Taking Attendance
Written By Billy Wichterman
Take a deep breath through your nose… smell that? Yup, it’s BASEBALL!! Today, games will be played in both the Grapefruit and Cactus Leagues. Though it won’t be until tonight when our Phillies face another team for the first time this spring. I’m not expecting a whole lot from them today, but I am looking forward to watching the matchup on TV tomorrow against the New York Yankees, when we’ll see Roy Halladay’s first legitimate pitches in Phillies pinstripes.
Okay, so the team doesn’t really wear pinstripes in preseason action, but at least he’ll be sporting that “P” on his cap! Halladay will be opposed by the Yankees CC Sabathia and that’s what everyone has been and will be talking about. But, that’s all on the slate for tomorrow, Thursday, March 4, 2010. Today, we’ll see J.A. Happ starting and non-roster invitee Phillippe Aumont following.
Here is the Phillies entire 40 man spring roster as well as the 20 non-roster invitees.
For the Phillies Depth Chart, use this URL:
http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/team/depth_chart/index.jsp?c_id=phi
PHILLIES 40-man ROSTER:
PITCHERS
55 Danys Baez
58 Antonio Bastardo
56 Joe Blanton
48 Drew Carpenter
52 Jose Contreras
37 Chad Durbin
53 Sergio Escalona
65 Yohan Flande
34 Roy Hallday
35 Cole Hamels
43 J.A. Happ
57 David Herndon
38 Kyle Kendrick
54 Brad Lidge
46 Ryan Madson
47 Scott Mathieson
50 Jamie Moyer
64 Drew Naylor
66 J.C. Ramirez
16 J.C. Romero
67 Jesus Sanchez
59 Mike Zagurski
CATCHERS
51 Carlos Ruiz
23 Brian Schneider
INFIELDERS
62 Brian Bocock
7 Juan Castro
19 Greg Dobbs
6 Ryan Howard
27 Placido Polanco
11 Jimmy Rollins
26 Chase Utley
OUTFIELDERS
63 Quintin Berry
10 Ben Francisco
3 Ryan Gload
29 Raul Ibanez
40 John Mayberry
8 Shane Victorino
28 Jayson Werth
NON-ROSTER INVITEES:
PITCHERS
75 Phillippe Aumont
76 B.J. Rosenberg
79 Joe Savery
49 Ryan Vogelsong
44 Ehren Wassermann
60 Bill White
CATCHERS
77 Tuffy Gosewisch
24 Paul Hoover
74 Kevin Nelson
61 Dane Sardinha
73 John Suomi
INFIELDERS
72 Ozzie Chavez
71 Freddy Galvis
12 Cody Ransom
33 Andy Tracy
21 Wilson Valdez
OUTFIELDERS
78 Dominic Brown
18 Chris Duffy
70 Tyson Gillies
31 Dewayne Wise
TODAYS GAME vs The Florida State University Seminoles
will not be broadcast regionally. However, you can catch all
the action with your MLB.TV subscription at this URL:
http://mlb.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=phi&m=03&y=2010
TOMORROW vs The New York Yankees
will be televised on Comcast SportsNet
as well as regional radio WPHT 1210
you can also view the game on MLB.TV at:
Let the Games Begin!
Written by Billy Wichterman
Tomorrow evening, March 3rd, the Phillies will take the field against another team for the first time this spring. Though its not a Major League club, it is a noteworthy opponent. For the 4th consecutive season, the Philadelphia Phillies will open their exhibition play with a game at Bright House Networks Field in Clearwater, Florida against the Florida State Seminoles.
National League Rookie-of-the-Year Runner-Up J.A. (James Anthony) Happ gets the start. Look for the lefty to get 3-4 innings of work, but don’t focus so much on his numbers as you should understand his work ethic. He’ll be working on controlling the placement of his pitches, particularly his fastball and slider with some changeups thrown in to well… change it up.
After Happ, expect to see Phillippe Aumont. Don’t recognize the name? Well you should get used to this Canadian born Quebec native. He is what Pat Gallen of http://www.philliesnation.com calls,”the centerpiece of the Cliff Lee trade, meaning many eyes will be glued to his performance.” It’s hard to disagree with that. The righty was drafted 11th overall by the Mariners in 2007 and at that time, many projected him to progress into ace pitching material. There’s plenty of room for growth with this 21-year-old and the Phillies look to groom him in hopes he can one day crack the rotation.
No one in their right (or left) mind should expect him to be the incredible pitcher Lee was last year for the boys in red pinstripes. At best, Aumont could find himself being the third or fourth starter in the rotation, depending whether or not he can find confidence in his changeup and curveball, pitches he has diligently been developing since joining the team in midwest Florida just three weeks ago.
You can Watch or Listen to this game on MLB.TV
No regional broadcast available.
First spring regional broadcast:
vs NYY March 4 1:05PM
TV: CSN & Radio: WPHT 1210
March is here; you know what that means!
Every March it begins. No, I’m not here covering “March Madness” when NCAA Basketball teams narrow down their field of 64 (+1) for the Tourney. Rather, March is also when baseball teams who’ve trained for weeks in Florida and Arizona begin to play head to head with other teams in their Grapefruit and Cactus Leagues, respectively.
iwic3
Recent Comments