A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Matt Winkelman 
If the last set of prospects represented the highs of the Phillies system, this group represents a but why it is thought so lowly of. The Phillies have a number of interesting catching prospects, with 4 of them here, and while they all might be major league contributors, and some regulars, but relying on the … Read more
The Phillies have not been particularly good at development over most of my lifetime. During the Amaro and Gillick years it was rare that early draft picks, let alone late picks turned into interesting prospects. The Phillies haven’t become a draft or development powerhouse overnight, they probably are still below average to average in development. … Read more
I realize that I have not written much this year, at least not here. I could write a bunch about how the Phillies system has some very interesting lottery tickets in the lower minors, or how the top has really disappointed this year. However, I think it is much more interesting to just talk about … Read more
The Phillies system has taken some hits over the last few years, and they have no quite rebuilt their depth and they have used some in trades and not replenished with trades of their own. The top of the system is headlined with two very good prospects, but there are a lot of middling prospects … Read more
Day 3 of the draft is marked by a non-stop stream of names and id numbers, which when coupled with 1000+ players taken and little information on them 11th Rd (#330) – Marcus Lee Sang, CF, Northern HS (MD) Lee Sang was a two way player with a commitment to St. John’s. He has a … Read more
The end of Day 2 of the draft is about college seniors who will sign for pennies (which is why these players should be paid more for their labor) in order to save money for Day 3. That means college performers that will come in and and provide value to a minor league team. In … Read more
The Phillies break out of their run of hard throwing pitchers to take a college shortstop. Nate Fasshnacht dominated the Atlantic 10 conference this year. After a down sophomore year (he was good as a freshman) he hit .369/.452/.658 with 30 walks to 22 strikeouts in 261 plate appearances. He was a third team All-American … Read more
The Phillies continue a bit of a weird trend into the middle of day 2. In the 7th round they go with another reliever, in a spot where teams often go with an arm that has a chance to start. Brett Schulze moved to the bullpen after his freshman year at Minnesota and saw his … Read more
The string of upside and risk continues for the Phillies with RHP Andrew Schultz out of the University of Tennesse. It isn’t often that high upside is used with relief only profiles in the draft, but Schultz has front line closer raw stuff. His fastball sits in the mid to hi 90s, he will touch … Read more
Phillies continue to go with upside in the draft JuCo RHP Gunner Mayer. Mayer is a recent convert to the mound but is already up to 94 (sitting low 90s) and features a pair of breaking balls. His physical profile just screams upside as he is 6’6″ 190lbs and won’t turn 19 until July. There … Read more