A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Phillies sticking with the high school and upside route with HS RHP Jose Pena in the 6th round. Pena is a 6’3″ RHP who like many of their picks, is young, having turned 18 on July 8th. His fastball has ticked up, touching 96-97 but has sat more in the lowers 90s with big spin. … Read more
The Phillies go for some possible money saving in the 5th round in Virginia RHP Griff McGarry. McGarry is a 6’2″ 190 senior who pitched 4 years at Virginia as a starting pitcher. The 2021 season was a bit of a disaster until the playoffs. He has big time control issues, walking 42 in 43 … Read more
The Phillies continued with both the HS theme and the off the board theme in the 4th round with HS RHP Micah Ottenbreit. Ottenbreit is a 6’4″ projectable right hander (175lbs). He reportedly is 90-94 with good spin on his curveball and feel for a changeup. It is less present stuff then you want to … Read more
The Phillies return to the HS ranks in the 3rd round, going off of most boards for OF Jordan Viars. Viars is one of the youngest players in the draft (turns 18 next week). He is a big (6’4″) slugger with big left handed power. He is currently a corner outfielder, but there is a … Read more
https://twitter.com/ewils5/status/1414695421058895881?s=20After going HS OFer in the first round the Phillies turned to the college ranks with South Alabama OFer Ethan Wilson. Wilson was one of the best remaining players on the board. He had terrific freshman season in 2019m, hitting 17 HRs in 56 games, but his strikeout rate was just a disaster in 2020, … Read more
With the 13th overall pick the Phillies take HS RHP Andrew Painter. Painter is a 6’7″ 18 year old who was considered to be the top HS pitcher in the draft coming into the spring. Painter has been mocked to the Phillies by multiple sources, and with the other names linked to them off the … Read more
After a 5 round draft last year, we get 20 rounds this year. Phillies pick 13th, have no extra picks, but they do have their 2nd round pick for the first time in a while. Draft Tracker Draft Recap Day 1: Round 1 (13) – RHP Andrew Painter, Calvary Christian (FL) Day 2: Draft Day … Read more
Day 3 of the draft is marked by a non-stop stream of names and id numbers, which when coupled with 1000+ players taken and little information on them 11th Rd (#330) – Marcus Lee Sang, CF, Northern HS (MD) Lee Sang was a two way player with a commitment to St. John’s. He has a … Read more
The end of Day 2 of the draft is about college seniors who will sign for pennies (which is why these players should be paid more for their labor) in order to save money for Day 3. That means college performers that will come in and and provide value to a minor league team. In … Read more
The Phillies break out of their run of hard throwing pitchers to take a college shortstop. Nate Fasshnacht dominated the Atlantic 10 conference this year. After a down sophomore year (he was good as a freshman) he hit .369/.452/.658 with 30 walks to 22 strikeouts in 261 plate appearances. He was a third team All-American … Read more