9. Arizona Fall League

Phillies Showcasing Relievers in Arizona Fall League

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Minor league relievers get a bad rap.  They rank on lists behind starting pitchers who will likely end up in the bullpen eventually, leading them to fly under the radar until they show up in a major league bullpen.  Like many spots on minor league teams, bullpens are home to many players who won’t go … Read more

Some AFL Roster Shuffling

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It is always cautioned that the first Arizona Fall League rosters are preliminary.  The first casualty was right handed starter Nick Pivetta who experienced an oblique injury in his final start for Reading.  Given normal injury recovery, Pivetta likely would have been healthy to pitch in the AFL but by the time he ramped up … Read more

J.P. Crawford Highlights Arizona Fall League Roster

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Each year it seems like the talent in the Arizona Fall League gets even more crazy.  This year the Phillies are adding to the very high end talent present by sending the #2 prospect in baseball to the desert.  It wasn’t clear whether the Phillies would push J.P. Crawford’s season to make up for his … Read more

Fall/Winter League Tracker

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Fall League Rosters are coming out today (September 1), so time to start tracking where all the prospect eligible players will be playing. *Italics – No Longer a Phillie Winter League Statistics Liga de Beisbol Dominicano: Scoreboard Roman Quinn – Tigres del Licey – Contract over back in US Logan Moore – Tigres del Licey … Read more

Arizona Fall League Recap – Pitchers

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I already touched on the two hitters that the Phillies sent to the Arizona Fall League.  The Phillies sent 5 pitchers to the AFL, and while they lack the potential impact of Roman Quinn, they are very interesting group to think about.  They included 3 AA relievers in Nefi Ogando, Colton Murray, and Ryan O’Sullivan, as well as Hi-A left handed starting pitcher, turned reliever, Ethan Stewart, and then former top prospect and shoulder surgery victim Adam Morgan.

Adam Morgan:

6 G 16.1 IP 6.61 ERA 26 H 17 R 12 ER 3 BB 11 K

I ranked Morgan as the #2 prospect in the Phillies system after the 2012 season.  At the time Morgan sported a 90-92 mph fastball that he could run up to 94, pairing that with a plus slider, a changeup with plus potential, and an average curveball.  However after two years of shoulder injuries and surgery, Morgan returned to the mound in the AFL with only 2 starts in instructs under his belt.  Morgan was very hittable in the AFL, the fastball was normally 86-88 touching 89 and in one start he was 87-89 and reportedly getting as high as 92.  He was almost exclusively fastball-changeup with limited sliders.  It was good to see Morgan on a mound again, but we will have to see what the stuff looks like in the spring before knowing what he will be going forward.

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Arizona Fall League Recap – Hitters

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This year the Phillies only sent two hitters the Arizona Fall League.  The first was former second round pick in the 2011 draft, Clearwater CF, Roman Quinn and the other was AA catcher Logan Moore.  Quinn came with much bigger expectations and played in 24 of Scottsdale’s 32 games (including missing time due to an injury scare), Moore was more roster filler and a back up, getting into only 12 games.

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Adam Morgan Assigned to the AFL

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Scottsdale roster addition: LHP Adam Morgan (@Phillies) #afl14 — MLB's Arizona Fall League (@MLBazFallLeague) October 1, 2014 Morgan made his season debut in Instructs last week.  The LHP was ranked in the Top 100 prospect by Keith Law after the 2012 season (#1 in the Phillies system).  He missed all of 2014 recovering from shoulder … Read more

Fall/Winter League Assignments

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We will be tracking the assignments of prospects to winter and fall assignments: All Winter/Fall League stats can be found here Winter League: Maikel Franco – Gigantes del Cibao (DWL) Carlos Tocci – Phillies Complex (Clearwater) Yoel Mecias – Phillies Complex (Clearwater) Jose Pujols – Phillies Complex (Clearwater) Aaron Altherr – Aguilas del Zulia (VWL) William Cuicas – Tigres … Read more

Roman Quinn Headlines Phillies Arizona Fall League Participants

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Here is your Phillies Arizona Fall League participants, outside of Quinn there are a lot of relievers trying to get protected from Rule 5 draft.

Roman Quinn – CF – Clearwater – .252/.330/.361 6 HR 30 SBs

Roman Quinn has returned from an Achilles injury better than anyone could have predicted, with his speed still intact.  In deference to J.P. Crawford, Quinn has moved to center field and the fall should give him plenty of reps in the outfield.  Quinn should be an outstanding defender in centerfield with his elite speed and plus arm.  The bat is now the main focus as Quinn will need to become comfortable from both sides of the plate and begin to show more ability to drive the ball.

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