Phillies Minor League Monthly Retrospective – June 2024

Stock Changes *Rankings are from midseason list / preseason list Stock Up LHP Mavis Graves (#20 / #37) – It isn’t that Graves was bad to start the season, he had a solid April and May with the arrow pointed very up, it is that his June was another leap forward. In 4 starts during … Read more

Phillies Minor League Recap (Week 13 6/18-6/24)

Last Week’s Schedule *Part of double header #completion of previous game This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight C Eduardo Tait 8-22 2 2B 2 HR 8 RBI 2 K 2 HBP 1 SB Not as good a week as last for Eduardo Tait who only hit .364/.417/.727 on the week. No walks, but 2 hit by … Read more

2024 Phillies Prospect Ranking – A June Snapshot

We are now 12 weeks into the minor league season and 6 weeks before the trade deadline. With the FCL season over a month in, this year gives a good chance to have actual information on the breakouts already happening. Not all rankings changes may be as reflected in the actual number, as the tiers … Read more

Phillies Minor League Recap (Week 12 6/11-6/17)

Last Week’s Schedule *Game was part of a double header # Game was suspended This Week’s Schedule #Continuation of a suspended game *Part of a double header Hitter Spotlight OF Carlos De La Cruz 9-26 3 HR 2 BB 4 K .346/.414/.692 It wasn’t the best week that Carlos De La Cruz has had this … Read more

Phillies Minor League Recap (Week 11 6/4-6/10)

Last Week’s Schedule #completion of suspended game *double header This Week’s Schedule #completion of suspended game Hitter Spotlight 2B/SS William Bergolla 10-21 2 2B 1 HR 2 BB 2 K 1 SB As part of the BlueClaws barrage on the Greensboro park this year, Bergolla hit his first home run of his career and had … Read more

Phillies Minor League Monthly Retrospective – May 2024

Stock Changes *All rankings from preseason list Stock Up SS Aidan Miller (3) – Last month I noted that Miller was showing the pieces for a breakout, but has not yet done it. May was his breakout. He hit .309/.478/.588 for the month with 10 doubles, 3 home runs, and 17 walks (18.9%) to 20 … Read more

Phillies Minor League Recap (Week 10 5/28-6/3)

Last Week’s Schedule *Part of a double header #Game suspended This Week’s Schedule #Continuation of suspended game Hitter Spotlight OF Jordan Viars 9-18 1 2B 4 HR 11 RBI 1 BB 5 K .500/.526/1.222 I was apparently incorrect last week when I said Guillermo Rosario would have the best single game by a Phillies prospect … Read more

2024 FCL Phillies Season Preview

Top Prospects SS Starlyn Caba – Caba was the Phillies biggest signing in the 2023 International Signing class and has looked every bit what was promised. The standout tool is his glove which is at least plus now and has a chance to be elite thanks to great athleticism and instincts. He has yet to … Read more

Phillies Minor League Monthly Retrospective – April 2024

Stock Changes *All rankings from preseason list Stock Up RHP George Klassen (#22) – Klassen is the big breakout of the Phillies season so far. He is holding plus plus velocity (averaging around 97 and touching up to 99), but his control and breaking balls have been the revelation. He still needs to work on … Read more

Phillies Spring Breakout Thoughts and Recap

The Phillies prospects faced off against their Tigers counterparts on Thursday afternoon, and after jumping out to the early lead, fell 5-1 behind from some poor defense, bad pitch location, and two Jace Jung home runs. It was however, a one game exhibition featuring an extremely young Phillies lineup. The youth was very apparent on … Read more