A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Matt Winkelman 
As I mentioned yesterday, we would know very quickly on Day 3 of the draft how much money the Phillies had available to go overslot on later picks. If they had money left than it was likely they would go with a big name high school player in the 11th round, if not it was … Read more
For all pick analysis, visit the draft tracker which links to instant reactions for all picks. Day 2 of the draft is always a bit crazy, the order of players coming off the board doesn’t make a ton of sense at times, but the players are good. It is really the meat of the draft … Read more
As expected, the Phillies went with a college senior in round 10 in South Carolina 3B Madison Stokes. Stokes had a very pedestrian first 3 years of college, struggling both to hit and stay healthy. He did break out big time in 2018, hitting .342/.424/.609 for the Gamecocks with 11 doubles and 10 home runs. … Read more
As mentioned in the 8th round, the Phillies looked to be saving slot money for something, the best bet at the time was their 11th round pick (more on how this all works in the day’s recap). Instead the Phillies take their overslot guy now in HS RHP Dominic Pipkin. Pipkin has good size at … Read more
The nature of the major league baseball draft is that draft slots force picks for money saved and not necessarily talent. The caveat is college seniors with no leverage, but high performance will sign for below slot while giving a team a chance at a player with actual tools (the moral part of all of … Read more
Sometimes during the draft the guys on the broadcast don’t have anything on a player, and the Phillies 8th round pick of LHP Gabriel Cotto out of the Puerto Rico BB Academy left them stumped. It is easy to see why the Phillies like him. Jonathan Mayo eventually got a report that Cotto is a … Read more
After saying they were going to go with college pitchers on Day 2, the Phillies have taken their second hitter in 3 picks. (Kendall) Logan Simmons (he has been listed at both names aroudn the internet) is a high school shortstop out of Georgia. Simmons has good size at 6’3″ 190lbs, and the frame to … Read more
In the 5th round the Phillies took Notre Dame center fielder Matt Vierling. Vierling has pitched a bit, but the Phillies had him listed as an outfielder. Vierling put up some decent numbers this year with a .310/.402/.505 line, but he sacrificed some power (19 XBHs in 2018, after 31 in 2017) while striking out … Read more
With their second pick of the draft after sitting out the second and third rounds (due to signing Jake Arrieta and Carlos Santana), the Phillies took RHP Colton Eastman. Eastman will join fellow Fullerton alumni Connor Seabold and Thomas Eshelman in the Phillies system. Eastman has good size, but the past two years he has … Read more
As was expected for the last month the Phillies selected Wichita State 3B Alec Bohm after Casey Mize and Joey Bart went 1 and 2. Bohm is widely considered the best bat in the draft. The biggest concern around Bohm is his ability to stick at third base. He has improved over the years, but … Read more