A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Earlier this week all major league free agents all had their times with their current teams come to an end. On Friday, the same happens on the minor league side. Major league teams have until then to add any eligible player to the 40 man roster that they want to prevent from becoming a free … Read more
Pitching Report This was the first time I got to see JoJo Romero throw in a game since he was drafted back in 2016. It was a fairly interesting start as really JoJo’s start was mired by a poor 4th inning, where nine men would come to the plate and five runs would cross. Romero … Read more
It’s been a few weeks since the final 2017 edition of my in-game reporting, and I have been sitting on a ton of information and video. And now with the Phillies season drawing to a close, it’s time to get into offseason more. There’s going to be plenty of evaluation over the next few months … Read more
Last night was Reading’s home finale, which meant that the stadium would be packed to see some fireworks after the game. Well they got a lot of fireworks for watching the game. Hours prior to the start of game time, it was announced the Phillies would be sending Odubel Herrera and Aaron Altherr to Baseballtown … Read more
Franklyn Kilome has been on my radar for a few years now and has been the one prospect that has eluded my scouting eye I’ve wanted to see in the system. Kilome was promoted last week from Clearwater to Reading and had a bit of a shaky AA debut last Thursday. Wednesday night, he would … Read more
There are many flaws with ranking prospects. One of the biggest is where to end your list, and in the end we gravitate to nice round numbers because they are more aesthetically pleasing. This leaves us with an abrupt end to the creation of the list and an abrupt beginning to the journey. These lucky … 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
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
This group from 31-40 is full of the players I was excited to put in my Top 30, but the Phillies went ahead and, since August, acquired 7 players that are in the Top 30 of this list. This leaves a group of 10 players with some real talent and major league upside. Traditionally, because of the … Read more
Yesterday I wrote my recap of the Williamsport Crosscutters, today here is our interview with Mitch Rupert about his impressions of the Crosscutters’ 2014 season. Before we jump into talking about players why don’t you introduce yourself and where people can find your writing? My name is Mitch Rupert and I’m a sports writer with the Williamsport … Read more