A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
The 2021 MLB draft finished up yesterday with 20 rounds of selection. An amount that made the ending feel very abrupt. The Phillies had 20 picks in those 20 rounds and have already added on 5 non-drafted free agents as I start to write this. You can find links to all of this on the … Read more
Phillies end their draft with another big RHP with questions. Cam Wynne is a 6’6″ 220lbs reliever out of Nebraska. His fastball is mid 90s, up to 96 with a slider. He was purely a reliever this year, pitching 17.1 innings in 17 games. Once again it is an arm strength bet with a big … Read more
In the 19th round the Phillies continue the theme of big stuff and big risk in Missouri RHP Seth Halvorsen. Halvorsen (who is transferring to Tennessee if he doesn’t sign) has big time command issues, walking 57 in 72 innings as a starter this year. He didn’t pitch (but did hit) in 2020 due to … Read more
In the 18th round the Phillies select another college RHP in Malik Binns from Benedictine U Mesa (he is listed as a senior, but is actually a JuCo transfer) Binns has big size (6’7″ 240lbs), but has struggled with control on the mound, walking over 5 per 9 this college season. In the Appalachian League … Read more
The Phillies take RHP Alex Garbrick out of University of South Carolina Upstate in the 17th round of the draft. Garbrick spent his first 4 years at Morehead State. Garbrick was drafted in the 40th round by the Yankees in 2019. Last fall he was up to 95 while sitting in the low 90s (see … Read more
Back to RHP and sort of back to JuCo (they have two essentially 3rd year JuCo players) for the Phillies in the 16th round in Glendale College RHP Ty Collins. Collins doesn’t turn 20 until August and has good size projection at 6’3″ 165lbs. He looks to be athletic RHP who was up to 94 … Read more
Phillies took their first LHP of the draft in the 15th round. LHP Matt Osterberg is 4th senior for St. Could State. Osterberg is a starting pitcher with good strikeout numbers over his 4 years at St. Cloud State. Currently he is pitching for the Wisconsin Rpaids in the Northwoods League where he has pitcher … Read more
The Phillies continue the run of hitters, but return to the HS ranks in Jose Valadez-Acuna out of Veterans Memorial HS. Most of the highlights of Valadez-Acuna are on the mound where he was up to 94 with good spin. Not much on him as a hitter other than 1B/OF and a big strong build. … Read more
The Phillies followed a college bat in the 12th, with another in the 13th in Shepherd University OF Jared Carr. Carr isn’t ranked anywhere so this is very much going on stats, and the stats are very there. He hit .375/.447/.727 with 11 HRs in 37 games this year. His career college line is .385/.454/.646. … Read more
The Phillies went hitter in the 12th round taking Virginia Tech 1B T.J. Rumfield and list him at 3B. Rumfield is a lanky projectable corner bat who hit .315/.402/.478 this year for the Hokies. He is listed at 6’5″ 225lbs. He played 1B/DH, but there seems to be the athleticism to handle 3B. Definitely has … Read more