Phillies - A Fan’s View

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) : Lehigh Valley (35-40) The Iron Pigs went 3-3 for the week against Worcester (Red Sox affiliate). The week’s standouts : At Bat : Otto Kemp - 8 for 23 (.348) 4 runs , HR, 3 RBIs, 2 SB - .400 OBP in 25 PA’s Carter Kieboom - 5 for 15 (.333) with a double Felix Reyes - 8 for 25 (.320), 5 runs, 2 HR’s, 7 RBIs - .600 SLG PCT Paul McIntosh - 5 for 16 (.313) HR, 3 RBIs Bryan De La Cruz - 6 for 20 (.300) HR, 4 RBIs Christian Cairo

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Worcester 12 (36-35) Lehigh Valley 3 (35-40) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park At Bat : 3 R, 5 H, 3 BB, 6 K’s Christian Cairo tripled, walked and posted two RBIs. Bryan De La Cruz had two hits (single & double) with a run scored. On The Hill : 12 R, 15 H, 3 BB, 10 K’s LH Kolby Allard - 5 IP, 7 R - 3 earned, 8 H, 0 BB, 6 K’s - 83 pitches - 60 strikes LH Tanner Banks - 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 BB, 2 K’s - 15 pitches - 11 strikes RH Mi

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 4 (35-39) Worcester 3 (35-35) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park At Bat : 4 R, 8 H, 0 BB, 8 K’s Felix Reyes had two hits (double & HR) with two RBIs and a run scored. Robert Moore had two hits (single & HR) with a RBI and two runs scored. Otto Kemp had two hits (singles) with an RBI. Steward Berroa doubled. On The Hill : 3 R, 10 H, 2 BB, 12 K’s RH Drake Fellows - 5 IP, 3 R, 8 H, 1 BB, 6 K’s - 88 pitches - 54 stri

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 9 (34-39) Worcester 3 (35-34) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park At Bat : 9 R, 16 H, 3 BB, 7 K’s Otto Kemp had four hits (three singles & HR) with two RBIs and three runs scored - he was also hit by a pitch. Keaton Anthony had three hits (two singles & double) with a walk and three RBIs. Felix Reyes had two hits (singles), two RBIs and two runs scored. Christian Cairo had two hits (singles), two stole

For the folks that saw Andrew Painter back in 2022 at his minor league stops in Clearwater, Jersey Shore and Reading ya know that the fastball was dominant. Then came the injury the following year and the subsequent surgical repair. I was in attendance in the summer of 2024 at the complex for his first live BP during rehab and it was spectacular, he hit the catchers glove target on almost every pitch, the velocity was back and to boot he showed a new pitch - a slider. It prom

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 5 (33-39) Worcester 4 (35-33) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park At Bat : 5 R, 11 H, 1 BB, 9 K’s Felix Reyes and Carter Kieboom each two hits (singles) and an RBI. Paul McIntosh had two hits (single & double) with an RBI. Dylan Moore and Christian Cairo each doubled. On The Hill : 4 R, 13 H, 5 BB, 10 K’s RH Brian Keller - 4 IP, 2 R, 6 H, 2 BB, 7 K’s - 85 pitches - 53 strikes RH Gabriel Barbosa - 3 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 1

Compiled and written by Steve Potter Injuries and trades have necessitated the need to fill roster voids in the Phillies Minor League system. With that in mind seven players have been signed to contracts. I previously wrote about Luke Ritter, Riley Tirotta and Lyle Miller-Green https://www.philliesbaseballfan.com/post/6-17-26-phillies-add-3-minor-league-free-agents and Tyler Miller https://www.philliesbaseballfan.com/post/6-17-26-phillies-sign-tyler-miller-to-minor-league-con

As previously announced by the Lancaster Stormers of the Atlantic League twenty six year old infielder Tyler Miller has signed a minor league contract with the Phillies. He was playing for the Stormers where the left handed hitter posted a .310/.401/.620 slash line and 1.021 OPS in 47 games (217 PA’s) with 16 doubles, 14 home runs and 56 RBIs. He has been assigned to Jersey Shore. Miller was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 9th round of the 2021 draft from Auburn and is f

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Worcester 7 (35-32) Lehigh Valley 4 (32-39) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park At Bat : Keaton Anthony doubled. Paul McIntosh homered, Bryan De La Cruz hit a two run home run. On The Hill : 7 R, 12 H, 7 BB, 5 K’s RH Alan Rangel - 5 IP, 3 R, 6 H, 3 BB, 4 K’s - 98 pitches - 66 strikes LH Kyle Backhus - 1.1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 BB, 0 K’s - 17 pitches - 10 strikes RH Mitch Neunborn - 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 BB, 0 K’s - 27 pitches - 14 strike

