Prospect News

Jesse Biddle and Shane Watson News From Josh Norris (Baseball America)

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Since this likely to get buried wherever tweets go to die here are some quick Phillies pitching updates from Baseball America’s Josh Norris (who writes up the Phillies Top 30 among many other things). Just spoke to Joe Jordan for 90 minutes. One bit of news: Shane Watson will have another shoulder surgery. #Phillies — … Read more

Thoughts on Phillies Hiring Johnny Almaraz

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So as you have been told by most sources, the Phillies have hired Braves Director of Latin American Operations Johnny Almaraz to fill Marti Wolever’s vacancy as the Director of Amatuer Scouting.  Without being in a front office, and knowing what kind of influence he is and what kind of players he prefers, it is hard … Read more

Low Minors Starting Rotation Crunch

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The Phillies entered the season with one of the thinnest systems in terms of starting pitching in major leagues.  Through the draft, international development, and trades the Phillies have turned this weakness into a strength.  The result has been starting rotations in the low minors that ended the year in 6 and 7 man rotations … Read more

Phillies Acquire 2B Jesmuel Valentin for Roberto Hernandez

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The first of the two PTBNL for Roberto Hernandez have been revealed, and it is Dodgers’ supplemental first round pick in 2012 Jesmuel Valentin  (#51 overall).  Valentin is the  son of Jose Valentin who played 16 years in the major leagues.  As an amateur he played second base next to Carlos Correa, and while there was some chance he would play SS, he has found his natural spot at 2B in the Dodgers system.  Baseball America had this to say about him when he was drafted:

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Being Positive About the Future

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Lets be honest, its been a rough month to be a Phillies fan.  We built a delusion of getting a big payoff at the deadline in the form of prospects with names we didn’t recognize that we could dream on.  Cliff Lee has been a shell of himself with an injured elbow that makes us … Read more

Jesse Biddle’s Season In Question

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Ruben Amaro Jr. recently met with CSN reporter Jim Salisbury for a one on one interview in which the status of  Jesse Biddle was discussed.  Biddle, 22, had been recently placed on the temporarily inactive list to clear his head of some growing frustrations.  Having grown up in Philadelphia, the young pitcher was placing a … Read more

Three Reading Phillies in Eastern League All-Star Game

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Minor League All-Star games tend to not be reflective of the best talent in a league and this years EL All-Star Game is no exception.  The Fightin Phils are sending three players to the game in IFs Carlos Alonso and Albert Cartwright, as well as LH starting pitcher Hoby Milner.  None of these players are … Read more

The Past Week in Observations (Twitter Edition)

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I could tell you a bunch of box score scouting tidbits about what each player is doing, but you can do that on your own.  So rather than that, here are some tweets by guys watching the players.  They can tell you a lot more than me paraphrasing their work. Miguel Nunez (Clearwater) Miguel Nunez … Read more