A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Matt Winkelman 
The past few years I have done a prediction survey with people who write and talk about the Phillies and baseball in general. This year I got 34 responses to the survey, which included writers from The Good Phight, Crashburn Alley, Baseball Prospectus, Fangraphs, Phuture Phillies, and others (including radio broadcasters). All submissions from experts are recorded … Read more
The Phillies traded second baseman Eliezer Alvarez to the Rangers for Cash Considerations. On the surface it is a trade that makes sense. The Phillies designated Alvarez for assignment earlier this week in an effort to keep Pedro Florimon in the organization by giving him a 40 man roster spot (more on that late). Once … Read more
The tour of the system continues with outfielder, a position that the Phillies are very strong at in the majors, but doesn’t actually have a ton of depth in the minors. There were 9 outfielders in the Top 50, lead by teenage masher Jhailyn Ortiz and former 1st round picks Adam Haseley and Mickey Moniak. … Read more
As I touched on when I wrote up the left handed pitchers in the system last week, not every interesting prospect makes the top 50. Infielders are no exception. Even with 12 of them making the top 50, there is room for a lot to miss. Only 1 of the 12 was not a … Read more
Today Jim Salisbury wrote about how former assistant pitching coach, now pitching coach Rick Kranitz has instituted something called the Sensitive Bus in the clubhouse. You can read everything Jim wrote about it here, but I will let Kranitz’s own words describe it. “You know, sometimes guys get a little sensitive about things,” Kranitz said. … Read more
The Phillies system is not just the 50 players that were on the list I wrote earlier this offseason. The difference between players that made the list and those that did not is often not large. My goal is to highlight every player in the system that I found interesting, with an eye towards players … Read more
Spring Training is way too long and has the constant terror of a player getting injured. It does however mean the return of baseball and recently with a resurgent Phillies farm system, a first look at some top prospects. Some of the prospects in camp are here only because they are on the 40 man … Read more
Top prospect lists are not really an accurate representation of the young talent in a farm system. Aaron Nola will be 24 on opening day or the same age as Jorge Alfaro. Rhys Hoskins was one of the biggest breakouts for the Phillies in 2017 and has under 2 months of major league service time. … Read more
The format of going 10 by 10 works from a publishing and writing schedule, but it leaves some nuance out. One of those pieces of nuance is the tiers of prospects that emerge. These tiers I think do a better job of showing similarly valued players. Tier 1: J.P. Crawford (1) Sixto Sanchez (2) Scott … Read more
In some ways the the top 10 of the prospect list is anticlimactic. The players on the list are of a surprise to no one and most of these players have been well reported on. That feeling lasts until you start to write about players like Jhailyn Ortiz, Scott Kingery, Sixto Sanchez, and others. It … Read more