A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
There was a time when some worried that the Phillies had too much left handed starting pitching. Their rotation was headlined by Cliff Lee and Cole Hamels, and their top prospects were Jesse Biddle and Adam Morgan. This year the only left handed starting pitcher the Phillies used was Adam Morgan. The top pitching prospects … Read more
Ranking season goes ever onward and we are now firmly into Baseball America’s league Top 20 prospects. Joining the GCL list we now have the NYPL list and SAL list. I am going to address the NYPL list first before going into my philosophical differences with the SAL list. New York-Penn League Top 20: (Link) … Read more
The GCL Phillies steamrolled through the GCL this year until they reached the championship game and the GCL Cardinals. The GCL is a 17 team league, so getting 2 on the list would get you in the top tier, instead the Phillies placed the most on the list with 4. It is important to note … Read more
Tommy Joseph has not been the most impactful surprise for the Phillies in 2016, but he almost certainly has been the best story. At this point everyone is aware of Joseph’s injury struggles and how his career was almost over. With Darin Ruf’s struggles Joseph got a chance at the big leagues and he has … Read more
On Sunday I got into a large rant about why the Phillies should not keep Alec Asher because of the 40 man roster math. It feels like has been easier to make up a 40 man roster that works as a 40 man roster in terms of protecting players from the Rule 5 draft. So … Read more
Baseball America published a copy of the rosters for the Phillies Fall Instructional League team. As you would expect for a team with a strong Latin American system, the Phillies have a strong contingent of players at Instructional Leagues. First the roster. There is some analysis at the end. Pitchers: Gustavo Armas (R) Andrew Brown (R) Luis … Read more
The nice people of the Rome Braves live in the 21st century so we got a video stream of yesterday’s Game 1 matchup in the South Atlantic League Championship. We already know the results, but here is a breakdown of the highlights of the game. Top 1st: I get why people like Mike Soroka immediately, … Read more
I wrote not too long ago that the Lakewood BlueClaws had turned their season around on the back of good second half pitching. If I told you then that they would be sending their 5 best starters to the hill against Rome in the South Atlantic League Championship that they would have the advantage on … Read more
In an organization that has seen a high amount of changeover in the past two years Roman Quinn is the absentee uncle who is super cool but never around. Taken in the second round of a 2011 draft that has gone from horrendous to just plain old weird (the current 4 major leaguers from it … Read more
The Arizona Fall League Rosters are out so it appears it is time to start tracking where players are headed this fall and winter: Winter Stats Liga de Beisbol Dominicano: (Scoreboard) Dylan Cozens – Aguilas Cibaenas Andrew Knapp – Aguilas Cibaenas Ranfi Casimiro – Aguilas Cibaenas Ulises Joaquin – Aguilas Cibaenas Angelo Mora – Estrellas … Read more