A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
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
Preseason Top 50 It has not been a great season for the Phillies system, and it starts at the top. Justin Crawford and Andrew Painter both graduated to the majors where they have struggled to varying degrees. Aidan Miller’s back injury has put a grey cloud over the system, and poor performances by top prospects … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Raylin Heredia 6 G 7-24 2 HR 4 RBI 1 SB 2 BB 3 K .292/.346/.542 With two walks this week, Heredia set a new monthly high water mark for walks in a month with 5. His strikeout rate is down as well, which is important because Heredia’s contact … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Francisco Renteria 5 G 8-17 2 3B 2 RBI 3 BB 5 K 3 SB .471/.571/.706 The Phillies top international signing hasn’t done anything in 6 games that makes your jaw drop. He has a hit in every game, and Monday was the first time he didn’t reach base … Read more
Stock Changes *Rankings are from preseason rankings Stock Up RHP Gage Wood (#4) – If I were to put out a ranking today, Wood would rank #2 in the system purely on graduations in front of him, but that sort of change in ordinal ranking doesn’t communicate how his outlook has changed over the first … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight SS Bryan Rincon 7-21 1 2B 2 HR 5 RBI 8 BB 3 K 3 SB .333/.500/.667 After a very good week, Bryan Rincon’s home/road splits are looking more even, though the Yard Goats are not a particularly good team. On the season, Rincon is hitting .256/.387/.477 and has mostly … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight IF Matthew Ferrara 5 G 9-20 2 2B 2 3B 2 HR 8 RBI 2 BB 6 K If you have two games with 4 hits your line is going to look pretty good. Ferrara missed on a cycle by hitting two doubles instead of picking up a single. One … Read more
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
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Griffin Burkholder 1 G 5 PA 2-4 1 RBI 1 BB 0 K Burkholder played in only one of the Threshers three games, but that is notable in its own way. The 2024 2nd round pick has struggled to stay health and he has struggled to perform when on … Read more