A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
The Phillies take their first surprise of the draft in Oregon left handed pitcher Cole Irvin. Irvin is a crafty lefty who never had his velocity fully return from Tommy John surgery. He pitches in the hi-80s and has good command of his breaking ball. He could be a quick moving back end starter. More … Read more
With the 4th round we move into the take best player available phase of the draft. The Phillies take JoJo Romero out of Yavapi College (same college as Ken Giles). Romero is an athletic leftt handed pitcher with a fastball up to 95. He has a slider, curveball, and changeup. There is some debate on … Read more
Day 2 opens with the Phillies having had a full night to regroup and figure out how much they have spent and what everything left will cost. With that money they went out and got Cole Stobbe a HS SS out of Nebraska. Stobbe is considered a tough but not impossible sign, so he shouldn’t … Read more
Day 2 kicks off at 1pm ET with the 3rd round and it should fly by compared to the first two rounds. The Phillies still have a lot of money to spend so there shouldn’t be any cost cutting moves for a while. Day 1 Thoughts: If you think of the draft as a portfolio of upside and … Read more
Thanks to taking Moniak #1 overall the Phillies had the ability to shift money down their draft, making the #42 pick very important for their overall draft haul. It had been hard to nail down who the guy was that would fall to the Phillies, and in the end it was the guy they had … Read more
As was expected for the last week, the Phillies took high school outfielder Mickey Moniak. Moniak is not the top player on anyone’s public big boards, but it does seem like he was at or very near the top of the Phillies’ board. The consensus is that Moniak also saved the Phillies more than any … Read more
The 2016 MLB Draft kicks off on June 9 and runs through June 11. Day 1 is rounds 1 and 2, Day 2 is rounds 3-10, and on Day 3 we cover rounds 11-40 at lightning pace. Draft Page Draft Signings: Mickey Moniak (1) – $6,100,000 Kevin Gowdy (2) – $3,500,000 Cole Stobbe (3) – … Read more
Today the Phillies will make two draft picks, one the top pick of the draft, and another 40 picks and a lot of action later. Normally we at least have a clue who the top team is going to take, but as of the time of writing it is only starting to have some clarity. … Read more
I have resisted writing about the draft because I honestly can’t get a good grasp on it. With the lack of a transcendent player at the top we are left with a bunch of players being maligned for not being transcendent players. For me Corey Ray, Kyle Lewis, Mickey Moniak, A.J. Puk, and Jason Groome are … Read more
With the first overall pick, the Phillies have all the options they want in terms of whom they select. Most mock drafts have them selecting a pitcher, and there are three who are the big dogs in the draft: lefties Jason Groome and A.J. Puk and righty Riley Pint. Groome is the top lefty coming out … Read more