Former BlueClaws Open Spring Training With Phillies
JERSEY SHORE, NJ - Baseball is back, Spring Training is here, and Opening Day can't be too far away! The Phillies open Spring Training this week in Clearwater and several former BlueClaws are in camp.
JERSEY SHORE, NJ - Baseball is back, Spring Training is here, and Opening Day can't be too far away! The Phillies open Spring Training this week in Clearwater and several former BlueClaws are in camp.
Let's take a look at the former BlueClaws in camp this spring with the Phillies (year with the BlueClaws).
Pitchers
- Connor Brogdon (2018)
- Kyle Dohy (2018)
- Seranthony Dominguez (2016)
- Bailey Falter (2017)
- Spencer Howard (2018)
- Damon Jones (2017)
- Mauricio Llovera (2017)
- Adonis Medina (2017)
- Francisco Morales (2019)
- Hector Neris (2011)
- JoJo Romero (2017)
- Ramon Rosso (2018)
- Ranger Suarez (2017)
Notes: Morales is the lone member of the 2019 BlueClaws pitching staff in big league camp...Brogdon and Dohy formed a dynamic duo at the back of the BlueClaws bullpen in 2018...Howard threw a no-hitter in the 2018 SAL Northern Division Championship Series against Kannapolis...The 2017 BlueClaws, represented by six players in camp, had the 3rd best ERA in the South Atlantic League (3.26) and 15th best among 120 full-season teams that year...The 2018 BlueClaws, represented by four players in camp, had a 2.74 ERA that was the best in all of Minor League Baseball that year...That team is also represented by several players in mini camp (see below).
Happy Birthday 2019 BlueClaws RHP Francisco Morales! To celebrate, let's throw it back to a few of his 129 strikeouts from last year! pic.twitter.com/22luoVDVsr
— Jersey Shore BlueClaws (@BlueClaws) October 27, 2020
Catchers
- Andrew Knapp (2014)
- Rafael Marchan (2019)
- Rodolfo Duran (2018, non-roster invitation)
Notes: Marchan joins Morales from the 2019 BlueClaws…He hit his first professional home run to tie a September game for the Phillies... Duran hit 18 home runs and threw out 39 base-stealers for the BlueClaws in 2018.
TIE GAME!
— NBC Sports Philadelphia (@NBCSPhilly) September 19, 2020
Rafael Marchan with his first professional home run to lock things up at 5-5-. pic.twitter.com/oJm4K9OCED
Infielders
- Alec Bohm (2019)
- Rhys Hoskins (2015)
- Scott Kingery (2015)
- Nick Maton (2018)
Notes: Bohm hit over .360 with the BlueClaws in 20 games before a promotion in 2019... Hoskins hit over .330 with the BlueClaws in the first half of the 2015 season before a promotion... Kingery made his professional debut with the BlueClaws at the start of the 2015 season and spent the rest of that season at the Shore... Maton hit the third of back-to-back-to-back home runs in Game 1 of the 2018 SAL Championship Series to cap a five-run ninth inning and comeback.
Nick Maton remembers Game One of the 2018 SALCS, when the BlueClaws hit back-to-back-to-back home runs to come from 5-0 down to tie the game. He hit the third one. Here's our full interview with the 2018 BlueClaws SS: https://t.co/keurwf6Kxb pic.twitter.com/zsaUAPeOsW
— Jersey Shore BlueClaws (@BlueClaws) May 18, 2020
Outfielders
- Adam Haseley (2017)
- Mickey Moniak (2017)
- Simon Muzziotti (2018)
- Roman Quinn (2013)
Notes: Haseley was the 7th pick of the 2017 draft and joined the BlueClaws for the last three weeks of that season... Moniak made his big league debut last year.
How about this catch tonight from BlueClaws CF Simon Muzziotti? @phillies @milb @espn #SCtop10 pic.twitter.com/JYkiXfH74k
— Jersey Shore BlueClaws (@BlueClaws) August 22, 2018
Additionally, the following former BlueClaws received invitations to Mini Camp, which will take place during big league Spring Training in Clearwater (year with the BlueClaws): C Edgar Cabral (2017), RHP Tyler Carr (2018), RHP Julian Garcia (2018), 1B Darick Hall (2017), LHP Jonathan Hennigan (2017), LHP Erik Miller (2019), OF Jhailyn Ortiz (2017), LHP David Parkinson (2018), OF Matt Vierling (2018), LHP Zach Warren (2018), IF Luke Williams (2017).
Click here to see the full Phillies roster.
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