A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
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
It is finally time for the 2015 draft. Like everything in the process up to now I am going to focus on the 1st round only since it is impossible enough to figure out what is happening in the 9 picks before the Phillies pick at 10. Here is my final ranking if I were … Read more
Hitter Spotlight #1: J.P. Crawford 6-13 2 2B HR BB K SB There was a justifiable letdown when Crawford was injured to start the year. However, his season to date has been everything but a let down. He destroyed the Florida State League before finally making his AA debut to start June. There were some concerns … Read more
We are now only a couple of days from the draft and the mock drafts keep coming from everywhere. The best part of mock drafts is getting a feel for who would fall if certain teams make a pick. This year in particular it gives a you a good feel for just how flat the … Read more
In part one of the our preview I looked at the six guys who will be off the board by the time the Phillies pick at #10. Now let’s think about who could be there with the Phillies’ pick. I have broken it up into guys who have a very good chance to fill those … Read more