Phillies Prospect Watch: Trying BlueClaws Season Ends With Another Gut Punch

Phillies affiliates went 1-3 on Sunday, Sept. 6, with a brutal break for High-A Jersey Shore in their season finale. The BlueClaws finished at 47-83; they trailed 1-0 after five innings on Sunday, then mounted a two-run comeback in the top of the sixth. Griffin Burkholder doubled, Devin Saltiban singled him home, and a Daunte Stuart double put Jersey Shore in front. After that, the heavens opened… and since their hosts never had a chance to bat in the bottom of the sixth, the rally didn’t count, sticking the BlueClaws with a 1-0 loss.

Triple-A Lehigh Valley lost 7-3. Center fielder Kameron Misner (1-for-3 with a walk) continued to rake, hitting his sixth home run since joining the Phillies’ organization in July. Misner now has 20 home runs in 92 Triple-A games this season. Otto Kemp added a double, the IronPigs’ only other extra base hit. 

Double-A Reading won 6-2. Left fielder Pedro León (2-for-5) and third baseman Raider Tello (2-for-4) both homered; Carson DeMartini (2-for-3 with a walk) tripled, while lefty reliever Mavis Graves fanned two batters in two scoreless innings.

Single-A Clearwater (74-55) lost 6-4 in ten innings. Second baseman Reece Moroney, the Phillies’ 2026 tenth round pick, went 2-for-4 with a walk; first baseman Jack Hopko (2-for-4 with a double and a walk) also made it on base three times, but the Threshers ran out of steam in a bullpen game. Their season will continue in the Division Series against the Tampa Tarpons next week; Reading has one week left to play, and the IronPigs have two.