A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
We want baseball development to be clean and linear, but it is messy and all over the place. A pitcher may only be a good secondary pitch away from becoming a major league starter, but that may be a totally different grip that a coach might introduce. A teenager could still be waiting on achieving … Read more
The Phillies are holding a tenuous lead the NL East heading down the stretch in large part to graduations from their farm system. This year J.P. Crawford (1), Scott Kingery (3), Jorge Alfaro (4), Ramon Quinn (13), Seranthony Dominguez (14), Victor Arano (30), and Jesmuel Valentin (32) all have or will have graduated off of … Read more
Development is not linear. It is easy to look at many in this group of prospects and see disappointment. It is true that some of the prospects in this range dropped off cover the 2017 season, others jumped forward as they started into their pro careers, and two in Victor Arano and Ben Lively made … Read more
The Top 10 prospect list is the most universal ranking, and it is supposed to represent the top of the top. By splitting the Top 10 into two parts, a separation occurs as the elite are removed. As I mentioned in the 11-15 introduction, the prospects ranked 8-10 on this list are part of the … Read more
Name: Kevin R. Gowdy Born: 11/16/1997 Position: P Height: 6’4″ Weight: 170lbs Bats/Throws: R/R Options Remaining: 3 Rule 5 Eligible: 2020 MiLB Free Agency: 2022 Drafted: 2nd round, 2016 Draft by the Phillies School: Santa Barbara HS From: Santa Barbara, CA Signed: 6/22/2016 Bonus: $3,500,000 Stats: MiLB | B-Ref | Fangraphs | Baseball America | Baseball … Read more
Thanks to taking Moniak #1 overall the Phillies had the ability to shift money down their draft, making the #42 pick very important for their overall draft haul. It had been hard to nail down who the guy was that would fall to the Phillies, and in the end it was the guy they had … Read more