A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
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
Another season, and a Spring Training full of small sample sizes. Here are just some thoughts over the first half of Spring Training and WBC. Notes and Thoughts Injuries and Transactions
Jump to Rankings When I sat down to the yearly exercise of putting together this list, I was under no delusion that I was writing up a strong farm system. The Phillies are a competitive team that has struggled with development while not having the depth to cycle out players for influxes of talent like … Read more
Jump to Rankings When I sat down to the yearly exercise of putting together this list, I was under no delusion that I was writing up a strong farm system. The Phillies are a competitive team that has struggled with development while not having the depth to cycle out players for influxes of talent like … Read more
There is a large gap at the top of the system from 5 to 6. Nori is the near consensus #6 prospect in the system due to his combination of position and hit tool. Rounding out this bottom half of the top 10, there are the two 2025 draftees who received 2nd round level bonuses, … Read more
On Tuesday MLB teams will need to add players eligible for the Rule 5 draft to their 40 man rosters in order to protect them from the major league phase of the Rule 5 draft on December 10 (they also need to set their AAA roster for the minor league phase, but that is not … Read more
Minor League Awards All of these awards are made up. Unless otherwise stated they are not about prospect ranking and evaluation, but are about how a player actually performed. Hitter of the Year – Felix Reyes 101 G – 343 PA – 34 2B – 4 3B – 16 HR – 13 SB – .331/.362/.562 … Read more
I am back from my hiatus, and so there is 4+ weeks to recap, so a bunch of surface thoughts to follow. Also Lehigh Valley’s season is continuing, but barring some crazy occurrence this will be the last “weekly” update and then there will just be a season update. Hitter Spotlight SS Aidan Miller Since … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Devin Saltiban 10-23 3 2B 2 3B 1 HR 4 RBI 3 BB 4 K 3 SB .435/.519/.870 Saltiban has exclusively played center field since the beginning of July, and unsurprisingly has looked fine at the position. The BlueClaws returned home last week, and Saltiban put his terrible week … Read more
Rest of Season Things to Watch I just did a midseason ranking before the trade deadline that you can read for how I would rank the top prospects in the system, so doing a stock watch where I write the same information felt sort of silly. I also am taking a vacation at the start … Read more