A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
I want to jump to the rankings Ever since the Phillies brought in Dave Dombrowski to run their baseball operations, they have been looking to overhaul the farm system and develop a sustaining long term pipeline. The process involved throwing aside large pieces of the previous framework, many of which have gone on to have … Read more
For the second year in a row, MLB is hosting the prospect v prospect showdown that is the Spring Breakout. The Phillies will be facing the Pirates on Friday March 14 at 1:05pm ET at BayCare Ballpark. Rosters were announced today with the Phillies having a 27 man roster of 15 hitters and 12 pitcher. … Read more
This week MLB Pipeline released their Phillies Top 30 prospects. This completes the release of individual team prospect lists for the Phillies from the major national sites (Baseball America, Fangraphs, MLB Pipeline, Baseball Prospectus, ESPN, and The Athletic). Most of these lists are behind paywalls so I am not going to give individual lists or … Read more
These recaps won’t start in earnest until the minor league season begins, and I cannot promise there will be enough prospect content for each week in March. However, there are prospects in camp playing in games for now. Notes and Thoughts Pitcher Spotlight – Velocity Readings You can find all prospect velocity readings over the … Read more
One of the limitation of doing a top 50 is that there are only 50 spots and it creates a cut off. With the shrinking minor leagues there has been a condensing of talent and high rate of turnover. That means that most players in the system have some level of MLB upside, even if … Read more
The different tiers of prospects unsurprisingly look like a pyramid, with a large number of interesting players in the organization narrowing to a very few elite prospects at the top. Even here in this group of five there are three distinct tiers. At the top, Painter is an elite prospect, talent wise one of the … Read more
I talk a lot about tiers or groupings of players, and to me there is a distinct drop from 5 to 6 and then from 16 to 17. In a deeper system it would be better if this group started at 10 instead of 6, but this is not a group of bad prospects. What … Read more
To me there is a distinct top 16 prospects in the system and what feels like a drop off in the late 20s. In between those two groups is an interesting set of players. It includes some injured players, some breakouts with questions, and some very flawed players that are one major developmental gain away … Read more
Starting today (January 15, 2025) teams can begin to make signings for the 2025 year. This season’s signings are obviously thrown into chaos by the Roki Sasaki free agency as the Dodgers, Padres, and Blue Jays may all seek to acquire signing money to lure him or sign players they have committed deals too. Additionally … Read more
Ever since the Phillies brought in Dave Dombrowski to run their baseball operations, they have been looking to overhaul the farm system and develop a sustaining long term pipeline. The process involved throwing aside large pieces of the previous framework, many of which have gone on to have success in other organizations, in order to … Read more