A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Matt Winkelman 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
Today, as I start writing this, is Wednesday. There is no baseball game tonight, tomorrow there will also be no baseball game. Last Saturday, 30 major league teams and over 100 minor league teams played baseball. In the middle of that afternoon, MLB played its Futures Game. An event that it hypes only a little, … Read more
The draft ended yesterday afternoon. The Phillies selected 20 players and have a chance, but not guarantee, to sign all 20. They have reportedly already come to deals to with three undrafted free agents and I expect that number will increase some, especially if not all draftees are signed, but not be a huge number … Read more
With roster restrictions the Phillies have signed fewer undrafted free agents than they have in the past, but they still sign a handful each year. The majority will be pitchers, but I expect them to add a catcher, a corner infielder, and maybe another infielder. This isn’t a place with many stars, but the Phillies … Read more
Since it looks like the Phillies don’t have a pile of money to spend, I am going to condense their day 3 picks into a running thread. Round 11: Titan Hayes, RHP, Austin Peay (TN) Hayes is a redshirt junior who has bounced around before landing at Austin Peay where he was ok in relief. … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule *Part of double header This Week’s Schedule All full season teams are playing 3 game series Friday-Sunday Hitter Spotlight SS Aidan Miller 2-4 2 RBI – Jersey Shore / 0-1 RBI K – Futures Game It is a bit of an out to feature Miller this week when he played in one … Read more