8/10/25 : Phillies Minor Leagues : week in review (8/4- 8/10)

Written by Steve Potter

Spotlight Hitters of the week :

Twenty one year old Aidan Miller (Reading) was 10 for 26 (.385) with five doubles, a home run, four RBIs, ten runs scored and six stolen bases, he walked three times posting a .469 OBP in 32 plate appearances during the week. In the month of August he’s slashing .378/.467/.622 with 6 doubles, a home run, 6 RBIs, 5 walks and 7 stolen bases. His 44 stolen bases to date are the most in a season at Reading since Quintin Berry (48) in 2009. The last to steal 50 in a season was Jose Leiva in 1987.  Aidan has a 13 game on base streak going in which he’s 18 for 51 (.353) with nine walks (.435 OBP in 62 PA’s) with 7 doubles, a triple and 2 home runs.

Clearwater’s Raider Tello (24 year old signed as a non-drafted free agent 7/23/24 from the University of Iowa) went 9 for 18 (.500) during the week - for the month he’s posted a .393/.452/.464 slash line in 31 plate appearances and is hitting .333 in his last 23 games (78 AB’s) with 6 doubles, a home run and 14 RBIs. Raider has a very solid .280 batting average on the season in 282 AB’s. He’s a very versatile defender who has played all four infield positions and right field. A publicly unheralded player thus far but one who gets plenty of notice and attention internally for his team spirit, passion for the game and willingness to play any role needed for his team’s success.

Twenty three year old Dylan Campbell (Reading) was 6 for 16 (.375) during the week but also drew 8 walks to post a .583 OBP in 24 plate appearances - he stole 5 bases and scored 6 runs. Dylan is hitting .406/.525/.563 in August in 40 plate appearances. Since being promoted to Reading on 6/23 he’s posted a respectable .343 OBP in 140 PA’s. Campbell was acquired from the Dodgers on 1/17/25 - he played collegiately at the University of Texas and was selected by the Dodgers in round four of the 2023 draft.

Twenty four year old corner outfielder/infielder Felix Reyes (Reading) was 10 for 27 (.370) with two doubles and eight RBIs during the week, he had a five hit game on Saturday. In the month of August he’s hitting .381/.383/.548 in 46 plate appearances and has posted a .321/.352/.554 slash line and .906 OPS in 270 plate appearances at Reading with 19 doubles, 3 triples, 11 home runs and 37 RBIs - just keeps hitting the baseball consistently hard 👀.

Spotlight Pitcher of the Week :

RH Danyony Pulido (Clearwater) posted two scoreless appearances during the week (3 IP, 4 K’s) flashing an over powering fastball (95-98 mph) along with a slider/curve, cutter and change up.  The 22 year old from Caracas, Venezuela was signed 2/2/21 and has been a solid starter in his career prior to switching to the bullpen this season as a closer. He had a delayed start to his season after being sidelined by shoulder discomfort in spring camp - since being activated on 6/12 with the Threshers he’s recorded a 1.37 ERA in 15 games (19.2 IP) with 3 saves, 22 K’s and 13 walks. Opponents are hitting just .156 against him.  The young man has a very solid 6’1” frame and has always been a power arm to watch. Converting to a bullpen role seems to suit him and albeit controlling his arsenal and consistently throwing strikes is still a work in progress he’s certainly put himself on the radar as a developing back end reliever.

International League (AAA) : Lehigh Valley (19-20, 65-48)

The IronPigs went 3-4 hosting Scranton Wilkes-Barre  (Yankees affiliate).

At Bat : 43 R, 57 H, 28 BB, 55 K’s

Gabriel Rincones Jr had two hits (single & HR) on Tuesday, Johan Rojas had three hits (two singles & double) with two RBIs. Justin Crawford had two hits (singles) with two runs scored in game one of a Wednesday doubleheader. Gabriel Rincones Jr had two hits (single & double) and walked twice, had two RBIs in game two after hitting a three run home run and posting four RBIs in game one. On Friday Justin Crawford had two hits (single & HR),two walks, two RBIs and stole a base. Rafael Lantigua had two hits (single & HR) with two RBIs on Saturday. Justin Crawford (single & triple), Johan Rojas (single & double), Cal Stevenson (singles) and Rafael Lantigua (singles) each had two hits on Sunday.

Justin Crawford went 9 for 23 (.391) in the series with four walks (13 for 28 in PA’s - .481 OBP). Gabriel Rincones Jr was 6 for 13 (.461) with two home runs and seven RBIs. Donovan Walton was 8 for 21 (.381) with two doubles and four RBIs. Rafael Lantigua went 6 for 17 (.353). Johan Rojas was 8 for 25 (.320) with three doubles and four RBIs.

