A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
The 2018 Phillies were a flawed team, and understandably so. They were young at nearly every position. They ran their rotation pretty ragged when all of their young arms stayed healthy all year. Their bullpen had some injuries, but ultimately could not get everyone healthy and effective at the same time. It was frustrating, but … Read more
The modern major league roster construction has bullpens made up of players with minor league options remaining. This means some of the young pitchers in camp such as Austin Davis and Yacksel Rios are functionally prospects, but not by service time and innings. There are no open competitions for the majors involving pitching prospects, but … Read more
Much of Spring Training excitement has been converted to Bryce Harper watch, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t games that are about to occur. Much of the Phillies roster is locked in place, but that doesn’t mean we won’t get a look at some prospects in games this spring. With the lack of camp … Read more
The Phillies continue an offseason of ok value moves by shipping their top prospect and one of their top young hitters to the Marlins for arguably the best catcher in baseball. Before going into what the Phillies gave up, it is important to acknowledge that J.T. Realmuto is very good. He is a well above … Read more