A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
After prioritizing speed, and some power questions, in the first 3 rounds, the Phillies go for power in the 4th round with Virginia Tech third baseman Carson DeMartini. DeMartini struck out a ton this year and in 2022, but had it under control in 2023. There is some speculation about his shoulder injury messing with … Read more
For a brief second it looked like the Phillies had taken their third straight plus plus speed center fielder when they selected John Spikerman from the Oklahoma. However, despite not playing infield since high school they announced him as a shortstop. Spikermen hit .368/.429/.542 this year, despite breaking his hamate this spring. His only three … Read more
I wrote up brief highlights on the Phillies two picks at #27 and #63, but I wanted to combine some thoughts about how things stand so far. When I went back and looked at the Phillies previous drafts, it was littered with not so great hitters. Aidan Miller looks like a steal, but he also … Read more
The Phillies decided to double up on high school outfielders taking Griffin Burkholder from Freedom HS in Virginia. Burkholder was rated higher on many boards than Nori and brings a similar, but not identical profile to the Phillies 1st round pick. Burkholder is big and projectable, and most sites have him rated with at least … Read more
With the 27th pick in the draft Phillies draft HS OF Dante Nori. Nori is already 19 years old and will turn 20 in October, that means he was born in 2004 the same year as Justin Crawford and Aidan Miller. He is athletic with at least plus plus speed, and supposed to have a … Read more
Draft Tracker Draft Tracker Spreadsheet Day 1 (7/14): Day 1 Thoughts Day 2: (7/15): Day 2 Thoughts Day 3 (7/16): Day 3 and Overall Thoughts UDFAs: Mock Drafts: Draft Rankings:
For very good reasons, the Phillies have drafted late the last 3 years now. Even prior to that, their mediocrity left them in the middle of the first round. It was easy to have opinions on 10 players that might go in the top 5, more difficult to have opinions on 20+ guys that might … Read more
The Phillies were not going to “win” the draft and come out with a class that looked like the future of the org. They had the smallest draft pool thanks to going to the world series (picking 2nd to last each round) and signing Trea Turner (cost 2nd and 5th round picks). Depending on the … Read more
The Phillies have been active in the NDFA market the last few seasons, with some success. With the draft shortened to 20 rounds and the NDFA bonuses increased from the $20,000 they were in 2020 and 2021 there is still plenty of talent available. This post will be updated as new signings are reported. Keaton … Read more
As I can throughout the afternoon I will be updating this post with the Phillies picks and notes about them. Round 11 – Kehden Hettiger, C, Sierra Canyon School (CA) Sort of a surprising pick because it didn’t look like the Phillies would have a bunch of money left. Hettiger is an Oregon commit who … Read more