A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
#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
Today is roster day, this thread will have all the rosters as they are released. There will be full writeups and previews for all minor league teams this week. *Player is on DL Philadelphia Phillies: Starting Pitchers: Chad Billingsley*, David Buchanan, Cole Hamels, Aaron Harang, Jonathan Pettibone*, Jerome Williams, Cliff Lee* Relief Pitchers: Justin De Fratus, Jake … Read more
As reported by all of the beat writers, Phillies top prospect J.P. Crawford will be out 4-6 weeks with an oblique injury. In terms of missing time, Crawford will miss 2-4 weeks of games and will likely start in Clearwater where the weather is warmer and there are plenty of members of the training staff. … Read more
While we wait for the Jimmy Rollins trade to happen, there are still Phillies prospects playing around the world. Here is a quick look at the best and most interesting lines going on in winter ball. Odubel Herrera – 2B/OF – VWL G AB HR SB BB K AVG OBP SLG 48 185 5 7 … Read more
The Phillies have announced the 2015 coach staff for their minor league affiliates. Lehigh Valley Ironpigs Dave Brundage (Manager) Sal Rende (Coach) Mickey Morandini (Coach) Ray Burris (Pitching Coach) Reading Fightin Phils Dusty Wathan (Manager) Frank Cacciatore (Coach) Dave Lundquist (Pitching Coach) Clearwater Threshers Greg Legg (Manager) Rob Ducey (Coach) Steve Schrenk (Pitching Coach) Lakewood … Read more