A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Hitter Spotlight IF Aidan Miller 4 G 4-14 1 2B 3 RBI 6 BB 5 K 2 SB Due to the postseason schedule, Miller never played back to back days in his return, but he was a 9 inning player all through the postseason at third base. He looked rusty at both the plate and … Read more
Two batters into Tuesday night Erie had themselves a 2-0 lead, and for 3 more innings it looked like pitching would once again be the story of the Eastern League championship series. The teams had played a 1-0 game two days early that had seen the only run score on a 9th inning sacrifice fly … Read more
Regular Season Record: 70-67 It wasn’t that Reading was a black hole like Jersey Shore to open the year, they were mostly mediocre, but there were some bright spots and some hits to their team. They had injuries to Dante Nori and Carson DeMartini, lost Dylan Campbell to trade, Chuck King to promotion, and had … Read more
Coming into the 2026 season, I had buried Bryan Rincon at #44 on my offseason ranking. I had been a fan of his back after the 2023 season, but two years of injuries had led to him rarely being on the field and being pretty bad when he was playing leaving me skeptical he would … Read more
Top Prospects OF Dante Nori – Nori played most of the year with Clearwater in 2025, but the Phillies aggressively pushed him to Reading after he spent some time with Italy in the WBC. Nori has worked on being less of a slap hitter, and to drive the ball in optimal counts, but he might … Read more
Top Prospects SS Aidan Miller – Miller nearly immediately became the Phillies best hitting prospect as he took on his first full season of pro ball. Once thought to be a third baseman, he is now a shortstop who might have to switch position due to team need and not skills. At the plate he … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Hendry Mendez 8-17 1 2B 1 3B 2 RBI 4 BB 1 K .471/.571/.647 Since the start of July, Mendez is hitting .338/.424/.507 with 14 doubles, 2 triples, and 2 home runs. After hitting just 6 extra base hits in the first half, it is a … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Emaarion Boyd 5 G 8-24 1 2B 2 3B 1 HR 6 RBI 2 SB 0 BB 5 K Boyd had 2 hit games in the last 4 games of the series, and is now batting .295/.349/.459 in August, far and away his best month of … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule *Game played as part of a doubleheader This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Gabriel Rincones Jr. 9-24 3 2B 3 HR 8 RBI 2 BB 8 K 1 SB Rincones had opened the season by hitting .300/.417/.600 with Reading, but since starting his rehab he had hit only .221/.315/.325 in 21 games … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule All full season teams played 3 game series Friday-Sunday This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight IF Otto Kemp 3-12 1 HR 3 RBI 0 BB 2 K 1 HBP .250/.308/.500 A 3 game series is a good time to highlight a player who has been under the radar for a while. Kemp is … Read more