A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
It was a rocky start for Shane Watson from the moment he was drafted in the supplemental first round of the 2012 draft. The big righty was diagnosed with diabetes soon after being drafted which limited his time in the GCL as he lost a lot of weight and strength. He bounced back in Instructs … Read more
My son and I made the one hour trek out to Baseballtown for our first Reading Fightins game of the season. We’ve both been looking forward to this since the season started. For my purposes, this roster is loaded with a variety of young talent at all levels of development. For my son (who is … Read more
Best Matchup: Saturday – Reading – Zach Eflin vs Joe Ross A matchup of former Padres first rounders traded this offseason (Ross in 2011, Eflin in 2012), Ross went to the Nationals in the deal that sent Wil Myers to San Diego and Steven Souza to Tampa Bay. Eflin so far has taken better to the … Read more
It is hard to make any sweeping judgements on early season stats, so the best question is often “What is this player doing new?”. In the case of shortstop Malquin Canelo he is showing power that he has never shown up this point. Canelo up to this point has been a bit of an after … Read more
Per Jim Peyton of Phuture Phillies, the Clearwater Threshers have activated RHP Victor Arano off of the disabled list (RHP Yacksel Rios was put on the DL). Arano had been dealing with shoulder tightness in camp, but was 93-94 over 4 innings in an Extended Spring Training game in his last outing. If Arano is … Read more
Jim Peyton has posted up the first Extended Spring Training roster for the Phillies. Before getting into the specific players, it looks like the Phillies have brought over a lot of latin players (16 Dominican Republic, 22 Venezuela, 2 Panamá, 2 Columbia, 1 Mexico). The number of players from Venezuela is bit surprising and I … Read more
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