A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
I want to skip to the Midseason reports The Phillies entered the deadline with a need in the bullpen for an impact arm (which they acquired on Wednesday in Jhoan Duran from the Twins) and just a competent outfielder. It would have been nice had they gotten a big name or remade their roster, but … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Gabriel Rincones Jr. 6-15 2 2B 2 HR 5 RBI 6 BB 3 K 1 SB .400/.571/.933 There has been an opportunity for Rincones to have grabbed himself a major league role, but he didn’t walk to go with his strikeouts in the first month of the season, and … Read more
The MLB trade deadline is July 31 6pm EDT. The Phillies have a need in their bullpen and in left field or on their bench. By all accounts they are motivated to make a deal, however the market is in flux and that means there could be a lot available, little available, or even only … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Griffin Burkholder 4-13 2 2B 1 HR 3 RBI 0 BB 3 K The draft is next week, and it probably isn’t ideal we haven’t talked about the player thought to be the Phillies best selection in last year’s draft. It doesn’t help that Burkholder started the year hurt, … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Hendry Mendez 7-17 1 2B 1 3B 1 HR 4 RBI 1 BB 2 K 1 SB I try to avoid writing up the same player twice, but if you hit for the cycle you get to break the mold. On Friday, Mendez pulled off the feat in 8-5 … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Dante Nori 6-21 4 2B 7 RBI 4 BB 4 K 2 SB .286/.385/.476 The Phillies 2024 first round pick is now hitting .240/.328/.332 on the season. In June he is hitting .277/.386/.404 with more walks than strikeouts. Nori has a 26.6% line drive rate and a very reasonable … Read more
Stock Changes *Rankings are from Preseason Rankings / Statcast stats from Robert Orr’s website and MLBSavant Stock Up C Eduardo Tait (5) – It isn’t like Tait got off to a poor start, his OPS in April was higher than it was in May thanks to hitting for more power. However, there was an aggression … Read more
This Week’s Schedule * Season begins Monday June 2 Hitter Spotlight OF Hendry Mendez 7 G 7-22 1 HR 5 RBI 5 BB 5 K .318/.444/.455 If you liked Justin Crawford’s penchant for hitting hard ground balls, but wish it game with more plate discipline and a worse defensive profile, then Hendry Mendez was the … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight C Alirio Ferrebus 4 G 19 PA 3-14 2 HB 4 BB 1 K 1 HBP It was mostly a quiet week for Ferrebus outside of a two home run game (two opposite field shots on fastballs). He is only hitting .238 on season, mostly due to a high ground … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight 2B Aroon Escobar 11-23 2 2B 2 HR 4 RBI 1 BB 5 K .478/.500/.826 What Aroon Escobar has done so far this year isn’t completely shocking. He was very very good in a small sample size last year and he has long had the physical tools to be a … Read more