A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
There is a large gap at the top of the system from 5 to 6. Nori is the near consensus #6 prospect in the system due to his combination of position and hit tool. Rounding out this bottom half of the top 10, there are the two 2025 draftees who received 2nd round level bonuses, … Read more
I am back from my hiatus, and so there is 4+ weeks to recap, so a bunch of surface thoughts to follow. Also Lehigh Valley’s season is continuing, but barring some crazy occurrence this will be the last “weekly” update and then there will just be a season update. Hitter Spotlight SS Aidan Miller Since … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Devin Saltiban 10-23 3 2B 2 3B 1 HR 4 RBI 3 BB 4 K 3 SB .435/.519/.870 Saltiban has exclusively played center field since the beginning of July, and unsurprisingly has looked fine at the position. The BlueClaws returned home last week, and Saltiban put his terrible week … Read more
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
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF TJayy Walton 7 G 8-25 1 2B 1 3B 3 RBI 2 SB 5 BB 7 K .320/.433/.440 Walton has struggled to stay healthy and has struggled on the field when healthy. Walton missed the first two months of 2025 with a hamate injury, which was always going to … Read more
The MLB trade deadline is July 31 6pm EDT. The Phillies have a need in their bullpen and in left field or on their bench. By all accounts they are motivated to make a deal, however the market is in flux and that means there could be a lot available, little available, or even only … Read more
This Week’s Schedule *All full season teams playing 3 game series Hitter Spotlight 3B Francisco Loreto 4 G 6-13 1 2B 2 HR 5 RBI 2 BB 1 K .462/.533/1.000 Francisco Loreto might be having the most fascinating season in the Phillies org this season. In 2024, he played 30 games in the DSL and … Read more
Stock Changes *Rankings are from preseason rankings / Statcast stats from Robert Orr’s website and Baseball Savant Stock Up OF Avery Owusu-Asiedu (UR) – It is hard to overstate just how poor 2024 was for Owusu-Asiedu. He struck out at a 36.1% rate and had a zone contact rate of 72.6%. He just did not … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Griffin Burkholder 4-13 2 2B 1 HR 3 RBI 0 BB 3 K The draft is next week, and it probably isn’t ideal we haven’t talked about the player thought to be the Phillies best selection in last year’s draft. It doesn’t help that Burkholder started the year hurt, … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Hendry Mendez 7-17 1 2B 1 3B 1 HR 4 RBI 1 BB 2 K 1 SB I try to avoid writing up the same player twice, but if you hit for the cycle you get to break the mold. On Friday, Mendez pulled off the feat in 8-5 … Read more