A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight SS/3B Carson DeMartini 5 G 9-21 1 2B 1 RBI 2 BB 3 K 1 SB .429/.500/.476 As a junior at Virginia Tech, DeMartini looked like a power forward third baseman with big swing and miss. Last year he struck out just 13.5% of the time, and while he currently … 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
Ever since the Phillies brought in Dave Dombrowski to run their baseball operations, they have been looking to overhaul the farm system and develop a sustaining long term pipeline. The process involved throwing aside large pieces of the previous framework, many of which have gone on to have success in other organizations, in order to … Read more
The draft picks have all signed and the trade deadline is next week, so like last year I am going to combine the two into a rankings update and thoughts on the trade deadline. Like always I have divided the list up into tiers. Within a tier the order is my preference. It isn’t 100% … Read more
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
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
Last Week’s Schedule This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Leandro Pineda 11-20 2 2B 1 HR 4 BB 1 K .550/.600/.800 Pineda has long looked like a better baseball player than he actually has been. That changed last year, when from July to end of season he hit .291/.379/.463 with a 10.3% BB% and 21.7% … Read more
Name: Enrique SeguraPosition: RHPBorn: December 19, 2004Country: Dominican RepublicBats/Throws: R/RHeight/Weight: 6’3″ 175lbsHow Acquired: International Free AgentSigned: January 15, 2022Bonus: $80,000Options Remaining: 3Rule 5 Eligible: 2026MiLB Free Agency: 2028 Articles Stats Rankings Stats Pitcher Tracking *Pitch tracking data sourced from Statcast, broadcasts, and individual reports Pitch Type Year Velocity Low Velocity High Velocity Max Games Tracked FA 2022 92 94 95 2 CH 2022 84 … Read more
It is once again list season, a time and activity that brings me excitement and stress. Ultimately the list allows me to consolidate thoughts on a one year check in on the players in the system. The actual numbers help in identifying value and justifying that value. I don’t do OFPs or Future Values, but … Read more
It is once again list season, a time and activity that brings me excitement and stress. Ultimately the list allows me to consolidate thoughts on a one year check in on the players in the system. The actual numbers help in identifying value and justifying that value. I don’t do OFPs or Future Values, but … Read more