A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
The Phillies value the playoff experience for their minor leaguers. This year the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Clearwater Threshers, Lakewood BlueClaws, and GCL Phillies East all made the playoffs. The GCL playoffs were over quick, but for the full season leagues, it is just getting started. The 2018 Clearwater Threshers started the year as the power … Read more
Winter Stats Arizona Fall League (Scottsdale Scorpions) Preview Sixto Sanchez (removed due to collarbone soreness) Luke Williams Luke Leftwich Arquimedes Gamboa Darick Hall Austin Listi Seth McGarry Tyler Viza Jonathan Hennigan Liga de Besibol Dominicano Ranfi Casimiro – Aguilas Cibaenas Deivi Grullon – Aguilas Cibaenas Logan Moore – Aguilas Cibaenas Jeff Singer – Gigantes del … Read more
Arizona Fall League is this weird combination of high level hitters getting extra at bats, Rule 5 eligible relievers trying to show off, and low level hitters just trying to make an impression, all surrounded by filler that is better than org guys. Also it is all played in a launching pad of a league. … Read more
Every draft pick matters. It is a concept that makes sense on paper, but when you start to see picks come off the board on Day 3 of the draft, it is much easier to see the low minors roster depth than actual talent. While teams can give any player picked after the 10th round … Read more
When I sat down to write the pre-season Top 50 there were two glaring positional weaknesses in the system catcher and third base. Only one third baseman (Jake Holmes) made the list, and that position has seen some natural improvement with bounce backs by Zach Green and Luke Williams and the drafting of Alec Bohm. … Read more
Last night’s mission took me to Reading as the Phillies took on Baltimore’s affiliate from Bowie. The misson: Adam Haseley’s debut in AA. While Haseley was the headliner, a couple of other recent promotions were of interest as well in first basemen Austin Listi and Darick Hall. The position players were the one’s I was … Read more
On Friday night, I made my fourth trip to Lakewood this year to watch Spencer Howard for a second time. This would also be coincidentally the third time I’ve gotten to see the Nationals low A affiliate Hagerstown. The mission for the evening was to see two things: to see if Howard could have a … Read more
It’s June 19th, and at least one Phillies affiliate will have it’s season extend past September 3rd, when most of the minor league regular ends. On Sunday, Lakewood played it’s final game of the first half of the season. In the South Atlantic League, the schedule is truly split into two seasons. To reach the … Read more
The draft is over and the short season games are about to begin. The Phillies have two GCL teams, of which we likely won’t know the rosters until the first games. What we do have is a preliminary Williamsport roster. Here’s the preliminary roster for the Williamsport @crosscutters … Reminder that this will change a … Read more
This past week, I spent time at each of the Northeast affiliates of the Philadelphia Phillies scouting some of the intriguing depth pitchers in the organization. This report won’t have the usual pitching stats I give out because of time spent on video editing, so I apologize in advance if you were looking forward to … Read more