A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Preseason Top 50 It has not been a great season for the Phillies system, and it starts at the top. Justin Crawford and Andrew Painter both graduated to the majors where they have struggled to varying degrees. Aidan Miller’s back injury has put a grey cloud over the system, and poor performances by top prospects … Read more
Stock Changes *Rankings are from Preseason Top 50 Stock Up RHP Ramon Marquez (#14) – A minor injury, plus some worries about building workload meant that Marquez didn’t make his official season debut until May. In those 18.2 innings he has walked 6 to 32 strikeouts. He is throwing harder this year with his fastball … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight IF Robert Phelps 6 G 11-27 2 2B 2 HR 7 RBI 3 SB 2 CS 3 BB 0 K .407/.467/.704 After putting up a very quiet .646 OPS in April, the Phillies 19th round pick from last year’s draft had a monster May hitting .333/.424/.551 on the months with … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight SS Romeli Espinosa 5 G 9-22 3 2B 5 RBI 2 BB 1 K .409/.480/.545 The FCL Phillies have been brutal, and Espinosa was a decent part of that with some real struggles to open the season. After striking out 8 times in the first 4 games of the season, … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight IF Matthew Ferrara 5 G 9-20 2 2B 2 3B 2 HR 8 RBI 2 BB 6 K If you have two games with 4 hits your line is going to look pretty good. Ferrara missed on a cycle by hitting two doubles instead of picking up a single. One … Read more
If you were to list the two most important skills for a hitter to have it might start with raw power and contact in the strike zone. Felix Reyes hits the ball very hard. This year he has a max exit velocity of 115.0 mph and a 90th percentile exit velocity of 105.4 mph. Given … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Dante Nori 9-22 2 2B 1 3B 1 HR 0 BB 5 K 0 SB 3 CS .409/.435/.727 Nori not playing the field due to an arm injury and going 0 for 3 on stolen base attempts this week are out of the normal things for him, but aren’t … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight 1B/OF Felix Reyes 5-14 2 2B 1 RBI 0 BB 2 K It was really just the one game for Reyes, where he went 4-5 with two doubles on opening day while hitting the ball hard. He only end up driving in one run and scoring once himself. He swung … Read more
Top Prospects SS Aidan Miller – Miller’s end to the 2025 season put him among the best prospects in the game. He has been sidelined all spring with back soreness that the Phillies don’t really want to talk about. When on the field, he makes great swing decisions, with a good ability to make contact, … Read more
Game Logs Breakout Notes and Thoughts Pitching Hitting Spring Training Notes and Thoughts Injuries and Transactions Links and Things Minor Thoughts Around the Web Videos and Posts