A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Matt Winkelman 
Positional Overviews: C|1B|2B|SS|3B|LF/RF|CF|SP (Upper)|SP (Lower) Depth Chart: Age Likely 2015 Level Top 50 Ryan Howard 35 MLB Darin Ruf 28 MLB Chris McGuiness 26 AAA Brock Stassi 25 AA Art Charles 24 AA Rhys Hoskins 22 A+ 37 Wilmer Oberto 22 A- Positional Overview: Since 2005 the first base position on the major league level has … Read more
Positional Overviews: C|1B|2B|SS|3B|LF/RF|CF|SP (Upper)|SP (Lower) Depth Chart: Age Likely 2015 Level Top 50 Carlos Ruiz 36 MLB Cameron Rupp 26 MLB John Hester 31 AAA Koyie Hill 35 AAA Tommy Joseph 23 AAA Rene Garcia 24 AA Logan Moore 24 AA Gabriel Lino 21 AA Andrew Knapp 23 A+ 23 Chace Numata 22 A+ Jose Mayorga … Read more
Take a good look because all of this could be gone tomorrow. The Phillies roster is going through rapid change as we approach the start of the year. So I thought it might be fun to take a snapshot at this moment in time. There is not much to take away from this, except maybe … Read more
Baseball America released their Top 100 prospects tonight. Three Phillies made the list as well suspected, though they did place a bit higher than expected. The full list can be found here. J.P. Crawford (SS) Aaron Nola (RHP) Maikel Franco (3B)
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