Phillies - A Fan’s View

In addition to the five un-drafted free agents I previously wrote about two more players have committed to signing with the Phillies. They will need to pass physicals before officially inking contracts. LHP Cal Higgins is 23 years old and played his 2026 collegiate season for the University of Texas where he appeared in eleven games - all in relief. He’s from Kearney, Nebraska and graduated from Kearney High School. He was part of a state championship team as a sophomore. He

Compiled by Steve Potter Florida Complex League - Phillies 9 (19-33) Tigers 5 (24-29) Lakeland , FL - Tigers Complex At Bat : 9 R, 11 H, 5 BB, 4 K’s Jaeden Calderon had three hits (single, double, HR, two RBIs). Romeli Espinosa (two singles, two runs scored) and Esterling Rodriguez (single, three run HR, four RBIs) each had two hits. Jack Barker and Rey Cruz each singled, walked and scored two runs. On The Hill : 5 R, 8 H, 4 BB, 9 K’s LH Yordanis Guerra - 3.2 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 2

Plate Appearances : Christian Cairo - LHV - 380 Aroon Escobar - REA - 372 Raylin Heredia - REA - 365 Bryan De La Cruz - LHV - 348 Alex Binelas - REA - 329 Devin Saltiban - JS - 320 Matthew Ferrara - CW - 318 Bryan Rincon - REA - 315 Robert Phelps - CW - 302 Nick Biddison - JS - 293 Hits : Raylin Heredia - REA - 98 Alirio Ferrebus - CW - 83 Bryan De La Cruz - LHV - 80 Alex Binelas - REA - 80 Felix Reyes - LHV - 79 Christian Cairo - LHV - 76 Devin Saltiban - JS - 74 Aroon Escob

In addition to the three un-drafted free agents I previously wrote about two more players have committed to signing with the Phillies. They will need to pass physicals before officially inking contracts. Infielder Evan Bouldin played collegiately for the University of Delaware - the 22 year old right handed hitter and thrower is from Middletown, Delaware where he graduated from Appoquinimink High School. Bouldin is 6’2” 200 pounds. “At Appoquinimink, was named the Delaware pl

Compiled by Steve Potter Florida Complex League - Yankees 3 (27-25) Phillies 2 (18-33) Clearwater, FL - Carpenter Complex At Bat : 2 R, 4 H, 2 BB, 7 K’s Manolfi Jimenez had two hits (single & double) plus a walk. Esterling Rodriguez homered. On The Hill : 3 R, 5 H, 2 BB, 12 K’s LH David Hernandez - 4 IP, 3 R, 4 H, 0 BB, 6 K’s RH Orlando Gonzalez - 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 BB, 4 K’s RH Gerardo Lopez - 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 BB, 2 K’s Boxscore Link : https://www.milb.com/gameday/fcl-yankee

According to Baseball America three UDFA’s (undrafted free agents) have already committed to signing with the Phillies. They will need to pass physicals before officially inking contracts. 3B/1B Cade Climie (6’2”, 225 lbs) played for the University of Houston. The 22 year old is from Sugar Land, Texas where he graduated from Seven Lakes HS. Prior to attending Houston he played at Blinn College (Juco national Champs the year he played there) and Temple College - both in Texas.

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) : Lehigh Valley (10-8, 45-48) The Iron Pigs went 4-2 for the week against Columbus (Guardians affiliate). The week’s standouts : At Bat : OF Bryan De La Cruz - 8 for 16 (.500), 4 doubles, 5 RBIs, 3 walks - .579 OBP UTL Dylan Moore - 10 for 23 (.435), 2 doubles, 3 HR’s, 4 RBI’s, 8 runs 1B Keaton Anthony - 6 for 19 (.316), double, HR, 5 RBIs UTL Robert Moore - 5 for 16 (.313), doubles, HR, 5 runs scored INF Liover Peguero - 3

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 13 (10-8, 45-48) Columbus 5 (9-9, 50-42) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park At Bat : 13 R, 12 H, 7 BB, 6 K’s Carter Kieboom, Bryan De La Cruz, Paul McIntosh and Stewart Berroa each had two hits. Berroa, Kieboom and Otto Kemp each homered. Kieboom and Berroa each had three RBIs, De La Cruz had two RBIs. On The Hill : 5 R, 8 H, 5 BB, 6 K’s RH Drake Fellows - 5 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 4 BB, 2 K’s - 90 pitches - 55 strikes RH

5 - #161 overall - OF Will Gasparino - UCLA - 21 years old - 6’6” 220 pounds Is from Los Angeles, CA - graduated from Harvard-Westlake HS - his father Billy played at Oklahoma State and in the Rockies organization… currently serves as Dodgers VP of Baseball Operations. Initially attended Texas - played there two seasons before transferring to UCLA for the 2026 season. MLB - “Gasparino was one of a handful of the top 100 on MLB Pipeline's Draft Top 250 Prospects list in 2023 t

1 - #36 overall - SS Tyler Spangler - De La Salle HS - California - 18 years old - 6’-3”, 195 pounds - LH hitter Committed to Stanford University. From the East Bay Area of San Francisco - Concord, CA. De La Salle HS is a private Catholic school. MLB - “De La Salle High School in Northern California has produced just one big leaguer in left-hander Kyle Harrison and has never had a first-round pick come from its program. Spangler is a big shortstop with impressive all-around

