A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
I am ramping up the Draft Philes and today I decided to do something different. Rather than just come up with names that I think would be intriguing selections for the Phillies, I wanted to ask the people their thoughts. So last Friday, I asked you guys on Twitter who you wanted me to write scouting … Read more
Prospect lists are an easy way to take a glimpse into an unknown future. If any player has made the majors, their stay has been short enough to not give us much. The problem with prospect lists is that they do not give a complete look into the young talent in an organization, and consequently … Read more
Even though J.P. Crawford is likely to go down as the best draft pick of the Phillies’ rebuild, the #7 pick in the 2014 draft was the most important pick of the Phillies’ rebuild (or at least until the #1 pick in the 2016 draft). It was the Phillies’ highest pick in over a decade … Read more
The list everyone was waiting for. The Reading team was stacked this year, as was the whole Eastern League. Before jumping into the names from the Phillies, Zach Eflin and Roman Quinn did qualify for this list, but Nick Williams and Jake Thompson did not. Once again I want to emphasize that this list was … Read more
Fangraphs’ Kiley McDaniel did a reevaluation of sorts for the state of the minor leagues right now. There isn’t a ton new for Phillies fans since it doesn’t go very deep, but it is an interesting look at pop up guys and other things going on. Crawford at #3: Not much new here, J.P. Crawford comes … Read more
I struggled to find what to write about on Aaron Nola’s call up. I wrote a lot of words about him two weeks ago and I didn’t want to rehash it all. While I was thinking I pulled up his player page and was looking through his velocity since he has been in the system, and … Read more
Keith Law put out his mideason Top 50 prospect list today. No surprise that J.P. Crawford was #2 on the list. However, Aaron Nola came in at #38 on the list. I ranted about this on Twitter so I won’t rant here and instead will just leave this. Nola has straight up better stuff … Read more
For the most part this year I have avoided talking about Aaron Nola because there hasn’t been much to add to the conversation. Nola hasn’t seen a big jump in raw stuff, he hasn’t lit up radar guns, he has met every scouting report. On the surface he is a 6’2″ starter with a fastball … Read more
Yesterday Baseball Prospectus presented their Top 50 prospects and today Baseball America did the same thing (both lists exclude recent draftees). Nothing surprising when it comes to Phillies prospects. J.P. Crawford #5 Much like Francisco Lindor, Crawford’s defense and hitting ability make him a low-risk prospect Aaron Nola #12 Nola is like investing in Treasury … Read more
Today Baseball Prospectus released their Midseason Top 50 prospects still in the minors as well as a supplemental list of players that just missed. The Phillies placed two on the Top 50 and one on the just missed list. Here is what BP had to say. #4 J.P. Crawford The former first-rounder made short work … Read more