A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
I was contemplating this week writing about the Phillies overall bullpen and pitching situation, and one of those topics was going to be about how I thought the Phillies should start moving starters to the bullpen, particular IronPigs RHP Seth Johnson. On Tuesday evening, Johnson came out of the bullpen for only two innings. Notably … Read more
Saturday was a very eventful St. Patrick’s on the backfields at the Carpenter Complex. While the big club took care of business at Spectrum Field (beat Atlanta 10-6), there was plenty of big league pitching going on in the backfield. On the Ashburn field, the big money arm, Jake Arrieta, made his “debut”. And there … 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
If you guys follow me on Twitter (@JPhils90), you would know last night I went to Reading for the second time in four days. And unlike Saturday where Drew Anderson got knocked around and got ejected seven batters into the 1st inning and the game was called after five innings due to rain. This one … Read more
When the Phillies took Aaron Brown in the third round of the 2014 draft there was a lot of controversy about their decision to make him a full time outfielder. In the field Brown was an average center fielder, but spectacular in the corners. He showed plus raw power and a solid arm. The problem … Read more
More news of the unsurprising variety this morning (though not all teams let their top pitchers go), but J.P. Crawford and Aaron Nola will be representing the Phillies in the Futures Game at All-Star weekend. Both are far and away the Phillies best prospects. This will be Crawford’s second trip to the game after going … Read more