A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
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
The Top 10 prospect list is the most universal ranking, and it is supposed to represent the top of the top. By splitting the Top 10 into two parts, a separation occurs as the elite are removed. As I mentioned in the 11-15 introduction, the prospects ranked 8-10 on this list are part of the … Read more
There has been a lot written about Phillies leadership mentioning rebuilding around pitching. Given that they received back a combined 17 pitchers in notable trades in the recent phase of their rebuild it is hard to argue against those comments. Most of those trades have brought back pieces in the high minors, what about rebuilding … Read more
It was asked in the comment section on the previous article if I could give updates from the minor league side on who is improving, and just overall rumors and news. So far it has been a fairly quiet spring from the minor league side, but there has been some things worth noting. So here … Read more
This section of the ranking was the hardest part of this exercise. There was not a huge difference among these 10 players (and the last 2-3 of the Top 10), and in reality you could reorder this list with little argument from me. It is easy to point to the top of the system as the reason for … Read more
Baseball America is starting their league Top 20 prospects. Up today was the GCL, where the Phillies fielded a very competitive team full of high upside prospects lead by #10 overall pick Cornelius Randolph. The Phillies placed 3 players on BA’s list and probably would have had quite a few more had the list gone … Read more
Something I have really struggled with in making the minor league more accessible is unmasking the mystery that is Latin American prospects. For the most part these players are well off the radar of casual and hardcore fans because there is so little information about them. Outside of the big money signings there is no … Read more
Yesterday Chris King wrote a piece for Fangraphs detailing the increase in velocity and stuff for Williamsport right hander Franklyn Kilome. Kilome is obviously the most prominent member of the following group, but he is not the only player to keep an eye on this season. So I went through our pitch database and found … Read more
Let’s start with the drooling and go from there as Chris King was at a showdown between Franklyn Kilome and a rehabbing Jameson Tallion. Kilome 94-96 with life. Breaking ball is much improved. Sharp, late bite at 79-81 #Phillies — 𝘾hris King (@StatsKing) May 14, 2015 Kilome's velo is so free and easy it's insane. … Read more
Embed from Getty Images Name: Adonis Medina Born: 12/18/1996 (19) Position: P Height: 6’1″ Weight: 185 Bats/Throws: R/R Options Remaining: 3 Rule 5 Eligible: 2018 MiLB Free Agency: 2020 Drafted: International FA From: Santo Domingo, DR Signed: 5/29/2014 Bonus: $70,000 Stats: MiLB | B-Ref | Fangraphs | Baseball America | Baseball Prospectus [section=Reports and Scouting:] … Read more