Phillies - A Fan’s View

American Association : 2026 signings - league opens 5/14/26 RHP Andrew Bellatti - Cleburne OF Jorge Bonifacio - Cleburne OF Aaron Altherr - Chicago LHP Jose Acuna - Chicago INF Nick Podkul - Gary RHP Konnor Ash - Kane City C Ryan Leitch - Kansas City OF Jhailyn Ortiz - Kansas City RHP Josh Bortka - Kansas City INF Lou Helmig - Fargo-Morehead Chris Coste - Manager - Fargo-Morehead RHP Trey Dillard - Lake County OF Baron Radcliff - Milwaukee OF Jiandido Tromp - Winnipeg Atlanti

Baltimore : Majors : RHP Zack Eflin - 15 Day IL Minors : RHP Hans Crouse - AAA Norfolk - 7 day IL OF Weston Wilson - AAA Norfolk Chicago White Sox : Majors : RHP Seranthony Dominguez RHP Lucas Sims OF Austin Hayes Minors : LHP Tyler Gilbert - AAA Charlotte C Josh Breaux - AAA Charlotte INF William Bergolla - AAA Charlotte INF Oliver Dunn - AAA Charlotte Pat Listach - Bench Coach - AAA Charlotte Athletics  : Majors : RHP Michael Kelly RHP Mark Leiter Jr C Austin Wynns Minors :

I haven’t posted for a few days and no one seemed to notice 🤪.  My wife and I arrived back in the Philadelphia area on Thursday after a two month stay in Clearwater for a winter get away which included my Spring Training Camp daily reviews and a short stopover in Atlanta to visit our daughter and her fiancé. It’s nice to be back home but also hectic as we are preparing to move to a new house this coming week that we purchased before leaving for Florida in January. Long story

Pitchers : 17 RH Keegan Batka - 23 years old - signed as an un-drafted free agent 7/22/25 - Davenport University, MI - appeared in two games with the 2025 Threshers (2 scoreless IP, 2 H, 0 BB, 2 K’s). Delivers from a three quarter arm slot - he’s got pop - has a four seamer in the 93-97 mph range supported by a sinker, slider, curve and change-up. Was a dominant pitcher at Division Two level Davenport as a starting pitcher. RH Tyler Bowen - 23 years old - drafted in 12th roun

Pitchers : 16 LH Adam Seminaris - 27 years old - signed as minor league free agent 11/18/25 - Pitched for the Arkansas Travelers at the AA level last season in the Seattle Mariners organization. He posted a 3.02 ERA in 24 appearances (22 starts) with a 7-7 record in 125.1 IP. In his minor league career he has posted a 4.41 ERA in 109 appearances (87 starts) in 447 IP. He was the 2020 fifth round draft selection of the Los Angeles Angels from Long Beach State University. Was t

Pitchers : 17 LH Mavis Graves - 22 years old - drafted in 6th round of the 2022 draft from Eastside HS, Taylors, SC - finished 2025 on the IL - has now worked his way back to active status - threw his first spring game work in the breakout contest - He’s a big fella at 6’6” with a competitive approach and has a great amount of upside. Has a good feel for his changeup which has a decent speed differential from his four seamer. He’s made steady progress during his three full se

International League ( AAA ) - Lehigh Valley 1 (2-0) Toledo 0 (0-2) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park Summary : Christian Cairo and Oscar Mercado singled in the fifth inning, Cairo scored on a single by Felix Reyes. At Bat : 1 R, 7 H, 4 BB, 9 K’s Oscar Mercado and Carter Kieboom each two hits (singles). On The Hill : 0 R, 4 H, 3 BB, 9 K’s RH Zack Wheeler - 3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 BB, 3 K’s - 38 pitches - 26 strikes - FB avg 93 RH Orion Kerkering - 1 perfect IP, 1 K - 10 pitches - 7 st

International League ( AAA ) - Lehigh Valley 5 (1-0) Toledo 2 (0-1) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park Summary : Toledo scored a run in the second inning on a single, wild pitch and single. Felix Reyes doubled in the sixth inning off the right center field wall, Bryan De La Cruz and Carter Kieboom walked to load the bases. Christian Cairo walked to score a run. Paul McIntosh walked in the seventh inning, he was forced out at second on a ground ball by Pedro Leon on which Leon rea

Pitchers : Side bullpens (seven mounds) - Levi Stoudt, Estibenzon Jimenez, Tanner Gresham, Luis Gonzalez, Jose Peña Jr, Peyton Havard, Zuher Yousef, Matt Potok, Marty Gair, MT Morrissey, Wilmer Blanco, Luke Russo, John McMillon, Tegan Cain Live BP’s : Christian McGowan, Wen Hui Pan, Ramon Marquez Pitchers not throwing BP’s or in the games - PFP’s on Carlton and Ashburn fields. Position Players : fielding practice and BP on Carlton/Ashburn. Two 10 AM Scrimmage Games - one on

Pitchers : Side bullpens (seven mounds) - Ryan Degges, Sam Highfill, Cole Gilley Pitchers not throwing BP’s or in the games - PFP’s on Carlton and Ashburn fields. Position Players : fielding practice and BP on Carlton/Ashburn. Two 1 PM Practice Games vs Yankees - one at Clearwater, one @ Tampa - I will post details tomorrow. I watched a bit of the game on Roberts - Dante Nori hit a bases clearing double in the game. RHP Luke Gabrysh pitched two innings as the starter. Minor

