A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Just over a day after indicating that they were done making moves, outside of maybe a swing #5 starter/bullpen arm, the Phillies made a big swing. The big pieces are obviously left handed starting pitcher Jesus Luzardo going from the Marlins to the Phillies, and shortstop prospect Starlyn Caba going from the Phillies to the … Read more
I bet if you gave the Phillies front office truth serum their offseason plan would have involved flipping Alec Bohm, Ranger Suarez, and some non top prospects in a series of move that kept the team fairly still from a talent side, but remade the skillset and timeline of the team. They would have ideally … Read more
The winter meetings ends with the Rule 5 draft and while there was a big trade in baseball, the minor moves still occurred. The day started with the Phillies expected to lose as many as 4 players and in the end they lost the one they expected to lose. Major League Phase Minnesota Twins select … Read more
The Rule 5 draft is the highlight (or really in reality, last) thing of the Winter Meetings, occurring on Wednesday, December 11. Teams must set their 40 man and AAA protection rosters by 6pm EDT on Tuesday, November 19. This makes it a movement day for 40 man rosters across the sport, so it will … Read more
The baseball offseason kicked off in earnest on Monday, especially on the minor league side. Teams needed to clear up their 40 man roster and minor league free agents became eligible at the end of the day. That leads to a flurry of claims, trades, additions, and saying good bye. The Cuts Phillies outright RHP … Read more
The Phillies have not had many call ups this year and none of real note, but… It isn’t that Seth Johnson is a top top prospect, I suspect he will be in the 11-20 range on the offseason list, but he is a prospect of note. Unlike most of his peers both new and old … Read more
After acquiring Austin Hays and Carlos Estévez in the leadup to the deadline, the Phillies said they were good and unlikely to make any moves. That is until it got to the actual deadline time and they executed a pair of moves to shake things up. First was sending second baseman prospect William Bergolla to … Read more
Jump to Scouting Reports (Klassen / Aldegheri) After the Austin Hays trade, which quick aside is a good trade assuming they don’t overthink Hays’ role, the Phillies needed a RH reliever. It was always on the shopping list, but now there was a gaping hole. They filled that hole with Angels closer Carlos Estévez. The … Read more
The draft picks have all signed and the trade deadline is next week, so like last year I am going to combine the two into a rankings update and thoughts on the trade deadline. Like always I have divided the list up into tiers. Within a tier the order is my preference. It isn’t 100% … Read more
The Rule 5 draft has largely been rendered obsolete as a talent acquisition tool, but the threat of it and the managing of the 40 man roster spurs other parts of player movement. The Phillies under Dave Dombrowski have largely tried to keep their 40 man roster limited to players who can play in the … Read more