A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Ranger Suárez has been a mainstay of the Phillies rotation since the middle of the 2021 season. He has pitched like a solid mid rotation starter during the regular season, and an ace in the postseason. For the first time in his career, he showed up ready to go in Spring Training, and he was … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule Lehigh Valley (1-2) @ Rochester (2-1): (Tuesday-Friday postponed, DH Sunday) W 5-4, W 4-3, L 4-7 Reading (0-0) @ Bowie (0-0): W 5-2, L 1-19, L 3-4 Jersey Shore (0-0) vs Aberdeen (0-0): W 3-2, W 7-6, L 1-4 Clearwater (0-0) @ Bradenton (0-0): W 5-2, W 13-2, L 0-4 *All teams … Read more
Top Prospects Aidan Miller – Miller was the Phillies first round pick in the 2023 draft. His swing is a little unconventional, but he has made contact thanks to a good approach and eye at the plate, and great bat speed. That bat speed leads to at least plus raw power. He is a bit … Read more
Top Prospects Justin Crawford – There are valid critiques and worries about Crawford’s long term future, especially when it comes to his swing and contact quality. He needs to elevate the ball more and chase less. He also is a has plus plus speed, is a plus defensive centerfielder, and despite the other swing worries, … Read more
Top Prospects Carlos De La Cruz – Carlos De La Cruz has now been around for nearly 7 years in the Phillies system, but this will be just his age 24 season. He is repeating Reading and is a minor league free agent after the season. He is physical anomaly on a baseball field with … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule Lehigh Valley vs Worcester: W 7-4, L 2-5, L 2-6 This Week’s Schedule Lehigh Valley (1-2) @ Rochester (2-1) Reading (0-0) @ Bowie (0-0) Jersey Shore (0-0) vs Aberdeen (0-0) Clearwater (0-0) @ Bradenton (0-0) *All teams except for Lehigh Valley play a 3 game series starting on Friday 4/5 Hitter Spotlight … Read more
Top Prospects Mick Abel – Abel is the Phillies top healthy prospect and probably the most impactful prospect still in the minors for the 2024 season. Abel isn’t on the IronPigs Opening Day roster, but is expected to join them very early. He has remade himself a bit over the last year. This offseason he … Read more
There will always be truths to baseball. One of those will be that players should not swing at bad pitches and should swing at good pitches. There is more nuance to that and I encourage you to read Rob Orr’s piece on that and the metric SEAGER that he created to measure it. It is … Read more
As you may have noticed, this place has undergone some changes this offseason. After years of letting it slowly crumble, I put some effort into making it look a little nicer and work a little smoother. The goal was to do it all for myself in an effort to grasp onto motivation when it strikes. … Read more
For those that were not in the weeds of the minor leagues, it may not have been noticed that domestic minor league rosters were cut down to 165 during the season and 175 during the offseason. This change has had impacts on many different groups of players and there are outstanding concerns as the season … Read more