Phillies Scouting Staff Graduates 13 Players to Majors in 2014

Over the years the Phillies amatuer talent acquisition staff has gotten a lot of crap from fans.  I personally think a lot of it is unfounded and comes from a set of unreasonable expectations for the developmental process.  The scouting staff has no control over the developmental process, especially after a player is traded to another organization.  The staff deserves huge amounts of credit for finding the player in the first place, and with a huge 2014 it is only fair to give them their due.

This is not an indictment of trades that have been made, merely the originally signed players

Players who made their debut in 2014:

Ken Giles: Drafted in the 7th Round of 2011 Draft

	IP	G	GS	ERA	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	K/9
Minors	28.2	24	0	1.88	5.7	0	4.1	11.9
Majors	36.2	35	0	1.23	5.6	0.2	2.2	13.3

 

Maikel Franco: Signed as an international FA in Jan 2010 ($100,000)

	G	PA	HR	SB	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Minor	133	556	16	3	30	81	0.257	0.299	0.428
Majors	1	4	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000

 

Jon Singleton: Drafted in the 8th Round of 2009 Draft – Traded to Houston for Hunter Pence

	G	PA	HR	SB	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Minor	54	239	14	1	42	52	0.267	0.397	0.544
Majors	78	312	12	2	43	109	0.176	0.292	0.352

 

Domingo Santana: Signed as an international FA in March 2009 ($250,000)

	G	PA	HR	SB	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Minor	120	513	16	6	64	149	0.252	0.345	0.498
Majors	6	18	0	0	1	14	0.000	0.056	0.000

 

Hector Neris: Signed as an international FA in April 2010

	IP	G	GS	ERA	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	K/9
Minors	77.1	48	1	3.61	7.2	0.9	3.4	8.1
Majors	1	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9

 

David Buchanan: Drafted in the 7th Round of the 2010 draft

	IP	G	GS	ERA	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	K/9
Minors	57	12	12	3.95	10.6	0.5	3.3	7.3
Majors	89.1	15	15	4.03	9.37	1.01	2.22	5.64

 

Mario Hollands: Drafted in the 10th Round of the 2010 draft

	IP	G	GS	ERA	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	K/9
Majors	46.1	49	0	4.27	8.5	0.6	3.9	6.6

 

Lisalverto Bonilla: Signed as international FA in December 2008 – Traded to Texas for Michael Young

	IP	G	GS	ERA	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	K/9
Minors	74.2	39	6	4.10	8.8	1.1	3	11.1

 

Yohan Flande: Signed as international FA in December 2004 – Released December 2010

	IP	G	GS	ERA	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	K/9
Minors	88.1	18	16	5.60	11.4	0.9	3.4	6.8
Majors	47.1	10	8	5.32	9.1	0.8	2.5	4.9

 

Trevor May: Drafted in the 4th round of 2008 draft – Traded to Minnesota for Ben Revere

	IP	G	GS	ERA	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	K/9
Minors	98.1	18	18	2.84	6.9	0.4	3.6	8.6
Majors	19	5	4	10.42	14.2	0.9	6.6	7.1

 

Aaron Altherr: Drafted in the 9th round of the 2009 draft

	G	PA	HR	SB	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Minor	127	525	14	13	31	118	0.237	0.292	0.400
Majors	2	5	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000

 

Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez: Signed as international FA in July 2013

	IP	G	GS	ERA	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	K/9
Minors	46.1	31	3	3.11	7.8	0.4	5.1	10.5

 

Dario Alvarez: Signed as international FA in January 2007 -Released August 2009

	IP	G	GS	ERA	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	K/9
Minors	73.1	29	6	1.1	5.9	0.2	2.1	14.1

Other Players Having In Other Orgs With Good Years:

Carlos Carrasco: Signed as international FA 2003 – Traded to Cleveland for Cliff Lee
August/Sept: 7 G –  5 GS – 35 IP – 29 H – 5 BB – 39 K

Travis d’Arnaud: Drafted in 1st round of 2007 draft – Traded to Toronto for Roy Halladay
Second Half: .264/.307/.457 6 HR

Jarred Cosart: Drafted in 38th Round of 2008 draft – Traded to Houston for Hunter Pence
Since Trade to Marlins: 5 GS – 33 IP – 1.64 ERA – 7 BB – 17 K.

Photo by Tom Haggerty