PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (1-1) vs. CINCINNATI REDS (1-1) Thursday, April 6, 2017 Great American Ball Park 12:35 p.m. EDT Game 3; Road 3 RHP Clay Buchholz (NR) vs. RHP Rookie Davis (NR) LAST NIGHT S ACTION: The Phillies lost to the Cincinnati Reds, 2-0, at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati Delayed by 50 minutes due to rain at the start, the game did not start until 8:00 EDT yet was completed in a brisk 2 hours and 25 minutes Starter Jerad Eickhoff (L, 0-1) pitched beautifully but was a tough-luck loser due to a lack of run support He went 6.2 innings and allowed 2 runs on 5 hits with 6 strikeouts and only 1 walk Offensively, the Phils struggled to get anything going as they went 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position. A TRADITION, UNLIKE ANY OTHER: Following today s game, the Phillies will fly home and go to sleep on the eve of their 14 th season at Citizens Bank Park Vince Velasquez, who will get the nod for the Phils, will be hard-pressed to top his 2016 debut at CBP when he twirled a 16 strikeout, 3-hit, complete game shutout against the Padres on April 14 of last season As for the festivities prior to the game, Kane Kalas, son of the late, great Harry Kalas, will sing the National Anthem from his father s statue, just behind the leftfield foul pole Sylvia Green, wife of the late Dallas Green, will toss the ceremonial first pitch as will Fred Alward, a 16-year old patient at Nemours Alfred I. dupont Hospital for Children. MASTERFUL: Through two games, the Phillies starting rotation has kept their club in each contest thus far In 11.2 innings on the mound they have posted a 2.31 ERA (3 ER, 11.2 IP) with 7 strikeouts to just 2 walks Dating back to last season, over the last 14 starts which include everyone in the current rotation who has pitched for the Phils (Hellickson, Eickhoff, Velasquez, 9/3/16-current), the group has posted a 2.70 ERA (25 ER, 83.1 IP). GAME THREE OBSERVATIONS: A few notes through the first two games of the 2017 season A win today would clinch Philadelphia their first opening series victory since the 2011 season when they took two of three games from the Houston Astros at Citizens Bank Park The Phils haven t won an opening road series since 2010, when they took two of three games from the Nationals, 4/5-8 Today s starter, Clay Buchholz, will take the mound riding a 2.80 ERA (17 ER, 54.2 IP) over his last 16 games (8 GS), since 7/27/16 ON THIS DATE IN PHILLIES HISTORY: April 6, 1974 Mike Schmidt hits a walk-off homer on opening day off Tug McGraw in a 5-4 win over the New York Mets at Veterans Stadium It stands as the only walk-off homer on Opening Day in Phillies history. SPRING RECAP: Philadelphia finished spring training with a 14-17-5 record As a team, they ranked 3 rd -best among all National League teams in walks (128) and 7 th in OBP (.337) The Phils averaged 3.56 walks per game this spring, their highest per-game total since online data became available in 2006 On the mound, the club ranked 5 th -best among all National League teams in WHIP (1.33) and opponent s AVG (.259) On the bases, Philadelphia finished the spring 21-for-24 in stolen base attempts (87.5%), the 2 nd -highest stolen base percentage among all ML teams during the spring (best: BAL, 31-35, 88.6%). HELLO, MY NAME IS: For the third consecutive season, 13 or more players on the Phillies Opening Day roster were not on the initial 25-man roster the year before Only INF Andres Blanco, RHP Jerad Eickhoff, 3B Maikel Franco, SS Freddy Galvis, RHP Jeanmar Gomez, RHP Jeremy Hellickson, 2B Cesar Hernandez, CF Odubel Herrera, RHP Hector Neris, RHP Aaron Nola, C Cameron Rupp and RHP Vince Velasquez were on the opening roster in 2016 (6 P, 1 C, 4 INF, 1 OF) Seven players have made their first career Opening Day roster (OF Aaron Altherr, 1B Tommy Joseph, C Andrew Knapp, LHP Adam Morgan, RHP Edubray Ramos, LHP Joely Rodriguez & INF Brock Stassi ), while Knapp is the only player among the group yet to make his Major League debut. THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS: Philadelphia finished the 2016 season with the second-lowest average player age among all Major League clubs (26.9 years old) Only the Arizona Diamondbacks were younger (26.5) This spring, 30 of the 62 players who reported to Phillies camp were 25 or younger (48%), including 24 players on the 40-man roster (60%) The average age of the Opening Day 25-man roster is 28.08 years old. A GOOD CROP ON THE FARM: The 2016 season was a very successful one for the Phillies player development system Every one of the Phillies domestic minor league affiliates finished above.500 for the first time since 1953 (9 teams over.500 in 1953) Considering only domestic minor league teams, the Phillies combined.595 minor league winning percentage (412-280) ranked first among all organizations Including foreign teams, their.581 winning percentage (482-348) ranked second in baseball only to Seattle (.590, 451-314) Philadelphia had four minor league affiliates qualify for the playoffs, the most in one year since MiLB s records began tracking all teams postseason appearances in 2005 The Phillies six domestic minor league teams combined to post a 3.34 ERA and a.262 team batting average in the regular season Every team had an ERA of 3.85 or lower, and four of the six hit better than.260 Reading OF Dylan Cozens (40 HR) and 1B Rhys Hoskins (38 HR) were the top two home run hitters in all of minor league baseball. PHILLIES PHACTS Record: 1-1 (.500) Home: N/A Road: 1-1 Current Streak: Lost 1 Last 5 Games: 1-1 Last 10 Games: 1-1 Series Record: 0-0-0 Sweeps/Swept: N/A PHILLIES VS. REDS 2017 Record: 1-1 2017 at Home: N/A 2017 at CIN: 1-1 All-Time Record: 949-1127-10 All-Time at Citizens Bank Park: 30-15 All-Time at GABP: 24-25 Current Streak: Lost 1 PHILLIES ON THE ROAD Games Played: 2 Record: 1-1 (.500) AVG/OBP/SLG:.212/.278/.394 Runs/Runs Per Game: 4/2.00 Home Runs: 2 Stolen Bases: 1 ERA: 2.65 Starters W-L: 1-1 Starters ERA: 2.31 Relievers W-L: 0-0 Relievers ERA: 3.38 Saves/Opp: 1/1 PHILLIES AT A GLANCE April: 1-1 Monday: 1-0 May: 0-0 Tuesday: 0-0 June: 0-0 Wednesday: 0-1 July: 0-0 Thursday: 0-0 Aug: 0-0 Friday: 0-0 Sept: 0-0 Saturday: 0-0 Oct: 0-0 Sunday: 0-0 vs East: 0-0 Day: 1-0 vs Cent: 1-1 Night: 0-1 vs West: 0-0 1 st Half: 1-1 vs AL: 0-0 2 nd Half: 0-0 INSTANT REPLAY RESULTS *Manager s challenges, since 2014 PHI All-Time Challenges: 117 Overturned: 63 Success Rate: 53.8% 2017 Challenges: 1 Overturned: 1 Success Rate: 100.0% Last Challenge: 4/5 at WSH Situation: T9, 2 outs, runner on 1B Result: OVERTURNED: After viewing all relevant angles, the Replay Official definitively determined that the runner touched the base prior to the fielder applying the tag, the runner is safe. PHILLIES RECORD WHEN THEY Score First: 1-0 Lead After 6: 1-0 Lead After 7: 1-0 Lead After 8: 1-0 Out-Hit Opp: 1-0 Last AB Decisions: 0-0 Opp. Score First: 0-1 Tied After 6: 0-0 Tied After 7: 0-0 Tied After 8: 0-0 Hits equal: 0-0 Walk-off Decisions: 0-0 Score 4 or more: 1-0 Trail After 6: 0-1 Trail After 7: 0-1 Trail After 8: 0-1 Out-Hit by Opp: 0-1 Starter goes > 6.0 IP 0-1 Score 3 or less: 0-1 Hit no HR: 0-1 Starter goes 6.0 IP 0-0 Hit at least 1 HR: 1-0 Starter goes < 6.0 IP 1-0 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE DATE TIME PROBABLE PITCHERS TV Friday, April 7 3:05 EDT RHP Max Scherzer (NR) vs RHP Vince Velasquez (NR) NBC10 Saturday, April 8 7:05 EDT TBA vs RHP Aaron Nola (NR) NBC 10 Sunday, April 9 1:35 EDT RHP Stephen Strasburg (1-0, 2.57) vs RHP Jeremy Hellickson (1-0, 1.80) CSN
