Three Reading Phillies in Eastern League All-Star Game

Minor League All-Star games tend to not be reflective of the best talent in a league and this years EL All-Star Game is no exception.  The Fightin Phils are sending three players to the game in IFs Carlos Alonso and Albert Cartwright, as well as LH starting pitcher Hoby Milner.  None of these players are … Read more

Phillies have Rebuilt Minor League Depth

Going into the 2012 offseason the farm system was decimated, the Phillies had just completed the Hunter Pence trade leaving Trevor May as the top prospect in the system.  Over the previous 4 seasons the Phillies had traded away large portions of their top prospect lists, while giving up first round picks to sign free … Read more

Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus Release Midseason Top 50s

Both Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus released their Top 50 Midseason Prospect Rankings.  The BA list can be found here and the BP list can be found here.  Both lists did not include recently drafted players, although the BP list had a quick preview (where it had Aaron Nola as a guy in the Top 101 … Read more

Trading Pitchers and a Pile of Broken Dreams

Each year fan bases get excited about the prospects they will get back in deals, they pour over top prospect lists dreaming about the potential returns.  The truth is much more stark, there haven’t been franchise players moved, and when they have they have been far away from the majors.  It is extremely rare that … Read more

July 2 Signing Period Open Thread

This morning at 9am the July 2 signing period opened.  The Phillies have been linked to 3 SSs and a catcher, all should get mid-six figure bonuses. I will update this thread as signings come in. Bonus Pool: $3,221,800 Confirmed Signings: $2,540,000 The Phillies Sign SS Arquimedes Gamboa for $900,000 Gamboa was Baseball America’s #8 … Read more

July 2 Preview

On July 2 the International signing period opens for players over the age of 16, those turning 16 over the next few months while become eligible as they turn 16.  Over the past 3 signing periods the Phillies have spent a lot of their budgets on Carlos Tocci, Jiandido Tromp, Deivi Grullon, Jose Pujols, Luis … Read more

The Past Week in Observations (Twitter Edition)

I could tell you a bunch of box score scouting tidbits about what each player is doing, but you can do that on your own.  So rather than that, here are some tweets by guys watching the players.  They can tell you a lot more than me paraphrasing their work. Miguel Nunez (Clearwater) Miguel Nunez … Read more

J.P. Crawford and Maikel Franco selected for the Futures Game

MLB has announced that Clearwater shortstop, and Phillies 2013 1st Round Pick J.P. Crawford and Lehigh Valley 1B/3B Maikel Franco will be representing the Phillies at the Futures Game.  Crawford will be joining Dodgers shortstop prospect Corey Seager as the shortstops on the American team.  Crawford hit .295/.398/.405 in 60 games for the Lakewood Blueclaws … Read more

Phillies Midseason Top 20 Prospects

Most of the draft picks are signed so it is time to revisit the preseason rankings.  It is still a small sample size, and an even smaller one for those newly drafted, so this list may be a bit conservative on any large scale changes.  In general the system is heading in the right direction, … Read more