A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
The season is over and at 80-82 the Phillies showed big improvement after flashing the ability to make an even bigger improvement. This offseason will be a big on and many of you are worried about it. Does the team/system have any shot of competing with the talent the Braves and Nationals have? There was … Read more
I am in the depth of writing my Top 50 prospects and so there is not much in the way of actual articles being written right now, nor the time to a mailbag for here of The Good Phight. So in that case I am going to open this post up for your questions. Post … Read more
In an effort to get through as much as I can this week, not a lot of long answers and not a long intro. @comedicCPA – What can JP Crawford do to add power? change in approach? Can he do it while also keeping a .400ish OBP? The raw strength is there for Crawford, I saw … Read more
Spring training is upon us. There are pitchers throwing baseballs, hitters taking batting practice, and hope in the air. So what better time than to speculate wildly answering your questions. Thank you all for giving me things to write about. I did combine some similar questions. I hope you enjoy it. Chris Gold: Thoughts on the … Read more
With the holidays and the Top 50, writing time is getting scarce, so rather than find topics, I am letting you all do the job. So I asked for your questions, and here are my answers. Corrine (@Ut26) – Who is Harold Arauz? I see we are starting off hard here. The truth is that … Read more
You guys came up big with questions and in an effort to get this out to you quicker I have split this mailbag into two parts. Part 2 should come in the next day or two. But enough of that, on to your questions. @Matt_Winkelman mailbag Q: Do you have any concerns with the lack … Read more
I like mailbags because you all ask a lot of interesting questions. Some are things that I often talk about on Twitter, but the longer form here gives more space, and others are things I would never write a full piece on, but are great things to talk about. But enough about me, and more … Read more
You guys asked a lot of questions and I answered them and had a ton of fun doing it. Dash Treyhorn: What’s Aaron Altherr‘s ceiling? At one point we regarded players of Altherr’s athleticism as having near infinite upside, but we know better than that. Aaron Altherr presents a paradox that Eric Longenhagen once laid … Read more
I asked you and you asked me and then I answered you. @Matt_Winkelman Construct a team of just Phillies prospects from AAA to DSL/VSL. 8 pos, 2 RH SP, 2 LH SP, Closer and DH. What would it be. — Eric D 1 8 3 (@EricDeBo183) May 15, 2015 I took this question and just … Read more
Let’s jump right into the mailbag. Rei De Bastoni 1 – Why are command and control considered separate tools? Isn’t it impossible to have better command within the strike zone than ability to throw strikes in general? 2 – For pitch sequencing, is it enough that either the pitcher or the catcher has a good … Read more