A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight IF/OF Felix Reyes 5 G 6-15 2 2B 1 HR 0 BB 1 K 1 HBP .400/.412/.733 Reyes is a prospect that has always fascinated me. He began the season on the Development List playing games in Extended Spring Training, was then activated by Reading and was hitting cleanup at … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight 2B Aroon Escobar 11-23 2 2B 2 HR 4 RBI 1 BB 5 K .478/.500/.826 What Aroon Escobar has done so far this year isn’t completely shocking. He was very very good in a small sample size last year and he has long had the physical tools to be a … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight C Eduardo Tait 5 G 23 PA 4 H 1 2B 3 HR 3 BB 6 K 2 HBP .222/.391/.778 It wasn’t quite the dramatic week that Escobar had, but it was a good week for the big catcher, who also got to catch Andrew Painter on Friday night. He … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight IF Otto Kemp 7-25 2B 3B 2 HR 4 RBI 2 BB 7 K One of the knocks on Otto Kemp has been whether he can get to his power. He has three home runs already and has a 90th percentile EV of 106.5mph on tracked balls. He is above … Read more
Top Prospects SS Aidan Miller – Miller nearly immediately became the Phillies best hitting prospect as he took on his first full season of pro ball. Once thought to be a third baseman, he is now a shortstop who might have to switch position due to team need and not skills. At the plate he … Read more
Gameday / Statcast Spring Breakout Notes Pitcher Velocity Exit Velocity Other Notes Videos
These recaps won’t start in earnest until the minor league season begins, and I cannot promise there will be enough prospect content for each week in March. However, there are prospects in camp playing in games for now. Notes and Thoughts Pitcher Spotlight – Velocity Readings You can find all prospect velocity readings over the … Read more
The different tiers of prospects unsurprisingly look like a pyramid, with a large number of interesting players in the organization narrowing to a very few elite prospects at the top. Even here in this group of five there are three distinct tiers. At the top, Painter is an elite prospect, talent wise one of the … Read more
Some Awards I Made Up Hitter of the Year: Otto Kemp, IF This could easily be Keaton Anthony, Justin Crawford, Aidan Miller, or Eduardo Tait, but I went Kemp and his .285/.392/.489 line. Kemp played at 3 different levels (4 if you include rehabbing in Clearwater) and was often the best hitter on each team. … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight 1B Keaton Anthony 11-23 1 2B 1 HR 1 BB 2 K .478/.520/.652 Keaton Anthony got the rare midweek promotion of an actual prospect. The Phillies had to strongly thinking about bumping him to Reading anyway for the extra week of games, but the rash of injuries … Read more