A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Yesterday we thought that Ken Giles was going to Houston for Vincent Velasquez, Derek Fisher, Brett Oberholtzer, and Thomas Eshelman. Now take out Derek Fisher, send Jonathan Arauz to Houston, and now send former #1 overall pick Mark Appel and short season arm Harold Arauz to Philadelphia. Overall you have a very complicated trade now. … Read more
The Phillies just keep adding pitching depth, this time using money to get another back end starting pitcher. Charlie Morton is paid for what he is, a #4/#5 starter who gets ground balls and has a bit of upside. The Phillies have tons of money, and one year deals are attractive to them as they … Read more
(Updated 12/10 8:30am) I don’t think the Phillies wanted to trade Ken Giles, I honestly believe that he was part of their future. However, the market decided it had an insatiable appetite for high impact relievers and the Phillies found themselves with one of the best options. Giles at age 25 would have been around … Read more
Today the Phillies outrighted LHP Joely Rodriguez to AAA. Last week they lost Nefi Ogando on waivers to the Marlins. I have been guilty of getting upset about these moves while Severino Gonzalez, Colton Murray, and a host of others take up roster spots. It is understandable to see players come off the roster in … Read more
The bullpen was far from the Phillies’ biggest problems during the 2015 season. It was no large on talent and often was forced into using inferior pitchers due to a pitiful starting rotation. But with the departures of Jake Diekman and Jonathan Papelbon (and to a much lesser extent Justin De Fratus) the bullpen was … Read more
The deadline to add players to the 40 man roster to protect them from the Rule 5 draft. The Phillies faced 3 easy decisions, 2 tough decisions, and a host of mostly irrelevant decisions. In the end they made all of those decisions. They added Jimmy Cordero, Edubray Ramos, and Roman Quinn to their 40 … Read more
#Braves signed C/1B Willians Astudillo to minors deal. Won FSL batting title (.314) in #Phillies system in 2015. (Hat tip: @Galindosky07) — Matt Eddy (@MattEddyBA) November 16, 2015 There are so many players in baseball that there are bound to be statistical anomalies. Willians Astudillo was one of those players. If you were grading raw … Read more
I hate this trade. There I have said it, it is an absolute gut punch. From a baseball perspective it really is not that horrible, prospects like Sam McWilliams rarely turn out. The Phillies took an 8th round pick and turned him into a major league starting pitcher, that is actually pretty good. McWilliams is … Read more
The part of these next moves that will get the most press is the disappointing end to Domonic Brown’s tenure in Philly. But I care more about some of the other players outrighted today. Let’s just move past Brian Bogusevic now because he is not really a part of the Phillies future and never was going … Read more
It is always positive for everyone when a local kid signs with his hometown team. The Phillies made someone’s dreams a little closer to reality yesterday when they signed LHP Jeff Singer. Singer went undrafted this past June out of Rutgers-Camden (he previously played for Monmouth), he then signed with the Camden Riversharks of the … Read more