A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
The modern major league roster construction has bullpens made up of players with minor league options remaining. This means some of the young pitchers in camp such as Austin Davis and Yacksel Rios are functionally prospects, but not by service time and innings. There are no open competitions for the majors involving pitching prospects, but … Read more
The Phillies farm system has certainly taken its beatings over the past few years. Some of it has been good, like the graduations of Rhys Hoskins, Jorge Alfaro, Nick Pivetta, Nick Williams, Scott Kingery, J.P. Crawford, Seranthony Dominguez, and others. Some has been bad, like the injuries to Sixto Sanchez, the stagnation of high picks, … Read more
I decided to do a Top 30 list this year because it was as deep as I felt I could go while keeping the integrity of a list. However, 30 is just an arbitrary cut off and there are more players worth talking about. So here is a collection of other prospects I have thoughts … Read more
This past week, I spent time at each of the Northeast affiliates of the Philadelphia Phillies scouting some of the intriguing depth pitchers in the organization. This report won’t have the usual pitching stats I give out because of time spent on video editing, so I apologize in advance if you were looking forward to … Read more
For about a week now, Matt has provided his comprehensive list of the top 50 Phillies prospects as we get closer to the start of spring training. We are through the first 30 on this list (21-50), so I decided to provide my own thoughts on the players ranked so far. And if you’ve missed … Read more
A list of 30 prospects in a system has become standard, and while this list goes to 50, 30 is where it really hits its stride. These 10 players aren’t perfect prospects, but they are players with a chance to make real major league impact. That ranges from back end starting pitchers who could be … 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
The Top 30 has become the standard of prospect lists. It is often a natural cut off when systems start to transition into filler. For the Phillies system, the gap from 31 to 30 is not a gaping chasm. However, we start to really get hints at what lies at the top. There are prospects … Read more
It has been a good year for low minors pitching and it also has been a bounceback year for the Phillies much maligned 2012 draft class. The player that sits at the intersection of both is RHP Drew Anderson. Anderson currently has a 2.80 ERA across two levels and 13 starts to go with a … Read more
Last year I held off until August 1 to a midseason ranking, with the Phillies big trade chips it made sense to wait to integrate them. This year I am going to hold off until August 1 for a different reason, I want time. Right now the Phillies have not signed all of their draft … Read more