A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
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
The Phillies entered the year with a lot of excitement around their young pitching. Zach Eflin was one of three starting pitchers in the Phillies Top 10 prospects that would open the year in AAA. Eflin would power his way through Lehigh Valley and reach the majors first among that group of young starters, making … Read more
If you made me bet before the year on which of the Phillies major prospects would get to the majors first, I would not have bet on it being Zach Eflin. But with the injuries to Charlie Morton and Vincent Velasquez the Phillies needed a pitcher first. This year Eflin surpassed Jake Thompson in terms … Read more
With the Phillies’ major league starting rotation having success it has taken some pressure off of the minor leagues to produce, but it has also has accelerated the perceived timeline of the Phillies. This has then focused the spotlight on the Phillies’ top prospects to perform. The top level of the system has been less … Read more
It was asked in the comment section on the previous article if I could give updates from the minor league side on who is improving, and just overall rumors and news. So far it has been a fairly quiet spring from the minor league side, but there has been some things worth noting. So here … Read more
It is really easy to get caught up in shiny new prospects, and why not. There is nothing but pure excitement around the Phillies this spring. There are plenty of prospects in camp, especially on the pitching side. Aaron Nola and Jerad Eickhoff will return to the big league rotation, Vincent Velasquez will try and claim … Read more
I could talk for days about how a player on the fringes of this list could contribute to a major league team some day, but the reality is that the future of the Phillies is really built on these ten players. This year, many of them will join former top prospects like Aaron Nola and … Read more
The Phillies have been slowly adding non-roster invites to big league camp from outside the organization, and today we get the internal candidates. Last year the Phillies invited almost no prospects who were not on the 40 man roster to big league camp, though Severino Gonzalez, Aaron Nola, and Zach Eflin all did start big … Read more
I debated whether this qualified enough to warrant a post since there really is not much to this. But on Twitter yesterday fellow (now former) writer Chris LaBarge mentioned that Zach Eflin was throwing a curveball almost exclusively as opposed to his slider. @Matt_Winkelman not seeing many 2 seam or slider. Working on 4 seam, … Read more
Really? Has it really been six weeks since I sat down to write about what I’m seeing at Coca-Cola Park and First Energy Stadium? It certainly hasn’t been a lack of games we’ve attended. I can count at least eight off of the top of my head. I guess at this point in the season, … Read more