A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
The Phillies are in the World Series and it has been a long time. Yesterday I tweeted about how Ranger Suarez has been in the organization since signing on April 1, 2012 and it got me thinking about what these players used to be like. So I went digging through the site archives for the … Read more
The Phillies are in the World Series. It feels like each article should and does start with that. It is due to a bunch of factors, the most obvious of which are timely home runs and some masterful pitching by Aaron Nola and Zack Wheeler. On the less obvious side, isn’t that the Phillies bullpen … Read more
The Phillies claimed Bradley Zimmer off waivers from the Blue Jays, he takes the active roster spot of Brandon Marsh and 40 man spot of Bryce Harper (who is really only renting out his spot for the next two weeks). Bradley Zimmer is bad. He has been on the Blue Jays all season, and has … Read more
The Phillies are currently in a playoff spot thanks to a variety of factors, one of which is the contributions from their young players. Last January, the Phillies were staring at a long of questions about how they would have a deep enough lineup to outscore their other problems. Part of the problem was that … Read more
The Phillies spent the offseason building a team that many joked was made entirely of DHs. It was on top of a team that was already filled with large contracts, and one that after the moves still had some massive holes going forward. To be a sustainable contender going forward, the Phillies were going to … Read more
In: Brandon Marsh, David Robertson, Noah Syndergaard Out: Logan O’Hoppe, Ben Brown, Mickey Moniak, Jadiel Sanchez, Odubel Herrera (DFA), Jeurys Familia (DFA) The Phillies entered the deadline with a gaping hole in the rotation thanks to Zach Eflin’s knee and a real need for an upgrade on Herrera’s spot in center. Like most contenders, bullpen was … Read more
As the Phillies head towards the trade deadline with some holes to fill on the roster and pieces they could use to fill them, it felt appropriate to combine the idea of a midseason ranking and thoughts on the trade deadline. There are no numbers in front of the players, but you can pretend there … Read more
The luxury tax has been a source of fan frustration for years. It was this magical barrier the Phillies would approach, but never cross. This lead to the Phillies sending out worst trade packages to get money included in trades, or having to ignore certain players altogether. The Phillies went over the tax line to … Read more
Today the Phillies sent Adam Haseley to the White Sox for a minor league reliever, McKinley Moore. It was a move that many saw coming and is largely more interesting for what it does to the opening day roster. Barring crazy happenings in the next few days the Phillies will add Bryson Stott to the … Read more
The Phillies optioned James McArthur to the minors today, earlier in the week they optioned Hans Crouse and Francisco Morales. This leaves 8 nominal starting pitches in big league camp, the 5 pitchers in the expected opening day rotation and then Bailey Falter, Cristopher Sanchez, and Nick Nelson. While critiqued by some, the Phillies expected … Read more