A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
They finally put a game on TV, so I have some thoughts about some players. Specifically 3 players. Rhys Hoskins worked 3 full counts in his 4 trips to the plate today. He also fouled off a bunch of pitches in those at bats in addition to the 3-2 counts. He ended up going 0-3 … Read more
We won’t be getting one of these tomorrow as the Rays have not yet moved into the 21st century. The pitching was not great as Pivetta was stymied by a combination of poor command and bad defense. The same would plague Elniery Garcia, who was once again 91-93 with his fastball and broke off some … Read more
This afternoon the Phillies took on the Rays and were crushed. Before talking about baseball players I would like to take this opportunity to talk about how unwatchable the Phillies TV broadcast is. During Drew Anderson’s first inning of work the broadcast talked about how great it is to see the young players in camp … Read more
I didn’t get a chance to watch this weekend’s games live so I am just catching up on them now. Quick Thoughts: The Clearwater gun has a history of being hot, but Ricardo Pinto’s 95-97 was a good 3-4 mph faster than where Appel and Rodriguez were. There is a chance he ends up in … Read more
The Phillies lost to the Yankees in the Grapefruit League opener. Some Quick Thoughts: J.P. Crawford is working counts but not getting anything for it, two weak groundballs in 3-1 counts today. Nick Williams took some aggressive hacks in his AB, but lining the ball up the middle is a good sign. The bad relievers … Read more
I don’t write for money, the ads on this site last year made enough money to pay for the domain name and website hosting. This isn’t my job, it is a hobby, it is an obsession, and one I am not sure if I want to make it my job. This has led to a … Read more