A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
The Rule 5 draft typically ends the Winter Meetings, and in this case that will be Wednesday 2pm ET, and so we continue the series of offseason posts entirely related to the transactions around it. For the major league phase, the Phillies have not selected and kept a player in a number of years, but … Read more
Top Prospects Justin Crawford – The Phillies decided to aggressively push Crawford to AAA after just 40 games in AA. Crawford is a divisive prospect across the industry, but the Phillies clearly think highly of him. It is likely to be a process over results season for Crawford, both in the positive and negative. Is … Read more
The Rule 5 draft has largely been rendered obsolete as a talent acquisition tool, but the threat of it and the managing of the 40 man roster spurs other parts of player movement. The Phillies under Dave Dombrowski have largely tried to keep their 40 man roster limited to players who can play in the … Read more