A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Scott Kingery, 2B 5’10”, 180 lb Bats/Throws: R/R Drafted in 2nd round of 2015 MLB Draft Teams Played for: Reading (AA/Eastern League), Lehigh Valley (AAA/International League) Dates Seen (all w/LHV): 6/26, 7/24, 7/28, 9/1 Eyewitness Stats: 5/19, 3 K, SB What the Numbers Say Reading (AA): 69 G, 317 PA, .313/.379/.608, 87 H, 18 2B, … Read more
The minor league season may have wrapped up three months ago, but it is never too late to take a look around at the events of the 2017 season in the Phillies’ system. The Phillies’ rebuild loaded up the upper minors of the system with top prospects, and for the past two seasons Reading has … Read more
Sixto Sanchez 6’0″, 185 lb Bats/Throws: R/R Signed as an International Amateur free agent in 2014 Teams Played for: Lakewood (Low A/South Atlantic League)/Clearwater (High A/Florida State League) Dates Seen: 4/13, 4/30, 7/12, 7/30 Eyewitness Stats: 4 G (all starts), 22 IP, 12 H, 2 R (2 ER), BB, 18 K (22.8%), HBP, 79 BF … Read more
The minor league season may have wrapped up two months ago, but it is never too late to take a look around at the events of the 2017 season in the Phillies’ system. The 2016 Lakewood BlueClaws went on a late season run fueled by elite pitching to reach the South Atlantic League championship series. … Read more
Jhailyn Ortiz, RF/1B 6’3″, 215 lb Bats/Throws: R/R Signed as an international amateur in July 2015 Teams Played For: Williamsport (NY-Penn League/Short Season A) Dates Seen: 7/7-7/9 Eyewitness Stats: 4/11, 2 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 2 R, 2 SB, BB, 3 K, HBP What the Numbers Say Williamsport (Short Season A): 47 G, 187 PA, … Read more
Franklyn Kilome, RHP 6’6″, 175 lb Bats/Throws: R/R Played for: Clearwater (A+/FSL) and Reading (AA/Eastern) Signed as an international amateur in June 2013 Dates Seen: 8/16, 8/31 Eyewitness Stats: Two starts, 10.2 IP, 13 H, 9 R, 7 ER, 6 BB, 5 K, 2 HR allowed What the Numbers Say Clearwater (A+): 19 G (all starts), … Read more
Nick Maton, SS 6’2″, 165 lb Bats/Throws: L/R Played for: Williamsport (Short Season A/New York Penn League) Dates Seen: 7/7-7/9, 9/2 Drafted: Philadelphia Phillies 2017, 7th Round (Lincoln Land Community College) Eyewitness Stats: 8/16, 2B, 4 R, 3 RBI, BB, 4 K What the Numbers Say Williamsport (Short Season A): 58 G, 246 PA, .252/.350/.333, … Read more
The minor league season may have wrapped up two months ago, but it is never too late to take a look around at the events of the 2017 season in the Phillies’ system. The Phillies rebuild so far has involved a lot of trades at the top of the system. There have been homegrown players … Read more
The minor league season may have wrapped up two months ago, but it is never too late to take a look around at the events of the 2017 season in the Phillies’ system. If the GCL is where careers begin for the youth, the Williamsport is where the elder statesmen of the draft get their … Read more
The minor league season may have wrapped up two months ago, but it is never too late to take a look around at the events of the 2017 season in the Phillies’ system. First up is the Gulf Coast League Phillies. It would be obvious to say that the Gulf Coast League is the farthest … Read more