A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
The minor leagues are not a static thing and there is little more challenging than writing anything definitive about prospects while games are going on. Players are constantly changing and adjusting, and the key is to try and stay current during the constantly changing evaluations. This list is just a snapshot in time, and frankly … Read more
I try not to make light of other people’s work on this site, I leave that to Twitter. But I feel obligated to be outraged at the newest MLB Pipeline rankings because they are prominent and highly quoted. I don’t think sites should do deep rankings if they don’t know systems, and it is very clear whoever … Read more
Today BA put out their midseason Top 10 Phillies prospects. I won’t comment too much about the list as I will have my own list out in about two weeks other than to say Kilome is ranked exactly where he should be. J.P. Crawford Aaron Nola Franklyn Kilome Zach Eflin Ben Lively Roman Quinn Carlos Tocci … Read more
Keith Law put out his mideason Top 50 prospect list today. No surprise that J.P. Crawford was #2 on the list. However, Aaron Nola came in at #38 on the list. I ranted about this on Twitter so I won’t rant here and instead will just leave this. Nola has straight up better stuff … Read more
I don’t think I have officially posted this, but the midseason Top 30 will come out on August 1. The idea was that I wanted to account for any trades the Phillies make, but more importantly I wanted to let the short season teams play some and hear the reports on low level guys and … Read more
Yesterday Baseball Prospectus presented their Top 50 prospects and today Baseball America did the same thing (both lists exclude recent draftees). Nothing surprising when it comes to Phillies prospects. J.P. Crawford #5 Much like Francisco Lindor, Crawford’s defense and hitting ability make him a low-risk prospect Aaron Nola #12 Nola is like investing in Treasury … Read more
Today Baseball Prospectus released their Midseason Top 50 prospects still in the minors as well as a supplemental list of players that just missed. The Phillies placed two on the Top 50 and one on the just missed list. Here is what BP had to say. #4 J.P. Crawford The former first-rounder made short work … Read more
Everyone is playing now, so here is your June stat wrap J.P. Crawford (REA) – .273/.371/.421 8 2Bs 2 3Bs 2 HR 2 SB 19 BB 14 K Aaron Nola (LHV) – 2 GS 2.25 ERA 12.0 IP 10 H 2 BB 9 K (REA) /3 GS 1.53 ERA 17.2 IP 15 H 5 BB … Read more
Each month we are going to do a quick recap of stats for the month to give a snapshot in time of the system. I will start with the Top 50 prospects from the offseason with some additional players of note at the bottom. J.P. Crawford (REA) – 21 G .392/.489/.443 1 2B 1 HR … Read more
Keith Law released another prospect, list the one went 25 players deep and only included players currently playing in the minors with rookie status. J.P. Crawford was ranked #4 behind Carlos Correa, Corey Seager, and Byron Buxton, and one spot ahead of Francisco Lindor. Personally I would take Lindor over Crawford (and I think this … Read more