A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Both Zach Eflin and Tom Windle were not eligible for the list because the Jimmy Rollins trade has not been officially finished. Also due to BA’s publishing deadlines neither will appear in the book on the Phillies list, and will be listed for the Padres and Dodgers respectively. Today Baseball America released their Phillies Top 10 prospect … Read more
Contrary to the name the BA draft Report Cards contain no grades, no comparisons, and to someone familiar with the Phillies system it is not going to add a lot to your knowledge. But the report cards are always fun little snapshots looking back at this past June. So here are some of the superlatives … Read more
The Past Week: BA League Top 20s: Aaron Brown #18 Prospect in NYPL, J.P. Crawford #2 Prospect in SAL, Jesmuel Valentin #12 Prospect in MWL Adam Morgan Assigned to Arizona Fall League Minor League Affiliate Recaps (Clearwater and Reading) – Phillies Minor Thoughts Florida Instructional League Recaps (9/27, 10/1, 10/2) – Jim Peyton (Phuture Phillies) … Read more
The New York Penn League was very strong this year, especially among the international ranks (7 of the top 10). It is good to see Aaron Brown crack this list as he was one of the lower drafted players on the list (only the #20 prospect was taken after him in the 2014 draft). Brown … Read more
Some quick transactions: Nick Rodesky promoted from GCL to Lakewood Aaron Brown promoted from Williamsport to Lakewood Jesen Dygestile-Therrien promoted from Williamsport to Lakewood Daniel Child demoted from Lakewood to GCL Aaron Baker promoted from Lakewood to Clearwater Samuel Hiciano placed on Lakewood disabled list Jesse Biddle promoted from Clearwater to Reading A lot of … Read more
I could tell you a bunch of box score scouting tidbits about what each player is doing, but you can do that on your own. So rather than that, here are some tweets by guys watching the players. They can tell you a lot more than me paraphrasing their work. Miguel Nunez (Clearwater) Miguel Nunez … Read more