2017 PHILLIES NOTES TODAY S STARTER PAGE 2 MMww CLAY BUCHHOLZ RHP #21 Height: 6-3 Weight: 190 Age: 32 (born: 8/14/84) 2016: 8-10, 4.78 ERA Career: 81-61, 3.96 ERA SPRING TRAINING RECAP: 1-2, 6.65 ERA (16 ER, 21.2 IP), 26 H, 10 BB, 16 SO in 6 starts TODAY S START: The Buch Stops Here: Buchholz has posted a 2.80 ERA (17 ER, 54.2 IP) in his last 16 games (8 GS) since 7/27/16 In that span, his ERA ranks 5 th among AL pitchers with at least 50.0 IP, trailing only Justin Verlander, Ervin Santana, Ian Kennedy and Rick Porcello He went 5-1 and held opponents to a.212 AVG in those 16 games Road Warrior: Is 4-0 with a 2.27 ERA (10 ER, 39.2 IP) in his last 9 road games (5 GS) since 7/31/16 He has surrendered only 5 XBH to 157 batters faced (2 2B, 3 HR) in that stretch (.277 OPP SLG%) Lost Sox: Today will be the first of 189 career starts that Buchholz has not toed the rubber for the Boston Red Sox Since 2007, the year Buchholz debuted, only 8 other ML pitchers made as many consecutive starts with one team (Elias Sports Bureau) MOST CONSECUTIVE GS WITH 1 TEAM SINCE 2007 Pitcher Club GS Verlander Tigers 321 Hernandez Mariners 317 Weaver Angels 303 Cain Giants 270 Kershaw Dodgers 264 Wainwright Cardinals 255 Danks White Sox 247 Bumgarner Giants 215 BUCHHOLZ Red Sox 188 vs NL Central: 0-1, 6.75 ERA (11 ER, 14.2 IP) in 3 games (3 GS) 1 st appearance vs an NL Central club since 2014 (all 3 of career in 2014) 2016: Established a career high in games (37) Held RHH to a.222 AVG (59-266), 4th-lowest among qualifying AL pitchers Went 6-8, 5.01 ERA (65 ER, 116.2 IP), 46 BB, 80 SO in 21 starts (9-12 team record) Was 2-2 with a 3.57 ERA (9 ER, 22.2 IP) and.198 OPP AVG in 16 relief appearances (his 1 st relief appearances since 2008) In 19 appearances (8 GS) after the All-Star break, went 5-1, 3.22 ERA (21 ER, 58.2 IP) Went 4-0, 2.63 ERA (12 ER, 41.0 IP) over his final 7 starts of the season, 8/18-9/28; allowed 2 runs or fewer in at least 6.0 innings in 6 of those outings and 1 or fewer runs in 5 of them In his final 2 starts allowed only 1 run in 13.0 IP (0.69 ERA) BOS was victorious in 6 of his final 8 starts and 5 of his last 6 Started Game 3 of the ALDS vs CLE (4.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, BB, 4 SO); was his 1st loss in 6 career postseason starts ROAD: 2016: 6-3, 3.90 ERA (29 ER, 67.0 IP) in 16 games (10 GS) Career: 46-28, 3.79 ERA (249 ER, 591.0 IP) in 103 games (96 GS) CAREER: Acquired from Boston Red Sox for INF Josh Tobias on 12/20/16 PHI is the first organization he has played for other than BOS since beginning his pro career in 2005 Was named to the 2010 AL All-Star Team (his 1 st All-Star selection) and finished 6 th in AL Cy Young voting Finished 2 nd in the AL in ERA (2.33) Named to his 2 nd career AL All-Star Team in 2013, leading all ML pitchers with a.917 winning percentage (12-1, min. 10 decisions) Selected by Boston Red Sox as supplemental pick in 1st round (42nd overall) of June 2005 draft BUCHHOLZ 2016 DAY-BY-DAY DATE-OPP DECISION IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 4/6 at CLE ND, L, 7-6 4.0 6 5 5 1 3 4 11.25 4/12 vs BAL L, 9-5 5.0 5 5 5 2 3 1 10.00 4/18 vs TOR ND, L, 4-3 6.2 6 0 0 0 2 2 5.74 4/23 at HOU L, 8-3 5.2 6 5 5 1 1 6 6.33 4/28 vs ATL L, 5-3 6.1 8 5 5 0 4 2 6.51 APRIL 0-3 27.2 31 20 20 4 13 19 6.51 5/4 at CWS W, 5-2 7.0 3 2 2 1 2 6 5.71 5/9 vs OAK W, 14-7 5.0 6 4 4 1 2 2 5.90 5/14 vs HOU ND, W, 6-5 6.0 7 5 5 2 3 5 6.11 5/20 vs CLE L, 4-2 6.0 5 4 3 1 4 3 5.92 5/26 vs COL L, 8-2 5.0 7 6 6 3 0 2 6.35 #5/29 at TOR W, 5-3 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.24 MAY 3-2 30.0 29 21 20 8 11 19 6.00 #6/1 at BAL ND, L, 5-4 3.1 3 4 3 0 4 1 6.34 #6/5 vs TOR ND, L, 5-4 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6.24 #6/11 at MIN ND, W, 15-4 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6.14 #6/16 vs BAL ND, L, 5-1 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 4 5.86 6/21 vs CWS L, 3-1 5.0 4 3 3 2 1 5 5.83 6/26 at TEX L, 6-2 5.1 7 5 4 1 5 3 5.90 JUNE 0-3 18.2 16 12 10 3 12 14 4.82 7/2 vs LAA L, 21-2 4.1 7 6 3 2 1 1 5.91 #7/21 vs MIN ND, W, 13-2 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.84 #7/23 vs MIN ND, L, 11-9 1.0 3 3 3 0 0 2 6.10 #7/25 vs DET ND, L, 4-2 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 6.06 #7/27 vs DET ND, L, 4-3 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.99 #7/31 at LAA W, 5-3 3.