A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Matt Winkelman 
Each year I look forward to the BA Handbook. From a Phillies’ perspective it is the largest national list of players, which gives me an opportunity to see what others are thinking about some of the lower level players in the organization. Outside of the Phillies, it is a great resource for fantasy baseball as … Read more
Prospect ranking never seems to truly end. Today we have the Phillies’ list from John Sickels of Minor League Ball, the whole list is free so you can go read it and get John’s thoughts here. The reason I wanted to quickly look at John’s list though is that he applies grades to players which … Read more
With Domonic Brown’s time with the Phillies coming to an end there is a giant hole in the player-to-be-hated-because-he-disappoints-me category. With the purge of veterans and a new starting rotation that does not induce instant vomiting, the Phillies might actually be interesting and exciting. Enter Cody Asche. He was a “top” prospect in a bad … Read more
It was really only a matter of time until Jesse Biddle’s time ended in Philadelphia. The former 1st round pick has had a rough go of it since being drafted by his hometown team in 2010. On and off the field he fell victim to a list of maladies that reads more like a list … Read more
The rankings just keep coming out. This past week MLBPipeline threw their hat in the ring with their positional rankings and Top 100. The Phillies were well represented in the Top 100, but not on the positional lists. I have major problems with their rankings, but we will get to that later. Let’s start with … Read more
Team prospect list time is starting to wind down, and now we move into global top prospect lists, and Baseball Prospectus kicks things off with their Top 101. The list itself is a collaborative effort by their entire prospect staff (as opposed the Phillies Top 10 which was Jeff Paternostro‘s list with input from others). The … Read more
One of the interesting part of doing a top 50 is that it provides a large sample of the system’s health as well as some large scale demographic information. Without doing a lot of digging these are more fun than huge analysis. I may add a few more here as I get time, but for … Read more
Every couple of days I open up the Phillies’ roster and check for any new non-roster invites and overall just look for writing inspiration. With all the roster turnover this exercise has taken on a new turn with the the game “Who do I find on the roster and have to ask ‘Where did this … Read more
Prospect lists are an easy way to take a glimpse into an unknown future. If any player has made the majors, their stay has been short enough to not give us much. The problem with prospect lists is that they do not give a complete look into the young talent in an organization, and consequently … Read more
I have neither the fancy software or the time to organize a chat. But, I do have Twitter and I do have the comment section here. Since many of you have asked questions that others would be interest in, I am going to compile the answers here. Feel free to ask questions here or on Twitter … Read more