A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
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
After taking two high school outfielders, the Phillies spent much of Day 2 of the draft leaving us asking the question of “Do they know they can take pitchers?”. The thing about the MLB draft is you can have a real dedicated strategy, like the year the Angels only took pitchers or they Yankees this … Read more
Phillies go with their 5th straight hitter with their 5th round pick in Indiana outfielder Carter Mathison. Mathison had a big year as a freshman, but was less dominant as a sophomore and junior, hitting just .260/.378/.498 this year. There are definitely mixed opinions on him with most public lists having him rated out beyond … Read more