A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
The minor league season may have wrapped up two months ago, but it is never too late to take a look around at the events of the 2017 season in the Philliesâ system. The Phillies rebuild so far has involved a lot of trades at the top of the system. There have been homegrown players … Read more
It’s been a wild and crazy last five days covering the end of minor league regular season for the Phillies affiliates. I went from Reading to Lehigh Valley to Williamsport and finally Lakewood for the last two days. I was originally going to end on Sunday, but weather had other plans and pushed scheduled starter … Read more
Sunday was going to be my last minor league game of the season with Adonis Medina scheduled to pitch. Unfortunately the weather got in the way on Saturday while I was driving back from Williamsport and instead of scheduling a doubleheader for Sunday, they ended up canceling the game altogether. That meant that Lakewood would … Read more
Back on July 12th, I went to my third Sixto Sanchez start. There was nothing going on in the sports industry that night other than the ESPYs. There were dozens of scouts and writers on hand to watch Sixto roll through six innings allowing just one run. That night I also provided video, and the … Read more
Really digging Sixto Sanchez and not just because of his game. 91-95 with life, throwing strikes. 8 K's and 1 BB through 5 IP #Phillies — đžhris King (@StatsKing) June 30, 2016 The above tweet by Chris King was the first I had heard about Sixto Sanchez. While I watched the GCL box scores roll … Read more
The Phillies entered the season loaded with starting pitching at every level of the minor leagues. Unfortunately injuries to Vince Velasquez, Clay Buchholz, Zach Eflin, Sixto Sanchez, and Seranthony Dominguez, and Elniery Garcia’s suspension left the Phillies rotations thin at every level. The Phillies prospect depth meant that most levels of the system were also … Read more
On April 13th, I went to my 1st minor league game of the year. It was the home opener for the Lakewood and Sixto Sanchez’, arguably the Phillies top pitching prospect, depending on who you talk to, was on the bump. While he got zilch in run support that night in a loss, it was a … Read more
Last night the Mets lineup in the 6th began Bruce/Walker/Duda, so LH/switch/LH. So Joely Rodriguez, as the only LHP on the active roster, was obviously the choice. But in his brief career he hasn’t been reliable at getting LH hitting. Entering last night, LH hitters: 11/30 (2 XBH), 3/6 K/BB; RH hitters: 8/33 (5 XBH), … Read more
It is list writing season and right now I am in the middle of writing my Top 50 Phillies prospects. Part of the process is thinking about the next season and where players fit into the organization. As you go through this process it is hard to not start putting together future rosters. It is not … Read more
Ranking season goes ever onward and we are now firmly into Baseball America’s league Top 20 prospects. Joining the GCL list we now have the NYPL list and SAL list. I am going to address the NYPL list first before going into my philosophical differences with the SAL list. New York-Penn League Top 20: (Link) … Read more