A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Matt Winkelman 
Sorry for the delay, weekend travel pushed this back. So quick recap this time. Pitcher Spotlight #1: Joely Rodriguez 5.2 IP 9 H 3 ER 0 BB 5 K It continues to be a bit of a struggle for the Dominican left handed pitcher as he makes his first attempt at AAA. He currently has a … Read more
The Venezuelan Summer League kicks off today. For the most part the prospects involved will never register on a prospect radar. But some will show up immediately and other will surface in a year or two after a strong season in the GCL or Williamsport. Despite rumors that the Seattle Mariners were pulling out of … Read more
With some injuries up in the top levels of the system, and some releases (Mike Nesseth) there was some reliever shuffling in the minor today. The Phillies promoted Reinier Roibal from Clearwater to Reading. Roibal was a Giants’ signing out of Cuba in 2010 who the Phillies signed as a minor league free agent this … Read more
Best Matchup: Saturday – Lakewood – Chris Oliver vs Spencer Adams A matchup of 2014 draft picks, Adams was the White Sox’s 2nd round pick (#44 overall) last year. The projectable HS RHP dominated last year with a fastball that topped out at 96, and made it onto some Top 100 prospect lists this past … Read more
Maikel Franco really emerged as a prospect in 2012 when he hit .341/.395/.530 in the second half of the year for Lakewood. He then had his breakout in 2013 where he compiled a .320/.356/.569 line with 31 home runs while splitting time between Clearwater and Reading. He was rated extremely highly by some publications before … Read more
Let’s start with the drooling and go from there as Chris King was at a showdown between Franklyn Kilome and a rehabbing Jameson Tallion. Kilome 94-96 with life. Breaking ball is much improved. Sharp, late bite at 79-81 #Phillies — 𝘾hris King (@StatsKing) May 14, 2015 Kilome's velo is so free and easy it's insane. … Read more
Today was another solid start from Phillippe Aumont in what is rapidly becoming an unbelievable story. Of his 4 starts so far, Aumont has been scoreless in 3 of them and overall has gone 21 innings with 16 hits, 3 earned runs, 5 walks, and 16 strikeouts. I want to write a big breakdown about … Read more
On the surface it has not been the greatest third season in Reading for Jesse Biddle, his 4.60 ERA is ugly and he is posting his lowest strikeout numbers of his career. However, that doesn’t tell the entire story here. Fangraphs has Biddle at a 2.77 FIP thanks to his zero home runs on the … Read more
Pitching Spotlight #1: Aaron Nola 8 IP 4 H 1 ER 0 BB 8 K We all know how good Aaron Nola is (and I will have a more complete report on him later in the week). Right now Nola has a 2.04 ERA over 39.2 IP, but that is a bit deceptive because of … Read more
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