A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Matt Winkelman Top Prospects C Eduardo Tait – At age 17, Tait was one of the best players in the complex and even got 28 games with the Threshers to end the season. In that small sample of low-A, he swung and missed much more and will need to show more patience to not see his contact … Read more
Top Prospects 2B Devin Saltiban – The Phillies moved Saltiban from the outfield to infield after he was drafted in 2023, and he has settled in at second base. He has the tools to make it work, but he does not always look natural. Hopefully another year will help him feel more comfortable there. At … Read more
Top Prospects SS Aidan Miller – Miller nearly immediately became the Phillies best hitting prospect as he took on his first full season of pro ball. Once thought to be a third baseman, he is now a shortstop who might have to switch position due to team need and not skills. At the plate he … Read more
This Week’s Schedule *3 Game Series beginning 4/4 Hitter Spotlight 1B Carson Taylor 4-6 2 2B HR BB 2 K It is a 3 game sample size, and if you go 3 for 3 with 2 doubles and a home run in a game that is going to weigh pretty heavily. Taylor got a hit … Read more
Top Prospects Justin Crawford – The Phillies decided to aggressively push Crawford to AAA after just 40 games in AA. Crawford is a divisive prospect across the industry, but the Phillies clearly think highly of him. It is likely to be a process over results season for Crawford, both in the positive and negative. Is … Read more
Gameday / Statcast Spring Breakout Notes Pitcher Velocity Exit Velocity Other Notes Videos
For the second year in a row, MLB is hosting the prospect v prospect showdown that is the Spring Breakout. The Phillies will be facing the Pirates on Friday March 14 at 1:05pm ET at BayCare Ballpark. Rosters were announced today with the Phillies having a 27 man roster of 15 hitters and 12 pitcher. … Read more
This week MLB Pipeline released their Phillies Top 30 prospects. This completes the release of individual team prospect lists for the Phillies from the major national sites (Baseball America, Fangraphs, MLB Pipeline, Baseball Prospectus, ESPN, and The Athletic). Most of these lists are behind paywalls so I am not going to give individual lists or … Read more
These recaps won’t start in earnest until the minor league season begins, and I cannot promise there will be enough prospect content for each week in March. However, there are prospects in camp playing in games for now. Notes and Thoughts Pitcher Spotlight – Velocity Readings You can find all prospect velocity readings over the … Read more
One of the limitation of doing a top 50 is that there are only 50 spots and it creates a cut off. With the shrinking minor leagues there has been a condensing of talent and high rate of turnover. That means that most players in the system have some level of MLB upside, even if … Read more