A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Much of Spring Training excitement has been converted to Bryce Harper watch, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t games that are about to occur. Much of the Phillies roster is locked in place, but that doesn’t mean we won’t get a look at some prospects in games this spring. With the lack of camp … Read more
Last season, the Phillies transitioned from rebuild to attempting to contend. They emptied much of the top of their farm system to the majors with J.P. Crawford, Scott Kingery, Jorge Alfaro, Seranthony Dominguez, Roman Quinn, and Victor Arano all graduating to join the Phillies’ young group of players already in the majors. This left a … Read more
The Phillies are holding a tenuous lead the NL East heading down the stretch in large part to graduations from their farm system. This year J.P. Crawford (1), Scott Kingery (3), Jorge Alfaro (4), Ramon Quinn (13), Seranthony Dominguez (14), Victor Arano (30), and Jesmuel Valentin (32) all have or will have graduated off of … Read more
It certainly is a thrilling atmosphere right now with the Phillies being the talk of the town (that is until the reigning Super Bowl champions kick off their title defense). To be 11 games over .500, and being tied a top the division on the morning of July 24th was probably not what anybody was … Read more
Last night’s mission took me to Reading as the Phillies took on Baltimore’s affiliate from Bowie. The misson: Adam Haseley’s debut in AA. While Haseley was the headliner, a couple of other recent promotions were of interest as well in first basemen Austin Listi and Darick Hall. The position players were the one’s I was … Read more
Saturday was a very eventful St. Patrick’s on the backfields at the Carpenter Complex. While the big club took care of business at Spectrum Field (beat Atlanta 10-6), there was plenty of big league pitching going on in the backfield. On the Ashburn field, the big money arm, Jake Arrieta, made his “debut”. And there … Read more
In some ways the the top 10 of the prospect list is anticlimactic. The players on the list are of a surprise to no one and most of these players have been well reported on. That feeling lasts until you start to write about players like Jhailyn Ortiz, Scott Kingery, Sixto Sanchez, and others. It … Read more
Yesterday was one of those days where after getting kicked out of my hotel around 10:30 a.m., it was basically a “what do I do now” until the final game of the weekend series between Williamsport and Mahoning Valley at 5:05 p.m.. I decided to explore the beautiful sites of Williamsport and it’s surrounding area, … Read more
Since I started this adventure to be a scout two years ago I have attended at least one game at all but one facility the Phillies are affiliated with. This weekend, that has changed as I can now scratch Williamsport off the list finally. And when I made the nearly three hour trek to the … Read more
Things are not going well in the major leagues for the Phillies. This has meant that the state of the Phillies’ rebuild has been cast into doubt. The problem with this assumption is that in the minors that the Phillies rebuild in the minors is going fine (even if it is not going at the … Read more