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Phillies minor-league system: 2017 season in review

By John Town

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 05: J.P. Crawford #2 of the Philadelphia Phillies looks out onto the field before a game against the New York Mets at Citi Field on September 5, 2017 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Crawford is making his major league debut. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 05: J.P. Crawford #2 of the Philadelphia Phillies looks out onto the field before a game against the New York Mets at Citi Field on September 5, 2017 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Crawford is making his major league debut. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images) /
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Double-A Reading Fightin’ Phils

2016 was a hard year to follow up for Double-A Reading after Dylan Cozens and Rhys Hoskins combined for 78 home runs and powered the team to the Eastern League playoffs. They took a step back this year as they finished the season with a 72-68 record, a full 20 games behind the division-leading Trenton Thunder.

The team had a strong offense overall as their .749 team OPS was second-best in the league behind the Bowie BaySox. They hit a league-leading 153 home runs and scored the third-most runs of any team.

Scott Kingery led the offense to start the year, hitting 18 home runs in 69 games before a promotion to Triple-A. Carlos Tocci and Jiandido Tromp led the offense for most of the season with a .760 and .813 OPS, respectively. Damek Tomscha, Andrew Pullin, and Drew Stankiewicz all finished the season with a batting average over .300.

Mitch Walding and Kyle Martin led the team with 25 and 22 home runs this season. Walding had an .842 OPS in 99 games, but Martin hit just .193 with a .288 on-base percentage.

The pitching staff was good but not great as many of their better pitchers went up the minor-league ladder. Tyler Viza led the team in innings pitched but finished the year with a 5.22 ERA. Drew Anderson didn’t take the huge leap forward many projected for him as he walked nine percent of opposing hitters but had a 3.59 ERA.

Yacksel Rios led the bullpen with a 1.89 ERA and 2.38 fielding-independent pitching, striking out 11.13 batters per nine innings. Austin Davis also had a strong year in the bullpen with a 2.87 ERA.

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