A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Matt Winkelman Last Week’s Schedule *Game played as part of a doubleheader This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Gabriel Rincones Jr. 9-24 3 2B 3 HR 8 RBI 2 BB 8 K 1 SB Rincones had opened the season by hitting .300/.417/.600 with Reading, but since starting his rehab he had hit only .221/.315/.325 in 21 games … Read more
Pedro Peralta is listed at 5’11” 185lbs, and he probably is decently close to the height, and I am terrible at guessing weight, but my guess is fairly close there as well. Two weeks ago, July 27, he turned 18 year old. The Phillies originally signed him back in January of 2023 for $140,000, and … Read more
Stock Changes *Rankings are from midseason list Stock Up C Eduardo Tait (#5) – June looked like a breakout for Tait as he put up a 1.011 OPS, and then he followed it up with a 1.031 OPS in July, complete with a promotion to Clearwater. The major concern of the month he is walked … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Jaeden Calderon 9-20 3 2B 1 3B 1 BB 4 K Last year, Jaeden Calderon has a good year as a 17 year old, hitting .276/.414/.463 for DSL Red. He is back on Red this year for a repeat performance, hitting .302/.440/.466 through 38 games. Since … Read more
After acquiring Austin Hays and Carlos Estévez in the leadup to the deadline, the Phillies said they were good and unlikely to make any moves. That is until it got to the actual deadline time and they executed a pair of moves to shake things up. First was sending second baseman prospect William Bergolla to … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Raylin Heredia 16 PA 5-15 1 3B 2 HR 8 RBI 1 BB 3 K 1 SB A year ago I over-ranked Heredia on my midseason list. He was in his age 19 season and had laid waste to the FCL to the tune of .326/.415/.532 … Read more
Jump to Scouting Reports (Klassen / Aldegheri) After the Austin Hays trade, which quick aside is a good trade assuming they don’t overthink Hays’ role, the Phillies needed a RH reliever. It was always on the shopping list, but now there was a gaping hole. They filled that hole with Angels closer Carlos Estévez. The … Read more
The draft picks have all signed and the trade deadline is next week, so like last year I am going to combine the two into a rankings update and thoughts on the trade deadline. Like always I have divided the list up into tiers. Within a tier the order is my preference. It isn’t 100% … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule All full season teams played 3 game series Friday-Sunday This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight IF Otto Kemp 3-12 1 HR 3 RBI 0 BB 2 K 1 HBP .250/.308/.500 A 3 game series is a good time to highlight a player who has been under the radar for a while. Kemp is … Read more
The Rule 5 draft has largely been rendered obsolete as a talent acquisition tool, but the threat of it and the managing of the 40 man roster spurs other parts of player movement. The Phillies under Dave Dombrowski have largely tried to keep their 40 man roster limited to players who can play in the … Read more