A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Matt Winkelman 
When the Phillies took Aaron Brown in the third round of the 2014 draft there was a lot of controversy about their decision to make him a full time outfielder. In the field Brown was an average center fielder, but spectacular in the corners. He showed plus raw power and a solid arm. The problem … Read more
I am sorry I have not written as much as I used to. A big thanks to Jeff for taking over the draft previews. Some things happened in the last week and I want to write about current events the way I used to write about current events. Jesmuel Valentin to Have Surgery for Shoulder … Read more
We are still over 6 months away from the Phillies needing to make decisions about who to protect in the Rule 5 draft. This list will change over the season as players fall back and others step up. However, I feel like this exercise highlights players that are reaching a critical point in their development, … Read more
Last week I looked at hot hitting starts in the system. While the list was exciting, the number of hot pitching starts is more interesting then the list of hitters. Part of this is the depth of interesting pitching prospects in the system. But, the other part is that pitchers are dealing with smaller sample … Read more
Unless you are completely off the grid, you heard that I have taken over as the Managing Editor of Crashburn Alley. That does mean some of the bigger and deeper minor league pieces will be moving there, but I am not abandoning this place. So I am going to jump back in with my thoughts … Read more
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 31 responses to the survey, which included writers from The Good Phight, Crashburn Alley, Baseball Prospectus, Baseball America, and others (including radio broadcasters). This year I forgot to … Read more
Unlike many years in the past we have only gotten a couple of minor league work groups. We are still at least a week out from minor league assignments and this list (posted originally by Jim Peyton at Phuture Phillies) is already a few days old, so these things may change. This new list saw … Read more
We are a couple weeks into Spring Training and still a month from the start of the season, so it is not too early to speculate on the final roster. With all the questions about our new lord and savior Brock Stassi in my Good Phight Mailbag, I decided to revisit the 40 man roster … Read more
Minor league spring training kicked off this weekend. The first group of work groups are out thanks to pictures by everyone in Florida (the copy I am using was posted by Frank Berlingis). The first work group lists serve to show two things. The first is who is stateside and the second is who is … Read more
They finally put a game on TV, so I have some thoughts about some players. Specifically 3 players. Rhys Hoskins worked 3 full counts in his 4 trips to the plate today. He also fouled off a bunch of pitches in those at bats in addition to the 3-2 counts. He ended up going 0-3 … Read more