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Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues from games played on 11/10 and 11/11.  Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Arizona Fall League (AFL) : 11/10 - Dylan Campbell went 2 for 3 (singles) while Dante Nori (CF) and Bryan Rincon (SS) were held hitless in a 2-1 loss by the Surprise Saguaros to the Peoria Javelinas. RHP Danyony Pulido pitched a scoreless inning (2 BB, 1 K - 16 pitches - 7 strikes). 11/11 : In the final regular season game o

This Phillies off-season I will continue the series  “Annual Phillies Minor League Player Notes” with profiles presented in groupings by defensive positions for the players who were still part of the minor league player development program at season’s end. The notes will reflect statistics, my thoughts on each player and input from them and others as I have it. They are presented in order by position and then alphabet in groupings of players per article. Here’s part two of t

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues from games played on 11/8 and 11/9.  Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Arizona Fall League : 11/9 - All Star Game : RHP Jack Dallas pitched an inning (1 R, 2 H, 0 BB, 2 K’s - 15 pitches - 12 strikes). Starlyn Caba (SS) went 1 for 2 (single) with a run scored. The AL all stars won the game over the NL all stars 5-4. Dominican Winter League : 11/8 : Johan Rojas (CF) went 2 for 3 (single & HR) with

This Phillies off-season I will continue the series  “Annual Phillies Minor League Player Notes” with profiles presented in groupings by defensive positions for the players who were still part of the minor league player development program at season’s end. The notes will reflect statistics, my thoughts on each player and input from them and others as I have it. They are presented in order by position and then alphabet in groupings of players per article. Here’s part one of t

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues from games played on 11/7.  Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Arizona Fall League : Starlyn Caba (SS) was 1 for 3 (double) for the Mesa Solar Sox in a 3-0 loss to the Peoria Javelinas. Dylan Campbell (CF) was 0 for 2 with a walk, sacrifice, two RBIs and a run scored for the Surprise Saguaros in a 11-2 victory against the Salt River Rafters. RHP Daniel Harper pitched an inning (1 R, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 K

This Phillies off-season I will continue the series  “Annual Phillies Minor League Player Notes” with profiles presented in groupings by defensive positions for the players who were still part of the minor league player development program at season’s end. The notes will reflect statistics, my thoughts on each player and input from them and others as I have it. They are presented in order by position and then alphabet in groupings of players per article. Here’s Part Twenty o

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues from games played on 11/6.  Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Arizona Fall League : Dante Nori (CF) went 2 for 4 (single and inside the park two run HR) with a run scored, two RBIs and stolen base for the Surprise Saguaros in an 8-0 win against the Salt River Rafters. Dante now has a .375/.459/.531 slash line in ten games (37 plate appearances) with a .991 OPS with two doubles, a home run and sev

Twenty eight year old outfielder Bryan De La Cruz has signed a minor league contract with an invitation to 2026 major league spring training with the Phillies. The native of the Dominican Republic is a right handed hitter and thrower. He’s played 491 games in the major leagues with Miami, Pittsburgh and Atlanta - has 85 doubles, 58 home runs, 208 RBIs and a career.251/.295/.402 slash line with a .697 OPS in MLB games from 2021 to 2025 - last season played in 16 games with Atl

This Phillies off-season I will continue the series  “Annual Phillies Minor League Player Notes” with profiles presented in groupings by defensive positions for the players who were still part of the minor league player development program at season’s end. The notes will reflect statistics, my thoughts on each player and input from them and others as I have it. They are presented in order by position and then alphabet in groupings of players per article. Here’s Part Nineteen

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues from games played on 11/5.  Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Arizona Fall League :   Dante Nori (CF) went 1 for 4 (double) with a run scored and Dylan Campbell (3B) also went 1 for 4 (double) with an RBI and run scored for the Surprise Saguaros in a 7-3 loss to the Scottsdale Scorpions. Starlyn Caba (SS) went 1 for 6 (single) with a run scored for the Mesa Solar Sox in a 15-9 loss to the Glendal

