A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
This winter Ricardo Pinto turned a few heads with some high rankings on Phillies top prospect lists. He had just made his stateside debut in Williamsport on a team that does not get a ton of eyes. On first glance Pinto is not physically what you would expect from a good starting pitcher prospect … Read more
Joe Jordan confirmed RHP Drew Anderson had Tommy John surgery last week. Out for the year. #MiLB #Phillies — Jay Floyd (@PhoulBallz) April 14, 2015 Injuries really suck. Anderson was in the back of my Top 30 prospects after a successful 2013 campaign in Williamsport. He dropped to #48 this year after an injury filled … Read more
Team Page Overview: The BlueClaws are far from the most stacked team in the system, the only top 10 prospects are defensive minded Deivi Grullon and Carlos Tocci. The pitching staff is fairly unheralded, but features a pair of very interesting Latin arms in Ricardo Pinto and Elniery Garcia that join a pair of returning … Read more
As I will do 20+ times this season, I had the opportunity to see my hometown IronPigs first hand last night. While the roster is filled with mostly veteran talent, there were a few prospects to keep an eye on. So, in between Walking Tacos and a box of Rivets, here’s are my impressions: Severino … Read more
#Phillies prospect Jesmuel Valentin suspended following domestic arrest: http://t.co/g8823HizCy — NBC Sports Philadelphia (@NBCSPhilly) April 11, 2015 The arrest appears to be related to domestic violence. It is unknown if Valentin will return to the Phillies at any point and right now this is no longer about baseball.
Team Page Overview: Last year the Threshers were possibly the worst team in minor league baseball at the start of the season. They had no players in my Top 30 Phillies prospects and even beyond that it was mostly filler to make out of a roster. Eventually Roman Quinn and J.P. Crawford arrived, and they … Read more
Team Page Overview: Ever since the Phillies completed the trade of Marlon Byrd to Cincinnati for Ben Lively there has been whispers of a stacked Reading rotation. It turns out those whispers have become truth and the Fightin Phils will roll out a rotation of Aaron Nola, Zach Eflin, Jesse Biddle, Ben Lively, and Tom … Read more
The BlueClaws have announced that they will going with a 6 man rotation to start the season. Right now their rotation will be RHP Ricardo Pinto, LHP Josh Taylor, RHP Tyler Viza, RHP Ranfi Casimiro, RHP Chris Oliver, and LHP Elniery Garcia. Viza and Casimiro return to Lakewood after up and down years (both probably … Read more
The goal of this series to give a quick one stop look at each affiliate with a guide to the overall feel of each team as well as a quick look at all players, not just the prospects on the team. These rosters will be changing throughout the year so keep up to date on … Read more
Rather than do a bunch of interviews this spring where I ask everyone to repeat things they already have said in various forms, I decided instead to reach out to a bunch of people within the Phillies writing community as well as those watching and covering the system for various sites. The contributors were: Phillies Minor Thoughts: … Read more