieboom - 5 for 14 (.357), 2 doubles, HR, 3 RBIs - 1.185 OPS Felix Reyes - 3 f

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley (22-22, 57-62) Scranton Wilkes Barre (25-17, 62-54)- Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park - suspended - Rain The game went into rain delay in the top of the second inning. It was eventually suspended 0-0 after one inning played. On The Hill : RH Casey Lawrence - 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 0 K’s - 9 pitches - 7 strikes Did Ya Know 🧐 : PAYTON THE TOWN RED: Even after playing for them, Payton Henry continued to torch SWB.