Phillies Minor League Spring Training Notebook (March 23rd)

Minor League Spring Training breaks this week. Triple-A players are already up in Allentown where the IronPigs open the season on Friday.

Jersey Shore and Reading-bound players are coming north this weekend and the two teams will play on March 31st in Reading (tickets are just $5).

Let's go through some of the games from last week.

March 18th vs Toronto

Game One

• LF Cade Fergus had two hits and two RBIs for the Phillies prospects.
• RHP Alex McFarlane touched 99 in a scoreless fifth inning.

Game Two

• CF John Spikerman, who by all accounts has had a great camp, had two hits, as did SS Trent Farquhar.
• RHP Luke Russo started and threw two scoreless innings. RHP Jake Eddington also threw two scoreless frames.
• LHP Erik Ritchie fanned four in his two scoreless innings, while RHP Andrew Baker threw a scoreless inning with two strikeouts.

Game Three

• SS Juan Villavicencio went 3-4 while 2B Matthew Ferrara (Toms River East) went 2-3 with a walk.
• RHP Tanner Gresham started and threw two scoreless innings. RHP Keegan Batka also threw two scoreless innings.

Game Four

• CF Jack Barker had two hits and drew two walks while 1B Andrew Mata had two RBIs.

March 19th vs Minnesota/Toronto

Spring Breakout Game One (vs Minnesota)

• This was the first of two Spring Breakout games for the Phillies, which they lost to Minnesota 9-3 in Fort Myers.
• Bryan Rincon had two hits and Dylan Campbell had two hits and a home run.
• Jean Cabrera started and threw two scoreless innings.

A Spring Breakout home run for Dylan Campbell! 🌴💣 pic.twitter.com/jgblSzM2dk

— Jersey Shore BlueClaws (@BlueClaws) March 19, 2026

Game Two (vs Toronto)

• Will Vierling (cousin of Matt) had two hits and accounted for the game's only run on a second inning solo home run.
• Ryan Dromboski (Northern Burlington Regional High School) threw four scoreless innings.
• RHP MT Morrissey (NJIT) threw two.

Game Three (vs Toronto)

• 1B Jaiden Calderon had two hits to pace the offense.
• RHP Marty Gair threw two scoreless innings with five strikeouts.

March 20th vs the Yankees

Game One

• CF Nathan Humphreys had a home run and two RBIs while Carson DeMartini had a hit and two RBIs.
• RHP Gabriel Barbosa started and threw two scoreless innings with three strikeouts.

Game Two

• LF Jack Barker had two hits including a triple.
• RHP Alexander De Los Santos started and threw two scoreless innings with three strikeouts.
• RHP Matthew Potok (Jackson Memorial) struck out two over his two innings of work.

March 20th vs the Yankees

Spring Breakout Game vs Toronto

We covered that in detail here.

Game Two (vs Detroit)

• 2B Jose Familia went 3-4 with a double.
• LHP Adam Seminaris went 3.2 innings without allowing a run, adding three strikeouts.
• RHP Braydon Tucker gave up just one run in his 2.2 innings while LHP Cristhian Tortosa struck out both batters that he faced.

Game Three (vs Detroit)

• 3B Raider Tello had three hits and C Jordan Dissin had two (both doubles).
• RHP Aaron Combs threw a scoreless 10th inning (they played 10 to get all the pitchers work) with three strikeouts.

-Jersey Shore BlueClaws-