[Editor's note: Moved from the diaries. Thanks PhoenixPhilly for these great AFL reports over the past month!]

The Saguaros won their last game of the year, 5-0.  

Here are some links for you faithful readers:

Boxes, logs and recaps of all Saguaros games this year.
Final Stat Page
Phillies Organizational report (Jonathan Mayo)
Gonzalez interview

Gio Gonzalez performed interviews with Mayo throughout the AFL season.  I could only find the most recent one, however.

Both Gio Gonzalez and Kyle Kendrick pitched yesterday.  Gonzalez struggled with his control, but did not allow a run and only allowed two hits.  He was visibly frustrated with his lack of command.  Kendrick pitched an inning and a third, allowing one hit and no runs with a K.

For now, I will provide a short analysis for each AFLer.  Later, I may comment on some of the other good players I saw in the games I attended.  If anyone has the time, I recommend watching the AFL final on MLB.tv on Saturday 1pm MST.  Lots of potential future stars there such as McBeth, Zobrist, Yates and Tulowitzki.

Jason Jaramillo:  Jaramillo has 3 years of playing experience at the A and AA level (6 ABs at AAA).  He should start 2007 in AAA.  He is also the best option to be called up during the season if there is an injury.  He just turned 24.  His AFL season was a huge success.  Jaramillo finished the season with an OPS of 1.027, the only player on the team with an OPS over 1 and one of the few players in the league to do so.  He also had 9 BBs and 11Ks.  As I have said before, I believe that as his plate discipline improves, his other stats will follow.  He is a line drive hitter with limited power.  I wouldn't ever expect him to hit more than 20 HR in a season.  The switch hitting catcher also appeared to work well with pitchers, for whatever that is worth.

Projection:  League average everyday catcher.

Joe Bisenius:  Bisenius also just turned 24 and has 3 years experience in A and AA.  In fact, he pitched only 23 innings in Reading last year.  He is currently on the AAA roster.  The Phillies brass must want to push him a bit.  He did average over a strikeout an inning last year, which is a good sign.  After being rocked in his first outing, Bisenius left the team to recover from an abdominal pull.  When returning, he threw four innings with 6 Ks, 3BBs and 1 hit.  I didn't see him pitch.  I would imagine that he'll get a spring training invite, but don't see a guy with only 23 innings of AA ball making the club.

Projection: Not enough information.

Gavin Floyd:  What people tend to forget about Gavin Floyd is that he is only 22.  He will turn 23 in January.  He was the 4th pick in the 2001 draft.  Remember when the Phillies used to always bring their guys along so slowly and the fans used to whine that they should be given a shot in the majors sooner?  Well, Floyd was doing great in the minors: 02 in Lakewood, 03 in Clearwater and 04 in a half season in Reading.  Then he was advanced to Scranton, did less than okay and was brought up to the big club.  He pitched very well and became a starter in the majors in 05.  He blew up and hasn't been the same since.  This may have been one case when the Phillies "conventional wisdom" may have been correct.  Anyway, he still has the arm to pitch in the big leagues.  He was up and down this AFL season.  What bothers me most is that he had only 14Ks in 19.1 IP.  A guy with Major League experience and that curve should have more than that.  Guys like Joey Devine, Lenny DiNardo, Patrick Misch, Billy Sadler, etc. all averaged more than a K/IP.  They are generally similar to Floyd in that they were high (no lower than 7th round) draft picks that have at least cameoed in the majors.  The scouts still love his stuff.  I really think he is the prototypical change-of-scenery guy.  I'm of the opinion that we should get what we can for him now.

Projection:  Little ML success, out of baseball before he is 30.  There are just too many guys with great stuff who haven't made it.  Most of them, in fact.

Gio Gonzalez:  What a pitcher!  Gonzalez was the prize of the Thome trade (which will look very good if we can get a quality SP for Rowand).  His numbers have been consistently good in the minors and he seems set to star in a potentially stacked Ottawa rotation.  He just turned 21 and started the AFL all-star game.  He is also a lefty with good movement on his pitches.  The only negative that people see in him is his lack of size (5-11, 185).  I wonder how many guys who read this board are about that size?

Projection:  In rotation sometime in 2008.  Tom Glavine if he stays that healthy.

I'll do Happ, Kendrick and Segovia later.