Former Threshers Head to Philly

Former Threshers Lou Marson and Greg Golson have been invited to take part in the exhibition series against the Toronto Blue Jays at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. The two exhibition games are today and tomorrow.

Former Threshers Jason Donald and Patrick Overholt have been invited by the Phillies to take part in the exhibition game against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs at brand-new Coca-Cola Park on Sunday.

Mike Schmidt and Dave Huppert Part of Major League Camp

Former Threshers managers Mike Schmidt (2004) and Dave Huppert (2007) are among the 22 instructors slated for major league Spring Training.

Schmidt is scheduled to be a guest instructor for two weeks and will assist Steve Smith (Phillies third-base and infield coach) with the third basemen.

Huppert is now the manager of Lehigh Valley (Triple-A). This will be his first time in major league camp with the Phillies.

Outman, Carrasco, and Carpenter to start '08 in Double-A?

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."

Other former Threshers mentioned in the article as potential Ironpigs are Mike Spidale and Scott Mathieson. Mathieson, who is getting married later this afternoon, missed most of the 2007 season after Tommy John surgery.

Read the whole Allentown Morning Call Story

Razor Shines Selected as 2008 Threshers Manager

The Phillies announced their 2008 Player Development Staff yesterday.

Razor Shines, most-recently the major league third base coach for the Chicago White Sox, is the Threshers fourth manager.

Kevin Jordan is the hitting coach and Steve Schrenk returns as the pitching coach for the Threshers.

Elsewhere in the organization, Dave Huppert is now the manager of the brand new Triple-A affiliate in the Lehigh Valley. Greg Legg is the hitting coach for Single-A Lakewood.

Check out this blog from a new friend in Ottawa

Carl Kiiffner runs a blog covering the Ottawa Lynx. As some of you may recall, the Lynx will be the Triple-A affiliate for the Phillies for the '07 season as they wait for the stadium to be built for the Iron Pigs in the Lehigh Valley. I'd imagine we'll probably see some former Threshers wearing Lynx jerseys at some point this year.