A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Season Recap Record: 68-81 A lot of the potential excitement of an IronPigs season revolved around Aidan Miller and Gabriel Ricones Jr. getting healthy and getting some reinforcements from Reading. Miller ended up missing most of the season and never actually getting to AAA. Rincones had a season plagued by injuries and poor play. Then … 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
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight IF Carson DeMartini 6 G 8-17 3 2B 1 HR 3 RBI 5 BB 2 K 2 SB .471/.591/.824 DeMartini entered the year in need of health and redemption from a poor end to the year with Reading. He had a fine first month plus of the season, with his … 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
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Elian Adames 5 G 10-18 3 2B 2 HR 6 RBI 2 BB 2 K .556/.600/1.056 The Phillies signed Adames for $75,000 in January of 2025 and he had about the season you normally get from a 17 year old in the DSL. He hit the ball hard a … Read more
Top Prospects OF Dante Nori – Nori played most of the year with Clearwater in 2025, but the Phillies aggressively pushed him to Reading after he spent some time with Italy in the WBC. Nori has worked on being less of a slap hitter, and to drive the ball in optimal counts, but he might … Read more
Not every interesting player makes the list, and I have notes and thoughts on many more players than will be represented in this additional list. I have grouped this by type of player, starting with the new international signees that I don’t rank as part of the major list. This is also not the “honorable … Read more
Another season, and a Spring Training full of small sample sizes. Here are just some thoughts over the first half of Spring Training and WBC. Notes and Thoughts Injuries and Transactions