A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight C Eduardo Tait 5 G 23 PA 4 H 1 2B 3 HR 3 BB 6 K 2 HBP .222/.391/.778 It wasn’t quite the dramatic week that Escobar had, but it was a good week for the big catcher, who also got to catch Andrew Painter on Friday night. He … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight IF Otto Kemp 7-25 2B 3B 2 HR 4 RBI 2 BB 7 K One of the knocks on Otto Kemp has been whether he can get to his power. He has three home runs already and has a 90th percentile EV of 106.5mph on tracked balls. He is above … Read more
This Week’s Schedule *3 Game Series beginning 4/4 Hitter Spotlight 1B Carson Taylor 4-6 2 2B HR BB 2 K It is a 3 game sample size, and if you go 3 for 3 with 2 doubles and a home run in a game that is going to weigh pretty heavily. Taylor got a hit … 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
Gameday / Statcast Spring Breakout Notes Pitcher Velocity Exit Velocity Other Notes Videos
These recaps won’t start in earnest until the minor league season begins, and I cannot promise there will be enough prospect content for each week in March. However, there are prospects in camp playing in games for now. Notes and Thoughts Pitcher Spotlight – Velocity Readings You can find all prospect velocity readings over the … Read more
The different tiers of prospects unsurprisingly look like a pyramid, with a large number of interesting players in the organization narrowing to a very few elite prospects at the top. Even here in this group of five there are three distinct tiers. At the top, Painter is an elite prospect, talent wise one of the … Read more
The minor league season is over, but there was some news and notes over the last week plus. Arizona Fall League The Phillies are sending 9 players to the Arizona Fall League this year. None of them are Andrew Painter, which is disappointing to some, but is not unsurprising given where he is in his … Read more
Some Awards I Made Up Hitter of the Year: Otto Kemp, IF This could easily be Keaton Anthony, Justin Crawford, Aidan Miller, or Eduardo Tait, but I went Kemp and his .285/.392/.489 line. Kemp played at 3 different levels (4 if you include rehabbing in Clearwater) and was often the best hitter on each team. … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight 1B Darick Hall It wasn’t a good last two weeks of the season for Hall, who finished up his worst minor league season as the most prolific home run hitter in the history of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. Hall hit 76 home runs in 410 games with the Phillies AAA … Read more