The Phillies have re-signed outfielder Oscar Mercado to a minor league contract for the 2026 season and assigned him to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs roster. The now 31 yes role signed last season as a minor league free agent and played for the IronPigs in 115 games - 477 plate appearances posting a .249/.369/.373 slash line and .742 OPS with 13 doubles, 1 triple, 11 home runs, 65 RBIs, 69 walks, 68 strikeouts and 40 stolen bases. Defensively he played LF 28 games, CF 7 games an

The Phillies have signed 29 year old infielder Sergio Alcantara to a minor league contract and assigned him to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs roster. He was recently released (3/24/26) by the Washington Nationals after signing with them on 1/28/26. Alcantara has played in 193 major league games with the Tigers, Cubs, Padres, Diamondbacks and Giants. He was originally signed by the Diamondbacks on 7/12/12 from the Dominican Republic as an international free agent. Last season he p

Three games played against the Tigers - two at Clearwater, one at Lakeland. Game One (Roberts Field - Clearwater) - Phillies 3 Tigers 1 At the Plate : 3 R, 5 H, 4 BB, 9 K’s John Spikerman - CF - 0 for 3, walk, 3 K’s Devin Saltiban - RF - 0 for 3, K Brady Day - 2B - 0 for 2 Raider Tello - 3B - 1 for 2 (single), RBI, K Kodey Shojinaga - C - 1 for 2 (single), K Luis Caicuto - C - 0 for 1 Luke Davis - 1B - 0 for 3, K Brock Vradenburg - DH - 1 for 3 (single) Jose Colmenares - SS -

Active players only listed - there are others but are opening the season on the IL. Arizona : DH/1B Carlos Santana Athletics : RHP Michael Kelly RHP Mark Leiter Jr (2013 draft) C Austin Wynns Baltimore : RHP Zach Eflin Boston : LHP Ranger Suarez (International 2012) Chicago Cubs : RHP Ben Brown (2017 Draft) LHP Hoby Milner (2012 Draft) INF Scott Kingery (2015 Draft) Chicago White Sox : RHP Seranthony Dominguez (Intl 2012) LHP Tyler Gilbert (2015 Draft) OF Austin Hayes Clevela

Pitchers : Side bullpens (seven mounds) - Kleyderve Andrade, Naoel Mejia, Michael Mercado, Micah Ottenbreit, Kevin Warunek, Jaydenn Estanista, Angel Liranzo, Eligio Arias, Raymon Rosario, Danyony Pulido, Kyle Brnovich, Chuck King Pitchers not throwing BP’s or in the games - PFP’s on Roberts and Schmidt fields. Position Players : fielding practice and BP on Carlton/Roberts. Three 1 PM Practice Games vs Tigers - two at Clearwater, one @ Lakeland - I will post details tomorrow

Three games played against the Blue Jays - one at Clearwater, two at Dunedin. Game One (Roberts Field - Clearwater) - Blue Jays 9 Phillies 6 At the Plate : 6 R, 10 H, 3 BB, 11 K’s Dante Nori - DH - 2 for 5 (singles), RBI, K Aroon Escobar - 2B - 1 for 4 (double), RBI, walk, 2 K’s Bryan Rincon - SS - 3 for 5 (single, double, HR), RBI Raylin Heredia - RF - 0 for 2, K Raider Tello - RF - 2 for 3 (single,double), two RBIs Dylan Campbell - CF -  0 for 3, walk, K Alex Binelas - 1B -

Pitchers : 15 RH Jean Cabrera - 24 years old - signed as an international free agent 7/2/19 - Maracay, Venezuela - Jean is on the 40 man roster - he appeared in two Grapefruit League games this spring totaling 4.1 IP and posting a 2.01 ERA and pitched two scoreless innings in the Spring Breakout game against the Twins - he’s a battler on the mound who uses a plus changeup, mid nineties sinker (93-96 mph) along with a sweeper. Has the skillset to pitch in the show - a key part

Pitchers : Side bullpens (seven mounds) - Yoniel Curet, Giuseppe Velasquez, Estibenzon Jimenez, Christian McGowan, Cade Obermueller, Gabriel Barbosa, Alexander De Los Santos, Wen Hui Pan, Mitch Neunborn, Adam Seminaris, Gage Wood, Ramon Marquez, Juan Amarante, Braydon Tucker, Brian Walters, Sean Youngerman, Alex McFarlane, Cody Bowker, Colin Peluse Pitchers not throwing BP’s or in the games - PFP’s on Ashburn and Schmidt fields. Position Players : fielding practice and BP o

Final Grapefruit League & Exhibition Game - Number Thirty @ CW vs Rays      Rays 7 Phillies 0 Summary : The Rays scored four runs in the 6th inning on a HR ( Jake Fraley ), two singles, a walk and bases clearing double ( Yandy Diaz ). Ben Williamson homered for Tampa in the seventh. They scored twice in the 8th on two walks and a double. At the Plate : 0 R, 5 H, 3 BB, 11 K’s Edmundo Sosa doubled. Pitching Notes : 7 R, 11 H, 7 BB, 8 K’s LH Jesus Luzardo - 5 IP, 2 R, 7 H, 2 BB,

Grapefruit League & Exhibition Game Twenty-Nine @ Tampa vs Yankees     Yankees 6 Phillies 2 Summary : The Yankees scored two runs in the fourth inning on a walk and three singles, they added two more in the fifth on a home run ( Aaron Judge ), double and single. Bryan De La Cruz doubled in the 8th inning - he scored on a Kyle Schwarber two run home run. Three singles and a sacrifice bunt scored two runs for the Yankees in the bottom of the eighth inning. At the Plate : 2 R, 4