A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Last Week’s Schedule This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight 1B Keaton Anthony 11-23 1 2B 1 HR 1 BB 2 K .478/.520/.652 Keaton Anthony got the rare midweek promotion of an actual prospect. The Phillies had to strongly thinking about bumping him to Reading anyway for the extra week of games, but the rash of injuries … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Hendry Mendez 8-17 1 2B 1 3B 2 RBI 4 BB 1 K .471/.571/.647 Since the start of July, Mendez is hitting .338/.424/.507 with 14 doubles, 2 triples, and 2 home runs. After hitting just 6 extra base hits in the first half, it is a … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Emaarion Boyd 5 G 8-24 1 2B 2 3B 1 HR 6 RBI 2 SB 0 BB 5 K Boyd had 2 hit games in the last 4 games of the series, and is now batting .295/.349/.459 in August, far and away his best month of … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight C Kehden Hettiger 5-14 1 2B 1 3B 2 H 4 BB 3 K .357/.500/1.000 Hettiger has had a rough season. This last little stretch has him over .200 for the first time this season, now at a .208/.364/.339 line on the season. He has been kept … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule *Game played as part of a doubleheader This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Gabriel Rincones Jr. 9-24 3 2B 3 HR 8 RBI 2 BB 8 K 1 SB Rincones had opened the season by hitting .300/.417/.600 with Reading, but since starting his rehab he had hit only .221/.315/.325 in 21 games … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Jaeden Calderon 9-20 3 2B 1 3B 1 BB 4 K Last year, Jaeden Calderon has a good year as a 17 year old, hitting .276/.414/.463 for DSL Red. He is back on Red this year for a repeat performance, hitting .302/.440/.466 through 38 games. Since … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Raylin Heredia 16 PA 5-15 1 3B 2 HR 8 RBI 1 BB 3 K 1 SB A year ago I over-ranked Heredia on my midseason list. He was in his age 19 season and had laid waste to the FCL to the tune of .326/.415/.532 … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule All full season teams played 3 game series Friday-Sunday This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight IF Otto Kemp 3-12 1 HR 3 RBI 0 BB 2 K 1 HBP .250/.308/.500 A 3 game series is a good time to highlight a player who has been under the radar for a while. Kemp is … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule *Part of double header This Week’s Schedule All full season teams are playing 3 game series Friday-Sunday Hitter Spotlight SS Aidan Miller 2-4 2 RBI – Jersey Shore / 0-1 RBI K – Futures Game It is a bit of an out to feature Miller this week when he played in one … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule *Part of a double header This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Justin Crawford 11-26 1 2B 2 HR 1 BB 4 K 2 SB .423/.444/.692 I wanted to talk about Crawford because of this swing. I am certainly hard on Crawford, but that is a beautiful swing. Most of his pulled home … Read more