2015 Top 50 Phillies Prospects: 1-10

The past year has seen a lot of changes in the Phillies system; as the major league club transitions into a rebuilding phase, more and more emphasis is being put on the farm system.  A criticism often levied against the Phillies system is that it lacks impact and near term help.  As for the impact, I … Read more

Baseball America Releases Their Top 10 Phillies Prospects List

Both Zach Eflin and Tom Windle were not eligible for the list because the Jimmy Rollins trade has not been officially finished.  Also due to BA’s publishing deadlines neither will appear in the book on the Phillies list, and will be listed for the Padres and Dodgers respectively. Today Baseball America released their Phillies Top 10 prospect … Read more

Arizona Fall League Recap – Hitters

This year the Phillies only sent two hitters the Arizona Fall League.  The first was former second round pick in the 2011 draft, Clearwater CF, Roman Quinn and the other was AA catcher Logan Moore.  Quinn came with much bigger expectations and played in 24 of Scottsdale’s 32 games (including missing time due to an injury scare), Moore was more roster filler and a back up, getting into only 12 games.

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The Past Week 11-7-2014

The Past Week: Baseball Prospect Top 10 Phillies Prospect List (my reaction) Phillies MiLB Free Agents – Phillies Minor Thoughts Trading Cole Hamels: Pt 3 – The Value of Hamels – Phillies Minor Thoughts (Pt 1 and Pt 2) Offseason Mailbag #1 – Phillies Minor Thoughts Roman Quinn in the AFL (Jordan Gorosh, Ethan Purser, Todd Gold) – … Read more

The Past Week 10-3-2014

The Past Week: BA League Top 20s: Aaron Brown #18 Prospect in NYPL, J.P. Crawford #2 Prospect in SAL, Jesmuel Valentin #12 Prospect in MWL Adam Morgan Assigned to Arizona Fall League Minor League Affiliate Recaps (Clearwater and Reading) – Phillies Minor Thoughts Florida Instructional League Recaps (9/27, 10/1, 10/2) – Jim Peyton (Phuture Phillies) … Read more

2014 Clearwater Threshers Recap: Interview with Jim Peyton

Before we jump into talking about players why don’t you introduce yourself to those that haven’t already read your work and where people can find your writing?

I am Jim Peyton.  I started reporting for Phuture Phillies in Spring Training 2014.  I began by covering the players invited to the major league camp.  I attended a few of the games at Bright House but spent most of my time at the Carpenter Complex following the young prospects.  I continued to follow them through XST while covering the Threshers.  When XST broke, I followed the GCL and the draft picks who were assigned to the Clearwater teams.  I am just now beginning to attend the Instructional League games.  In fact, after sending this to Matt, I’ll be heading over to watch an intra-squad game.

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2014 Clearwater Threshers Recap

Team: Clearwater Threshers
Record: 49-89
Standing: 6th in North Division (First Half), 4th in North Division (Second Half)

Top Hitter Stat Lines:

Peter Lavin – 54 G – 6 HR – 5 SB – .292/.344/.450
J.P. Crawford – 63 G – 8 HR – 10 SB – .275/.352/.407
Roman Quinn – 88 G – 7 HR – 32 SB – .257/.343/.370
Brian Pointer – 123 G – 15 HR – 16 SB – .246/.336/.419

Top Pitcher Stat Lines:

Aaron Nola – 31.1 IP – 3.16 ERA – 5 BB – 30 K
Cody Forsythe – 35.2 IP – 2.27 ERA – 11 BB – 47 K
Mark Leiter Jr. – 64.2 IP – 4.31 ERA – 15 BB – 56 K
Miguel Nunez – 122.1 IP – 4.49 ERA – 44 BB – 95 K

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Roman Quinn Headlines Phillies Arizona Fall League Participants

Here is your Phillies Arizona Fall League participants, outside of Quinn there are a lot of relievers trying to get protected from Rule 5 draft.

Roman Quinn – CF – Clearwater – .252/.330/.361 6 HR 30 SBs

Roman Quinn has returned from an Achilles injury better than anyone could have predicted, with his speed still intact.  In deference to J.P. Crawford, Quinn has moved to center field and the fall should give him plenty of reps in the outfield.  Quinn should be an outstanding defender in centerfield with his elite speed and plus arm.  The bat is now the main focus as Quinn will need to become comfortable from both sides of the plate and begin to show more ability to drive the ball.

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Roman Quinn’s Comeback From Surgery

The Clearwater Threshers (45-86) are the worst minor league team record wise in the Phillies system and one of the worst in baseball. Their biggest prospect on the roster is slick fielding shortstop J.P. Crawford who the Phillies selected in the first round  of the 2013 MLB draft. Another name that should be on Phillies’ … Read more

Being Positive About the Future

Lets be honest, its been a rough month to be a Phillies fan.  We built a delusion of getting a big payoff at the deadline in the form of prospects with names we didn’t recognize that we could dream on.  Cliff Lee has been a shell of himself with an injured elbow that makes us … Read more