A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Some Awards I Made Up Hitter of the Year: Otto Kemp, IF This could easily be Keaton Anthony, Justin Crawford, Aidan Miller, or Eduardo Tait, but I went Kemp and his .285/.392/.489 line. Kemp played at 3 different levels (4 if you include rehabbing in Clearwater) and was often the best hitter on each team. … Read more
Stock Changes *Rankings are from midseason list / Statcast stats from Robert Orr’s website Stock Up RHP Eiberson Castellano (#24) – Last month was focused on Eiberson breaking into the prospect ranks, but he followed up his solid season with a dominant August where he posted a 1.64 ERA in AA with 5 walks and … Read more
Stock Changes *Rankings are from midseason list Stock Up C Eduardo Tait (#5) – June looked like a breakout for Tait as he put up a 1.011 OPS, and then he followed it up with a 1.031 OPS in July, complete with a promotion to Clearwater. The major concern of the month he is walked … Read more
Stock Changes *Rankings are from midseason list / preseason list Stock Up LHP Mavis Graves (#20 / #37) – It isn’t that Graves was bad to start the season, he had a solid April and May with the arrow pointed very up, it is that his June was another leap forward. In 4 starts during … Read more
Stock Changes *All rankings from preseason list Stock Up SS Aidan Miller (3) – Last month I noted that Miller was showing the pieces for a breakout, but has not yet done it. May was his breakout. He hit .309/.478/.588 for the month with 10 doubles, 3 home runs, and 17 walks (18.9%) to 20 … Read more
Stock Changes *All rankings from preseason list Stock Up RHP George Klassen (#22) – Klassen is the big breakout of the Phillies season so far. He is holding plus plus velocity (averaging around 97 and touching up to 99), but his control and breaking balls have been the revelation. He still needs to work on … Read more