A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Jeff Israel 
Saturday was a very eventful St. Patrick’s on the backfields at the Carpenter Complex. While the big club took care of business at Spectrum Field (beat Atlanta 10-6), there was plenty of big league pitching going on in the backfield. On the Ashburn field, the big money arm, Jake Arrieta, made his “debut”. And there … Read more
Day three in Clearwater was a full day. The minor leaguers mainly spent most of their day running baserunning/pickoff drills and batting practice before they would play two seven inning intrasquad games while the big club played at Spectrum Field. I ended up watching about the first five innings of the Phillies and Blue Jays … Read more
It’s the first week of spring training games for the minor leagues and I needed a vacation. So naturally, I am here in Clearwater not only to enjoy myself for a long weekend but to give you the people a little update on all the top prospects in the Phillies system (and eventually a bonus … Read more
While we are now less than a month away from the start of the baseball season, something has been quietly bothering me for a while now, and that is what do I feel about Mickey Moniak? His 2017 started out well, but ultimately ended poorly where to the point that many people from scouts, analysts, … Read more
Yesterday, Matt released the final portion of his top 50 Phillies prospects with the ten best in the system. Matt’s been doing this for some time now and I think we all should give him a round of applause for the amount of hard and detailed work he puts into it every year. It’s probably … Read more
Yesterday Matt released 11-20 of the top Phillies prospects. For the most part I agree with the group of ten players. But I do have some of my own thoughts, so let’s dive into it a bit more. Matt and I pretty much agree on most of this list. Where we differ greatly is Roman Quinn. Matt … Read more
For about a week now, Matt has provided his comprehensive list of the top 50 Phillies prospects as we get closer to the start of spring training. We are through the first 30 on this list (21-50), so I decided to provide my own thoughts on the players ranked so far. And if you’ve missed … Read more
Scott Kingery, 2B 5’10”, 180 lb Bats/Throws: R/R Drafted in 2nd round of 2015 MLB Draft Teams Played for: Reading (AA/Eastern League), Lehigh Valley (AAA/International League) Dates Seen (all w/LHV): 6/26, 7/24, 7/28, 9/1 Eyewitness Stats: 5/19, 3 K, SB What the Numbers Say Reading (AA): 69 G, 317 PA, .313/.379/.608, 87 H, 18 2B, … Read more
Sixto Sanchez 6’0″, 185 lb Bats/Throws: R/R Signed as an International Amateur free agent in 2014 Teams Played for: Lakewood (Low A/South Atlantic League)/Clearwater (High A/Florida State League) Dates Seen: 4/13, 4/30, 7/12, 7/30 Eyewitness Stats: 4 G (all starts), 22 IP, 12 H, 2 R (2 ER), BB, 18 K (22.8%), HBP, 79 BF … Read more
Jhailyn Ortiz, RF/1B 6’3″, 215 lb Bats/Throws: R/R Signed as an international amateur in July 2015 Teams Played For: Williamsport (NY-Penn League/Short Season A) Dates Seen: 7/7-7/9 Eyewitness Stats: 4/11, 2 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 2 R, 2 SB, BB, 3 K, HBP What the Numbers Say Williamsport (Short Season A): 47 G, 187 PA, … Read more