A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
This section of the ranking was the hardest part of this exercise. There was not a huge difference among these 10 players (and the last 2-3 of the Top 10), and in reality you could reorder this list with little argument from me. It is easy to point to the top of the system as the reason for … Read more
We are now into the Top 30, which for whatever reason has become our traditional unit of longer prospect lists. The back of the Phillies’ list is stronger than it has ever been, as new trade additions continue to force players further down the list. For the first time, this list takes a turn towards … Read more
I like writing a Top 50 because the players in this group don’t get left out. Almost everyone here is flawed, and many of them will fail. However, there are real prospects here, and there are players who will see limited major league roles as well. Most of this list would make the Top 30 … Read more
Time to kick off the actual list. The back end of any prospect list is going to be players with some serious flaws. For some players that is the lack of impact major league tools For others it is that they are half a decade from the high minors, or it could be specific struggles … Read more
This week has been Phillies prospect week across the internet it seems. Yesterday Baseball HQ put out their top 15 Phillies prospect list. The list is devised with an eye towards fantasy so the order may be slightly different than a standard list, but the writer of the list Brent Hershey put it best in … Read more
The Phillies have been slowly adding non-roster invites to big league camp from outside the organization, and today we get the internal candidates. Last year the Phillies invited almost no prospects who were not on the 40 man roster to big league camp, though Severino Gonzalez, Aaron Nola, and Zach Eflin all did start big … Read more
This year marks the 4th ranking I have done, and each year some parts of the exercise become easier, while others become more difficult. Every year there is something else to learn and explore as the Phillies’ system continues to evolve. Some parts of this become natural and intuitive, but as the system gets deeper, … Read more
Baseball Prospectus is the latest to publish their ranking of the Phillies farm system. Their list represents the first post-Ken Giles trade list, our first chance to see where some think Mark Appel rates. Unlike past years, the BP lists are free, so you can read their writeups of the Top 10, plus five extra … Read more
We always want to win all trades, whether it is our favorite professional team or it is the deal we just made with a child about their bedtime. But what is winning a trade? Is it having it work out better for you, or is it just being in a better place than before? Do … Read more
The goal of any free agent on the open market is to maximize their earning potential. This is a balance between guaranteed money and future contracts if that player improves (which is why player opt outs have become so popular). This means that free agents on the fringes of the market are incentivized to push … Read more