A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
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
Last Week’s Schedule This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight IF/OF Weston Wilson 10-24 4 HR 4 BB 7 K .317/.500/.917 I generally avoid treating Wilson as a prospect because he is 29, but he is still technically a rookie. This week he hit 4 home runs in 6 games, the week before he hit 4 home … Read more