A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Matt Winkelman 
With the trade deadline passed and the minor league season coming down the home stretch I asked for you to give me some questions to answer. You guys delivered. Scott Bailey: Do you really think that Ruben wasn’t getting value in his attempts to make trades yesterday? I do, with some caveats. Amaro is looking … Read more
As everyone is aware Phillies 2014 1st Round pick Aaron Nola will be making his AA debut in Reading tonight. Nola is the first member of the 2014 draft class to reach AA and is widely assumed to be the first starting pitcher from the draft to make his major league debut. So far outside … Read more
With the trade deadline over and the team struggling it is inevitable we begin to look ahead to the offseason. One of the big events is the Rule 5 draft because the decisions made by the organization reflect their opinions on the players involved. We will go in depth on what cuts make sense to … Read more
We are through the July non-waiver trade deadline, we have a month of minor league season left. There is plenty to ask and talk about, so what better way than taking a lot of questions in and giving some answers. You can submit your questions in a couple of way: In the comments here On … Read more
Lets be honest, its been a rough month to be a Phillies fan. We built a delusion of getting a big payoff at the deadline in the form of prospects with names we didn’t recognize that we could dream on. Cliff Lee has been a shell of himself with an injured elbow that makes us … Read more
Ruben Amaro came into the deadline looking to acquire prospects for A.J. Burnett, Antonio Bastardo, and Marlon Byrd. In the end this year, no one traded prospects for major leaguers. Outside of Addison Russell and Jake Thompson, every named prospect has seen their stock plummet this year. For the Phillies trades for under control talent … Read more
There has been much made of the Phillies farm system based on this graph. This graph shows the Phillies as the worst minor league system in baseball based on W-L percentage. It has been used to rank the farm system, bash the front office, and destroy all hope of a better tomorrow. Here are … Read more
We are now in trade speculation season, and everyone has become a prospect expert based on the names floated around in the media. The problem is that all prospects are treated fairly equally unless they have name recognition. What this does is erase the large differences in ceiling and profile among the group. In reality, … Read more
MLB.com has released their new team Top 20s and Top 100 prospects. They have included players in the majors (with prospect eligibility) and 2014 draftees. The ranking is compiled by Jonathan Mayo and Jim Callis. The full list can be found here. J.P. Crawford (Overall #36, Shortstop #6) Aaron Nola (Overall #48) Maikel Franco (Overall … Read more
Lets start off by saying the trade by the Phillies to acquire Hunter Pence from Houston was horrible, there is no way around it, but it has no bearing on any further deal. With that being said let’s go to the summer of 2012, the Phillies were struggling, in no small part due to varying … Read more