A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
In general once a player graduates from their rookie status their time being covered on this site comes to an end as I hand them off to Phillies’ fans to hold and to treasure. The purpose of this series is to give them one last send off. Elvis Araujo was a bit of an unknown … Read more
It was announced on Saturday that the Phillies were demoting David Buchanan to AAA and calling up LHP Elvis Araujo. My initial reaction was of outrage that Severino Gonzalez would remain up on the major league roster despite showing in his last start that he was not major league ready. However, the Phillies might actually … Read more
Vacation is over, so it makes it time to jump into a brand new year of baseball. The only big news over the past two weeks was the Marlon Byrd trade (which I coveredBen Lively from Reds for Marlon Byrd” href=”https://philliesminorthoughts.com/phillies-ben-lively-from-reds-for-marlon-byrd/”> here), so there is not a lot to recap. But lets recap the minor … Read more
While we wait for the Jimmy Rollins trade to happen, there are still Phillies prospects playing around the world. Here is a quick look at the best and most interesting lines going on in winter ball. Odubel Herrera – 2B/OF – VWL G AB HR SB BB K AVG OBP SLG 48 185 5 7 … Read more
The Phillies have quite a few 40 man spots up for grabs and have now filled one with 23 year old 6’6″ LHP Elvis Araujo. Araujo was signed as an amateur by the Cleveland Indians in 2007 and became a FA after this year having only just reached AA. He missed the 2009, 2010, and … Read more