A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Season Recap Record: 68-81 A lot of the potential excitement of an IronPigs season revolved around Aidan Miller and Gabriel Ricones Jr. getting healthy and getting some reinforcements from Reading. Miller ended up missing most of the season and never actually getting to AAA. Rincones had a season plagued by injuries and poor play. Then … Read more
Season Recap Record: 74-55 (Lost in FSL Division Series) The Phillies once again sent their draft class to Clearwater, which once again led to a dominant first have from the Threshers including qualifying for the postseason. The wrinkle this season was that the Phillies 2025 draft class was full of pitching which meant the hitting … Read more
Season Recap Record: 47-83 It was not a good season for the BlueClaws, in fact the team spent most of the season mostly talentless and struggling through games. Some of that is the Phillies drafting and developing, coupled with some aggressive promotions that left the initial team highly lacking. Then it got skipped over by … Read more
Season Recap Record: 36-20 (2-1 in DSL Cup, did not advance) The Phillies made the decision this spring to reduce their DSL footprint from 2 teams to just 1. They were coming off of disappointing seasons for both teams and were adding a relatively shallow signing class due to the signing bonus for Francisco Renteria. … Read more
Season Recap Record: 22-37 The FCL Phillies were expected to be a poor team, and they were. The offense put up about 5 runs a game, but that was dwarfed by the 7 runs a game the pitching gave up. The young players struggled all year to hit, and injuries and promotions robbed them of … Read more
Minor League Awards All of these awards are made up. Unless otherwise stated they are not about prospect ranking and evaluation, but are about how a player actually performed. Hitter of the Year – Felix Reyes 101 G – 343 PA – 34 2B – 4 3B – 16 HR – 13 SB – .331/.362/.562 … Read more
Some Awards I Made Up Hitter of the Year: Otto Kemp, IF This could easily be Keaton Anthony, Justin Crawford, Aidan Miller, or Eduardo Tait, but I went Kemp and his .285/.392/.489 line. Kemp played at 3 different levels (4 if you include rehabbing in Clearwater) and was often the best hitter on each team. … Read more
The minor league season may have wrapped up three months ago, but it is never too late to take a look around at the events of the 2017 season in the Phillies’ system. The Phillies’ rebuild loaded up the upper minors of the system with top prospects, and for the past two seasons Reading has … Read more
The minor league season may have wrapped up two months ago, but it is never too late to take a look around at the events of the 2017 season in the Phillies’ system. The 2016 Lakewood BlueClaws went on a late season run fueled by elite pitching to reach the South Atlantic League championship series. … Read more
The minor league season may have wrapped up two months ago, but it is never too late to take a look around at the events of the 2017 season in the Phillies’ system. The Phillies rebuild so far has involved a lot of trades at the top of the system. There have been homegrown players … Read more