Weekend Preview – 5/8/15

Best Matchup Sunday – Lehigh Valley – Severino Gonzalez vs Matt Wisler Not the greatest weekend for matchups again, but Sunday will be Severino’s first start since making two major league appearances.  Opposing him will be Matt Wisler who was a near consensus Top 100 prospect and the headliner in the deal that sent Craig … Read more

First Round of Mock Drafts (BA & FG)

Both Baseball America and Fangraphs put up their first mock draft.  The goal here is more about the players who are expected to go in the range mixed in with some rumors.  So without getting into it too much, here are what they have to say about the Phillies at #10: Fangraphs: 10. Phillies – Tyler … Read more

First Set Of 2015 MLB Draft Thoughts

I have resisted writing about the MLB draft for a couple of reasons so far, the first being that I am woefully unqualified to really talk about anything other than pick #10, there are just too many players for me to really track for anything beyond that.  The second is that all of the injuries … Read more

Shane Watson to Pitch in a Game for First Time Since 2013

It was a rocky start for Shane Watson from the moment he was drafted in the supplemental first round of the 2012 draft.  The big righty was diagnosed with diabetes soon after being drafted which limited his time in the GCL as he lost a lot of weight and strength.  He bounced back in Instructs … Read more

Phillies Make Surprising but Possibly Brilliant Roster Moves

It was announced on Saturday that the Phillies were demoting David Buchanan to AAA and calling up LHP Elvis Araujo.  My initial reaction was of outrage that Severino Gonzalez would remain up on the major league roster despite showing in his last start that he was not major league ready.  However, the Phillies might actually … Read more

Weekend Preview – 5/1/15

Best Matchup: Friday – Lehigh Valley – Phillippe Aumont vs Adrian Sampson This weekend the Phillies farm system faces a rather pedestrian slate of opposing pitchers so rather than just choose the best pitcher pitching this weekend (Zach Eflin on Friday), let’s go with the most interesting story.  There are absolutely no expectations on Aumont, … Read more

Top 50 Stat Roundup: April

I am going to try and do this every month with just a quick roundup of the monthly stats (and yearly) as well as injury updates if available. J.P. Crawford (CLW) – Oblique Injury, playing in Extended Spring Training Aaron Nola (REA) –  4 GS 2.55 ERA 24.2 IP 2 BB 18 K Maikel Franco … Read more