Cesar Hernandez

They were two separate phone calls made with no warning to either individual. They had no way of knowing what they would be asked. Yet Joe Jordan and Steve Noworyta, who have more than 200 Philadelphia Phillies minor league players to keep track of,...

The IronPigs' two representatives for Wednesday's Triple-AAll-Star game in Buffalo represent the two opposite ends of the spectrums of baseball's highest minor league classification. Second baseman Kevin Frandsen has appeared in 228 major league games...

As enjoyable as the first month of Reading's season was, Dusty Wathan is looking forward to the next one even more. "Now the fun part starts, where we're going back and playing teams over and over again, and we have to make adjustments," the first-year...

For more minor league notes go to the Hog Blog at http://www.mcall.com Both 2B Cesar Hernandez and 1B Darin Ruff had 5 hits in Reading's 19-6 win over Richmond on Tuesday. The R-Phils had 22 hits overall, half of them with runners in scoring position...

It's now one of 1,086 for Dave Brundage. But the ironPigs' 5-4, 11-inning win over Syracuse Saturday night was a memorable one for their first-year manager, in more ways than one. It was his first in a Lehigh Valley uniform, giving him a Triple-A...

Down here in spring training the Phillies separate their prospects into five workout groups, the first four basically representing the four full-season affiliates (Lehigh Valley, Readijng, Clearwater, Lakewood) and the fifth a combination of short-...

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- One man's guess on the make-up of the 2013 IronPigs Opening Day 25-man roster ... Postiion players Infielders: Cody Overbeck (1b), Cesar Hernandez (2b), Michael Martinez (ss), Cody Asche (3b), Josh Fields (1b/3b/dh/of), Pete Orr (util)...

Joe Jordan "expects" Cody Asche to begin the season back at Reading, not at Lehigh Valley. However, he's already learned to expect the unexpected from the 22-year-old third baseman. "If he starts at Double-A, that’s kind of what I’m expecting,...

Sebastian Valle and Cesar Hernandez are probably the two best position prospects in the Phillies minor league system. Both will make their IronPigs debut tonight against Pawtucket after being promoted from Double-A Reading on Wednesday. Hernandez is...

While many speculate (and some hope) that the Andy Reid/Michael Vick era is coming to an end, or worry about the health status of Andrew Bynum, or try to remember that ce is used for other than to keep our drinks cool, baseball is still being played in...

Reading OF Leandro Castro is continuing his torrid pace since mid-May. Although he had his 11-G hit streak snapped Tuesday, he’s 5-for-12 in three games since and is hitting .383 (64-for-167) since May 16, hitting safely in 37 of his 46 G. Overall...

Liberty’s Matt McBride (Colorado) went 3-for-5 Friday for Colorado Springs, the seventh time this year he’s had 3 or more hits in a game, as his latest hitting streak reached 5 G (9-for-24, .375). His .358 average is 7th in the Pacific Coast...