Prospect News: Savery promoted to Lehigh Valley

by PhillyFriar on Jul 31, 2009 4:27 PM EDT

Joe Savery, the Phillies' 1st round pick (19th overall) in 2007, was promoted to Triple-A Lehigh Valley today.

While Joe's surface numbers haven't been too shabby in 112.1 Reading innings (12-4, 4.41 ERA), his peripherals have regressed in making the jump from High-A to Double-A: 6.2 K/9, 4.3 BB/9, 47.0% GB, 4.78 FIP. At Age 23, there's reason to believe that Joe just hasn't been able -- after labrum surgery his junior year -- to regain the pure stuff that made him as good a prospect as David Price his freshman year at Rice.

The good news is that Savery's athletic and lefthanded, so there's still a chance he'll figure it out. For the time being, though, his promotion to Triple-A -- especially in a month where he surrendered 26 runs in 27 innings -- is a bit curious. Perhaps the organization thinks he's ticketed for the bullpen? Or, if it all goes south on the mound, first base? Only time will tell.

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WIth the bullpen woes the phils have been having, one might wonder if this ‘speedy’ promotion is a ‘battle field’ promotion in the hopes that he’ll be good enough to join the roster near the end of august to bolster the bullpen?

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by jemagee on Jul 31, 2009 4:32 PM EDT reply actions

How many freaking arms do we have floating about now?

I know there’s injuries, but we got Pedro, Myers (coming back), Kendrick and the list goes on and on. We’ve tried Bastardo, Lopez, and I know I’m missing someone else.
Do we really envision another call up?

by Boundforbeach on Jul 31, 2009 4:39 PM EDT reply actions

Well see – there’s the bull pen and there’s the rotation – the rotation seems fine now – and there’s no guarantee that myers will be healthy or ready to pitch regardless of projections – the pens a weakness and the phils need to shore it up.

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by jemagee on Jul 31, 2009 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions

NO TRADE!

Watching ESPN. They were reporting a Halladay trade looked ready to go with the Angels, then backtracked and said the deal couldn’t get done. He’s not a Dodger, not in the NL, and will not be a potential foil should we make the fall classic!!!!!!!!

by Boundforbeach on Jul 31, 2009 4:41 PM EDT reply actions

Savery

Considering he has gone 0-3 in his last three starts and has let up a boatload of runs, I don’t know how smart of a move this was. Maybe the move will jumpstart him and he will pitch to his potential like he did when he was 12-1 about a month ago. We shall see.

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by Heroes of Broad Street on Jul 31, 2009 4:47 PM EDT reply actions

Short-term move?

LV has Carpenter/Chacin/Mazone in their five-man rotation right now. Martinez will make a start or two, before moving up. Kendrick will, likely, be back in the LV rotation in a week (when Condrey is ready). Lopez could also go back to the LV rotation (swapping spots with Martinez?) shortly.

Could Savery just be in AAA to cover a hole for a couple of starts?

by MS35 on Jul 31, 2009 5:29 PM EDT reply actions

I’d love to see the Phils start developing Savery as a Brooks Kieschnick type reliever/bench bat. Wondering how much his hitting skills have atrophied over the last two years though.

by dajafi on Jul 31, 2009 5:42 PM EDT reply actions