April 2 -- MINOR MATTERS

Morning, everyone.

Just wanted to take a moment to address the Phillies' minor-league teams, which open their seasons later this week. Talked to farm director Steve Noworyta last week in Clearwater, and the places to go, it seems, to see the most prospects are Class AA Reading and low-Class A Lakewood. Both teams will have seven of the Phillies' top 25 prospects on their opening-day rosters. Here's a list of each farm club's roster, with top prospects listed in bold.

LEHIGH VALLEY (Class AAA)
Pitchers: Jason Anderson, Travis Blackley, Kevin Beirne, Joe Bisenius, Ron Chiavacci, Matt Childers, Vic Darensbourg, J.D. Durbin, John Ennis, J.A. Happ, Gary Knotts, Brian Mazone.
Catchers: Jason Jaramillo, Pete Laforest
Infielders: Mike Cervenak, Gookie Dawkins, Brennan King, Casey Smith, Andy Tracy, Chris Woodward
Outfielders: T.J. Bohn, Valentino Pascucci, Chris Snelling, Brandon Watson

READING (Class AA)
Pitchers: Kip Bouknight, Carlos Carrasco, Drew Carpenter, Fabio Castro, Ron Hill, Jason Kershner, Josh Outman, Patrick Overholt, Justin Pope, Will Savage, R.J. Swindle, Shane Youman
Catchers: Tim Gradoville (player/coach), Lou Marson, John Suomi
Infielders: Luke Appert, Jason Donald, Joey Hammond, Brad Harman, Neil Sellers, Juan Tejeda
Outfielders: Greg Golson, Javon Moran, Jeremy Slayden, Mike Spidale

CLEARWATER (high-Class A)
Pitchers: Antonio Bastardo, Dan Brauer, Darren Byrd, Alex Concepcion, Andrew Cruse, Edgar Garcia, Matt German, Brett Harker, Nate Johnson, Carlos Monasterios, Joe Savery, Brian Schlitter, Sam Walls
Catchers: Tuffy Gosewisch, Orlando Guevara, Alan Robbins
Infielders: P.J. Antoniato, Welinson Baez, Adrian Cardenas, Clay Harris, Fidel Hernandez, Carlos Leon, John Urick
Outfielders: Quintin Berry, Jake Blalock, Jay Miller, Gus Milner, Matt Spencer

LAKEWOOD (low-Class A)
Pitchers: Tyler Brummet, Chance Chapman, Jacob Diekman, Chris Kissock, Yen-Feng Ling, Miguel Matos, Moises Melendez, Drew Naylor, Joseph Roccio, Julian Sampson, Jared Simon, Walter Tejada
Catchers: Joel Naughton, Jesus Sanchez
Infielders: Karl Bolt, Herman Demmink, Michael Durant, Freddy Galvis, Travis Mattair, Derrick Mitchell, Matt Rizzotti, Dennis Winn
Outfielders: Dominic Brown, D'Arby Myers, Michael Taylor