A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Entering the draft I wrote the Phillies had an obvious need for pitching. It wasn’t a new or novel concept, and saying they needed both depth and talent was obvious to anyone who started to put together a ranking or tried to figure out who the Phillies had to give up in trade. We may … Read more
I will update this post as picks are made with any information I can find. Round 11: Will Vierling, C, Murray State Will is a cousin of Matt and is a left handed hitting catcher. He played sparingly over two seasons at Louisville before transferring to Murray State and making it to MCWS where they … Read more
After selecting Matthew Fisher in the 7th round, the Phillies were going to need save the rest of the money in order to make that signing possible. That was true for the first player they took in Miami RHP Brian Walters. However in the 9th round they selected a local kid in SS Matthew Ferrera … Read more
After the last few picks it seemed like the Phillies were saving up money for someone, and in HS RHP Matthew Fisher, we have that someone. Fisher was a player that had been linked in various mock drafts to the Phillies as either an under slot first round pick or as an over slot target, … Read more
Make that 6 college arms in a row for the Phillies and a second reliever prospect in LHP James Tallon from Duke. Tallon made 3 starts, but has a junior had a 3.96 ERA in 36.1 innings with 19 walks and 50 strikeouts. Tallon, like Craig is a big lanky guy at 6’5″ 195lbs. Like … Read more
The Phillies continued their college streak in the 5th round with Baylor RHP Gabe Craig. Craig is different than their first 4 picks in that he is a 6th year grad student who just turned 24 and is a pure reliever. This would indicate that this is a under slot deal on Craig’s $422,700 slot … Read more
The Phillies picked up on Day 2 where they left off on Day 1, taking college pitchers. This time it is RHP Sean Youngerman out of Oklahoma St. Youngerman is young for a college junior (turned 21 last week), and spent his first two seasons at Westmont, first as a reliever and then a starter. … Read more
In past drafts there has been smoke both before the draft and afterwards that the Phillies intended to select college pitchers, but the board didn’t fall that way. Drafting three college pitchers with their first 3 picks doesn’t necessarily mean the Phillies set out to rejuvenate a pitching starved organization, but it does mean they … Read more
In the third round the Phillies continued with their college arms taking RHP Cody Bowker from Vanderbilt. This season was Bowker’s first at Vanderbilt after transferring from Georgetown. He was good in the Cape Cod League in between before having an ok year for the Commodores (4.38 ERA 72 IP 28 BB 99 K). He … Read more
In the second round of the 2025 draft the Phillies took a second college arm in LHP Cade Obermueller from Iowa. Obermueller was drafted in the 19th round by the Rangers last year, but declined to sign. Obermueller is another short pitcher, but not as sturdily built as Wood, which does bring some questions about … Read more