A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
As was expected for the last week, the Phillies took high school outfielder Mickey Moniak. Moniak is not the top player on anyone’s public big boards, but it does seem like he was at or very near the top of the Phillies’ board. The consensus is that Moniak also saved the Phillies more than any … Read more
The 2016 MLB Draft kicks off on June 9 and runs through June 11. Day 1 is rounds 1 and 2, Day 2 is rounds 3-10, and on Day 3 we cover rounds 11-40 at lightning pace. Draft Page Draft Signings: Mickey Moniak (1) – $6,100,000 Kevin Gowdy (2) – $3,500,000 Cole Stobbe (3) – … Read more
Today the Phillies will make two draft picks, one the top pick of the draft, and another 40 picks and a lot of action later. Normally we at least have a clue who the top team is going to take, but as of the time of writing it is only starting to have some clarity. … Read more
I have resisted writing about the draft because I honestly can’t get a good grasp on it. With the lack of a transcendent player at the top we are left with a bunch of players being maligned for not being transcendent players. For me Corey Ray, Kyle Lewis, Mickey Moniak, A.J. Puk, and Jason Groome are … Read more
Cesar Hernandez showed signs last year that he could at least be a quality MLB player. He did a solid job of getting on base out of the leadoff spot and working counts. This year, however, he has shown to be anything but a quality MLB player. He has a .248/.301/.301 slashline at the moment … Read more
Today Ben Lively was promoted to AAA to replace the injured Mark Appel. There is a lot of buzz around Ben Lively this year, a 1.87 ERA in AA will do that. Lively also has some name recognition. He was the sole return for Marlon Byrd and was a borderline Top 10 prospect coming into … Read more
With the first overall pick, the Phillies have all the options they want in terms of whom they select. Most mock drafts have them selecting a pitcher, and there are three who are the big dogs in the draft: lefties Jason Groome and A.J. Puk and righty Riley Pint. Groome is the top lefty coming out … Read more
I realize that I have not been writing as much here as I have been writing over at The Good Phight. I am not going to say I will be writing here more, I have a finite amount of time, but I will be still writing here. Also I am excited that we have a … Read more
J.P. Crawford is going from Reading to Lehigh Valley in what is his final tuneup on his way to the majors. Think of the IronPigs as finishing school for the talented shortstop, as I don’t expect him to spend as much time there as Maikel Franco and Nick Williams will ultimately spend there. Crawford’s approach … Read more
In an effort to get through as much as I can this week, not a lot of long answers and not a long intro. @comedicCPA – What can JP Crawford do to add power? change in approach? Can he do it while also keeping a .400ish OBP? The raw strength is there for Crawford, I saw … Read more