A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
I want to skip to the Midseason reports The Phillies, and really every team, has been desperate for impact relievers the whole deadline. The tea leaves heading into the deadline was that they had made catcher Eduardo Tait available as a big piece, and ever since his resurgence it was clear that RHP Mick Abel … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Gabriel Rincones Jr. 6-15 2 2B 2 HR 5 RBI 6 BB 3 K 1 SB .400/.571/.933 There has been an opportunity for Rincones to have grabbed himself a major league role, but he didn’t walk to go with his strikeouts in the first month of the season, and … 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
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/2B Dylan Campbell 5-16 1 2B 1 RBI 4 BB 0 K 2 SB .313/.450/.375 Campbell had a couple of nice games early in the season, but overall hit .173 and .184 in the first two months of the season, and overall through May 23 was hitting .160/.240/.328. He then … 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
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Dante Nori 6-21 4 2B 7 RBI 4 BB 4 K 2 SB .286/.385/.476 The Phillies 2024 first round pick is now hitting .240/.328/.332 on the season. In June he is hitting .277/.386/.404 with more walks than strikeouts. Nori has a 26.6% line drive rate and a very reasonable … Read more
Stock Changes *Rankings are from Preseason Rankings / Statcast stats from Robert Orr’s website and MLBSavant Stock Up C Eduardo Tait (5) – It isn’t like Tait got off to a poor start, his OPS in April was higher than it was in May thanks to hitting for more power. However, there was an aggression … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight 1B Keaton Anthony 12 G 48 PA 16-46 5 2B 2 HR 2 BB 7 K .348/.375/.587 This is really a celebration of a strong month for Anthony who has hit .368/.417/.604 since the start of May. He is a bit of an odd first baseman with just 4 home … Read more