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5.79 JULY 1-1 12.1 13 10 7 2 2 5 5.11 #8/6 at LAD ND, L, 3-0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.74 #8/7 at LAD ND, L, 8-5 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.68 #8/10 vs NYY ND, L, 9-4 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.64 8/13 vs ARI ND, W, 6-3 4.1 3 3 3 0 3 1 5.66 8/18 at DET ND, L, 4-3 6.0 6 1 1 0 0 3 5.42 8/23 at TB W, 2-1 6.1 5 1 1 0 2 9 5.18 #8/27 vs KC ND, W, 8-3 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.13 #8/29 vs TB ND, W, 9-4 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 5.17 #8/30 vs TB L, 4-3 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5.20 AUGUST 1-1 22.0 18 7 7 1 7 15 2.86 9/6 at SD W, 5-1 6.2 8 1 1 1 0 6 4.99 9/11 at TOR ND, W, 11-8 3.0 4 6 6 2 4 3 5.31 9/16 vs NYY W, 7-4 6.0 7 2 2 0 2 2 5.20 9/21 at BAL W, 5-1 7.0 3 1 1 0 2 4 5.0 9/28 at NYY ND, L, 5-3 6.0 1 0 0 0 2 6 4.78 SEPTEMBER 3-0 28.2 23 10 10 3 10 21 3.14 #denotes ML relief appearance 2016 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS 7.0, 2x, last: 9/21 at BAL IP 9.0 IP, 7x, last: 7/4/15 vs HOU 8, 2x, last: 9/6 at SD H 13, 4/5/14 vs MIL 6, 3x, last: 9/11 at TOR R 10, 4/12/15 at NYY 6, 3x, last: 9/11 at TOR ER 9, 4/12/15 at NYY 5, 6/26 at TEX BB 8, 5/26/14 at ATL 8, 8/23 at TB SO 12, 7/13/14 at HOU 3, 5/26 vs COL HR 5, 2x, last: 4/20/12 vs NYY N/A CG 9, last:7/4/15 vs HOU N/A SHO 6, last 8/31/14 at TB 3 G, 9/6-28 Win Streak 11 G, 4/3-9/15/15 4 G, 6/1-7/2 Loss Streak 7 G, 55/12-8/20/08 BUCHHOLZ 2016 AND CAREER 2016: 8-10 4.78 37 21 139.1 130 80 74 55 93 Career: 81-61 3.96 206 88 1167.2 1104 565 514 417 899 BUCHHOLZ vs REDS 2016: N/A Career: N/A Last Start N/A BATTER-PITCHER MATCH-UPS BUCHHOLZ vs REDS avg ab h 2b 3b hr rbi bb so BECKHAM.500 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 N/A DAVIS vs PHILLIES avg ab h 2b 3b hr rbi bb so TOMORROW S STARTER vs WASHINGTON RHP VINCE VELASQUEZ vs RHP MAX SCHERZER VELASQUEZ vs NATIONALS 2016: 1-0 4.50 1 1 6.0 5 3 3 3 4 Career: 1-0 4.50 1 1 6.0 5 3 3 3 4 VELASQUEZ 2016 AND CAREER 2016: 8-6 4.12 24 24 131.0 129 64 60 45 152 Career: 9-7 4.19 43 41 186.2 179 92 87 66 210
2017 PHILLIES NOTES BULLPEN NOTES PAGE 3 2017 TOTALS W-L ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG OPS MISC Starters 1-1 2.31 11.2 11 3 3 1 2 7.262.709 1 QS/2 GS Relievers 0-0 3.38 5.1 3 2 2 1 1 7.167.655 1 SV/1 SVO #53 JOAQUÍN BENOIT RHP Last App: 4/3 at CIN: 1.0 IP, 2 SO IR/Scored: 1/0 vs CIN (2017): 0-0, 0.00 ERA (1.0 IP) in 1 G Road Trip: 0-0, 0.00 ERA (1.0 IP) in 1 G SV/Opp: -/- vs CIN (career): 1-0, 0.00 ERA (9.1 IP) in 10 G Great American (career): 1-0, 0.00 ERA (7.1 IP) in 8 G Spring 2017: 0-0, 6.43 ERA (5 ER, 7.0 IP), 5 BB, 10 SO, 2 HR In his scoreless 9.1 career IP against CIN, has allowed only 3 H and 2 BB with 12 SO Began the season in the NL for just the 3 rd time in is 16-year career (2014-15 with SD) Began 2016 season with SEA, was traded to TOR on 7/26 Posted a 0.38 ERA (1 ER, 23.2 IP) in 25 appearances for the Blue Jays, tied for the lowest ERA by any ML reliever from 7/24-end of season (other: BAL s Zach Britton) Did not appear in a postseason game for TOR #46 JEANMAR GÓMEZ RHP Last App: 4/3 at CIN: SV, 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1 SO, 1 HR (Gennett) IR/Scored: -/- vs CIN (2017): 0-0, SV, 18.00 ERA (2 ER, 1.0 IP) in 1 G Road Trip: 0-0, SV, 18.00 ERA (2 ER, 1.0 IP) in 1 G SV/Opp: 1/1 vs CIN (career): 0-1, 3 SV, 4.50 ERA (11 ER, 22.0 IP) in 17 G (2 GS) Great American (career): 0-1, 2 SV, 3.55 ERA (5 ER, 12.2 IP) in 8 G (1 GS) Spring 2017: 0-0, 0.84 ERA (1 ER, 10.2 IP), 4 H, 1 BB, 7 SO,.111 OPP AVG in 9 games Did not allow a run in his final 8 appearances (9.2 IP, 3/4-end of ST) Made his 6 th career and 6 th consecutive Opening Day roster (CLE: 2012, PIT: 2013-14, PHI: 2015-17) 2016 NL Relief Rankings: 4 th in games finished (59) 