2015 IronPigs Preview/Guide

The goal of this series to give a quick one stop look at each affiliate with a guide to the overall feel of each team as well as a quick look at all players, not just the prospects on the team.  These rosters will be changing throughout the year so keep up to date on … Read more

Winter League Stats Recap: Offseason Liga de Beisbol Dominicano

The Dominican Winter League ended with a tour de force by Maikel Franco who capped off a spectacular playoffs by going 3-4 with two home runs and 7 RBI, including a grand slam.  Outside of the short appearance of an injured Darin Ruf, the Dominican was kind to members of the Phillies 40 man roster. … Read more

Looking Ahead into 2015 and Wrapping up 2014

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

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

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