A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Matt Winkelman After his terrible start on Wednesday afternoon, the calls from fans to release Taijuan Walker have only gotten louder. The Phillies have justifiably dragging their feet up to this point on making the most final of decisions they can make. There are scenarios flying around about how the Phillies could delay that decision. They could … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Emaarion Boyd 5 G 8-24 1 2B 2 3B 1 HR 6 RBI 2 SB 0 BB 5 K Boyd had 2 hit games in the last 4 games of the series, and is now batting .295/.349/.459 in August, far and away his best month of … Read more
Each year the Phillies honor one pitcher and one hitter (with some occasional small exceptions) with the Paul Owens Award as the best hitting and pitching performance of the year. It is not always the best prospect, but you can see below that sometimes the best prospect, particularly hitter just also is the best performer. … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight C Kehden Hettiger 5-14 1 2B 1 3B 2 H 4 BB 3 K .357/.500/1.000 Hettiger has had a rough season. This last little stretch has him over .200 for the first time this season, now at a .208/.364/.339 line on the season. He has been kept … Read more
No matter how you slice it, Mick Abel has had a terrible season. There are 60 pitches with at least 80 innings pitched in AAA this season. He has the 47th best ERA (5.89), 51st best FIP (5.89), the 58th best walk rate (15.6%), the 43rd best HR/9 (1.43), and compliments that with only the … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule *Game played as part of a doubleheader This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Gabriel Rincones Jr. 9-24 3 2B 3 HR 8 RBI 2 BB 8 K 1 SB Rincones had opened the season by hitting .300/.417/.600 with Reading, but since starting his rehab he had hit only .221/.315/.325 in 21 games … Read more
Pedro Peralta is listed at 5’11” 185lbs, and he probably is decently close to the height, and I am terrible at guessing weight, but my guess is fairly close there as well. Two weeks ago, July 27, he turned 18 year old. The Phillies originally signed him back in January of 2023 for $140,000, and … Read more
Stock Changes *Rankings are from midseason list Stock Up C Eduardo Tait (#5) – June looked like a breakout for Tait as he put up a 1.011 OPS, and then he followed it up with a 1.031 OPS in July, complete with a promotion to Clearwater. The major concern of the month he is walked … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Jaeden Calderon 9-20 3 2B 1 3B 1 BB 4 K Last year, Jaeden Calderon has a good year as a 17 year old, hitting .276/.414/.463 for DSL Red. He is back on Red this year for a repeat performance, hitting .302/.440/.466 through 38 games. Since … Read more
After acquiring Austin Hays and Carlos Estévez in the leadup to the deadline, the Phillies said they were good and unlikely to make any moves. That is until it got to the actual deadline time and they executed a pair of moves to shake things up. First was sending second baseman prospect William Bergolla to … Read more