The Phillies announced 14 transactions this morning.
Former Threshers Joe Bisenius, Scott Mathieson, J.A. Happ, and Brad Harman were optioned to minor league camp.
Former Threshers Zack Segovia, Tuffy Gosewisch, Lou Marson, and Jason Donald were re-assigned to minor league camp.
The Allentown Morning Call is getting ready for the start of Lehigh Valley Ironpigs baseball with a look at who might be on their roster as they open up Coca-Cola Park.
In the story, they get a quote (below) from Steve Noworyta that indicates where former Threshers Josh Outman, Carlos Carrasco, Andrew Carpenter, Joe Bisenius, and J.A. Happ will likely start the 2008 season.
"The Outmans, the Carrascos, the Carpenters, those types of player are still going to be in Double-A. This club is more the [Jason] Jaramillos and the [Joe] Biseniuses and the J.A.] Happs, those types of guys sprinkled in with the free agents that we've signed."
Former Threshers catcher Tuffy Gosewisch has left the FIL and is now at the Arizona Fall League (AFL).
According to the Allentown Morning Call, Former Thresher J.A. Happ is injured and will be replaced in the AFL by former Thresher Patrick Overholt.
Lou Marson has been placed on the roster of the Peoria Saguaros in the Arizona Fall League.
The Arizona Fall League is comprised of six teams and is owned and operated by Major League Baseball. This will be the 16th season of the AFL. The season starts on October 9 and the Championship Game is scheduled for November 17.
The Saguaros roster is made up of players from the Phillies, Dodgers, Marlins, Padres, and Tigers. Home games are played at the Peoria Sports Complex.
Former Threshers on the Saguaros roster include Joe Bisenius, J.A. Happ, Scott Mathieson, Josh Outman, Mike Costanzo, and Greg Golson.
Former Threshers J.A. Happ and Mike Zagurski combined for eight innings of shutout baseball on Friday, August 3 as the Ottawa Lynx beat the Syracuse Chiefs 5-0.
Happ struck out eight and only allowed one hit in 6.2 innings, while Zagurksi struck out three in just 1.1 innings in relief.
Former Thresher J.A. Happ lost his Major League debut against the New York Mets yesterday. Despite his struggles, he did strike out five.
J.A. Happ's Major League Firsts:
Updated at 1:15pm: The Phillies optioned Happ back to Ottawa today.Hit - Jose Reyes (single in the first inning)
Home Run - Paul Lo Duca (2-run shot in first inning)
K - Carlos Beltran (first inning)
Walk - Shawn Green (fourth inning)
Joe Bisenius picked up the win, his first of the Spring, against the New York Yankees. His line included one run, one hit, and three walks.
J.A. Happ is scheduled to start today in Ft. Myers against the Minnesota Twins. Don't know who else as of yet is making the trip down, or who is staying here for the game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
Alfredo Simon, a Rule 5 pick from the 2006 draft, cleared waivers and was offered back to the Texas Rangers.
Former Thresher J.A. Happ is blogging about his experience at Spring Training on Phillies.com. It's called What's HAPPening and you can get to it by clicking on this link. I've also added it to our list of links on the right side of the blog.
Michael Radano from CourierPostOnline.com got these quotes from J.A. Happ:
Read his whole story here."I'm happy to get the opportunity, but unfortunately it didn't work out," said Happ, who allowed six runs, all earned in two-plus innings in the Phillies' 6-6 tie. "I'm a realistic guy, maybe almost to a fault where maybe I look negatively on things. At the same time, my goal is to make an impression. If there's any shot, whether it's in the bullpen or wherever, I want to stay with the club. I'm hoping to stay here for as long as I can. Hopefully, I'll put my name on the radar."
After two impressive outings in spring training, manager Charlie Manuel and pitching coach Rich Dubee wanted to get a better look at Happ, a tall, lanky left-hander who doesn't throw appreciably hard - his fastball hovers a tick above or below 90 mph - yet he strikes out batters like a power pitcher (162 strikeouts in 160 2-3 innings last season).
"We're going to watch him and see what we think of him," Manuel said. "We have interest in him. The brass says that he misses bats, so that's a good sign."
Happ's start against the Astros didn't go so well. After a relatively smooth opening two innings, he didn't get an out in the third, as four hits and a walk led to five runs.
Former Thresher J.A. Happ is scheduled to make the start tomorrow against the Houston Astros. The game is scheduled for a 1:05pm start at Bright House Networks Field. Gates open at 10:35am and great seats are still available.
