A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
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
Phillies started Day 3 off by continuing down the RHP path with Chipola JC RHP Andrew Baker. Baker has good size at 6’3″. It is reportedly a fastball in the 92-94 range, touching up to 94-96. He has two breaking balls with promise, with the slider reportedly the better of the two. He has a … Read more
2021 Draft Tracker Post | Draft Tracker Spreadsheet 1 – Andrew Painter 2 – Ethan Wilson | 3 – Jordan Viars | 4 – Micah Ottenbreit | 5 – Griff McGarry | 6 – Jose Pena Jr. 7 – Christian McGowan | 8 – Jason Ruffcorn | 9 – Gavin Tonkel | 10 – Logan … Read more
A little surprising given trends that the Phillies did not go with another senior in the 10th round. Instead it is a high upside college junior in Troy OF Logan Cerny. Cerny has some of the better raw power and speed in the draft. He is a plus plus runner who can play plus defense … Read more
In the 9th round the Phillies go back to HS in OF Gavin Tonkel. Not a lot out there on Tonkel, who had a workout this week at CBP. It was mentioned on the broadcast that he is a projectable OF with good speed. Prep Baseball Report (linked below) from last summer has him with … Read more
The first true money saving pick for the Phillies in nearly 23 year old 5th year senior Jason Ruffcorn. A very classic late Day 2 pick in a college performer with stuff that also will save some money. Ruffcorn is a reliever with a fastball up to 98 who has a ton of college experience. … Read more
The Phillies ducked into the JuCo ranks in the 7th round going with third year player Christian McGowan. McGowan is an athletic 6’3″ righty. His fastball will reportedly get up to 99. His sitting velocity is apparently more in the mid 90s (sites have him a bit all over the place). His slider is more … Read more