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 6 (9-8, 44-48) Columbus 3 (9-8, 50-41) - Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park At Bat : 6 R, 8 H, 4 BB, 10 K’s Felix Reyes had two hits (singles). Liover Peguero had two hits (single & double), a walk and posted two RBIs. Carter Kieboom had two hits (single & double) with two RBIs and a run scored. On The Hill : 3 R, 7 H, 5 BB, 10 K’s RH Chuck King - 5 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 5 BB, 5 K’s - 89 pitches - 50 strikes LH Tucker Da

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Columbus 10 (9-7, 50-40) Lehigh Valley 7 (8-8, 43-48) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park At Bat : 7 R, 12 H, 1 BB, 7 K’s Otto Kemp had three hits (single,two HR’s) with three RBIs and two runs scored. Felix Reyes (single, HR, two RBIs), Dylan Moore (single, double), Bryan De La Cruz (single, double) and Robert Moore (double, HR, two runs scored) each had two hits. On The Hill : 10 R, 13 H, 8 BB, 7 K’s RH Andrew Painter - 2.2 I

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 8 (8-7, 43-47) Columbus 7 (8-7, 49-40) - Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park At Bat : 8 R, 10 H, 7 BB, 6 K’s Dylan Moore had four hits (two singles, two HR’s) with two RBIs and three runs scored. Bryan De La Cruz had two hits (doubles) with a walk and three RBIs. Tommy Pham and Sergio Berroa each walked twice, Pham also singled. Christian Cairo doubled in the ninth inning to score Pham with the walk-off winning ru

With the trade deadline fast approaching here’s some notes on a few Phillies minor league players that are or should be on the radar as potential big league contributors either as trade chips or eventual promotions to the Phillies big league club. Also note I could care less how national outlets rank the systems - it’s a misnomer - did ya know that the Phillies currently have 26 players they selected and signed on active big league rosters and a collective total of 40 on fort

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Columbus 8 (8-6, 49-39) Lehigh Valley 5 (7-7, 42-47) - Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park At Bat : 5 R, 7 H, 2 BB, 13 K’s Keaton Anthony, Dylan Moore and Christian Cairo each hit home runs. Anthony and Moore also singled producing multi hit games. On The Hill : 8 R, 9 H, 7 BB, 7 K’s LH Tucker Davidson - 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 K - 27 pitches - 18 strikes RH Ryan Cusick - 1.2 IP, 5 R - 3 earned, 4 H, 3 BB, 1 K - 46 pitches - 23

Compiled and written by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 3 (7-6, 42-46) Columbus 2 (7-6, 48-39) - Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park - ten innings At Bat : 3 R, 8 H, 6 BB, 8 K’s Keaton Anthony (single, double) and Dylan Moore (single, double) each had two hits. Bryan De La Cruz also had two hits (single & double) and walked twice. Otto Kemp had the walk off game winning hit (single), he also walked once and was hit by a pitch. On The Hill : 2 R, 8 H, 3 BB,

Compiled by Steve Potter Florida Complex League - Tigers 9 (22-25) Phillies 8 (18-29) Clearwater, FL - Carpenter Complex - eight innings At Bat : 8 R, 9 H, 6 BB, 7 K’s Jack Barker had two hits (doubles) with a walk, RBI and two runs scored. Scott Mulder doubled, Logan Dawson tripled and posted three RBIs, he also walked and scored a run. On The Hill : 9 R, 8 H, 7 BB, 11 K’s LH Yordanis Guerra - 3 IP, 2 R, 1 H, 4 BB, 5 K’s RH Rainy Mota - 2 IP, 3 R - 2 earned, 4 H, 1 BB, 1 K

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) : Lehigh Valley (6-6, 41-46) The Iron Pigs went 4-2 for the week against Rochester (Nationals affiliate). The week’s standouts : At Bat : Steward Berroa - 8 for 18 (.444) 2 doubles, 7 RBIs, 6 runs, 3 BB - .524 OBP - 21 PA’s Dylan Carlson - 5 for 13 (.385) double, HR, 5 RBIs, 5 runs, 3 BB - .471 OBP - 17 PA’s Paul McIntosh - 6 for 16 (.375) double, 2 HRs, 4 RBIs, 5 runs - .444 OBP - 18 PA’s Dylan Moore - 6 for 16 (.375) 3 dou

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Lehigh Valley 5 (6-6, 41-46) Rochester 3 (6-6, 51-34) - Rochester, NY - ESL Ballpark At Bat : 5 R, 7 H, 8 BB, 8 K’s Payton Henry had two hits (singles) with a run scored. Robert Moore singled, walked, scored a run and posted two RBIs. On The Hill : 3 R, 6 H, 3 BB, 8 K’s RH Drake Fellows - 5 IP, 3 R, 5 H, 2 BB, 2 K’s - 81 pitches - 51 strikes RH Brad Keller - 1 perfect IP, 1 K - 12 pitches - 9 strikes LH Tucker Davidson -

Compiled by Steve Potter International League (AAA) - Rochester 2 (5-5, 50-33) Lehigh Valley 1 (5-6, 40-46) - Rochester, NY - ESL Ballpark At Bat : 1 R, 6 H, 3 BB, 12 K’s On The Hill : 2 R, 6 H, 2 BB, 8 K’s RH Andrew Painter - 6 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 0 BB, 6 K’s - 69 pitches - 48 strikes RH Andrew Bechtold - 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 BB, 0 K’s - 13 pitches - 8 strikes RH Chase Shugart - 1 perfect IP, 1 K - 11 pitches - 8 strikes RH Michael Mercado - 2/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 K - 15 pitch