A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
This piece assumes that you have read Robert Orr’s piece on Baseball Prospectus on Corey Seager and how Seager’s swing decisions are elite, so if you have not read that click the link and then come back here. From there Rob walks through various more traditional swing decision metrics before creating a new metric dubbed … Read more
The Phillies are currently in a playoff spot thanks to a variety of factors, one of which is the contributions from their young players. Last January, the Phillies were staring at a long of questions about how they would have a deep enough lineup to outscore their other problems. Part of the problem was that … Read more
The Phillies system is not where it was at the height of the rebuild. It lacks depth, especially depth in the 11-20 range and it is probably short another top 100 prospect. That said, Alec Bohm and Spencer Howard are one of the best 1-2 punches of major league ready impact talent the organization has … 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
Embed from Getty Images Name: Alec Bohm Born: 8/3/1996 Position: 3B Height: 6’5″ Weight: 225lbs Bats/Throws: R/R Options Remaining: 3 Rule 5 Eligible: 2021 MiLB Free Agency: 2024 Drafted: 1st round (#3 overall), 2018 Draft School: Wichita State From: Omaha, NE Signed: 6/12/2018 Bonus: $5,850,000 Stats: MiLB | B-Ref | Fangraphs | Baseball America | Baseball … Read more
In what maybe likely there final top 10 pick for a while and not owning a second and third round pick, the Phillies needed to get this one right. There were a number of options they could have went and really any choice they chose from my top five on my big board would have … Read more
On Monday, we find out who the Phillies pick at #3. It is on this weekend, that we begin to see mock drafts spread rumors about players who could be rising or falling that could shake up the draft, as Matt mentioned yesterday. In a couple of mocks, the Phillies were seen taking Nick Madrigal … Read more
The first round of the draft is Monday starting at 7pm. The Phillies have the #3 pick and then no picks until the 4th round. This should be their last draft for a while picking in the single digits so not missing on the pick is a big deal. Jeff will have some more previews … Read more
MLB Draft Details Phillies 1st Round Pick: #3 (Pick Value $6,947,500) Draft Tracker Draft Picks: Tracking Spreadsheet Round Pick Player Position School Bonus Slot 1 3 Alec Bohm 3B Wichita State $5,850,000 $6,947,500 4 107 Colton Eastman RHP Cal State Fullerton $522,900 $522,900 5 137 Matt Vierling CF Notre Dame $380,000 $390,600 6 167 Kendall … Read more