A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Matt Winkelman Phillies go with their 5th straight hitter with their 5th round pick in Indiana outfielder Carter Mathison. Mathison had a big year as a freshman, but was less dominant as a sophomore and junior, hitting just .260/.378/.498 this year. There are definitely mixed opinions on him with most public lists having him rated out beyond … Read more
After prioritizing speed, and some power questions, in the first 3 rounds, the Phillies go for power in the 4th round with Virginia Tech third baseman Carson DeMartini. DeMartini struck out a ton this year and in 2022, but had it under control in 2023. There is some speculation about his shoulder injury messing with … Read more
For a brief second it looked like the Phillies had taken their third straight plus plus speed center fielder when they selected John Spikerman from the Oklahoma. However, despite not playing infield since high school they announced him as a shortstop. Spikermen hit .368/.429/.542 this year, despite breaking his hamate this spring. His only three … Read more
I wrote up brief highlights on the Phillies two picks at #27 and #63, but I wanted to combine some thoughts about how things stand so far. When I went back and looked at the Phillies previous drafts, it was littered with not so great hitters. Aidan Miller looks like a steal, but he also … Read more
The Phillies decided to double up on high school outfielders taking Griffin Burkholder from Freedom HS in Virginia. Burkholder was rated higher on many boards than Nori and brings a similar, but not identical profile to the Phillies 1st round pick. Burkholder is big and projectable, and most sites have him rated with at least … Read more
With the 27th pick in the draft Phillies draft HS OF Dante Nori. Nori is already 19 years old and will turn 20 in October, that means he was born in 2004 the same year as Justin Crawford and Aidan Miller. He is athletic with at least plus plus speed, and supposed to have a … Read more
Draft Tracker Draft Tracker Spreadsheet Day 1 (7/14): Day 1 Thoughts Day 2: (7/15): Day 2 Thoughts Day 3 (7/16): Day 3 and Overall Thoughts UDFAs: Mock Drafts: Draft Rankings:
For very good reasons, the Phillies have drafted late the last 3 years now. Even prior to that, their mediocrity left them in the middle of the first round. It was easy to have opinions on 10 players that might go in the top 5, more difficult to have opinions on 20+ guys that might … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule *Part of a double header This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Justin Crawford 11-26 1 2B 2 HR 1 BB 4 K 2 SB .423/.444/.692 I wanted to talk about Crawford because of this swing. I am certainly hard on Crawford, but that is a beautiful swing. Most of his pulled home … Read more
Stock Changes *Rankings are from midseason list / preseason list Stock Up LHP Mavis Graves (#20 / #37) – It isn’t that Graves was bad to start the season, he had a solid April and May with the arrow pointed very up, it is that his June was another leap forward. In 4 starts during … Read more