A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Two batters into Tuesday night Erie had themselves a 2-0 lead, and for 3 more innings it looked like pitching would once again be the story of the Eastern League championship series. The teams had played a 1-0 game two days early that had seen the only run score on a 9th inning sacrifice fly … Read more
Regular Season Record: 70-67 It wasn’t that Reading was a black hole like Jersey Shore to open the year, they were mostly mediocre, but there were some bright spots and some hits to their team. They had injuries to Dante Nori and Carson DeMartini, lost Dylan Campbell to trade, Chuck King to promotion, and had … Read more
Regular Season Record: 74-55 (40-26 first half / 34-29 second half) The Phillies once again sent the majority of their draft class to open the year with the Threshers, and once again they won the first half to send the team to the postseason. That also means that Gage Wood, Cade Obermueller, Cody Bowker, Gabe … Read more
Regular Season Recap The Phillies wrapped up their season on Tuesday, finishing 36-20 with a +46 run differential. Their record was tied for 7th in the 45 team league, and they won the East division by 2 games over the NYY Yankees and Tigers 2, both of whom also advanced to the postseason. They were … Read more
Schedule How We Got Here For the second year in a row the Phillies loaded up their Florida State League team with members of their newest draft class. The Threshers went 43-23 in the first half to just edge the Flying Tigers. Hitting wise, Aidan Miller, Jordan Viars, Keaton Anthony, and Trent Farquhar were particularly … Read more
For the second straight season the Clearwater Threshers won the 1st half division title and clinched a postseason berth. It got a little tight at the end as they had gone 4-10 over the last 2.5 series before last week’s game with Tampa, but then they won 7 in a row to clinch on the … Read more