A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Cord Sandberg was the Phillies 3rd Round pick in the 2013 draft, many scouts had him as a late first, early second round talent, but he fell due to a college scholarship to play quarterback. After a hot start in the GCL last year he hit .207/.313/.272 on the season with poor contact. In 2014 … Read more
It was no surprise that J.P. Crawford was named to the US roster for the Futures Game this past Sunday. Crawford has become the Phillies consensus top prospect after his continued success in 2014 following being the #16 overall pick of the 2013 draft. Crawford stormed through the South Atlantic League and is now settling … Read more
The Phillies had two representatives at the Futures Game this year Maikel Franco and J.P. Crawford. There were a lot of other prospects there, and I will get to them in a later piece. I was able to make the 4.5 hour trek from Madison to Minneapolis to take in the game, which was well … Read more
The Phillies (42-53) lost their second straight game Sunday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park, the offense was anemic and pitching was horrific. There are rumors surrounding the impending trades, including a potential Marlon Byrd trade to the Seattle Mariners. There are many names that will be talked about in the coming weeks. Philadelphia sits ten games behind … Read more
There has been a lot attention paid to the resurgence of two third baseman in the Phillies system in Maikel Franco and Zach Green. The shortseason Williamsport Crosscutters have been putting up some impressive offensive numbers as well. But there are a couple of players whose performances aren’t generating as much buzz. Andrew Knapp in … Read more
Scouting Director Marti Wolever and the Philadelphia Phillies stocked up on collegiate players in the 2014 draft. Some names have already had an impact in Williamsport and Philadelphia’s other minor league affiliates, most notably Aaron Nola. They’ve recently missed out on high school outfield bats in both the draft and trades, but one is climbing … Read more
Going into the 2012 offseason the farm system was decimated, the Phillies had just completed the Hunter Pence trade leaving Trevor May as the top prospect in the system. Over the previous 4 seasons the Phillies had traded away large portions of their top prospect lists, while giving up first round picks to sign free … Read more
The Phillies’ offense and pitching has been a focal point of discussion from spring training to this point as the club continues to near the trade deadline where the obvious decision to sell should be made by GM Ruben Amaro and team ownership. Philadelphia’s offense ranked eighth worse in the league at 3.86 runs per … Read more
It is really easy to gloss over Leandro Castro in a box score. He hasn’t made prospect lists in a while after peaking at #24 after the 2011 season. His stats won’t jump off a page with a career line of .271/.312/.415 and coming off of a season where he hit .256/.280/.368 as a 24 … Read more
There has been much wailing and gnashing of teeth this year about the Phillies development process, and inability to develop a homegrown reliever. This past week, the Phillies promoted their best relief prospect in a while to the major leagues in Ken Giles (where he joined fellow homegrown relievers Bastardo, De Fratus, Diekman, and Hollands). … Read more