On The Hill :  38 R, 60 H, 31 BB, 62 K’s

RH Aaron Nola pitched 3.2 innings (one run - 69 pitches - 40 strikes) on Wednesday in game one of a doubleheader. The two games took over six hours to play with game two going extra innings - both teams ran out of pitchers and used position players on the mound in the last inning to complete the second game. LH Jose Alvarado pitched a scoreless inning (one hit, two strikeouts) on Thursday and again on Sunday (perfect inning - 1 K). RH Lou Trivino pitched a scoreless inning to close out the game on Friday.  Four pitchers combined for a shutout on Saturday with starter RH Adonis Medina going 4.2 innings followed by RH Ryan Cusick (1.1 IP), RH Lucas Sims (1 IP) and RH Nolan Hoffman (2 IP).

Lucas Sims made three scoreless relief appearances (3 IP) in the series while RH Nolan Hoffman (3.2 IP, 1 H), RH Ryan Cusick (3.1 IP), RH Seth Johnson (2.1 IP), RH Lou Trivino (2 IP, 1 H) each made two scoreless relief appearances. RH Phil Bickford (3 IP, 2 H) also made three scoreless appearances.

Eastern League (AA) : Reading (18-21, 43-63)

Reading was 5-1 visiting New Hampshire (Blue Jays affiliate).

At Bat : 41 R, 68 H, 22 BB, 53 K’s

Aidan Miller had three hits (single, double & HR) and was hit by a pitch along with a stolen base and two RBIs on Tuesday. Nick Dunn had three hits (two singles & HR) and two RBIs on Wednesday. Leandro Pineda had two hits (single & double), a walk and three stolen bases on Thursday.  Caleb Ricketts had three hits (single & two doubles). Dylan Campbell (double & HR), Aidan Miller (single & double) and Carson DeMartini (single & double) each had two hits and a stolen base on Friday. The team pounded out 22 hits on Saturday in a 16-1 romp led by Felix Reyes posting five hits (four singles & double) with three RBIs and Bryson Ware clubbing five hits (singles) and posting three RBIs. Aidan Miller had two hits (single & double), walked twice, stole two bases, scored three runs and posted two RBIs in that game as well - he had two more hits on Sunday (single & double).

Aidan Miller was 10 for 26 (.385) with five doubles, a home run, four RBIs, ten runs scored and six stolen bases, he walked three times posting a .469 OBP in 32 plate appearances. Felix Reyes was 10 for 27 (.370) with two doubles and eight RBIs. Dylan Campbell 6 for 16 (.375) with a double, home run and 8 walks (.583 OBP) with 5 stolen bases. Bryson Ware was 5 for 14 (.357), Cade Fergus 4 for 12 (.333) and Nick Dunn 5 for 16 (.313). Caleb Ricketts went 6 for 21 (.286) with four doubles.

On The Hill : 16 R, 41 H, 16 BB, 56 K’s

RH Wil Crowe pitched five innings (one run) on Wednesday. RH Griff McGarry struck out eleven batters in five innings (two runs) on Thursday - relievers RH Jack Dallas and LH Tristan Garnett each threw two scoreless frames. RH Estibenzon Jimenez struck out ten batters in six innings of work (three runs) and RH Eiberson Castellano pitched two scoreless innings in relief on Friday with LH Andrew Walling tossing a scoreless frame in the ninth to close out a win. RH Chuck King pitched six innings (one run) on Saturday followed by three relievers (RH Jack Dallas, RH Gunner Mayer and RH John McMillon) each throwing a scoreless frame. RH Jean Cabrera threw six no hit no run innings on Sunday - the team had a collective no hitter thru 8 1/3 innings.

LH Tristan Garnett made three scoreless relief appearances (4 IP), LH Andrew Walling didn’t allow an earned run in three appearances (3 IP, 4 K’s - 1 unearned run). RH Gabriel Barbosa made two scoreless appearances (3 IP) as did RH Jack Dallas (3 IP), RH Eiberson Castellano (3 IP), RH Tommy McCollum (2 IP) and RH John McMillon (2 IP).

South Atlantic League  (High A) : Jersey Shore (24-17, 49-55)

The BlueClaws were 5-1 hosting Hub City (Rangers affiliate).

At Bat : 32 R, 46 H, 26 BB, 55 K’s

Aroon Escobar had two hits (singles) on Tuesday. Kehden Hettiger had two hits (single & double) and two RBIs on Wednesday. Avery Owusu-Asiedu had three hits (single & two doubles) on Friday. Diego Gonzalez had two hits (single & three run HR), scored twice and Devin Saltiban had two hits (double and two run home run) and a walk on Saturday. Devin Saltiban had three hits (single & two triples) on Sunday.

Devin Saltiban was 10 for 23 (.435) in the series with three doubles, two triples, a home run four RBIs and three stolen bases.

On The Hill : 18 R, 38 H, 30 BB, 58 K’s

RH Sam Highfill pitched 6.1 innings (two runs) on Tuesday. RH Reese Dutton pitched six innings (two runs) on Wednesday. RH Alex McFarlane pitched three scoreless innings on Thursday - relievers RH Jake Eddington and LH Wesley Moore each threw two scoreless frames. LH Mavis Graves threw five scoreless innings (two hits) on Friday. RH reliever Andrew Baker struck out six batters in two innings of work on Saturday and RH Ryan Dromboski made his Jersey Shore debut pitching 3.2 innings (two runs). Braydon Tucker pitched six scoreless innings (three hits) on Sunday.