5 th in saves (37) 9 th in SV % (86.0%) Had the 9th-most saves in a single season in Phillies history in 2016 His 24 SV before the All-Star Break tied Steve Bedrosian (1987) and Jose Mesa (2001) for the club record Was just the 7 th pitcher in Phillies history to collect 35 or more saves in a single season #39 ADAM MORGAN LHP Last App: 3/29 at PIT: SV, 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 SO IR/Scored: -/- vs CIN (2016): 0-1, 17.18 ERA (7 ER, 3.2 IP) in 1 G (1 GS) Road Trip: N/A SV/Opp: -/- vs CIN (career): 0-1, 17.18 ERA (7 ER, 3.2 IP) in 1 G (1 GS) Great American (career): N/A Spring 2017: 0-0, 2.45 ERA (5 ER, 18.1 IP), 4 BB, 14 SO in 7 games (1 start) Made 1 st career Opening Day roster Split the 2016 season between Lehigh Valley (AAA) and PHI Had his only two career ML relief appearances on 6/29/16 at ARI (0.2 IP, IBB, SO) and 7/2/16 vs KC (3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 HR, 3 SO) Named International League and Phillies Minor League Pitcher of the Week, 8/1-7 #50 HÉCTOR NERIS RHP Last App: 4/3 at CIN: 1.0 IP, 1 SO IR/Scored: -/- vs CIN (2017): 0-0, 0.00 ERA (1.0 IP) in 1 G Road Trip: 0-0, 0.00 ERA (1.0 IP) in 1 G SV/Opp: -/- vs CIN (career): 0-0, 0.00 ERA (2.2 IP) in 3 G Great American (career): 0-0, 0.00 ERA (1.2 IP) in 2 G Has recorded at least 1 SO in 37 of his last 40 appearances dating back to 6/28/16 Spring 2017: 1-0, SV, 2.57 ERA (7 ER, 7.0 IP), 1 BB, 8 SO in 7 games Made 3 app for Dominican Republic in 2017 World Baseball Classic (2.70 ERA, 1 ER, 3.1 IP) Made his 2 nd career Opening Day Roster (2016) 2016 NL Relief Rankings: 3rd in IP (80.1), T-3rd in games (79) and 5th in SO (102) His 102 strikeouts in 2016 season were the 2 nd -most ever by a Phillies reliever (most: Dick Selma, 153 SO in 1970) Became the 4 th reliever in Phillies history to collect 100 SO in a season His 46 appearances before the All-Star Break were the most by a PHI reliever since 2004 (Rheal Cormier) and only 1 shy of Kent Tekulve s club record 47 in 1987 Struck out 102 of the 328 batters he faced last season(31.1% SO rate) #17 PAT NESHEK RHP Last App: 4/5 at CIN: 1.0 IP, 2 SO IR/Scored: -/- vs CIN (2017): 0-0, 0.00 ERA (1.0 IP) in 1 G Road Trip: 0-0, 0.00 ERA (1.0 IP) in 1 G SV/Opp: -/- vs CIN (career): 2-1, 3.72 ERA (4 ER, 9.2 IP) in 11 G Great American (career): 0-0, 1.93 ERA (1 ER, 4.2 IP) in 6 G Spring 2017: Won 2017 World Baseball Classic with Team U.S.A., pitching 5.0 scoreless IP in 5 games, including semi-finals and finals In MLB ST was 0-0, 6.75 ERA (3 ER, 4.0 IP in 4 games PHI marks the 7 th different team Neshek has played for (others: MIN: 2006-11, SD: 2011, BAL: 2012, OAK: 2013; STL: 2014, HOU: 2015-16) Held opposing hitters to a.194 AVG (33-170) and held opponents scoreless in 50 of his 60 appearances (83.3%) in 2016 Reached 60 appearances for the 3rd consecutive season Did not allow more than 2 ER in any of his 1 st 59 appearances (3 ER in final game of the season) #61 EDUBRAY RAMOS RHP Last App: 4/3 at CIN: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 SO IR/Scored: -/- vs CIN (2017): 0-0, 0.00 ERA (1.0 IP) in 1 G Road Trip: 0-0, 0.00 ERA (1.0 IP) in 1 G SV/Opp: -/- vs CIN (career): 0-0, 0.00 ERA (1.0 IP) in 1 G Great American (career): 0-0, 0.00 ERA (1.0 IP) in 1 G Spring 2017: 1-0, SV, 0.87 ERA (1 ER, 10.1 IP), 6 H, 3 BB, 8 SO,.171 OPP AVG in 11 games Made 1 st career Opening Day roster Went 2-1, 10 SV, 1.16 ERA (5 ER, 38.2 IP) in 26 games between Reading (AA) and Lehigh Valley (AAA) in 2016 before being recalled, 6/24/16 Named Phillies Minor League Pitcher of the Month for May (12 G, 0.52 ERA, 1 ER, 17.1 IP, 1 BB, 11 H, 16 SO) Stranded 82.3% of the ML runners he inherited (14 of 17) last season Was T-8th among all ML relievers in appearances (42) after making his ML debut, 6/24/16-end of season #63 JOELY RODRÍGUEZ LHP Last App: 4/5 at CIN: 0.1 IP IR/Scored: -/- vs CIN (2017): 0-0, 0.00 ERA (0.1 IP) in 1 G Road Trip: 0-0, 0.00 ERA (0.1 IP) in 1 G SV/Opp: -/- vs CIN (career): 0-0, 0.00 ERA (0.1 IP) in 1 G Great American (career): 0-0, 0.00 ERA (0.1 IP) in 1 G Spring 2017: 2-0, 3.00 ERA (4 ER, 12.0 IP), 13 H, 3 BB, 8 SO in 9 games (1 start) Made 1 st career Opening Day roster Spent most of 2016 with Reading (AA); also appeared in games for Clearwater (A), Lehigh Valley (AAA) and the Phillies Held LHH to a.195 AVG (17-87) between all three levels Allowed just one hit to 18 batters faced (1-15,.067) over 7 scoreless appearances (5.1 IP) to begin his ML career
