A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Jeff Israel 
Franklyn Kilome, RHP 6’6″, 175 lb Bats/Throws: R/R Played for: Clearwater (A+/FSL) and Reading (AA/Eastern) Signed as an international amateur in June 2013 Dates Seen: 8/16, 8/31 Eyewitness Stats: Two starts, 10.2 IP, 13 H, 9 R, 7 ER, 6 BB, 5 K, 2 HR allowed What the Numbers Say Clearwater (A+): 19 G (all starts), … Read more
Nick Maton, SS 6’2″, 165 lb Bats/Throws: L/R Played for: Williamsport (Short Season A/New York Penn League) Dates Seen: 7/7-7/9, 9/2 Drafted: Philadelphia Phillies 2017, 7th Round (Lincoln Land Community College) Eyewitness Stats: 8/16, 2B, 4 R, 3 RBI, BB, 4 K What the Numbers Say Williamsport (Short Season A): 58 G, 246 PA, .252/.350/.333, … Read more
Kyle Young, LHP 7’0″, 225 lb Bats/Throws: L/L Played for: Williamsport (Short Season A/New York-Penn League) Date Seen: 7/7 Eyewitness Stats: 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 11 K, 66 pitches (47 strikes) What the Numbers Say 2017 Williamsport: 13 G (all starts), 65 IP, 7-2, 2.77 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, .237 opp AVG, … Read more
The long-winded roller coaster known as the 2017 Phillies has finally come to a close, and with it a ton of optimism. The Phillies started the season at 26-51 through June 28 with pretty much everything going wrong. Then the first offensive weapon arrived in Nick Williams and that slowly started things until Jorge Alfaro … Read more
It’s been a few weeks since the final 2017 edition of my in-game reporting, and I have been sitting on a ton of information and video. And now with the Phillies season drawing to a close, it’s time to get into offseason more. There’s going to be plenty of evaluation over the next few months … Read more
It’s been a wild and crazy last five days covering the end of minor league regular season for the Phillies affiliates. I went from Reading to Lehigh Valley to Williamsport and finally Lakewood for the last two days. I was originally going to end on Sunday, but weather had other plans and pushed scheduled starter … Read more
Sunday was going to be my last minor league game of the season with Adonis Medina scheduled to pitch. Unfortunately the weather got in the way on Saturday while I was driving back from Williamsport and instead of scheduling a doubleheader for Sunday, they ended up canceling the game altogether. That meant that Lakewood would … Read more
I hadn’t made the trip to Williamsport since my weekend escapades in July when Adam Haseley hit his 1st professional home runs, Kyle Young struck out 11, Spencer Howard made his professional debut and Jhailyn Ortiz made my eyes pop out of my head with his power. And being this a Phillies minor league weekend, … Read more
The “Phillies minor league Labor Day Weekend Blitz” made it’s second stop last night in Allentown. This would be the third time this season I have made the trek to the place that Billy Joel wrote a song about. Last night’s trip was about accomplishing three things: check on the rehabbing Odubel Herrera and Aaron … Read more
Last night was Reading’s home finale, which meant that the stadium would be packed to see some fireworks after the game. Well they got a lot of fireworks for watching the game. Hours prior to the start of game time, it was announced the Phillies would be sending Odubel Herrera and Aaron Altherr to Baseballtown … Read more