RH Andrew Baker (3 IP), LH Wesley Moore (3 IP), RH Saul Teran (2 IP) and LH Cristhian Tortosa (2 IP) each made two scoreless relief appearances.

Florida State League (Low A)  : Clearwater (23-17, 59-47)

The Threshers went 5-0 visiting Fort Myers (Twins affiliate).  Sunday’s game was cancelled due to rain.

At Bat : 32 R, 58 H, 17 BB, 40 K’s

TJayy Walton had three hits (singles) and an RBI and Dante Nori had two hits (single & triple) with a walk, run scored and an RBI on Tuesday. Robert Phelps delivered his first three hits as a pro (two singles & double) on Wednesday and had two more on Thursday. Raider Tello had three hits (two singles & double) on Thursday. Dante Nori had two hits (singles) and TJayy Walton had two hits (single & double) on Friday. Raider Tello had four hits (singles), a walk and three RBIs and Jonathan Hogart had three hits (singles) on Saturday.

Raider Tello was 9 for 18 (.500) during the week, Alirio Ferrebus 6 for 16 (.375) with five RBIs, TJayy Walton 8 for 24 (.333) with six runs scored, Jonathan Hogart 5 for 17 (.294) and Dante Nori 7 for 25 (.280) with three triples.

On The Hill : 22 R, 47 H, 23 BB, 46 K’s

RH Danyony Pulido pitched the final two innings on Tuesday to close a win - he had an electric fastball (95-98 mph) and struck out four batters. LH Zuher Yousuf impressed on Wednesday with three scoreless innings (three hits,four strikeouts) in relief - he’s just nineteen years old. LH Danny Wilkinson pitched 2.2 scoreless innings in relief on Thursday. RH Luke Gabrysh pitched six scoreless innings (seven hits) on Friday, Danyony Pulido closed out the win with a scoreless inning of work in the ninth. LH Camron Hill threw four scoreless innings (four hits, five K’s) on Saturday, RH Orlando Gonzalez closed out the win with two perfect innings of work.

RH Danyony Pulido (3 IP - 1 unearned R) and RH Orlando Gonzalez (4 IP, no runs) each made two relief appearances without allowing an earned run.

Dominican Summer League Phillies Red (23-25)

The Red club went 3-1 during the week.

At Bat : 27 R, 41 H, 19 BB, 52 K’s

Jalvin Arias had three hits (singles) and Anderson Araujo had two hits (single & triple) on Monday. Domingo Morla had two hits (singles) and three RBIs on Tuesday.  Domingo Morla had a day on Thursday going three for four (two doubles & HR) with five RBIs. Eduardo Guillen tripled, walked, scored a run and posted an RBI on Friday.

Anderson Araujo was 6 for 14 (.429) with two doubles and a triple during the week. Nathanael Cijntje went 6 for 16 (.375), Domingo Morla was 5 for 15 (.333) with two doubles, a home run and nine RBIs and Santiago Prado 5 for 15 (.333).

On The Hill : 26 R, 39 H, 30 BB, 50 K’s

RH Jorge Mitre pitched 2.1 scoreless innings in relief on Thursday. RH Enderson Jeanpitched 3.1 scoreless innings (one hit) in relief on Friday.

Dominican Summer League Phillies White (13-34)

The White club went 0-4 during the week.

At Bat : 16 R, 31 H, 15 BB, 38 K’s

Romeli Espinosa had two hits (single & double) on Tuesday as did Rafael Oropeza. Dayber Cruceta, Rafael Oropeza and Elian Adames each had two hits (singles) on Friday.

Dayber Cruceta was 5 for 14 (.357) during the week with six runs scored, Elian Adames 5 for 15 (.333) and Romeli Espinosa 4 for 13 (.308).

On The Hill : 39 R, 43 H, 26 BB, 36 K’s

RH Joshue De La Cruz pitched three scoreless frames (two hits) and RH Marco Sipion 2.2 scoreless/hitless innings on Monday. LH Jorge Guzman pitched five scoreless innings (three hits) on Thursday.

Extra Extra !

In addition to the nightly minor league roundups appearing on my website and most social media outlets I wrote three extra spotlights this week - links below :

8/4/25 : Former Phillies now in American League organizations - https://www.philliesbaseballfan.com/post/8-4-25-update-ex-phillies-now-with-american-league-organizations

8/5/25 : Former Phillies now in other National League organizations  - https://www.philliesbaseballfan.com/post/8-5-25-update-ex-phillies-now-with-national-league-organizations

8/8/25 : News and Notes - This and That - https://www.philliesbaseballfan.com/post/8-8-25-news-and-notes-this-and-that

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