2017 PHILLIES NOTES HITTING NOTES PAGE 4 #23 AARON ALTHERR OF vs CIN (2017):.333 (1-3) in 1 game Road Trip: 333 (1-3) in 1 game vs CIN (career):.333 (1-3) in 1 game Current Streak: 1 G (.333, 1-3) At GABP (career):.333 (1-3) in 1 game Spring Training 2017: Tied for the team lead in hits (20) and led the team in runs (14) and games played (26) Made 54 starts last season: 35 in RF, 12 in LF and 7 in CF Missed the first 103 ML games of last season due to having left wrist surgery in March 2016 after diving for a ball during a spring training game As a pinch hitter is 0-for-4 in his career (0-1 last year) Of his 73 career ML hits, 30 have been for extra bases (41.1%; 17 2B, 4 3B, 9 HR) #4 ANDRES BLANCO INF vs CIN (2016):.000 (0-5) in 4 games vs CIN (career):.227 (5-22), 2 RBI in 15 games At GABP (career):.154 (2-13) in 7 games Road Trip: N/A Made his 5 th career Opening Day roster (2010-11; 2015-17) and second with the Phillies Was on the 15-day DL, 7/25-9/1 (fractured left index finger) Hit.161 (5-31), 2 2B, 2 HBP, 3 RBI as a pinch hitter last season Career:.207 (17-82), 8 2B, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 5 BB, 2 HBP, SAC Made 36 starts last season: 15 at 3rd base, 13 at 2nd base, 7 at SS and 1 at 1st base #7 MAIKEL FRANCO 3B vs CIN (2017):.250 (2-8) in 2 games Road Trip:.250 (2-8) in 2 games vs CIN (career):.382 (21-55), 3 HR, 11 RBI in 14 games Current Streak: 2 G (.250, 2-8) At GABP (career):.379 (11-29), HR, 2 RBI in 8 games Spring Training 2017: Tied for the team lead in HR (6; Brock Stassi) Has hit safely in all 14 career games vs CIN, including three 2-hit games and two 3-hit gamese Last year, became the first Phillies 3rd baseman to hit 25 HR in one season since Scott Rolen in 2001 (25) Led the team in HR (25) & RBI (88) and is tied for the team lead in XBH (49; Freddy Galvis) The Phillies went 16-8 (.667) last season when he homered Career: 25-12 (.676) 35.9% (88 of 245) of his ML hits have gone for extra bases (47 2B, 2 3B, 39 HR) #13 FREDDY GALVIS SS vs CIN (2017):.286 (2-7), HR, RBI in 2 games vs CIN (career):.219 (14-64), 4 HR, 6 RBI in 17 games At GABP (career):.242 (8-35), 3 HR, 5 RBI in 9 games Road Trip:.286 (2-7), HR, RBI in 2 games Current Streak: 0-for-4 Spring Training 2017: In his final 9 spring training games, batted.357 (10-28), 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI Made his third consecutive Opening Day start (2015-17) and fourth overall (started at 2nd base in 2012 for an injured Chase Utley) Had 20 HR & 20 2B last season to join Jimmy Rollins as the only shortstops in Phillies history to accomplish the feat (Rollins did it 4 times) Last year, led all NL shortstops in starts (153) & fielding % (.987) and finished 2 nd in innings (1,350.0) Was a finalist for the NL Gold Glove for shortstops Established career highs in games (158), doubles (26), HR (20), XBH (49), total bases (233), RBI (67) and SB (17) last year #16 CESAR HERNANDEZ 2B vs CIN (2017):.111 (1-9), HR, RBI in 2 games vs CIN (career):.244 (10-41), 2 HR, 3 RBI in 17 games At GABP (career):.222 (6-27), HR, RBI in 9 games Road Trip:.111 (1-9), HR, RBI in 2 games Current Streak: 0-for-8 Spring Training 2017: Hit.290 (18-62) in his final 20 games after going 0-for-16 to start the spring Made his second consecutive Opening Day start Batted.326 (101-310), 8 2B, 6 3B, 4 HR, 23 RBI, 50 BB, 14 SB,.421 OBP over his final 83 games of 2016, raising his season AVG from.253 to.294 