As far as we know a week ago today was the last day my son Dan lived on this earth. We remain terribly hurt and saddened by his departure. To those of you that reached out with sincere condolences thank you for doing so. When his status of missing was posted on multiple social media platforms most of the commentary was kind however there were a few that showed themselves to be mean spirited, ignorant, small minded and spiteful. I will never ever understand why some take pleas

No one truly knows what another person is thinking. We spend our lives often masking emotions, thoughts and perceptions just to stay aligned with what’s the acceptable way. My son walked onto a boat dock two evenings ago, got on his boat, drove into the ocean and never returned. As his father I am terribly sad, angry, defeated and devastated. The past two days have been two of the longest to endure. I keep wishing I knew what he was thinking, I keep replaying our interactions

This morning we got the news that my oldest son Daniel Potter is missing. Please see the attached story. He apparently went out on his boat last evening - we desperately need to find him. Please contact 410-632-1111 if you have any information after reading the article below or via this link Worcester County Sheriff's Office searches for critically missing boater | Latest News | wboc.com If you see him or have any information please plead help. Worcester County Sheriff's Offi

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 8 (30-35) Scranton Wilkes Barre 5 (32-32)- Moosic, PA - PNC Field - ten innings How they scored : Ernesto Martinez Jr hit a two run home run for Scranton Wilkes Barre (SWB) in the fourth inning. Two batters later Duke Ellis homered. Otto Kemp singled in the sixth, advanced to third on a balk and fly out and scored on a ground out by Gabriel Rincones Jr. Bryan De La Cruz walked in the ninth, Paul M

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Scranton Wilkes Barre 5 (32-31) Lehigh Valley 2 (29-35) Moosic, PA - PNC Field How they scored : Scranton Wilkes Barre (SWB) scored twice in the third inning on a two run tater by Jason Dominguez. Two doubles and a sacrifice fly scored two runs for them in the fourth. Keaton Anthony walked in the seventh, Gabriel Rincones Jr singled. Carter Kieboom doubled to score them both. At Bat : 2 R, 5 H, 3 BB, 7 K’s Cart

Andrew Painter’s most successful season to date (at least statistically) was in 2022 when he skyrocketed thru the system going from Low A Clearwater to AA Reading. Then came the two lost seasons as a result of Tommy John surgery with a return to the mound in 2025 at Lehigh Valley. This season he’s struggled finding consistency with his fastball in regard to command and effectiveness. So me being the brainiac that I am 🤪 I took at look at data from the two seasons 2022 (only

Compiled and written by Steve Potter Florida Complex League - Phillies 10 (9-18) Yankees 9 (14-13) - 11 innings Clearwater, FL - Carpenter Complex How they scored : The Yankees scored four runs in the top of the second inning on three singles, two walks, a hit batter and wild pitch. Guillermo Rosario and Jalvin Arias walked in the bottom of the second, Jose Familia singled. Jonathan Alcantara singled to score a run. Romeli Espinosa tripled to score three runs. Espinosa scored

Update 6/8/26 from 5/5/26 Signings/Releases since 5/5/26 list published RHP Yunior Marte - designated by Reds 6/3 - elected FA - signed by Pirates 6/6 RHP Joel Kuhnel - traded by A’s to Brewers 6/6/26 RHP Efrain Contreras - released by Angels 6/5/26 RHP Andrew Schultz - signed by Cardinals 6/4/26 OF Nick Castellanos - designated for assignment by Padres 6/3/26 RHP Jaydenn Estanista - released by Phillies 5/17/26 - signed by Marlins 6/2/26 LHP Brandon Liebrandt - designated fo

Compiled and written by Steve Potter This week’s Spotlight : 6/3/26 - Clearwater No-Hitter On Tuesday in game one of a double-header three Clearwater Threshers pitchers combined to no hit the St Lucie Mets in a 2-0 seven inning victory. Right hander Tanner Gresham retired 15 of the 16 batters he faced allowing just one walk while striking out 8 hitters in his five innings of work. He needed just 58 pitches to do so and threw strikes at a 76% rate! Right hander Marty Gair thre

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Rochester 7 (38-24) Lehigh Valley 6 (29-34) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park - eleven innings How they scored : Christian Franklin homered for Rochester in the first inning. Dylan Carlson doubled in the bottom of the first, Otto Kemp was hit by a pitch. Keaton Anthony doubled to score Carlson. Gabriel Rincones Jr hit a sacrifice fly to score Kemp. A double and three singles scored two runs for Rochester in the th

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 3 (29-33) Rochester 2 (37-24) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park - seven innings Rain delayed the start of the game till after 9 PM, it was switched to a seven inning contest as a result of that. How they scored : Bryan De La Cruz doubled in the fourth inning, Christian Cairo singled. Carter Kieboom singled to score De La Cruz. Gabriel Rincones Jr singled in the fifth, Otto Kemp was hit by a pitch and