A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Matt Winkelman 
For those that have followed the minors over the last half decade or so would recognize Mike Drago’s Phillies writers composite rankings. A group of writers about the Phillies and about prospects in general send in their top 20 Phillies prospects and those are all compiled into a composite ranking. This year, Mitch Rupert took … Read more
For the last few years I have maintained a private monthly prospect ranking because it gives a good continuation and snap in time. It helps prevent snap judgements and makes the ebbs and flows of the season come into focus. For the most part there isn’t a point in publishing them because they are an … Read more
On June 19, the Phillies called up outfield prospect Matt Vierling, adding him to the 40 man roster to replace Matt Joyce. Joe Girardi was quoted by the Inquirer on the call up. “They come up with confidence, and they come up with not sitting a lot,” Girardi said. “I think there’s an advantage to … Read more
Prospect rankings are kind of useless without context. What is the actual difference between Matt Vierling (19) and Bailey Falter (10) and is it as big a gap as there is from Mick Abel (1) to Falter? (The answer is the gap between Falter and Vierling is incredibly tiny while there is a giant gap … Read more
When writing the preseason list there was a bunch of information missing on a lot of players in the system. We now have a bunch of new information, and after a really rough May for a lot people who didn’t play baseball for a year, things are mostly returning to normal. We also have a … Read more
The 2021 MLB draft finished up yesterday with 20 rounds of selection. An amount that made the ending feel very abrupt. The Phillies had 20 picks in those 20 rounds and have already added on 5 non-drafted free agents as I start to write this. You can find links to all of this on the … Read more
Phillies end their draft with another big RHP with questions. Cam Wynne is a 6’6″ 220lbs reliever out of Nebraska. His fastball is mid 90s, up to 96 with a slider. He was purely a reliever this year, pitching 17.1 innings in 17 games. Once again it is an arm strength bet with a big … Read more
In the 19th round the Phillies continue the theme of big stuff and big risk in Missouri RHP Seth Halvorsen. Halvorsen (who is transferring to Tennessee if he doesn’t sign) has big time command issues, walking 57 in 72 innings as a starter this year. He didn’t pitch (but did hit) in 2020 due to … Read more
In the 18th round the Phillies select another college RHP in Malik Binns from Benedictine U Mesa (he is listed as a senior, but is actually a JuCo transfer) Binns has big size (6’7″ 240lbs), but has struggled with control on the mound, walking over 5 per 9 this college season. In the Appalachian League … Read more
The Phillies take RHP Alex Garbrick out of University of South Carolina Upstate in the 17th round of the draft. Garbrick spent his first 4 years at Morehead State. Garbrick was drafted in the 40th round by the Yankees in 2019. Last fall he was up to 95 while sitting in the low 90s (see … Read more