Orr re-signs with Phillies; BA's and BB's top 10 comparison
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Orr re-signs with Phillies; BA's and BB's top 10 comparison
Bob Brookover, Inquirer Baseball Columnist
The Phillies have signed one of their own free-agent infielders, but the move is not going to send the excite-o-meter tilting to the right.
Matt Provence, director of media relations for the triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs, tweeted that infielder Pete Orr has signed a minor-league contract with the team.
Orr, 32, made the Phillies' 25-man roster out of spring training last season and bounced back and forth between the big-league team and Lehigh Valley throughout the year.
With the Phillies, the left-handed hitting infielder batted .219 with three doubles and four RBIs in 46 games. At Lehigh Valley, he batted .267 with 16 doubles, five home runs, 26 RBIs and 15 stolen bases in 75 games. Orr will be in spring training again as a non-roster invitee.
In other news, Phillies center fielder Shane Victorino will appear on a special Veterans Day episode of ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Nov. 11. Fellow baseball players Daniel Murphy of the New York Mets and Clay Buchholz of the Boston Red Sox will also make appearances.
Baseball America's Top 10
Phillies outfielder Domonic Brown no longer has rookie status and is no longer a minor-league prospect in the eyes of Baseball America, which has released its latest addition of the team's top 10 prospects.
Here is the publication's top 10: 1. Trevor May, RHP 2. Jesse Biddle, LHP 3. Sebastian Valle, C 4. Jonathan Pettibone, RHP 5. Phillippe Aumont, RHP 6. Freddy Galvis, SS 7. Justin De Fratus, RHP 8. Brody Colvin, RHP 9. Jiwan James, OF 10. Maikel Franco, 3B
Here's the top 10 I published when the minor-league season concluded: 1. Domonic Brown, LF 2. Trevor May, RHP 3. Jesse Biddle, LHP 4. Sebastian Valle, C 5. Julio Rodriguez, RHP 6. Freddy Galvis, SS 7. Jonathan Pettibone, RHP 8. Phillippe Aumont, RHP 9. Justin DeFratus, RHP 10. Michael Schwimer, RHP
I agree with Baseball America that Brown no longer belongs on the list of prospects, although I still believe he has a future in the big leagues and I agree with general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. that more time in the minors would help him develop.
My list is pretty similar to the one published by BA. Rodriguez, despite winning 16 games and posting a 2.76 ERA at single-A Clearwater last season, does not have the kind of stuff that will impress scouts as much as May, Pettibone or even Brody Colvin, who struggled at Clearwater.
I would probably move Schwimer out of the top 10 as well after watching him struggle with his command at the big-league level in September.
If I had to make a new list right now, it would look like this: 1. May, 2. Biddle, 3. Valle, 4. Galvis, 5. Pettibone, 6. De Fratus, 7. Aumont, 8. Rodriguez, 9. Cesar Hernandez, 10. Joe Savery.
My two newcomers are Hernandez and Savery. Hernandez, a second baseman, rebounded strong after a difficult start at single-A Clearwater and Savery became the organization's most intriguing prospect after a season in which he went from a first baseman/DH at Clearwater to a reliever throwing in the mid-90s at Lehigh Valley. It was that fastball that made him a No. 1 draft pick and it had not been seen for quite some time.
VOTE: Phillies: Stay or Go?
Brown's only possible future in the bigs is as a DH...and that's only if he gets that wing together and shorter— VicM- thnaks VicM! I'll give Dom a call right now and let him know that a trade to the AL would be in his best interest, because otherwise there's no hope!— PhillyIllini
- thnaks VicM! I'll give Dom a call right now and let him know that a trade to the AL would be in his best interest, because otherwise there's no hope!— PhillyIllini
- wing together?— smiggs13
- Pete Orr a good extra man to have.— tr88
- Dom Brown may be the next Jeff Stone. If he's lucky, he may be Lonnie Smith. But knowing that Pete Orr is in the fold has made my weekend. Now resigning Joh Bowker will really be a big deal.— jimmymack
- I don't think Baseball America ranks non-rookie eligible players. If they did, I am sure they would have a guy with a minor league track record like Dom Browns ahead of a guy with one good short season campaign....— JammRock
- I don't think Baseball America ranks non-rookie eligible players. If they did, I am sure they would have a guy with a minor league track record like Dom Browns ahead of a guy with one good short season campaign....— JammRock
- WOW!! They resigned Pete Orr!! Break out the bubbly, fans, we're World Series bound!!!— Russ
- Please trade Victorino. He is rubbish— phillyceltic
- Why?— RockStar
Comment removed.- the thing that is good about orr is that he hasnt made the last out of the phillies season two years in a row and gotten so embarrassed that he faked an ankle injury to draw attention away from his failure.— zwarte piet
- Brown is a bust. If he's so athletic why can't he run a proper route in the outfield or run the bases properly. I could do that at age 7. He should have been traded in 2009 for Halladay after they traded for Lee.— homerjay99
- So you could track a MLB fly ball/line drive when you were age 7? — beegal99
