A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
The Phillies made their first move of what should be a busy offseason by trading former first round pick and many time top prospect J.P. Crawford along with Carlos Santana to the Seattle Mariners for SS Jean Segura, RHP Juan Nicasio, and LHP James Pazos. For all of turmoil that got the deal to this … Read more
Yesterday, Matt released the final portion of his top 50 Phillies prospects with the ten best in the system. Matt’s been doing this for some time now and I think we all should give him a round of applause for the amount of hard and detailed work he puts into it every year. It’s probably … Read more
In some ways the the top 10 of the prospect list is anticlimactic. The players on the list are of a surprise to no one and most of these players have been well reported on. That feeling lasts until you start to write about players like Jhailyn Ortiz, Scott Kingery, Sixto Sanchez, and others. It … Read more
Ever since J.P. Crawford broke onto the scene Freddy Galvis’ days at shortstop were numbered. After the Phillies traded Jimmy Rollins in the winter of 2014, Galvis held down the Phillies’ shortstop job. His reputation was for a good glove and not much bat. Galvis’ glove was inconsistent in 2015, but in 2016 and 2017 … Read more
This piece is a companion to my J.P. Crawford major league preview on Crashburn Alley. In a game that probably should not have been close, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs clinched a wild card berth for the International League playoffs. After the game it was announced that the Pigs would have to go on without their … 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
I have been thinking a lot about J.P. Crawford’s midseason ranking and the quotes from unnamed scouts and executives thrown at him as different public sites went to bury him. On some level the criticism was fair. When Crawford missed 10 days of games in mid June he was batting .194/.313/.252. As is well documented … Read more
Trade Deadline Day can be such a stressful time for a number of executives as they try to make the right move for the team’s future or it’s present. On a day we have seen the Dodgers and Yankees beef up their rotations with Yu Darvish and Sonny Gray respectively, and a whole other bevy … Read more
JP Crawford since the day he was drafted 16th overall in 2013, has been labeled as the start of the next generation of Phillies baseball. He was considered the top overall shortstop in his draft class despite the lack of power due to his tremendous plate discipline, barrel control and his overall feel at shortstop. … Read more
This article was written by Mitch Rupert of the Williamsport Sun Gazette. You can follow Mitch on Twitter here. You can read his work here. For just a moment, can we all take a deep breath? Can we all take a step back from the J.P. Crawford hot takes and just breathe? The knee-jerk reactions … Read more