A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Matt Winkelman 
Ruben Amaro came into the deadline looking to acquire prospects for A.J. Burnett, Antonio Bastardo, and Marlon Byrd. In the end this year, no one traded prospects for major leaguers. Outside of Addison Russell and Jake Thompson, every named prospect has seen their stock plummet this year. For the Phillies trades for under control talent … Read more
There has been much made of the Phillies farm system based on this graph. This graph shows the Phillies as the worst minor league system in baseball based on W-L percentage. It has been used to rank the farm system, bash the front office, and destroy all hope of a better tomorrow. Here are … Read more
We are now in trade speculation season, and everyone has become a prospect expert based on the names floated around in the media. The problem is that all prospects are treated fairly equally unless they have name recognition. What this does is erase the large differences in ceiling and profile among the group. In reality, … Read more
MLB.com has released their new team Top 20s and Top 100 prospects. They have included players in the majors (with prospect eligibility) and 2014 draftees. The ranking is compiled by Jonathan Mayo and Jim Callis. The full list can be found here. J.P. Crawford (Overall #36, Shortstop #6) Aaron Nola (Overall #48) Maikel Franco (Overall … Read more
Lets start off by saying the trade by the Phillies to acquire Hunter Pence from Houston was horrible, there is no way around it, but it has no bearing on any further deal. With that being said let’s go to the summer of 2012, the Phillies were struggling, in no small part due to varying … Read more
Cord Sandberg was the Phillies 3rd Round pick in the 2013 draft, many scouts had him as a late first, early second round talent, but he fell due to a college scholarship to play quarterback. After a hot start in the GCL last year he hit .207/.313/.272 on the season with poor contact. In 2014 … Read more
Much has been said on Twitter about Jim Bowden and the trade scenarios he throws out there, much of it insults his work as a General Manager before going on to work at ESPN (though if you bash the trades, acknowledge that he has nailed FA contracts the last few years). His newest article looks … Read more
Thanks to everyone that has stopped by as we get going here, the positive feedback has been great. I just wanted to take a minute to welcome the other people who are contributing here. Matthew Speck has already contributed some pieces for the site. This is his first time writing about baseball but he has written … Read more
Today at 5pm marks the deadline for teams to come to terms with their draft picks. The Phillies have signed their first 21 picks and 27 of their first 28. However, only one of those plays is a high school player (Sam McWilliams). The Phillies can still spend $100,000 bonus on any prospects, they have a … Read more
Keith Law has released his midseason Top 50 prospect list. Shortstop J.P. Crawford comes in at #15 on the list, after coming in at #46 in the preseason list. Keith ranked the Phillies system #14 coming into the season and was a big fan of their 2013 draft. Crawford is the #5 shortstop on the … Read more