A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
The Major League Baseball offseason has been insanely slow. The Phillies entered the offseason with one big goal and then some modest ones. They needed to bring back Aaron Nola or replace him. They opted to strike early and bring back Nola. They targeted Yoshinobu Yamamoto as a rare young pitcher who could be part … Read more
This week both Fangraphs and Baseball Prospectus put out there season standings predictions, and both came out fairly similarly on the Phillies predicting 85 and 84 wins respectively. It is dangerously close to the Mets and a large distance behind the Braves. For a team that won 90 games, changed pretty much nothing, and has … Read more
The Phillies have made two major league signings this offseason. The first was bringing back Aaron Nola, the second was signing Kolby Allard to go to AAA as starting pitching depth. This plan and lack of action has caused Phillies fans to do something between go insane with boredom and totally forget who is still … Read more
To the frustration of many Phillies fans, the Phillies offseason has consisted mostly of resigning Aaron Nola and making some minor league moves. Fans see players like Ohtani and Soto change organizations without the Phillies involved, and not only a lack of rumors around top free agents, but outright denials from the team, and wonder … Read more
Yesterday was the deadline for teams to add players to the 40 man roster to protect them from the Rule 5 draft (and to the AAA roster for the minor league portion, but we don’t actually get that roster). The deadline helps spur movement as teams make decisions about the volatility of their 40 man … Read more
This piece assumes that you have read Robert Orr’s piece on Baseball Prospectus on Corey Seager and how Seager’s swing decisions are elite, so if you have not read that click the link and then come back here. From there Rob walks through various more traditional swing decision metrics before creating a new metric dubbed … Read more
I kicked off this series of musings with some thoughts about money and how it affects the decisions the Phillies can and should make this offseason. Next on the list of thoughts is laying out a general plan or sort of a framework of what they have and what they need to do. A framework … Read more
I am going to blame Destiny Lugardo who got me to actually start writing some offseason stuff with this tweet. Friendly Phillies offseason reminder: It’s not your money! — Destiny Lugardo (@destiny_lugardo) October 30, 2023 She is 100% correct, fans shouldn’t care about efficiency in spending or spending in general, for the most part. However, … Read more
There are many ways to win in the postseason, but in the last few years the trend has emerged that with the way rest days are in the postseason a team can rely on 2 starting pitchers and 2-3 shutdown relievers and ride them through the postseason. It is the model the Phillies took in … Read more
Alec Bohm, Bryson Stott, Brandon Marsh, Jake Cave, Garrett Stubbs, Rodolfo Castro, Johan Rojas, Cristopher Sánchez, Gregory Soto, Seranthony Dominguez, and Andrew Bellatti (now Yunior Marte). That is the complete list of players on the Phillies 28 man roster than can be sent to AAA without their permission or being subject to waivers. You can … Read more