A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Over the past few weeks, I have covered nearly every logical pick the Phillies could make with the eighth overall pick in next week’s draft. But as I discussed on Phillies Nation podcast the other day, they could disregard the top talent to select someone under the $4.8M slot value. I am obsessed with the lack of projectable high-end southpaws … Read more
We are now a week away from the draft and I have almost covered all the bases on Phillies potential 1st round options. So it’s time to take a look at some potential options between rounds two through five. Today, I take a look at three high school arms who could be intriguing projects, if the … Read more
The draft countdown clock is rolling in to the final 10 days and the MLB mocks are shooting out from every direction. The Phillies are in a spot at 8th overall, where they could seemingly go in any direction. They could go to the prep level for the toolsy five tool bats (Adell, Beck) or the … Read more
There has been a common denominator between all of the successful Phillies teams over the last few decades: they had a great signal caller. Bob Boone, Darren Daulton, Carlos Ruiz. (and to a much lesser extent Mike Lieberthal). The “Chooch” era is over and now the Phillies are getting by with Cameron Rupp a majority of … Read more
I am ramping up the Draft Philes and today I decided to do something different. Rather than just come up with names that I think would be intriguing selections for the Phillies, I wanted to ask the people their thoughts. So last Friday, I asked you guys on Twitter who you wanted me to write scouting … Read more
It’s been awhile since I have had a weekend where I got to sleep in, as I have had to wake up early in the morning for my regular job the last four for mandatory extra work. So here I am for the first time in what seems like an eternity, waking up at 9 … Read more
Last Friday night, I was scrolling through Twitter trying to escape the miserable play of the Phillies (though they won that night), and ran across a tweet from Mitch Rupert, who covers the Phillies short season A-ball affiliate in Williamsport, about the UNC-Duke game. J.B. Bukauskas was on the mound for UNC, so I flipped … Read more
I am sorry I have not written as much as I used to. A big thanks to Jeff for taking over the draft previews. Some things happened in the last week and I want to write about current events the way I used to write about current events. Jesmuel Valentin to Have Surgery for Shoulder … Read more
Two-year colleges are a unique opportunity for many students in this country. Some use it to lessen the financial burden of higher education. Others, like myself, need a fresh start after giving the four-year experience a go. For baseball players, it is a chance to improve deficiencies and play in front of Major League scouts. The three … Read more
Imagine being 18 years old, getting ready to be drafted by a Major League team, having already played on national television before. That’s the life of Nick Pratto. Six years ago at the age of 12, he stepped up to the plate against the always daunting Japan Little League team in the championship game of … Read more