A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight 2B Aroon Escobar 11-23 2 2B 2 HR 4 RBI 1 BB 5 K .478/.500/.826 What Aroon Escobar has done so far this year isn’t completely shocking. He was very very good in a small sample size last year and he has long had the physical tools to be a … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight C Eduardo Tait 5 G 23 PA 4 H 1 2B 3 HR 3 BB 6 K 2 HBP .222/.391/.778 It wasn’t quite the dramatic week that Escobar had, but it was a good week for the big catcher, who also got to catch Andrew Painter on Friday night. He … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight IF Otto Kemp 7-25 2B 3B 2 HR 4 RBI 2 BB 7 K One of the knocks on Otto Kemp has been whether he can get to his power. He has three home runs already and has a 90th percentile EV of 106.5mph on tracked balls. He is above … Read more
Gameday / Statcast Spring Breakout Notes Pitcher Velocity Exit Velocity Other Notes Videos
I talk a lot about tiers or groupings of players, and to me there is a distinct drop from 5 to 6 and then from 16 to 17. In a deeper system it would be better if this group started at 10 instead of 6, but this is not a group of bad prospects. What … Read more
Name: Carson DeMartiniPosition: 3BBorn: December 27, 2002Country: USBats/Throws: L/RHeight/Weight: 6’0″ 197lbsHow Acquired: Drafted in the 4th round of the 2024 Draft by the PhilliesSigned: July 23, 2024Bonus: $545,400Options Remaining: 3Rule 5 Eligible: 2027MiLB Free Agency: 2030 Articles Stats Rankings Reports Video Stats Prospect Rankings 2025 #13 2025 #13 Role: Everyday Third BasemanRisk: High – DeMartini swung and missed at a high rate this year in college, but … Read more
Stock Changes *Rankings are from midseason list / Statcast stats from Robert Orr’s website Stock Up RHP Eiberson Castellano (#24) – Last month was focused on Eiberson breaking into the prospect ranks, but he followed up his solid season with a dominant August where he posted a 1.64 ERA in AA with 5 walks and … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Emaarion Boyd 5 G 8-24 1 2B 2 3B 1 HR 6 RBI 2 SB 0 BB 5 K Boyd had 2 hit games in the last 4 games of the series, and is now batting .295/.349/.459 in August, far and away his best month of … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule *Game played as part of a doubleheader This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Gabriel Rincones Jr. 9-24 3 2B 3 HR 8 RBI 2 BB 8 K 1 SB Rincones had opened the season by hitting .300/.417/.600 with Reading, but since starting his rehab he had hit only .221/.315/.325 in 21 games … Read more
The draft picks have all signed and the trade deadline is next week, so like last year I am going to combine the two into a rankings update and thoughts on the trade deadline. Like always I have divided the list up into tiers. Within a tier the order is my preference. It isn’t 100% … Read more