Had the 5 th -best road AVG (.327) in the NL with 11 of his 14 doubles, two of his three 4-hit games and 25 of his 38 RBI; had a.424 SLG % on the road vs.361 at home #37 ODUBEL HERRERA CF vs CIN (2017):.286 (2-7) in 2 games Road Trip:.286 (2-7) in 2 games vs CIN (career):.250 (12-48), HR, 4 RBI in 13 games Current Streak: 2 G (.286, 2-7) At GABP (career):.267 (8-30), RBI in 8 games Spring Training 2017: Played for Team Venezuela in the 2017 World Baseball Classic Went 1-for-11 in 5 games Made his second consecutive Opening Day start Named to the National League All-Star team last year Led the team in games (159), hits (167), runs (87) and SB (25) last season Last year, became the first Phillie to have at least 15 HR and 25 infield hits since 2006 when Chase Utley did it (32 HR, 25 infield hits) #19 TOMMY JOSEPH 1B vs CIN (2017):.000 (0-8) in 2 games vs CIN (career):.000 (0-10) in 3 games At GABP (career):.000 (0-8) in 2 games Road Trip:.000 (0-8) in 2 games Current Streak: 0-for-8 Spring Training 2017: In his final 10 spring games, batted.448 (13-29), 4 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB Tied for the team lead in hits (20) Made his 1 st career Opening Day roster His 21 HR last year were tied with Scott Rolen (1997) for the 2 nd -most by a Phillies rookie over the previous 45 seasons (1972-2016) behind only Ryan Howard (22 in 2005) Overall, he tied for the 4 th -highest HR total ever by a rookie in Phillies history: Willie Montanez (30 in 1971), Dick Allen (29 in 1964) and Howard Made 74 starts last season, all at 1st base #47 HOWIE KENDRICK LF vs CIN (2017):.375 (3-8) in 2 games vs CIN (career):.273 (12-44), HR, RBI in 13 games At GABP (career):.289 (11-38), HR, RBI in 10 games Road Trip:.375 (3-8) in 2 games Current Streak: 0-for-5 Spring Training 2017: In his final 12 spring games, batted.310 (13-42), 4 2B, 3B, HR, 4 RBI Made his 10 th career Opening Day start and first in LF Had previously been an Opening Day 2nd baseman for 9 straight seasons (2007-15) Was a member of the 2011 American League All-Star team Prior to being traded to the Phillies, had spent his entire ML career in Los Angeles with the Angels (2006-14) and Dodgers (2015-16) In his ML career, has played 1,112 games at 2nd base, 122 in LF, 89 at 1st base, 18 at 3rd base and 1 in CF #34 ANDREW KNAPP C vs CIN (2016): N/A vs CIN (career): N/A At GABP (career): N/A Road Trip: N/A Spring Training 2017: In his final 10 spring games, batted.379 (11-29), 2 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI Made his first Opening Day roster His first appearance of the season will be his ML debut Caught 18 of 48 attempted base stealers (37.5%) last season for Lehigh Valley (AAA) Made his league s All-Star team in each of last two minor league seasons (International and Florida State)
2017 PHILLIES NOTES HITTING NOTES PAGE 5 #25 DANIEL NAVA OF vs CIN (2016): N/A vs CIN (career):.429 (3-7), RBI in 2 games At GABP (career):.429 (3-7), RBI in 2 games Road Trip: N/A Prior to this season, spent his entire career in the American League with 4 teams BOS, TB, LAA and KC Was 0-for-10 as a pinch hitter last season Career:.125 (7-56), 2B, 7 RBI, 5 BB Made 33 ML starts last year: 32 in LF and 1 at 1st base Also made 2 appearances in RF #29 CAMERON RUPP C vs CIN (2017):.143 (1-7) in 2 games Road Trip:.143 (1-7) in 2 games vs CIN (career):.263 (5-19), 2 RBI in 5 games Current Streak: 1 G (.333, 1-3) At GABP (career):.267 (4-15), 2 RBI in 4 games Last year, became just the 3 rd Phillies catcher in the last 21 seasons (1997-2017) to hit 15 or more HR in a single season (others: Mike Lieberthal (5x) and Carlos Ruiz) Started a career-high 104 games last season after making 79 starts in 2015 Caught 13 runners in 58 SB attempts last season (22.4%) Career: 37 of 128 (28.9%) #5 MICHAEL SAUNDERS RF vs CIN (2017):.250 (1-4), RBI in 2 games vs CIN (career):.143 (3-21), 2 HR, 6 RBI in 7 games At GABP (career):.167 (2-12), HR, 3 RBI in 4 games Road