A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Matt Winkelman 
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
Positional Overviews: C|1B|2B|SS|3B|LF/RF|CF|SP (Upper)|SP (Lower) Depth Chart: Age Likely 2015 Level Top 50 Chase Utley 36 MLB Cesar Hernandez 24 MLB Chase d’Arnaud 28 AAA Tyler Henson 27 AAA Carlos Alonso 27 AA Angelo Mora 22 AA Jesmuel Valentin 20 A+ 22 Andrew Pullin 21 A+ 35 Drew Stankiewicz 21 A- Derek Campbell 23 A- Tim … Read more
As much as I wish I was in Florida I am not in Florida, and so I must point you in the direction of others who are down there. Most of the focus so far has been on major league camp, but with more beat writers than stories it is pretty well covered (though as … Read more
Positional Overviews: C|1B|2B|SS|3B|LF/RF|CF|SP (Upper)|SP (Lower) Depth Chart: Age Likely 2015 Level Top 50 Ryan Howard 35 MLB Darin Ruf 28 MLB Chris McGuiness 26 AAA Brock Stassi 25 AA Art Charles 24 AA Rhys Hoskins 22 A+ 37 Wilmer Oberto 22 A- Positional Overview: Since 2005 the first base position on the major league level has … Read more
Positional Overviews: C|1B|2B|SS|3B|LF/RF|CF|SP (Upper)|SP (Lower) Depth Chart: Age Likely 2015 Level Top 50 Carlos Ruiz 36 MLB Cameron Rupp 26 MLB John Hester 31 AAA Koyie Hill 35 AAA Tommy Joseph 23 AAA Rene Garcia 24 AA Logan Moore 24 AA Gabriel Lino 21 AA Andrew Knapp 23 A+ 23 Chace Numata 22 A+ Jose Mayorga … Read more
Take a good look because all of this could be gone tomorrow. The Phillies roster is going through rapid change as we approach the start of the year. So I thought it might be fun to take a snapshot at this moment in time. There is not much to take away from this, except maybe … Read more
Baseball America released their Top 100 prospects tonight. Three Phillies made the list as well suspected, though they did place a bit higher than expected. The full list can be found here. J.P. Crawford (SS) Aaron Nola (RHP) Maikel Franco (3B)
In 2014 nine different pitchers started a game for the Phillies. Three of the top four names on that list are now gone (A.J. Burnett, Kyle Kendrick, and Roberto Hernandez), in their place the Phillies are rolling out Chad Billingsley, Aaron Harang, and another attempt at starting by Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez. The result is what … Read more
Much of the Cole Hamels trade debate revolves around the idea that the Phillies must trade Cole Hamels in order to execute a avenge. This has then phrased the debate as about when the best time to trade Hamels is. On one side there are those that point to parts of the future where value … Read more
Kiley McDaniel continues what has been a very informative trip through prospects across the league with his Top 200 prospects. Kiley has divided the list into tiers based on his Future Value (FV) for each prospect. The result is a list that really gives more meaning than the pure numeric ranking in front of each … Read more