A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
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
Top Prospects C Eduardo Tait – At age 17, Tait was one of the best players in the complex and even got 28 games with the Threshers to end the season. In that small sample of low-A, he swung and missed much more and will need to show more patience to not see his contact … Read more
Gameday / Statcast Spring Breakout Notes Pitcher Velocity Exit Velocity Other Notes Videos
The different tiers of prospects unsurprisingly look like a pyramid, with a large number of interesting players in the organization narrowing to a very few elite prospects at the top. Even here in this group of five there are three distinct tiers. At the top, Painter is an elite prospect, talent wise one of the … Read more
Some Awards I Made Up Hitter of the Year: Otto Kemp, IF This could easily be Keaton Anthony, Justin Crawford, Aidan Miller, or Eduardo Tait, but I went Kemp and his .285/.392/.489 line. Kemp played at 3 different levels (4 if you include rehabbing in Clearwater) and was often the best hitter on each team. … 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 Hendry Mendez 8-17 1 2B 1 3B 2 RBI 4 BB 1 K .471/.571/.647 Since the start of July, Mendez is hitting .338/.424/.507 with 14 doubles, 2 triples, and 2 home runs. After hitting just 6 extra base hits in the first half, it is a … 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
Stock Changes *Rankings are from midseason list Stock Up C Eduardo Tait (#5) – June looked like a breakout for Tait as he put up a 1.011 OPS, and then he followed it up with a 1.031 OPS in July, complete with a promotion to Clearwater. The major concern of the month he is walked … Read more