Trip:.250 (1-4), RBI in 2 games Current Streak: 0-for-3 Spring Training 2017: Batted.318 (7-22), 2B, 2 3B, RBI BB in his final 8 spring games Made his fourth career Opening Day start and third in RF Had previously started on Opening Day in 2013 (RF), 2014 (RF) and 2016 (LF) Signed as a free agent in January after spending his entire career in the American League with SEA and TOR Was a 2016 American League All-Star (0-1) Established career highs in doubles (32), HR (24), XBH (59), total bases (234) and walks (59) last season and tied his high in RBI (57) #41 BROCK STASSI 1B/OF vs CIN (2017): --- (0-0) in 1 game vs CIN (career): --- (0-0) in 1 game At GABP (career): --- (0-0) in 1 game Road Trip: --- (0-0) in 1 game Spring Training 2017: Tied Maikel Franco for the team lead in both HR (6) and RBI (17) Made his ML debut on Monday when he walked as a pinch hitter Was the final player added to the 25-man roster after making the team as a non-roster invitee Had a.999 fielding % last season at 1st base after commiting one error in 743 total chances 2015 Eastern League MVP (.300, 32 2B, 15 HR, 90 RBI) Pitched in at least one game in each of the last four seasons (2013-16), going 2-1 with a 1.74 ERA in 9 relief apperances
2017 PHILLIES NOTES DAY-BY-DAY PAGE 6 GA/ GA/ Game Date Opp W-L Score WP/LP/SV Record Pos GB Attend Game Date Opp W-L Score WP/LP/SV Record Pos GB Attend 1 4/3 at CIN W 4-3 HELLICKSON (1-0)/Feldman/GOMEZ 1-0 T1 1.0 43,804 82 7/3 vs PIT 2 4/5 at CIN L 2-0 Finnegan/EICKHOFF (0-1)/Iglesias 1-1 T2 1.0 19,944 83 7/4 vs PIT 3 4/6 at CIN 84 7/5 vs PIT 4 4/7 vs WSH 85 7/6 vs PIT 5 4/8 vs WSH 86 7/7 vs SD 6 4/9 vs WSH 87 7/8 vs SD 7 4/10 vs NYM 88 7/9 vs SD 8 4/11 vs NYM 9 4/12 vs NYM All-Star Break - Marlins Park - Miami, FL 10 4/14 at WSH 11 4/15 at WSH 89 7/14 at MIL 12 4/16 at WSH 90 7/15 at MIL 13 4/18 at NYM 91 7/16 at MIL 14 4/19 at NYM 92 7/17 at MIA 15 4/20 at NYM 93 7/18 at MIA 16 4/21 vs ATL 94 7/19 at MIA 17 4/22 vs ATL 95 7/21 vs MIL 18 4/23 vs ATL 96 7/22 vs MIL 19 4/25 vs MIA 97 7/23 vs MIL 20 4/26 vs MIA 98 7/24 vs HOU 21 4/27 vs MIA 99 7/25 vs HOU 22 4/28 at LAD 100 7/26 vs HOU 23 4/29 at LAD 101 7/28 vs ATL 24 4/30 at LAD 102 7/29 vs ATL 25 5/1 at CHI 103 7/30 vs ATL 26 5/2 at CHI 104 7/31 vs ATL 27 5/3 at CHI 105 8/1 at LAA 28 5/4 at CHI 106 8/2 at LAA 29 5/5 vs WSH 107 8/3 at LAA 30 5/6 vs WSH 108 8/4 at COL 31 5/7 vs WSH 109 8/5 at COL 32 5/9 vs SEA 110 8/6 at COL 33 5/10 vs SEA 111 8/8 at ATL 34 5/12 at WSH 112 8/9 at ATL 35 5/13 at WSH 113 8/10 vs NYM 36 5/14 at WSH 114 8/11 vs NYM 37 5/16 at TEX 115 8/12 vs NYM 38 5/17 at TEX 116 8/13 vs NYM 39 5/18 at TEX 117 8/14 at SD 40 5/19 at PIT 118 8/15 at SD 41 5/20 at PIT 119 8/16 at SD 42 5/21 at PIT 120 8/17 at SF 43 5/22 vs COL 121 8/18 at SF 44 5/23 vs COL 122 8/19 at SF 45 5/24 vs COL 123 8/20 at SF 46 5/25 vs COL 124 8/22 vs MIA 47 5/26 vs CIN 125 8/23 vs MIA 48 5/27 vs CIN 126 8/24 vs MIA 49 5/28 vs CIN 127 8/25 vs CHI 50 5/29 at MIA 128 8/26 vs CHI 51 5/30 at MIA 129 8/27 vs CHI 52 5/31 at MIA 130 8/28 vs ATL 53 6/2 vs SF 131 8/29 vs ATL 54 6/3 vs SF 132 8/30 vs ATL 55 6/4 vs SF 133 8/31 at MIA 56 6/5 at ATL 134 9/1 at MIA 57 6/6 at ATL 135 9/2 at MIA 58 6/7 at ATL 136 9/3 at MIA 59 6/8 at ATL 137 9/4 at NYM 60 6/9 at STL 138 9/5 at NYM 61 6/10 at STL 139 9/6 at NYM 62 6/11 at STL 140 9/7 at WSH 63 6/12 at BOS 141 9/8 at WSH 64 6/13 at BOS 142 9/9 at WSH 65 6/14 vs BOS 143 9/10 at WSH 66 6/15 vs BOS 144 9/12 vs MIA 67 6/16 vs ARI 145 9/13 vs MIA 68 6/17 vs ARI 146 9/14 vs MIA 69 6/18 vs ARI 147 9/15 vs OAK 70 6/20 vs STL 148 9/16 vs OAK 71 6/21 vs STL 149 9/17 vs OAK 72 6/22 vs STL 150 9/18 vs LAD 73 6/23 at ARI 151 9/19 vs LAD 74 6/24 at ARI 152 9/20 vs LAD 75 6/25 at ARI 153 9/21 vs LAD 76 6/26 at ARI 154 9/22 at ATL 77 6/27 at SEA 155 9/23 at ATL 78 6/28 at SEA 156 9/24 at ATL 79 6/30 at NYM 157 9/25 vs WSH 80 7/1 at NYM 158 9/26 vs WSH 81 7/2 at NYM 159 9/27 vs WSH *Sellout 160 9/29 vs NYM 161 9/30 vs NYM 162 10/1 vs NYM