A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Rest of Season Things to Watch I just did a midseason ranking before the trade deadline that you can read for how I would rank the top prospects in the system, so doing a stock watch where I write the same information felt sort of silly. I also am taking a vacation at the start … Read more
Original Post Top 50 Prospects 1. Mick Abel, RHP Age: 20 Acquired: Drafted in the 1st Round of the 2020 Draft by the Phillies B/T: R/R H/W: 6’5” 190lbs 2021 Stats: Team (LVL) G GS W-L IP ERA H/9 HR/9 BB% K% CLW (A-) 14 14 1-3 44.2 4.43 5.4 1.0 14.3% 34.9% Role: #2 … Read more
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
You can find all of the rankings and other material for this year here. 10. Simon Muzziotti, OF Age: 23Acquired: Signed as an International Free Agent in July 2015 by the Red Sox, contract voided by MLB in July 2016. Signed as an International Free Agent in July 2016 by the Phillies.B/T: L/LH/W: 6’1” 175lbs2021 Stats: … Read more
I am not sure how this is going to go, but I am going to try writing things again and doing that with a recap of the last week of 6 game series. The goal is to highlight the most interesting hitter and pitcher, give an overall feel, and then some quick notes. We will … 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
Name: Bryson StottPosition: 2BBorn: October 6, 1997Country: USBats/Throws: L/RHeight/Weight: 6’3″ 200lbsHow Acquired: Drafted in the 1st Round of the 2019 Draft by the Phillies (#14 Overall)Signed: June 27, 2019Bonus: $3,900,000Options Remaining: 2Rule 5 Eligible: 2022MiLB Free Agency: 2025 Articles Stats Rankings Stats Prospect Rankings 2022 #3 2021 #4 2020 #4 2022 #3 Role: First Division RegularRisk: Medium – It is less that Stott is medium risk … Read more
I wrote earlier today about the logic of the MLB draft and how someone was going to fall to the Phillies. The answer was nearly everyone with the Phillies having a choice between RHP Jackson Rutledge, OF Corbin Carroll, LHP Zack Thompson, and their eventual pick SS Bryson Stott. Stott is a junior out of … Read more
The MLB draft starts today June 3 at 7pm. The Phillies have the #14 overall pick, but will not make a pick in the 2nd round, having surrendered their pick to sign Bryce Harper. This means that over 3 days the Phillies will make 39 picks. Follow along for daily recaps and pick by pick … Read more
MLB Draft Details Phillies 1st Round Pick: #14 Draft Tracker Draft Picks: Round Pick Player Position School Bonus Slot 1 14 Bryson Stott SS UNLV $3,900,000 $4,036,800 3 91 Jamari Baylor SS Benedictine School $675,000 $647,300 4 120 Erik Miller LHP Stanford $428,000 $478,300 5 150 Gunner Mayer RHP San Joaquin Delta College (CA) $600,000 $357,100 … Read more