A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Season Recap Record: 74-55 (Lost in FSL Division Series) The Phillies once again sent their draft class to Clearwater, which once again led to a dominant first have from the Threshers including qualifying for the postseason. The wrinkle this season was that the Phillies 2025 draft class was full of pitching which meant the hitting … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight IF Aroon Escobar 6 G 9-22 4 2B 3 HR 6 RBI 1 BB 2 K 2 HBP 1 SB .409/.480/1.000 There is something to be said about Escobar’s wild hacks not leading to the best contact quality, but it was getting downright bizarre that he wasn’t hitting for power … Read more
Stock Changes *Rankings are from Trade Deadline List Stock Up 3B Carson DeMartini – DeMartini had an ok start to the year before then missing two and a half months to a wrist injury. He came back on fire in August, hitting for power and average, while walking more than he struck out. DeMartini is … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Caden Bogenpohl 10 G 11-38 3 2B 1 HR 9 RBI 1 BB 10 K Against Ft Myers Bogenpohl hit the hardest ball by a Phillies player of any level in the Statcast era at 117.1 mph. On his 42 batted balls as a pro he has a 90th … Read more
Deadline Recap and Other Notes I wrote about the major trades of the deadline on Monday when they happened, but now we have two smaller trades and some settled dust to get through. First was the RHP Nolan Hoffman for RHP Manuel Colon. Colon is a small 19 year old right handed reliever with a … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Jonathan Hogart 5 G 9-19 1 2B 3 HR 14 RBI 5 BB 6 K .474/.560/1.000 Much like former teammate Nathan Humphreys, Hogart was brought in as an undrafted free agent by the Phillies in 2025. Hogart rarely chases, and aggressive in the zone, but has real contact issues … Read more
The trade deadline gives another good snapshot of the season to add in the new draft picks, take a larger view of the DSL season, see some prospects deal with the dog days of the season, and then really make some assessments of how players might be viewed outside the system. The Phillies are a … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Full season teams play a 3-game week Hitter Spotlight SS Juan Parra 8-20 2 2B 3 RBI 9 BB 3 K 1 SB .400/.586/.500 While largely being overshadowed by Francisco Renteria, Juan Parra is hitting .313/.470/.417 on the season with 31 walks to 23 strikeouts, in July that is .353/.551/.500 with 15 … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight C/2B/3B/SS/CF/LF/RP Jose Tovar 5 G 7-18 2 2B 7 R 3 RBI 2 BB 5 K 5 SB .389/.476/.500 Not every prospect is a mega prospect, sometimes they are just utterly fascinating. This week Jose Tovar started two games at third, one each at second, short, and center, and caught … Read more
Entering this season Brad Pacheco was viewed as a work in progress, a player who had just one healthy season in 3. When he ranked #32 on the preseason list this is what I had to say about him, and I think it gives a good snapshot in time. At his best, Pacheco will show … Read more