A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
The lack of high school players selected in the 2014 draft gave the Williamsport Crosscutters a strange base, then they didn’t get any of the top 5 round players the Phillies selected in the 2015 draft leaving the team as a bit of a mutt in terms of team construction. The result however, was a highly … Read more
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
The League Top 20s come to an end with the strongest AAA list I have ever seen come out. The only players on the list to not play in the majors were Jose Berrios, Robert Stephenson, and Josh Bell. Overall the #1 player on the list should win the AL Rookie of the year and … Read more
The season has come to an end so it is time to recap everything that happened. We will have wrap ups on all the affiliates complete with interviews with individuals covering the teams. Additionally, all the players who graduated from offseason lists will get a send off. Any other content from recaps will go where … Read more
As many of you know, I don’t see a ton of baseball games in person (part of living away from the Northeast) and so I have to rely on the eyes of a lot of people. So in reality these interviews are the real meat of the recaps and my statistical wrap ups are really … Read more
As expected the GCL Phillies were loaded with talent in 2015. The team featured a premium prospect at nearly every position at the lineup, and until the stretch run their rotation could match anyone in the league. Despite their talent, they failed to reach the playoffs losing out on the division race to the GCL … Read more
Much like Nick Pivetta in the Carolina League, the Phillies acquired some players at the deadline that had some previous pedigree. Today’s group come from the small (but prospect laden) Texas League and were the core of the deal that sent Cole Hamels to Texas to lead the Rangers to the playoffs (though Jerad Eickhoff … Read more
The list everyone was waiting for. The Reading team was stacked this year, as was the whole Eastern League. Before jumping into the names from the Phillies, Zach Eflin and Roman Quinn did qualify for this list, but Nick Williams and Jake Thompson did not. Once again I want to emphasize that this list was … Read more
After a short break the Top 20s continue with the South Atlantic League. The league is how to 14 teams so getting just one or two players on the list can be quite the accomplishment. Lakewood had two prospects made the Top 20, however the two chosen leaves some puzzlement with shortstop Malquin Canelo and … Read more
The League Top 20s march on with the New York Penn League. In general the list tends to be a bit weak outside the top few names. This is because the top HS picks tend to skip over the league, which leaves it with some college draftees who qualify for the innings and PA thresholds, … Read more