A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Day three in Clearwater was a full day. The minor leaguers mainly spent most of their day running baserunning/pickoff drills and batting practice before they would play two seven inning intrasquad games while the big club played at Spectrum Field. I ended up watching about the first five innings of the Phillies and Blue Jays … Read more
While we are now less than a month away from the start of the baseball season, something has been quietly bothering me for a while now, and that is what do I feel about Mickey Moniak? His 2017 started out well, but ultimately ended poorly where to the point that many people from scouts, analysts, … Read more
Jhailyn Ortiz, RF/1B 6’3″, 215 lb Bats/Throws: R/R Signed as an international amateur in July 2015 Teams Played For: Williamsport (NY-Penn League/Short Season A) Dates Seen: 7/7-7/9 Eyewitness Stats: 4/11, 2 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 2 R, 2 SB, BB, 3 K, HBP What the Numbers Say Williamsport (Short Season A): 47 G, 187 PA, … Read more
Nick Maton, SS 6’2″, 165 lb Bats/Throws: L/R Played for: Williamsport (Short Season A/New York Penn League) Dates Seen: 7/7-7/9, 9/2 Drafted: Philadelphia Phillies 2017, 7th Round (Lincoln Land Community College) Eyewitness Stats: 8/16, 2B, 4 R, 3 RBI, BB, 4 K What the Numbers Say Williamsport (Short Season A): 58 G, 246 PA, .252/.350/.333, … Read more
Kyle Young, LHP 7’0″, 225 lb Bats/Throws: L/L Played for: Williamsport (Short Season A/New York-Penn League) Date Seen: 7/7 Eyewitness Stats: 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 11 K, 66 pitches (47 strikes) What the Numbers Say 2017 Williamsport: 13 G (all starts), 65 IP, 7-2, 2.77 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, .237 opp AVG, … Read more
It’s been a few weeks since the final 2017 edition of my in-game reporting, and I have been sitting on a ton of information and video. And now with the Phillies season drawing to a close, it’s time to get into offseason more. There’s going to be plenty of evaluation over the next few months … Read more
It’s been a wild and crazy last five days covering the end of minor league regular season for the Phillies affiliates. I went from Reading to Lehigh Valley to Williamsport and finally Lakewood for the last two days. I was originally going to end on Sunday, but weather had other plans and pushed scheduled starter … Read more
Sunday was going to be my last minor league game of the season with Adonis Medina scheduled to pitch. Unfortunately the weather got in the way on Saturday while I was driving back from Williamsport and instead of scheduling a doubleheader for Sunday, they ended up canceling the game altogether. That meant that Lakewood would … Read more
I hadn’t made the trip to Williamsport since my weekend escapades in July when Adam Haseley hit his 1st professional home runs, Kyle Young struck out 11, Spencer Howard made his professional debut and Jhailyn Ortiz made my eyes pop out of my head with his power. And being this a Phillies minor league weekend, … Read more
Last night was Reading’s home finale, which meant that the stadium would be packed to see some fireworks after the game. Well they got a lot of fireworks for watching the game. Hours prior to the start of game time, it was announced the Phillies would be sending Odubel Herrera and Aaron Altherr to Baseballtown … Read more