A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight 1B/OF Felix Reyes 5-14 2 2B 1 RBI 0 BB 2 K It was really just the one game for Reyes, where he went 4-5 with two doubles on opening day while hitting the ball hard. He only end up driving in one run and scoring once himself. He swung … Read more
Top Prospects SS Aidan Miller – Miller’s end to the 2025 season put him among the best prospects in the game. He has been sidelined all spring with back soreness that the Phillies don’t really want to talk about. When on the field, he makes great swing decisions, with a good ability to make contact, … Read more
I was contemplating this week writing about the Phillies overall bullpen and pitching situation, and one of those topics was going to be about how I thought the Phillies should start moving starters to the bullpen, particular IronPigs RHP Seth Johnson. On Tuesday evening, Johnson came out of the bullpen for only two innings. Notably … Read more
This Week’s Schedule *3 Game Series beginning 4/4 Hitter Spotlight 1B Carson Taylor 4-6 2 2B HR BB 2 K It is a 3 game sample size, and if you go 3 for 3 with 2 doubles and a home run in a game that is going to weigh pretty heavily. Taylor got a hit … Read more
Top Prospects Justin Crawford – The Phillies decided to aggressively push Crawford to AAA after just 40 games in AA. Crawford is a divisive prospect across the industry, but the Phillies clearly think highly of him. It is likely to be a process over results season for Crawford, both in the positive and negative. Is … Read more
No matter how you slice it, Mick Abel has had a terrible season. There are 60 pitches with at least 80 innings pitched in AAA this season. He has the 47th best ERA (5.89), 51st best FIP (5.89), the 58th best walk rate (15.6%), the 43rd best HR/9 (1.43), and compliments that with only the … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight IF/OF Weston Wilson 10-24 4 HR 4 BB 7 K .317/.500/.917 I generally avoid treating Wilson as a prospect because he is 29, but he is still technically a rookie. This week he hit 4 home runs in 6 games, the week before he hit 4 home … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight 2B Devin Saltiban 6-19 2 2B 2 HR 2 BB 4 K 3 SB .316/.381/.737 Saltiban must like hitting his home runs in pairs because now he has 4 on the season and has hit multiple home runs in a game twice this year. The two doubles … Read more
This piece was written by Mitch Rupert. Mitch used to cover the Williamsport Crosscutters (among other things) for the Williamsport Sun-Gazette. You can follow Mitch on Twitter at @Mitch_Rupert where he post minor league video highlights. I love posting highlights of Scott Kingery on social media. I love it for two reasons: 1) He’s a … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule Lehigh Valley vs Worcester: W 7-4, L 2-5, L 2-6 This Week’s Schedule Lehigh Valley (1-2) @ Rochester (2-1) Reading (0-0) @ Bowie (0-0) Jersey Shore (0-0) vs Aberdeen (0-0) Clearwater (0-0) @ Bradenton (0-0) *All teams except for Lehigh Valley play a 3 game series starting on Friday 4/5 Hitter Spotlight … Read more