A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
The minor league season is now a week in. Almost every player has found their roster. The one exception is the Phillies affiliate most loaded with talent. While still a talented group, the Clearwater Threshers are missing their crowning jewel, right handed pitcher Sixto Sanchez. Once Sanchez arrives in the next week, the Threshers should … Read more
The minor league season is almost underway. The rosters are revealed, most of the players have been assigned a place to play. As we head into opening day my previews of the Phillies’ affiliates starts with the lowest level in the Lakewood BlueClaws. This year’s BlueClaws team is less exciting then the previous version, but … Read more
The Phillies designated Ricardo Pinto for assignment over the weekend when they signed Scott Kingery to a major league deal and brought him to the majors. On Wednesday they traded Pinto to the White Sox for international bonus pool money. Unlike the trade that send Eliezer Alvarez to Texas for cash, the Phillies actually received … Read more
The past few years I have done a prediction survey with people who write and talk about the Phillies and baseball in general. This year I got 34 responses to the survey, which included writers from The Good Phight, Crashburn Alley, Baseball Prospectus, Fangraphs, Phuture Phillies, and others (including radio broadcasters). All submissions from experts are recorded … Read more
The Phillies traded second baseman Eliezer Alvarez to the Rangers for Cash Considerations. On the surface it is a trade that makes sense. The Phillies designated Alvarez for assignment earlier this week in an effort to keep Pedro Florimon in the organization by giving him a 40 man roster spot (more on that late). Once … Read more
Saturday was a very eventful St. Patrick’s on the backfields at the Carpenter Complex. While the big club took care of business at Spectrum Field (beat Atlanta 10-6), there was plenty of big league pitching going on in the backfield. On the Ashburn field, the big money arm, Jake Arrieta, made his “debut”. And there … Read more
Day three in Clearwater was a full day. The minor leaguers mainly spent most of their day running baserunning/pickoff drills and batting practice before they would play two seven inning intrasquad games while the big club played at Spectrum Field. I ended up watching about the first five innings of the Phillies and Blue Jays … Read more
It’s the first week of spring training games for the minor leagues and I needed a vacation. So naturally, I am here in Clearwater not only to enjoy myself for a long weekend but to give you the people a little update on all the top prospects in the Phillies system (and eventually a bonus … Read more
The tour of the system continues with outfielder, a position that the Phillies are very strong at in the majors, but doesn’t actually have a ton of depth in the minors. There were 9 outfielders in the Top 50, lead by teenage masher Jhailyn Ortiz and former 1st round picks Adam Haseley and Mickey Moniak. … Read more
As I touched on when I wrote up the left handed pitchers in the system last week, not every interesting prospect makes the top 50. Infielders are no exception. Even with 12 of them making the top 50, there is room for a lot to miss. Only 1 of the 12 was not a … Read more