A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Matt Winkelman 
The first set of minor league workout groups have been put up by the Phillies. Here are the first set of groups (first posted by Jim Peyton) There is not a lot to read into future placement here, but there are some early thoughts here. The pitching groups seem far from solidified with levels. Elniery … Read more
Week one of Grapefruit League play is in the books so it is a good time to take a first pass at the roster battles. Locks: Hitters: Carlos Ruiz, Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Freddy Galvis, Cody Asche, Odubel Herrera, Ben Revere, Domonic Brown Pitchers: Cole Hamels, Cliff Lee, Aaron Harang, Jonathan Papelbon, Ken Giles, Jake … Read more
Over the past few years the political situation in Venezuela and its relations with the US have deteriorated. This has had a dramatic influence on baseball in the country as teams have pulled out one by one from the country both for convenience (most top players are appearing at showcases in Dominican Republic) and safety. … Read more
Often minor league signings just go under the radar, whether a player just appears on a roster, on a BA transaction page, or just silently onto the official transactions page. These signings are not reported by beat writers, there is no press conference to announce. These players may never be impactful, but given that many … Read more
Positional Overviews: C|1B|2B|SS|3B|LF/RF|CF|SP (Upper)|SP (Lower) Depth Chart Age Likely 2015 Level Top 50 Ben Revere 26 MLB Odubel Herrera 23 MLB 28 Jordan Danks 28 AAA Aaron Altherr 24 AAA 25 Roman Quinn 21 AA 7 Carlos Tocci 19 A+ 10 Herlis Rodriguez 20 A- Jiandido Tromp 21 A- 34 Venn Biter 20 SS Carlos Duran … Read more
So on February 19 Baseball Prospectus released their post-trade updates for National League Teams. I missed this update for 2 weeks because I am apparently blind. Their original list was released in November. This update was only putting in the trade additions into the original list. This puts the Phillies list now as: J.P. Crawford … Read more
Positional Overviews: C|1B|2B|SS|3B|LF/RF|CF|SP (Upper)|SP (Lower) Depth Chart: Age Likely 2015 Level Top 50 Cody Asche 24 MLB Maikel Franco 22 AAA 3 Chris Nelson 29 AAA Cord Phelps 28 AAA Harold Martinez 24 AA Mitch Walding 22 A+ Zach Green 21 A+ 21 Jan Hernandez 20 A- 42 Damek Tomscha 23 SS Positional Overview: Third base … Read more
As Sunday’s game showed there are a lot of players in camp that make you scratch your head and run for Google. With the Phillies not sending any non-40 man prospects to big league camp, the bulk of players are 40 man roster members or non-roster invite veterans. You may have heard some of these … Read more
There has been a lot of smoke that the Phillies are expected to blow away their July 2 spending pool. In his article today, Kiley McDaniel laid out the five players he expects to get the largest bonuses this July. The Phillies have just over $3 million to spend this period, but can trade for … Read more
Positional Overviews: C|1B|2B|SS|3B|LF/RF|CF|SP (Upper)|SP (Lower) Depth Chart: Age Likely 2015 Level Top 50 Freddy Galvis 25 MLB Andres Blanco 30 AAA Tyler Greene 31 AAA KC Serna 25 AA Edgar Duran 24 AA J.P. Crawford 20 AA 1 Malquin Canelo 20 A+ 41 Emmanuel Marrero 21 A- Grenny Cumana 19 SS 50 William Cuicas 20 SS … Read more