Rizzotti Recalls Highlight of His 2010 Season

Posted by Jay Floyd, Tue, December 07, 2010 10:00 AM

Phillies first base prospect Matt Rizzotti turned a lot of heads this year, as he shined at multiple levels, earning two promotions on his way up to Triple A Lehigh Valley. In 125 combined games at High-A level Clearwater, Double A Reading and Lehigh, Rizzotti posted an impressive .343 batting average and slammed 17 homers while driving in 76 runs. Rizzotti then spent time at instructional ball in Florida until the Arizona Fall League began, where he continued his outstanding 2010 with a .333 average in 19 games for the Mesa Solar Sox.

When I spoke with Rizzotti recently, he had plenty to say about all the accolades he had received this season, including being named to Eastern League All-star team and being honored as Phillies minor league player of the month for May. However, there was one event from his remarkable 2010 that stood out to Rizzotti as premiere aspect. Faced with the pressure of being the Reading cleanup batter, Rizzotti had the weight of thousands of baseball fans’ hunger on his shoulders, on a nightly basis. The R-Phils’ Arby’s RBI Guy has much to answer for, as Rizzotti shares in this exclusive interview.

Check out the media players below to hear Rizz discuss his season highlight as well as the actual product of his own imagination.

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Jay Floyd is PhilliesNation’s minor league contributor. You can read more from Jay on his site, PhoulBallz.com.

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7 Responses to “Rizzotti Recalls Highlight of His 2010 Season”

  1. Dan Says:
    December 7th, 2010 at 10:39 am

    This video was one of the funniest things i have ever seen. These guys are talented actors and writers.

  2. brooks Says:
    December 7th, 2010 at 10:42 am

    Aahhaa nice Post Jay.
    Thanks

  3. brooks Says:
    December 7th, 2010 at 10:58 am

    It would be nice to see Rizzotti take the Triple A level like he demolished Reading.
    Can you tell us something about Tagg – I only found his stats at Reading, I wonder why this RH was not moved up a level?

  4. Pizza Bagel Says:
    December 7th, 2010 at 12:20 pm

    He’s a first baseman. AAA would be the highest up he goes, considering the big guy is here for another 4 years.

  5. jim Says:
    December 7th, 2010 at 12:56 pm

    Pizza, thats another 6 years.

  6. brooks Says:
    December 7th, 2010 at 1:33 pm

    That’s just it, he has been in AAA ball since 03, he will be 32 this coming year. He’s played for Florida, Pitts, Stl, the Muts and SD. He plays a majority of the time at first base but has played 3rd and some right field.

  7. Andrew Says:
    December 7th, 2010 at 1:54 pm

    Brooks, where did he play RF? Was he good defensively?

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