A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
I usually dislike doing trade speculation, and this is not really about making up trades. Instead what I wanted to do was explore the archetype of the player the Phillies are looking for in trade. What has been reported by a few sources now is that the Phillies are reportedly looking for a package similar … Read more
The season could not have started worse for Franklyn Kilome who got lit up for three consecutive starts to begin the year. The Phillies then skipped his turn in an effort to get him back on track. If you were not accounting for that terrible start, his season line of 2-7 with a 4.75 ERA … Read more
Warning, the following article has nothing to do with the Phillies, if you want to bail, I won’t judge you. Last week the Red Sox and Padres swapped Drew Pomeranz and Anderson Espinoza. Espinoza has widely been regarded as a Top 20 prospect in the game, and whenever a prospect of that caliber is moved … Read more
There has been a lot written about Phillies leadership mentioning rebuilding around pitching. Given that they received back a combined 17 pitchers in notable trades in the recent phase of their rebuild it is hard to argue against those comments. Most of those trades have brought back pieces in the high minors, what about rebuilding … Read more
The Phillies just did another round of minor league rotation reshuffling with some injuries and more draft players showing up. This has left a bunch of rotations in flux. This activity is as much for me as it is for all of you, so bear with me while I work through all of this for … Read more
July 2 has come and opened up the new international signing period. The Phillies went ahead and signed six 16 year olds for decent chunks of money. They even added a center fielder whose contract had been voided in MLB’s crackdown on Boston doing what everyone else was already doing. There has been a lot … Read more
In the last few seasons, the Phillies bullpen has cycled through plenty of pitchers whose time in the pinstripes were limited. As the plethora of Latin pitching prospects start to reach the majors, we are starting to see more and more players who will last in the big leagues. Edubray Ramos has shown the potential to be a … Read more