A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
While many teams are taking senior signs in the 9th round, the Phillies take a college junior in Mark Laird out of LSU. Laird will play center field for the Phillies, despite playing right field in a loaded LSU outfield. He has plus plus speed and very little power. He will likely sign for close … Read more
Just when we were wondering what the Phillies were doing, they take the HS outfielder with the biggest raw power in the draft. At 6’4″ 215 Pickett is fairly filled out but he destroys baseballs in BP already. It hasn’t all translated to games, but he has good makeup and is coachable. He is a … Read more
The Phillies take another pitcher, RHP Luke Leftwich out of Wofford College. He is up to 92 with an in between breaking ball. Both his father and grandfather played in the majors and he has the typical feel for the game that comes from having baseball bloodlines. He has a chance to start as a … Read more
The Phillies take another left handed pitcher going to the college ranks with Tyler Gilbert out of the University of Southern California. Gilbert transferred after spending time in Junior College and worked out of the rotation and bullpen this year. Gilbert is 6’3″ 195 lbs. Will add more as I get it.
The Phillies continue to go off the board in the 5th round. This time it is a 6’5″ 175lb LHP out of Chino Hills HS in California. Bailey Falter is 85-89 with a three pitch mix and feel for the strike zone. This is all projection, but it is off the board so there is … Read more
In the fourth round the Phillies take Kyle Martin a senior first baseman out of the University of South Carolina. Martin will likely be under slot, but he is not a non-prospect. Martin hit .350/.455/.635 with 14 HRs 11 SB 39 BB and 27 K over 57 games this past year. BA Pre-draft Report: Martin’s … Read more
The Phillies go off all board and take a HS shortstop in Lucas Williams. Williams was a pop up player this spring who is a plus runner who has played all over the diamond but looks like he should play shortstop. As a senior over 32 games Wilaosn hit .315/.454/.521 with 4 HRs 21 BB … Read more
After taking a high school hitter in the first round, the Phillies took Kevin Newman’s (1st round #19) double play partner out of the University of Arizona. Some scouts actually prefer Kingery to Newman and think that he may be able to play shortstop in the majors. It is likely he will play second base … Read more
ith the #10 pick in the draft the Phillies selected Cornelius Randolph out Griffin HS in Georgia. Randolph is currently a shortstop, but the consensus is that he will move off of the position going forward. His lack of speed means that third base is probably the first position he will move to. Randolph is one … Read more
The 2015 MLB Draft Kicks off tonight June 8 with rounds 1 and 2, Day 2 will be rounds 3-10, and Day 3 will be rounds 11-40. This post will be updated as picks come in with details and links as they become available. Draft Page: Draft Reactions: Phillies Minor Thoughts ESPN BP – … Read more