A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Dante Nori 9-22 2 2B 1 3B 1 HR 0 BB 5 K 0 SB 3 CS .409/.435/.727 Nori not playing the field due to an arm injury and going 0 for 3 on stolen base attempts this week are out of the normal things for him, but aren’t … Read more
Top Prospects OF Dante Nori – Nori played most of the year with Clearwater in 2025, but the Phillies aggressively pushed him to Reading after he spent some time with Italy in the WBC. Nori has worked on being less of a slap hitter, and to drive the ball in optimal counts, but he might … Read more
Game Logs Breakout Notes and Thoughts Pitching Hitting Spring Training Notes and Thoughts Injuries and Transactions Links and Things Minor Thoughts Around the Web Videos and Posts
Another season, and a Spring Training full of small sample sizes. Here are just some thoughts over the first half of Spring Training and WBC. Notes and Thoughts Injuries and Transactions
Jump to Rankings When I sat down to the yearly exercise of putting together this list, I was under no delusion that I was writing up a strong farm system. The Phillies are a competitive team that has struggled with development while not having the depth to cycle out players for influxes of talent like … Read more
Jump to Rankings When I sat down to the yearly exercise of putting together this list, I was under no delusion that I was writing up a strong farm system. The Phillies are a competitive team that has struggled with development while not having the depth to cycle out players for influxes of talent like … Read more
When we talk about the shallowness of the Phillies system, that shouldn’t really extend into the very top of it. Painter’s regression and Crawford’s continued inconsistencies make it not an elite top of the system, but it is at least average. Miller is not one of the very top prospects in baseball, but for me … Read more
Winter Leagues Australian Baseball League Saltiban has been on fire over the last week, but the walk and strikeout numbers are concerning given prior knowledge. Ferrebus is swinging freely and making plenty of contact. He needs to find a better approach, but also he is not striking out either. Joining the Giants this week will … Read more
I am back from my hiatus, and so there is 4+ weeks to recap, so a bunch of surface thoughts to follow. Also Lehigh Valley’s season is continuing, but barring some crazy occurrence this will be the last “weekly” update and then there will just be a season update. Hitter Spotlight SS Aidan Miller Since … Read more
This week was late due to personal commitments and this will be the last weekly recap for a little bit. I am taking a break and a vacation. When I return I will return to recap the weeks that passed in that time and then will move into season wrap ups. Hitter Spotlight C Caleb … Read more