Pettibone Impressive In Reading's Early Win
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Pettibone Impressive In Reading's Early Win
READING — It was a little earlier than usual, but the 9:30 a.m. start didn’t stop Reading Phillies right-hander Jonathan Pettibone from posting his third consecutive impressive outing in a season of continued progress.
Pettibone wasn’t involved in the decision during Monday's 4-3 victory in 10 innings over the visiting Akron Aeros at First Energy Stadium, but he certainly pitched well enough to win.
He threw seven plus innings, allowing four hits and two runs, only one earned. Pettibone struck out eight batters and walked two.
For the season, Pettibone is 6-5 with a 3.43 ERA. He has 53 strikeouts and has allowed 23 walks in 86 2/3 innings. In his last three outings, Pettibone is 2-0 with the no-decision and has allowed four earned runs in 20 innings. During that span, he has struck out 14 and walked two.
Reading plays an annual 9:30 a.m. game, and Pettibone admitted it was a an adjustment being on the mound at a time when many ballplayers are just waking up.
“With a later game, you kind of have time to get in your own routine and prepare yourself,” Pettibone said. “You just wake up and go and it’s a little different but nothing different than spring training.”
The 6-foot-6, 225-pound Pettibone turns 22 in July. He was rated the Phillies No. 5 prospect in the spring by The Inquirer and Daily News.
He says one of the reasons for his recent success has been due to improved mechanics that he has worked on with pitching coach Bob Milacki.
“I have been using my lower half, which has been easy on my arm and it’s giving my arm a break,” he said. “That has helped me take the approach of attacking hitters and getting ahead of them with first-pitch strikes.”
Hopefully, Manuel and his feeble sidekick Dubee won't be given any opportunity to get their hands on the kid and destroy his abilities and confidence.— Phillip Phan
Pettibone is slowly progressing at AA. That's a good sign.
Meanwhile, Tyler Cloyd is 6-1 and is leading the AAA International League in ERA and WHIP.
— zubzub- Julio Rodriguez was more impressive yesterday, going also 7 innings against the same team while striking out 10, allowing two hits and two runs. He had a no-no through 5 2/3 innings. For the season he's 4-1 with a 2.81 ERA. Somehow he rarely gets a paragraph in this pages. All he has done since last year is win 20 games while losing 8.— EL Zorro
- zorro,...i believe julio is gone in 2 weeks if they want broxton from kc while holding on to victorino— SyddBarrett
- Broxton? Is that an actual rumor? He'd look nice as the setup guy but why would we rape the minors for a setup man when we might not even make the playoffs? If they were gonna bring in a big bat I could understand but Broxton?— BuddyBall92
- So this is what this lost season is boiling down to........any and every story on any and every minor league prospect.....— DelawareRiverRat
- Teams routinely "play up" prospects at this time of year and "play down" others. Sounds like a little propoganda from the front office to the pages of this rag and its writers, just pawns in his game. Broxton? Where did that coe from? How esy it is to have just anybody on here make stuff up......— Mark1npt
- Cloyd gave up 3 runs tonight in 6 innings and won again. That qualifies as one of his WORST starts of the year. He is 12-1 in AA and AAA. And nobody is talking about him. ?? Is this a conspiracy or what? LOL. I give up. ........ Ramirez? Broxton ?? Funny.— zubzub
- Didn't this team (ok, past years) torch Broxton over and over and over? The dude throws straight gas that fast ball hitters clock. Really?— drhoffman
Comment removed.- In other news, former top pitching prospect Kyle Drabek career is likely over with his his second Tommy John surgery. Wouldn't be surprised to see Strasburg go through the same thing soon.— Repubrebirth
- Actually Zub, they have done a few features on Cloyd, the latest when Halladay went to the DL. Here is one:
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phillies/20120525_Phils__Tyler_Cloyd_goes_from_suspect_to_prospect.html
— EL Zorro - Thanks Z. Saw that one. Just seems to me like it's a perfect time to bring the kid up until Halladay comes back. Can he do worse than some of KK's and Blanton's starts? Plus it would give us an idea about next year's staff. Is he trade bait, and they don't want to bring him up and maybe decrease his value? Just wish someone would report on it.
If his name was Biddle or May or Colvin or Pettibone, the buzz would be outrageous. IMO.
And yes, this move would not propel them into the playoffs. Just a thought is all. :)
— zubzub