Update 3/12/07 at 5:00pm: Happ did not have a very successful outing today. In his two innnings of work he gave up six runs. They came off six hits and three walks. Former Thresher Joe Bisenius had a better afternoon, striking out two Astros in his one inning of work.
Former Thresher J.A. Happ got in the ballgame today against the Toronto Blue Jays. He pitched three and two-third innings, giving up only one hit and one run to go along with his three strikeouts.
Chris Roberson has struggled so far striking out in each of his three plate appearances this spring with the big league club.
J.A. Happ pitched two innings during yesterday's win against the Cleveland Indians. Happ struck out one and gave up one hit.
Baseball America has released its list of the Phillies Top 10 Prospects and the new Phillies affiliate in Williamsport has a story and the list on their web site.
Former Threshers' Scott Mathieson (#5), J.A. Happ (#8), and Greg Golson (#10) are on the list.
The Phillies announced that they have invited 19 non-roster players to Spring Training.
Several former Threshers are on the list:
P Joe Bisenius
OF Greg Golson
C Tim Gradoville
P J.A. Happ
Some other notable names on the list are Andrew Beattie, Kane Davis, Kyle Drabek, Jason Jaramillo, Lou Marson, and Randall Simon.
For the rest of the list and more information about each of the players please visit Phillies.com.
One current and three former Threshers are seeing action with the Peoria Saguaros in the Arizona Fall League.
Here is how they are doing so far (through games of October 17, 2006)
CURRENT THRESHER (On Final 2006 Roster)
Kyle Kendrick - Has appeared in just one game (0-0) getting two innings of work. He struck out one, walked one, gave up three hits and two earned runs giving him a 9.00 ERA.
FORMER THRESHERS
Zach Segovia - Has appeared in three games with a 0-0 record and a 0.00 ERA. In his 5.2 innings of work he's struck out five, walked one, and given up only one hit.
J.A. Happ - Has started two games and has a 0-0 record with a 8.10 ERA. In his 3.1 innings of work he's struck out three, walked three, given up four hits, and allowed three earned runs.
Joe Bisenius - Has appeared in one game only lasting one third of an inning. He walked one and gave up six hits and six earned runs giving him a 162.00 ERA. He also picked up the loss.
There will be some familiar names on the Peoria Saguaros roster in the Arizona Fall League as seven Phillies minor-leaguers have been named to the team. The six team league plays 32 games in October and November.
Kyle Kendrick is the only current Thresher named to the team, but former Threshers' Joe Bisenius, J.A. Happ, and Zach Segovia will be joining him.
Former Threshers' pitcher Zach Segovia has been named to the 24-man roster of the US National Team that is now trying to qualify for the 2008 Olympic Games in China.
The 24 players that will represent the United States at the 2006 COPABE Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Havana, Cuba, Aug. 25-Sept. 5, were officially announced today by USA Baseball. The roster is made up from professional, non-25-man roster players of the 30 Major League Baseball organizations.
See the whole roster and read the press release here.
Segovia began this season back at Single-A Clearwater, where he went 5-1 with a 2.19 ERA in seven starts.
He earned a promotion to Reading in mid May, won his Double-A debut with seven shutout innings and proceeded to deliver a string of quality starts. In 17 appearance for Reading he went 11-5 with a 3.11 ERA, just 90 hits allowed in 107 innings and a 3-to-1 strikeouts-to-walks ratio. From June 29 on he went 8-1 in nine starts.
He also put himself in the thick of the race for the Paul Owens Award as the top pitcher in the Phillies organization. He'll vie for that honor with Scott Mathieson (10-2, 3.22 at Reading and Scranton), Lakewood's Matt Maloney (14-8, 2.09), Josh Outman (12-6, 3.07), and Carlos Carrasco (9-6, 2.25), J.A. Happ (9-9, 2.68 at Reading and Clearwater) and Brian Mazone (12-4, 2.13 at Reading and Scranton).
Former Threshers' pitcher J.A. Happ was just recently named Phillies Minor League Pitcher of the Month for July.
Happ started 13 games for the Threshers between April and June of this year. His ERA was a solid 2.81 and he struck out 77 batters in his 80 innings of work for Clearwater.
While at Reading (AA) in July, Happ started 5 games, going 5-0 with a 1.93 ERA. He struck out 37 batters in his 32.2 innings of work.
Former Thresher pitcher J.A. Happ was just named Phillies Minor League Pitcher of the Week for July 17-23.
Happ is now pitching for the Reading Phillies. On the week, he was 2-0 with a 0.64 ERA. He struck out 15 over 14 innings only giving up 9 hits and 3 walks.
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