A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Saturday was a very eventful St. Patrick’s on the backfields at the Carpenter Complex. While the big club took care of business at Spectrum Field (beat Atlanta 10-6), there was plenty of big league pitching going on in the backfield. On the Ashburn field, the big money arm, Jake Arrieta, made his “debut”. And there … Read more
Spring Training is way too long and has the constant terror of a player getting injured. It does however mean the return of baseball and recently with a resurgent Phillies farm system, a first look at some top prospects. Some of the prospects in camp are here only because they are on the 40 man … Read more
Time to overanalyze another list of minor league players, it is time for work groups again. This updated list comes from Baseball Betsy (visit her site, watch her videos, thank her for doing all of this). We are still far from the final rosters but with the 5 groups we can start to see some … Read more
While the big league players take the main field, the minor leaguers have arrived in camp. Thanks to Baseball Betsy and Jim Peyton we have the first set of workout groups. This early in the process, the list serves two functions for me; it is a check to see if all players are back from last … Read more
Today RHP Severino Gonzalez will make his debut for the Phillies this Spring Training against the Atlanta Braves. The start is little more than a cameo to give the righty a look at the majors while not sending a major league starter on a long bus ride. Severino will likely start the year in AAA, … Read more
It is just over two weeks until opening day so it is time once again to look at the spring training roster battles. The first version from two weeks ago is here. Locks: Hitters: Carlos Ruiz, Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Freddy Galvis, Cody Asche, Odubel Herrera, Ben Revere, Domonic Brown, Grady Sizemore, Darin Ruf, Cameron … Read more
It was a big weekend for the Phillies prospects both at the major league level and the minor league level. This weekend saw the start of minor league games, including games against Canada and Puerto Rico. Lets jump into the reports by many sources. Friday: The first two pitchers for the major league club were LHPs … Read more
Chris King is live scoring the game. You can follow here and follow Chris (@Statsking). So far Gregori Rivero and Jose Pujols have gone back to back
The first set of minor league workout groups have been put up by the Phillies. Here are the first set of groups (first posted by Jim Peyton) There is not a lot to read into future placement here, but there are some early thoughts here. The pitching groups seem far from solidified with levels. Elniery … Read more
Week one of Grapefruit League play is in the books so it is a good time to take a first pass at the roster battles. Locks: Hitters: Carlos Ruiz, Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Freddy Galvis, Cody Asche, Odubel Herrera, Ben Revere, Domonic Brown Pitchers: Cole Hamels, Cliff Lee, Aaron Harang, Jonathan Papelbon, Ken Giles, Jake … Read more