A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Matt Winkelman 
Baseball America published a copy of the rosters for the Phillies Fall Instructional League team. As you would expect for a team with a strong Latin American system, the Phillies have a strong contingent of players at Instructional Leagues. First the roster. There is some analysis at the end. Pitchers: Gustavo Armas (R) Andrew Brown (R) Luis … Read more
The nice people of the Rome Braves live in the 21st century so we got a video stream of yesterday’s Game 1 matchup in the South Atlantic League Championship. We already know the results, but here is a breakdown of the highlights of the game. Top 1st: I get why people like Mike Soroka immediately, … Read more
I wrote not too long ago that the Lakewood BlueClaws had turned their season around on the back of good second half pitching. If I told you then that they would be sending their 5 best starters to the hill against Rome in the South Atlantic League Championship that they would have the advantage on … Read more
In an organization that has seen a high amount of changeover in the past two years Roman Quinn is the absentee uncle who is super cool but never around. Taken in the second round of a 2011 draft that has gone from horrendous to just plain old weird (the current 4 major leaguers from it … Read more
The Arizona Fall League Rosters are out so it appears it is time to start tracking where players are headed this fall and winter: Winter Stats Liga de Beisbol Dominicano: (Scoreboard) Dylan Cozens – Aguilas Cibaenas Andrew Knapp – Aguilas Cibaenas Ranfi Casimiro – Aguilas Cibaenas Ulises Joaquin – Aguilas Cibaenas Angelo Mora – Estrellas … Read more
It is hard to draw any big conclusions after a player’s first year in pro ball after being drafted in the summer. Some players succeed as they face lower level competition before then fading away, others struggle to adjust before hitting the group running in their second year. Either way it is encouraging to see … Read more
The Phillies will be joining the Mets, Angels, Yankees, and Giants on the Scottsdale Scorpions roster for the Arizona Fall League. The Phillies are sending six players in RHP Victor Arano, RHP Miguel Nunez, LHP Brandon Leibrandt, 2B Scott Kingery, 3B Mitch Walding, and OF Andrew Pullin. The group lacks the star power of last year’s … Read more
Let’s get the tough part out of the way. This is a sad day. Ruiz was the underrated member of the championship Phillies, the heart and soul of the team and was the maestro of one of the greatest pitching staffs ever assembled. He won’t be a Hall of Famer, but he should be a … Read more
The Lakewood BlueClaws were the Phillies’ worst affiliate during the first half of the 2015 season. They put up a 29-40 record on the back of a horrendous start. Then over the course of the season they had their 3 best starting pitchers (Luke Leftwich, Shane Watson, and Drew Anderson), three of their best hitters … Read more
For the second year in a row Mike Drago of the Reading Eagle asked me to participate in his end of year prospect rankings. The rankings aggregated rankings from bloggers, beat writers, announcers, and those that cover prospects for public sites. You can read about the 2015 list here and I am going to do kind … Read more