A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Baseball’s minor league draft kicks off on the afternoon of June 12. The Phillies’ first pick will be at #8 overall. They do not have any compensation picks, so it will be 40 picks over three days. We will be updating this post as picks and information comes in. Draft Page: Draft Picks: Day 1 … Read more
Tomorrow’s the big day, where high school and college baseball players get a chance to potentially hear their name called by a major league team and begin their professional careers. I certainly have had a lot of fun giving you guys information on all of the potential names that the Phillies could select with the … Read more
Every major league team has multiple big boards comparing college and high school hitters and pitchers, on top of an overall board. In the 2017 class, the weakest group is the college hitters, where most of the top talent are either future first basemen, slap-happy speedsters, or big-swinging offensive minded catchers. The Phillies strength right … Read more
The Phillies entered the season loaded with starting pitching at every level of the minor leagues. Unfortunately injuries to Vince Velasquez, Clay Buchholz, Zach Eflin, Sixto Sanchez, and Seranthony Dominguez, and Elniery Garcia’s suspension left the Phillies rotations thin at every level. The Phillies prospect depth meant that most levels of the system were also … Read more
This year’s crop of college prospects isn’t as strong as it’s been in years past, with not as many “safe” plays in the early rounds. But of course, the Phillies strategy the last couple of years even when drafting high school talent has been to get talent that had a good chance to reach their … Read more
We are less than a week from the start of the Major League Baseball Rule 4 draft. Not that we normally know who the Phillies will take with their pick (we didn’t learn they liked Cornelius Randolph until the week of the draft), but right now we only have a group of players the Phillies … Read more
Today, we take a look at a couple of intriguing high school bats that are not first round projections. The shortstop and three outfielders all have at least one plus tool that makes them stand out, but plenty of flaws. In a draft with a plethora of high school talent, the Phillies will need to take … Read more
When the Phillies took Aaron Brown in the third round of the 2014 draft there was a lot of controversy about their decision to make him a full time outfielder. In the field Brown was an average center fielder, but spectacular in the corners. He showed plus raw power and a solid arm. The problem … Read more
Over the past few weeks, I have covered nearly every logical pick the Phillies could make with the eighth overall pick in next week’s draft. But as I discussed on Phillies Nation podcast the other day, they could disregard the top talent to select someone under the $4.8M slot value. I am obsessed with the lack of projectable high-end southpaws … Read more
We are now a week away from the draft and I have almost covered all the bases on Phillies potential 1st round options. So it’s time to take a look at some potential options between rounds two through five. Today, I take a look at three high school arms who could be intriguing projects, if the … Read more