Minor League Rosters Released (Not Official)

Jim Peyton of Phuture Phillies has posted a picture of minor league rosters.  Overall the assignments are very conservative so we will see how everything shakes out early in the season.  These rosters are unofficial, and if they end up being the official rosters they are subject to constant change because this is the nature … Read more

Franco and Altherr on BA’s International League Top 20 Prospects

The League Top 20s come to an end with the strongest AAA list I have ever seen come out.  The only players on the list to not play in the majors were Jose Berrios, Robert Stephenson, and Josh Bell.  Overall the #1 player on the list should win the AL Rookie of the year and … Read more

2015 Offseason Recaps

The season has come to an end so it is time to recap everything that happened.  We will have wrap ups on all the affiliates complete with interviews with individuals covering the teams.  Additionally, all the players who graduated from offseason lists will get a send off.  Any other content from recaps will go where … Read more

Alec Asher Makes Two

The Phillies traded Cliff Lee to Seattle on December 16, 2009 for Phillippe Aumont, Tyson Gillies, and JC Ramirez.  Combined the Phillies received 67.2 innings of -0.7  WAR from that deal.  Jerad Eickhoff has eclipsed that production just by existing, but he was just the 4th piece in the Hamels deal, Sunday he is joined … Read more

Nefi Ogando Up to the Major Leagues

The parade of rookies continues for the Phillies as Nefi Ogando gets the call up to replace injured rookie Elvis Araujo.  Ogando came into the Phillies organization in a trade with Boston that sent out SS John MacDonald.  Last year Ogando saw a big jump in fastball velocity and was sitting 96-98 touching 100 with … Read more

The Eye Test – Summer Catch-up

Really? Has it really been six weeks since I sat down to write about what I’m seeing at Coca-Cola Park and First Energy Stadium? It certainly hasn’t been a lack of games we’ve attended. I can count at least eight off of the top of my head. I guess at this point in the season, … Read more

Tommy Joseph moving from Catcher to First Base

Jim Salisbury is reporting that Tommy Joseph will be moving full time to first base after spending his career at catcher.  This May he suffered another concussion, further putting both his long term health and career in question.  The move to first base should keep Joseph healthier, but it also ruins most of his remaining prospect … Read more