A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
There are times where everyone is right and wrong at the same time. No one saw Odubel Herrera having the year he had, but there also wasn’t a lot to say he could the things he did in 2015. The reports out of the Rangers organization was that he was a plus hitter with some speed, … Read more
When you trade a player of Cole Hamels’ caliber you expect to get back premium prospects that will help you build your future core, and Nick Williams, Jake Thompson, and Jorge Alfaro meet that requirement. But, you also get the opportunity to acquire players outside of the general public’s knowledge that you value highly. In … Read more
There is a point in evaluation where you just need to throw away a previous set of opinions and start fresh. This was the case with Aaron Altherr at the plate this year. It wasn’t that his swing was overhauled dramatically, it was that Altherr had taken his swing and other parts of his game … Read more
After the 2012 season I ranked Adam Morgan as the 1B prospect in the system, he looked like he was all ready to be a part of a new Phillies pitching staff. He was dominant in Spring Training and looked to be in for a short stint in AAA before coming up as a rotation … Read more
Catchers are weird and splits are deceptive. That really has been the story of Cameron Rupp’s rookie campaign. Catchers develop in a very non-linear way (as most prospects do anyway) because there is a lot to their job outside of hitting, so it is not rare to see pieces of a profile display later in … Read more
The season has come to an end so it is time to recap everything that happened. We will have wrap ups on all the affiliates complete with interviews with individuals covering the teams. Additionally, all the players who graduated from offseason lists will get a send off. Any other content from recaps will go where … Read more
In general once a player graduates from their rookie status their time being covered on this site comes to an end as I hand them off to Phillies’ fans to hold and to treasure. The purpose of this series is to give them one last send off. Not all prospects are destined to be stars. … Read more
In general once a player graduates from their rookie status their time being covered on this site comes to an end as I hand them off to Phillies’ fans to hold and to treasure. The purpose of this series is to give them one last send off. Elvis Araujo was a bit of an unknown … Read more