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Brown, De Fratus recalled
Paul Hagen
The Phillies recalled outfielder Domonic Brown and righthander Justin De Fratus and selected the contracts of catcher Erik Kratz, lefthander Joe Savery and outfielder Brandon Moss from Triple A Lehigh Valley, general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said tonight.
Brown, 24, hit .261 with six doubles, three home runs and 15 RBI in 41 games for Lehigh Valley this season. In 89 career games with the Phillies, Brown has a .237 average with seven home runs and 32 RBI, including a .246 average in 54 games earlier this season.
De Fratus went 6-3 with a 2.99 ERA and 99 strikeouts in 75.1 innings between Reading and Lehigh Valley this season. The 23-year-old went 2-3 with a 3.73 ERA in 28 games for the IronPigs following his promotion to triple-A.
Kratz, 31, hit .288 with 19 doubles, 15 HR and 53 RBI in 103 games with Lehigh Valley this season. He was selected to the International League’s midseason All-Star team in July.
Savery finished the regular season 4-0 with a 1.80 ERA for Lehigh Valley. He struck out 26 batters in 25 innings and held lefthanded hitters to a .192 average (5-26). Drafted as a starting pitcher, Savery spent four years on the mound before being converted to a first baseman last fall. He opened the 2011 season at first base for Class A Clearwater and earned Player of the Month honors for April after hitting .450 in 21 games for the Threshers.
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- daystrum are you a Marlins fan? Sure that's it! You want Charlie to be fired so he can go to Florida. Then maybe you and the five other Marlins fans can fill up that new ball park.
— cahris - Yeah, daystrum the front office and manager are terrible, that's why by tomorrow night they'll have won their fifth straight NL East title; a stretch that includes a WS title, two NL Pennants, and a damn good chance to win the whole thing again this year. The other clubs play guys like Dom Brown every day because they're not contenders. The 2011 Phils can't afford to have him in the lineup, either offensively or defensively. They're not getting rid of Brown, he'll probably be their regular LF next year if he does anything right in spring training, but he has to get it done, you can't expect the Phils to just hand him the job. Charlie is the best manager in the history of the club and you better get used to that idea whether you love it or not.— drbob1
- the only bone head here is you cholly is the best manager in baseball hands down winning 97 games is not luck with all the injuries he's a great manager.— ocpop
- Great news about Joe Savery and Brandon Moss. The Allentown Call is reporting that Savery was "in tears" when he got the word that he will be wearing a major league uniform for the first time and Moss was like "a kid in a candy store" when he learned he was being selected and added to the major league roster. Both deserving. The Joe Savery story is amazing from a left fielder/first baseman/DH/one game pitcher to start the season in Clearwater. To a short reliever/DH in Reading by mid season. Then to a full time reliever for Lehigh Valley and now a lefty out of the pen for the Phillies to close out the season is a story of no equal. I saw Brandon Moss hit two of the longest home runs any where this season. In the first round of the playoffs against Pawtucket he lined one over the left center field wall well over 400 ft away and tonight he hit a moon shot that cleared all the four levels of bill boards in right as it left Coca Cola Park for the IronPigs only run as they were eliminated the Governor's Cup finals by Columbus. Moss who showed a powerful left handed bat was the leading hitter in the playoffs going 10 for 26 with four homers.
On the other hand Domonic Brown is a sad sad story. Sandberg benched him in the final playoff game. He was hitting 1 for 18 as the Pigs DH in the post season and was last of all players in hitting in the post season. He was used as a first base coach for a couple of innings but that was all we saw of him in the elimination game.— Dull - Great post, and only thing to add is that local guy Erik Kratz has been rock solid all season...If Brian Schneider didn't have the "lucky charm" stigma going for him (as well as a guaranteed deal), Kratz would have been up and in his place since June....Interesting to see how Brown handles this limited opportuninty after playing dreadfully the last two months.....Savery and Moss were great stories this year...it's a shame the Phils didn't bring up Rich Thompson as well. — bearsfriend
- Schneider calls a good game. I will take that 10 out of 10 times over a catcher who is good offensively but doesn't call a good game.
- Good for Savery!— paolibulldog
- He is one of the best stories in the organization this year. Here's hoping he has continued success. — phillyl0
- No doubt Charlie made some poor decisions tonight. In addition to using Schwimmer over Stutes, Ibanez was used up in a poor situation as a pinch hitter.. With 2 outs and no one on base, Charlie chose to use Ibanez to face tough lefty Garcia. I know we didn't have righty bats to use.. but in that spot..why not use Pete Orr instead of a key bat who does not handle junk balling lefties well. Ibanez could have been saved to face a righty later on in the game. Schwimmer looks like a career minor leaguer to me..Huge man that you'd expect to come in and throw hard but instead he's a nibbler with a so-so breaking pitch and an average fastball. There are many concerns right now about the Phillies.. but the biggest has to be Antonio Bastardo. Something is not right with him.. Not only is his control off.. but his velocity is noticably down from his normal level. Batters are getting around on him now that he's gone from throwing in the mid 90's to around 90-91. If he does not return to form and we have to use Lidge more...I think we have a real huge problem.. Worley does not translate to a good relief pitcher as he has been having trouble with his control also..Watch for the Phillies to see what DeFratus and Savery have going..If they show well, they could end up being on the post season team. Give Moss a chance too.. Gload and Bowker are clearly not the answer as a lefty pinch hitter for the post season.— bradco
- You should pay attention to the game. Stutes pitched two innings the day before and was available only in an emergency last night. Ibanez came into a tie game in the bottom of the seventh with a runner on first, not with the bases empty. There were signs that Garcia was vulnerable. He gave up a hit to Mayberry that inning & then a walk to Ruiz. That's a key spot, especially for a team that has been scoring a lot of two-out runs. Would have been nice to have a right-hander available to use instead of Raul, but there's no way Pete Orr is the play there. — phillyl0
- You can't be on the post season roster if you are not on the 25 man roster. So Moss and Savery are out. The Phillies do have the option of replacing Contreas on the roster so one of them might have a slight chance but I do not see where they fit on the roseter because Kendrick is a lock....
- You can't be on the post season roster if you are not on the 25 man roster. So Moss and Savery are out. The Phillies do have the option of replacing Contreas on the roster so one of them might have a slight chance but I do not see where they fit on the roseter because Kendrick is a lock....
- Brown could not hit in Triple A for Lehigh, yet he was promoted. Wow, the Phillies must be trying to maintain his diminishing value. When Wade didn't want him in the Pence package it spoke volumns. Savet and Moss are great stories. Moss deserved the spot over Bowker. THE wonderful GM wanted to show how smart he was again. How is that offense?— wmontanez27
- ummm...Stutes pitched two innings on Thursday....he obviously didnt want to use him........that said, your comment about bastardo is on the money....3 balls were squared up against him....Whether Worley translatest o late relief well or not, he will be in the pen starting 3 or 4 days from now and I expect him to be pitching later in games the rest of the way— TheLon
- Phils are 28-4 when Schneider starts so before he gets cut let's think about it first. Its not all just luck.— cxl72
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