A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Original Post Top 50 Prospects 1. Mick Abel, RHP Age: 20 Acquired: Drafted in the 1st Round of the 2020 Draft by the Phillies B/T: R/R H/W: 6’5” 190lbs 2021 Stats: Team (LVL) G GS W-L IP ERA H/9 HR/9 BB% K% CLW (A-) 14 14 1-3 44.2 4.43 5.4 1.0 14.3% 34.9% Role: #2 … Read more
You can find all of the rankings and other material for this year here. 30. Donny Sands, C Age: 25 Acquired: Drafted in the 8th Round of the 2015 Draft by the Yankees. Traded to the Phillies with Nick Nelson for T.J. Rumfield and Joel Valdez B/T: R/R H/W: 6’2” 190lbs 2021 Stats: Team (LVL) G … Read more
The Phillies system is not where it was at the height of the rebuild. It lacks depth, especially depth in the 11-20 range and it is probably short another top 100 prospect. That said, Alec Bohm and Spencer Howard are one of the best 1-2 punches of major league ready impact talent the organization has … Read more
Much of Spring Training excitement has been converted to Bryce Harper watch, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t games that are about to occur. Much of the Phillies roster is locked in place, but that doesn’t mean we won’t get a look at some prospects in games this spring. With the lack of camp … Read more
Last season, the Phillies transitioned from rebuild to attempting to contend. They emptied much of the top of their farm system to the majors with J.P. Crawford, Scott Kingery, Jorge Alfaro, Seranthony Dominguez, Roman Quinn, and Victor Arano all graduating to join the Phillies’ young group of players already in the majors. This left a … Read more
The Phillies value the playoff experience for their minor leaguers. This year the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Clearwater Threshers, Lakewood BlueClaws, and GCL Phillies East all made the playoffs. The GCL playoffs were over quick, but for the full season leagues, it is just getting started. The 2018 Clearwater Threshers started the year as the power … 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
Saturday was a very eventful St. Patrick’s on the backfields at the Carpenter Complex. While the big club took care of business at Spectrum Field (beat Atlanta 10-6), there was plenty of big league pitching going on in the backfield. On the Ashburn field, the big money arm, Jake Arrieta, made his “debut”. And there … Read more
It’s the first week of spring training games for the minor leagues and I needed a vacation. So naturally, I am here in Clearwater not only to enjoy myself for a long weekend but to give you the people a little update on all the top prospects in the Phillies system (and eventually a bonus … Read more
While we are now less than a month away from the start of the baseball season, something has been quietly bothering me for a while now, and that is what do I feel about Mickey Moniak? His 2017 started out well, but ultimately ended poorly where to the point that many people from scouts, analysts, … Read more