A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Not every prospect that will set foot on a major league field will be an impact player. The drafts under Johnny Almaraz have done a very good job of finding players who look like major league contributors regardless of the round they were drafted in. Pitchers like Kyle Dohy and Zach Warren may have been … Read more
The Phillies farm system has certainly taken its beatings over the past few years. Some of it has been good, like the graduations of Rhys Hoskins, Jorge Alfaro, Nick Pivetta, Nick Williams, Scott Kingery, J.P. Crawford, Seranthony Dominguez, and others. Some has been bad, like the injuries to Sixto Sanchez, the stagnation of high picks, … Read more
I decided to do a Top 30 list this year because it was as deep as I felt I could go while keeping the integrity of a list. However, 30 is just an arbitrary cut off and there are more players worth talking about. So here is a collection of other prospects I have thoughts … Read more
The Phillies are holding a tenuous lead the NL East heading down the stretch in large part to graduations from their farm system. This year J.P. Crawford (1), Scott Kingery (3), Jorge Alfaro (4), Ramon Quinn (13), Seranthony Dominguez (14), Victor Arano (30), and Jesmuel Valentin (32) all have or will have graduated off of … Read more
The tour of the system continues with outfielder, a position that the Phillies are very strong at in the majors, but doesn’t actually have a ton of depth in the minors. There were 9 outfielders in the Top 50, lead by teenage masher Jhailyn Ortiz and former 1st round picks Adam Haseley and Mickey Moniak. … Read more
The Phillies system is not just the 50 players that were on the list I wrote earlier this offseason. The difference between players that made the list and those that did not is often not large. My goal is to highlight every player in the system that I found interesting, with an eye towards players … Read more
Top prospect lists are not really an accurate representation of the young talent in a farm system. Aaron Nola will be 24 on opening day or the same age as Jorge Alfaro. Rhys Hoskins was one of the biggest breakouts for the Phillies in 2017 and has under 2 months of major league service time. … Read more
The format of going 10 by 10 works from a publishing and writing schedule, but it leaves some nuance out. One of those pieces of nuance is the tiers of prospects that emerge. These tiers I think do a better job of showing similarly valued players. Tier 1: J.P. Crawford (1) Sixto Sanchez (2) Scott … Read more
In some ways the the top 10 of the prospect list is anticlimactic. The players on the list are of a surprise to no one and most of these players have been well reported on. That feeling lasts until you start to write about players like Jhailyn Ortiz, Scott Kingery, Sixto Sanchez, and others. It … Read more
There was a clear divide from 30 to 31 and while there isn’t a complete divide from 20 to 21, the divide from 11 to 20 is clear. The top prospects on this list should be top 10 prospects in this system, there was just 12 names and 10 spots. There might not be a … Read more