A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
The Phillies optioned James McArthur to the minors today, earlier in the week they optioned Hans Crouse and Francisco Morales. This leaves 8 nominal starting pitches in big league camp, the 5 pitchers in the expected opening day rotation and then Bailey Falter, Cristopher Sanchez, and Nick Nelson. While critiqued by some, the Phillies expected … Read more
You can find all of the rankings and other material for this year here. 10. Simon Muzziotti, OF Age: 23Acquired: Signed as an International Free Agent in July 2015 by the Red Sox, contract voided by MLB in July 2016. Signed as an International Free Agent in July 2016 by the Phillies.B/T: L/LH/W: 6’1” 175lbs2021 Stats: … Read more
You can find all of the rankings and other material for this year here. 20. Alexeis Azuaje, 2B Age: 19 Acquired: Signed as an International Free Agent in July 2018 by the Phillies B/T: R/R H/W: 5’10” 155lbs 2021 Stats: Team (LVL) G PA HR SB BB% K% AVG OBP SLG PHI (CPX) 19 56 5 … Read more
You can find all of the rankings and other material for this year here. 30. Donny Sands, C Age: 25 Acquired: Drafted in the 8th Round of the 2015 Draft by the Yankees. Traded to the Phillies with Nick Nelson for T.J. Rumfield and Joel Valdez B/T: R/R H/W: 6’2” 190lbs 2021 Stats: Team (LVL) G … Read more
You can find all of the rankings and other material for this year here. 40. Casey Martin, SS Age: 22 Acquired: Drafted in the 3rd Round of the 2020 Draft by the Phillies B/T: R/R H/W: 5’11” 175lbs 2021 Stats: Team (LVL) G PA HR SB BB% K% AVG OBP SLG CLW (A-) 69 301 6 … Read more
Into the list we go. You can find all of the rankings and other material for this year here. A couple of small programming notes. The first is my definition for eligibility on the list was that the player is rookie eligible, the second is I did not rank any new international signees, and lastly … Read more
As it was for everyone in everything, it was another strange year in minor league baseball. The missed 2020 season, COVID outbreaks, smaller org roster, and rules changes made for a year with a lot of variables. The nice thing is this year people did play baseball, and in the Florida complex we were able … Read more
Top 50 Prospects 1. Mick Abel, RHP Age: 20 Acquired: Drafted in the 1st Round of the 2020 Draft by the Phillies B/T: R/R H/W: 6’5” 190lbs 2021 Stats: Team (LVL) G GS W-L IP ERA H/9 HR/9 BB% K% CLW (A-) 14 14 1-3 44.2 4.43 5.4 1.0 14.3% 34.9% Role: #2 Starting Pitcher … Read more
We are deep into prospect ranking season, and one thing it does every year is thrust me into the middle of the minutia. Last week that got me ranting a bit on Twitter about Matt Vierling and the gap between public prospect rankings and Phillies fan perception. One of the big sticking points is that … Read more
The Phillies entered the offseason with some very obvious holes (CF, LF, SS, RP), but also a real lack of depth. Not every move they made this offseason needed to fix the big issues, some of the little issues needed to be addressed and some of the basic housekeeping had to be handled. Yesterday the … Read more