A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
The Phillies offseason goals clearly revolve around the final signing location of Manny Machado and Bryce Harper. As much as the Phillies talk about it being a success if they don’t sign one of the two superstars, the truth is that it is very hard road to respectability without signing either. What the Phillies have … Read more
The Phillies made their first move of what should be a busy offseason by trading former first round pick and many time top prospect J.P. Crawford along with Carlos Santana to the Seattle Mariners for SS Jean Segura, RHP Juan Nicasio, and LHP James Pazos. For all of turmoil that got the deal to this … Read more
The final month+ of the 2018 Phillies system is going to hurt for a while. They squandered a bunch of chances due to poor play, poor management, exhaustion, and injuries. In the end they are going to beat their projections. It will feel like a Pyrrhic victory, because there will always be a bad taste … Read more
After taking first place back from the Atlanta Braves the Phillies find themselves a game back heading into a 2 game series with the Red Sox and a 5 game tilt with the Mets. Their month still contains 6 games against the Nationals and a trip north to Toronto. It isn’t a slog like their … Read more
Aaron Altherr, of all people. Aaron Altherr. A career .234 hitting with only 25 home runs in four seasons with the Phillies, 26-year-old Aaron Altherr became the first person ever to hit a grand slam off Dodgers’ ace Clayton Kershaw. … The Dodgers had three home runs themselves but it wasn’t enough to counteract Altherr’s one sweet shot. History is … Read more
Trade Deadline Day can be such a stressful time for a number of executives as they try to make the right move for the team’s future or it’s present. On a day we have seen the Dodgers and Yankees beef up their rotations with Yu Darvish and Sonny Gray respectively, and a whole other bevy … Read more
I usually dislike doing trade speculation, and this is not really about making up trades. Instead what I wanted to do was explore the archetype of the player the Phillies are looking for in trade. What has been reported by a few sources now is that the Phillies are reportedly looking for a package similar … Read more
Warning, the following article has nothing to do with the Phillies, if you want to bail, I won’t judge you. Last week the Red Sox and Padres swapped Drew Pomeranz and Anderson Espinoza. Espinoza has widely been regarded as a Top 20 prospect in the game, and whenever a prospect of that caliber is moved … Read more
In the last few seasons, the Phillies bullpen has cycled through plenty of pitchers whose time in the pinstripes were limited. As the plethora of Latin pitching prospects start to reach the majors, we are starting to see more and more players who will last in the big leagues. Edubray Ramos has shown the potential to be a … Read more
If you made me bet before the year on which of the Phillies major prospects would get to the majors first, I would not have bet on it being Zach Eflin. But with the injuries to Charlie Morton and Vincent Velasquez the Phillies needed a pitcher first. This year Eflin surpassed Jake Thompson in terms … Read more