A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Over at Crashburn Alley, Bill Baer wrote about Ryne Sandberg’s strange and detrimental bullpen usage. This is a topic I have been very passionate about, and rather than rewrite the great things that Bill wrote, I am going to expand this to roster construction. I don’t necessarily think that the bullpen is constructed poorly, but … Read more
Yesterday there was a lot of buzz about trades, pitchings, and a certain left handed starter. I have a lot of thoughts that I will ramble on about with no real coherent end point, so it is probably best to not think about finding a big message here. These range from thoughts on Amaro’s asking … Read more
Very often you hear complaints that the Phillies hold their prospects down forever, or at least until they are old veterans. This refrain gets repeated on message boards and comment sections forever, but is there any truth to this. I took all the major prospects from BA’s Top 10 Phillies prospects lists since 1998 who debuted … Read more
Yesterday Corrine Landry forwarded this tweet to me. .@brookob can't seem to figure out why the Phillies won't give Darin Ruf a chance? http://t.co/29q6sdtGEt — Philadelphia Inquirer Sports (@phillysport) April 7, 2015 The premise of the article coupled with all the comments bashing Amaro seemed to confusing to me, because I can’t figure out why the … Read more
There has been much written and argued about regarding the quality of the Phillies big league club for the 2015 season. The truth remains the same, the Phillies are going to be really bad in 2015 and there is nothing that can be done about it. The real question is does it really matter, and … Read more
Every time someone talks about the Phillies moving on in their rebuild, they bring up the Phillies $13 million closer, Jonathan Papelbon. Papelbon looks good this spring; his fastball is close to its velocity from last year (91-93), and his secondaries look sharp (and sequenced). Yet it appears the trade talk has calmed down, and while the … Read more
Take a good look because all of this could be gone tomorrow. The Phillies roster is going through rapid change as we approach the start of the year. So I thought it might be fun to take a snapshot at this moment in time. There is not much to take away from this, except maybe … Read more
In 2014 nine different pitchers started a game for the Phillies. Three of the top four names on that list are now gone (A.J. Burnett, Kyle Kendrick, and Roberto Hernandez), in their place the Phillies are rolling out Chad Billingsley, Aaron Harang, and another attempt at starting by Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez. The result is what … Read more
Much of the Cole Hamels trade debate revolves around the idea that the Phillies must trade Cole Hamels in order to execute a avenge. This has then phrased the debate as about when the best time to trade Hamels is. On one side there are those that point to parts of the future where value … Read more
The trade of Jimmy Rollins signaled the continued of a Phillies rebuild which many yet had not accepted the team was doing. Philadelphia has been rebuilding longer than just this offseason, their farm has continued to develop and will continue to as they add younger players and their draft position climbs up the board in … Read more