This Phillies off-season I will continue the series  “Annual Phillies Minor League Player Notes” with profiles presented in groupings by defensive positions for the players who were still part of the minor league player development program at season’s end. The notes will reflect statistics, my thoughts on each player and input from them and others as I have it. They are presented in order by position and then alphabet in groupings of players per article. Here’s Part Eighteen

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues from games played on 11/3 and 11/4.  Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Arizona Fall League : 11/4 : Bryan Rincon (SS) scored three runs and stole two bases going 0 for 3 with two walks as the Surprise Saguaros defeated the Salt River Rafters 14 to 8. Starlyn Caba (SS) went 2 for 6 (singles) with an RBI and run scored for the Mesa Solar Sox in a 21-14 win against the Scottsdale Scorpions. Dominic

This Phillies off-season I will continue the series  “Annual Phillies Minor League Player Notes” with profiles presented in groupings by defensive positions for the players who were still part of the minor league player development program at season’s end. The notes will reflect statistics, my thoughts on each player and input from them and others as I have it. They are presented in order by position and then alphabet in groupings of players per article. Here’s Part Seventee

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues from games played on 11/2.  Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Arizona Fall League :   Dante Nori (CF) went 2 for 3 (single & double) with a walk, RBI and two runs scored, Dylan Campbell (3B) walked twice in three plate appearances, scored two runs and had an RBI and RHP Eiberson Castellano pitched four innings (1 R, 2 H, 4 BB, 3 K’s - 64 pitches - 32 strikes) for the Surprise Saguaros in a 9-1 wi

This Phillies off-season I will continue the series  “Annual Phillies Minor League Player Notes” with profiles presented in groupings by defensive positions for the players who were still part of the minor league player development program at season’s end. The notes will reflect statistics, my thoughts on each player and input from them and others as I have it. They are presented in order by position and then alphabet in groupings of players per article. Here’s Part Sixteen

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues from games played on 10/31 and 11/1.  Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Arizona Fall League : 10/31 : Dante Nori (CF) went 2 for 4 (singles) with two RBIs and a run scored.  Dylan Campbell (3B) was 2 for 4 (singles) with two RBIs for the Surprise Saguaros . Starlyn Caba (SS) went 2 for 5 (two singles & HR) with three RBIs and a run scored for the Mesa Solar Sox.  Mesa won the seven inning game 8-

The Hot Stove : No later than Saturday evening the 2025 pro baseball season will officially conclude with either the Toronto Blue Jays or the Los Angeles Dodgers being crowned as champions. That means the off-season kicks off in earnest and the hot stove chatter becomes the everyday norm. Folks will speculate on what moves their favorite teams might make, worry about salary thresholds as if they were footing the bill themselves and offer unsolicited opinion on what the clubs

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues from games played on 10/30.  Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Arizona Fall League :   the Surprise Saguaros and Peoria Javelinas played to a scoreless tie in a nine inning game. Bryan Rincon played third base and went 0 for 3 with a walk. RHP Jaydenn Estanista pitched an inning (0 H, 2 BB, 1 K - 22 pitches - 12 strikes - 18 four seam fastballs - averaged 95.3 mph, 4 cutters - averaged 87.1 mph

This Phillies off-season I will continue the series  “Annual Phillies Minor League Player Notes” with profiles presented in groupings by defensive positions for the players who were still part of the minor league player development program at season’s end. The notes will reflect statistics, my thoughts on each player and input from them and others as I have it. They are presented in order by position and then alphabet in groupings of players per article. Here’s Part Fifteen

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues from games played on 10/29.  Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Arizona Fall League :   Dylan Campbell (1B) went 1 for 3 (double), Dante Nori (CF) 1 for 2 (single) with a walk and stolen base and SS Bryan Rincon 1 for 3 (single) with a walk and two RBIs for the Surprise Saguaros in a 8-7 win over the Scottsdale Scorpions. RHP Tommy McCollum pitched 2/3 of an inning (2 unearned runs, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 K