A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Each year making this list becomes harder and harder. The depth of the Phillies system has increased every year I have written a prospect list. There were many players left off this list that would have made the first Top 30 I wrote in the Spring of 2013. It is not all bad news when … Read more
There are many flaws with ranking prospects. One of the biggest is where to end your list, and in the end we gravitate to nice round numbers because they are more aesthetically pleasing. This leaves us with an abrupt end to the creation of the list and an abrupt beginning to the journey. These lucky … Read more
I am in the depth of writing my Top 50 prospects and so there is not much in the way of actual articles being written right now, nor the time to a mailbag for here of The Good Phight. So in that case I am going to open this post up for your questions. Post … Read more
As we near the end of 2016 we have another prospect list. This time it is the Phillies Top 10 put together by Ben Badler at Baseball America. BA will eventually release a full Top 30 prospects in their handbook, but for now we have their Top 10 which you can read here (the Crawford … Read more
It is list writing season and right now I am in the middle of writing my Top 50 Phillies prospects. Part of the process is thinking about the next season and where players fit into the organization. As you go through this process it is hard to not start putting together future rosters. It is not … Read more
Minor League free agents signings are not something that most casual fans track, and for even the most hardcore of those of us who like minor league minutia they are little beyond preparations for the inevitable surprise at seeing a player on a spring training roster. For the most part minor league free agents compete … Read more
It has been 4 days since the Phillies added 11 to the 40 man roster. I wrote about the actual players protected over at The Good Phight. This is going to be a bit more musing than scouting. The only big surprise of the day was that the Phillies made room for 11 players on … Read more
The Phillies only added fuel to the Rule 5 speculation fire when they released Matt Harrison yesterday freeing up another 40 man roster spot to protect a prospect. That is of little help to these players all of are going to be on the outside looking in this year. Notable Players: Malquin Canelo, SS – Canelo … Read more
Rule 5 protection continues onward. Yesterday I wrote about 7 locks for the Phillies roster, now we get into the more debateable candidates, who may miss out on the roster, not for a lack of talent, but for a lack of space, coupled with their ability to miss getting picked by another team. To protect … Read more
It is Rule 5 protection! Rosters are due at the end of the week and as has been previewed for over a year the Phillies have some difficult decisions to make in terms of who to protect. The combination of trades, the emergence of members of the 2012 draft class, and a resurgent international program … Read more