A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Matt Winkelman There will be plenty of time to get into offseason moves, but here the day after a brutal loss in a war of series, here some snap thoughts. Dodgers Pitching Was Incredible and the Phillies Didn’t Hit It Pitchers not named Clayton Kershaw this series: 73.2 IP 51 H 2.69 ERA 26 BB 76 K. … Read more
There is no game today so we can live in blissful ignorance for a little bit of time. Apologies for the site being down for a week. I still am not sure of root cause, but it is back up and I definitely fiddled with enough things to have changed some things I probably did … Read more
Minor League Awards All of these awards are made up. Unless otherwise stated they are not about prospect ranking and evaluation, but are about how a player actually performed. Hitter of the Year – Felix Reyes 101 G – 343 PA – 34 2B – 4 3B – 16 HR – 13 SB – .331/.362/.562 … Read more
I am back from my hiatus, and so there is 4+ weeks to recap, so a bunch of surface thoughts to follow. Also Lehigh Valley’s season is continuing, but barring some crazy occurrence this will be the last “weekly” update and then there will just be a season update. Hitter Spotlight SS Aidan Miller Since … Read more
This week was late due to personal commitments and this will be the last weekly recap for a little bit. I am taking a break and a vacation. When I return I will return to recap the weeks that passed in that time and then will move into season wrap ups. Hitter Spotlight C Caleb … Read more
I said I needed something to write about, but wanted to write and @norseofbroad.bsky.social asked the question that is on many fans’ minds. The answer is very firmly a maybe, which is entirely a coward’s answer and not worthy of writing, but also I have been just short of actually writing about Crawford for a … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Devin Saltiban 10-23 3 2B 2 3B 1 HR 4 RBI 3 BB 4 K 3 SB .435/.519/.870 Saltiban has exclusively played center field since the beginning of July, and unsurprisingly has looked fine at the position. The BlueClaws returned home last week, and Saltiban put his terrible week … Read more
Rest of Season Things to Watch I just did a midseason ranking before the trade deadline that you can read for how I would rank the top prospects in the system, so doing a stock watch where I write the same information felt sort of silly. I also am taking a vacation at the start … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF TJayy Walton 7 G 8-25 1 2B 1 3B 3 RBI 2 SB 5 BB 7 K .320/.433/.440 Walton has struggled to stay healthy and has struggled on the field when healthy. Walton missed the first two months of 2025 with a hamate injury, which was always going to … Read more
I want to skip to the Midseason reports The Phillies entered the deadline with a need in the bullpen for an impact arm (which they acquired on Wednesday in Jhoan Duran from the Twins) and just a competent outfielder. It would have been nice had they gotten a big name or remade their roster, but … Read more