A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Matt Winkelman 
In 2014 nine different pitchers started a game for the Phillies. Three of the top four names on that list are now gone (A.J. Burnett, Kyle Kendrick, and Roberto Hernandez), in their place the Phillies are rolling out Chad Billingsley, Aaron Harang, and another attempt at starting by Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez. The result is what … Read more
Much of the Cole Hamels trade debate revolves around the idea that the Phillies must trade Cole Hamels in order to execute a avenge. This has then phrased the debate as about when the best time to trade Hamels is. On one side there are those that point to parts of the future where value … Read more
Kiley McDaniel continues what has been a very informative trip through prospects across the league with his Top 200 prospects. Kiley has divided the list into tiers based on his Future Value (FV) for each prospect. The result is a list that really gives more meaning than the pure numeric ranking in front of each … Read more
The more you dig into baseball, the more baseball you find underneath. While the majors may be the pinnacle, there is much along the way and parallel to the straight path. During the winter in Venezuela the main league is Liga Venezolana de Beisbol Profesional (LVBP), but beneath it is Liga Paralela de Beisbol. The … Read more
Baseball Prospectus published their organization rankings today. The Phillies came in at #20 overall up from #25 a year ago. I feel like it is a bit low, but a lot of that has to do with Baseball Prospectus ranking J.P. Crawford at #36 overall, which is considerably lower in talent than where I think … Read more
With another name emerging on the market and the impending signing of Yoan Moncada, I thought it was time for a few thoughts on the available players and everything around the international signing rules. The Rules Themselves: They are really dumb. I am not going to argue against players getting money because owners are rich … Read more
As I alluded to in the comments of the Top 50 and in the numbers breakdown, relief pitchers were undervalued in the ranking process. On a singular level, relievers are extremely volatile. They can have good value (both Chapman and Kimbrel have eclipsed 3 wins in a season), but their value is limited to a … Read more
Baseball Prospectus continued the stream of rankings with their annual top 101 prospects in baseball. The list was previously released in the BP Annual but they have put it up on the site free to read. The Phillies have 3 prospects in the rankings with shortstop J.P. Crawford at #36, right handed pitcher Aaron Nola … Read more
A couple of reports yesterday gave some major hints at who will be in major league camp for the Phillies. The big name according to Jim Salisbury who will not be in camp is 2014 first round pick Aaron Nola. The initial reaction is that the dumb Phillies are holding down prospects because they want to … Read more
I asked for your questions and you all delivered. so lets just jump into your questions Draft: Dalton: Hey Matt, any idea on the Phillies outlook will be on this years amature draft? College or high school more? As much as it may look like it, I don’t think the 2014 draft was some change in … Read more