A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
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
The last two years we had drafts that appeared to be just as many players deep as the Phillies pick. In 2013, it appeared there was a group of 16 players going at the top of the draft, the Royals then reached for Hunter Dozier allowing shortstops J.P. Crawford and Tim Anderson to fall to … Read more
Gabriel Lino has been a pleasant surprise in the early going this year. The 22 year old catcher was acquired in 2012 along with RHP Kyle Simon for 1B Jim Thome. At the time Lino was very raw with plus power and a plus arm, to go along with some swing and defensive issues. He … Read more
After a delay due to rain on Saturday, the DSL Phillies season started yesterday with a split in a double header vs the DSL Royals. In many years the VSL and DSL are places we look over as a fan, because the Phillies have brought all of their top prospects stateside immediately. This doesn’t seem … Read more