A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Time to kick off the actual list. The back end of any prospect list is going to be players with some serious flaws. For some players that is the lack of impact major league tools For others it is that they are half a decade from the high minors, or it could be specific struggles … Read more
No one will fault a Phillies fan for losing track of prospects during the rebuild. There have a lot more arriving than leaving between signings, trades, and the draft. The most common outcome for any baseball player is failure, so it is not surprising with so many shiny new things coming in, that we lose … Read more
It has been a slow news day for positive news, so here is some at least fun news. Congrats @sandberg_cord on being named the @RawlingsSports Gold Glove Award winner in LF! @BlueClaws @Phillies pic.twitter.com/mJYumBBjhS — MiLB Communications (@MiLB_PR) September 28, 2015 Congrats @AAltherr! @RawlingsSports Gold Glove Award winner in RF. @ReadingFightins @IronPigs@Phillies pic.twitter.com/glPXFZAbZn — MiLB … Read more
Pitcher Spotlight #1: Jesse Biddle 7 IP 3 H 0 R 1 BB 7 K There could not have been a more different second start for Biddle after the disaster of his first AAA start. At his peak prospect value Biddle was 89-93 with a plus curveball and feel for a decent looking changeup. Now … Read more
When the Phillies took Cord Sandberg in the 3rd round of the 2013 draft the consensus was that they had gotten a late first round talent. It has been a mixed bag since as Cord had a rough first two years (.585 and .612) and so far 2015 has not been much different as he … Read more
I was going to wait for BP to publish these all in one place, but they haven’t so I thought I would consolidate these reports in a single spot because I think they are very good and important to read. Baseball Prospectus’ Tucker Blair made the journey to Hagerstown where he caught most of a series … Read more
Team Page Overview: The BlueClaws are far from the most stacked team in the system, the only top 10 prospects are defensive minded Deivi Grullon and Carlos Tocci. The pitching staff is fairly unheralded, but features a pair of very interesting Latin arms in Ricardo Pinto and Elniery Garcia that join a pair of returning … Read more
Depth Chart: Age Likely 2015 Level Top 50 Domonic Brown 27 MLB Grady Sizemore 32 MLB Odubel Herrera 23 MLB 28 Kelly Dugan 24 AAA 8 Brian Bugosevic 30 AAA Jeff Francoeur 31 AAA Darin Mastroinni 29 AAA Xavier Paul 30 AAA Cameron Perkins 24 AAA 32 Brian Pointer 23 AA Aaron Brown 22 A+ … Read more
As we get closer to the top 10, the players in the system start to separate themselves into specific tiers of talent and profile. In the last three groups of 10 the players could arguably have been slotted in many different orders. Here those groups become smaller and the order starts to become more important. I am making … Read more
Team: Williamsport Crosscutters
Record: 33-44
Standing: 6th in Pinckney Division
Top Hitter Stat Lines:
Drew Stankiewicz – 23 G – 1 HR – 3 SB – .329/.485/.418
Jiandido Tromp – 69 G – 14 HR – 16 SB – .273/.325/.498
Rhys Hoskins – 70 G – 9 HR – 3 SB – .237/.311/.408
Top Pitching Lines:
David Whitehead – 74.0 IP – 2.19 ERA – 8 BB – 43 K
Ricardo Pinto – 47.0 IP – 2.11 ERA – 15 BB – 48 K
Brandon Leibrandt – 41.0 IP – 2.20 ERA – 8 BB – 45 K
Edubray Ramos – 22.2 IP – 0.79 ERA – 2 BB – 24 K