To quote baseball great Yogi Berra, "It's deja vu all over again."

The young and talented Philly minor-leaguers are working to adjust to a new season and the next step on their journey to becoming everyday players for the Phillies.Last season, some young Fightin' Phils made their Double-A debut in Reading for the opener against the Portland Sea Dogs. The lineup of Roman Quinn, J.P. Crawford, Rhys Hoskins, Dylan Cozens, and Jorge Alfaro swung a lot and missed a lot during that game with just two hits among them.Hoskins reminded IronPig - and then Reading skipper - Dustin Wathan, who looked back."Between he and (Cozens) they had seven punch outs," Wathan said. "I tried to forget those things and he remembered it."Last week on the IronPigs first road trip, the Pig-lets showed their inexperience as the team racked up the strikeouts. In a four-game span, Lehigh Valley struck out 50 times in a four-game span. This included Cozens, who had a run of eight straight K's in eight plate appearances and 16 strikeouts over the course of 19 at-bats."Our youth and inexperience showed against the more veteran pitching," an unconcerned Wathan said.So why should he be concerned? Last season, Cozens (.286, 40 HR, 125 RBIs) and Hoskins (.281, 38, 116) posed as Reading's version of the Bash Brothers, Crawford was promoted to Lehigh Valley, and Alfaro and Quinn were rewarded with Big-League call-ups.Right now, Hoskins seems to have his swing rolling as he is batting .311 with four homers through Thursday's game."He got off to a slower start last year, it was a longer slow start," Wathan said.Being through slow starts before, Hoskins knows the work needed for success."It's the same game," Hoskins said. "You have to keep the same mindset. Obviously, it's a game of adjustments periodically throughout the season, even game-to-game, or for each at-bat."Alfaro is also off to a pretty good start behind the plate hitting .333 (16-for-50) early in the season. For the others, the season is still in the adjustment mode. Quinn (.212), Cozens (.143), and Crawford (.098) have struck out a combined 53 times in a combined 39 games."You get those guys in the middle of the line up squaring up on some hits and we should score some runs," Wathan added. "With our pitching, we'll be all right."Valentin SurpriseInfielder Jesmuel Valentin is off to hot start batting .333 (14-for-42) through 13 games. A career .265 minor league average seems to be improving after he hit a career-high nine homers last year between Triple and Double-A ball."He's had a good spring and he's getting some good (swings) on the ball, and when he doesn't square it up it seems to find some holes," Wathan said. "He's gotta keep doing what he's doing and riding it as long as he can."Just a BallplayerEvery team needs one of those players. One of those players that just makes plays. They are not flashy nor do they get the attention because they just get the job done. Cam Perkins fits that mold for this year's IronPig squad."He doesn't get any attention. He's outstanding. He's a ballplayer," Wathan said.Anyone who has watched Lehigh Valley over the past three seasons may have caught it, but it may have slipped the eye of the casual fan. Perkins is the guy who volunteers to fill in as the bullpen catcher. He will move around the outfield positions and even sit for the more talented prospects."He doesn't run well, he doesn't throw well, and does nothing above average," Wathan said. "He's standing in the right spot every time, he's accurate with his throws, he charges the ball well, he knows how to bunt. He's just a baseball player."