A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
As part of writing the Top 50 I pull a bunch of data and start to dig in to get a deeper look at the players. I can’t put all of the data into the writeups, so it is largely the overview that gets put into the list. When it came to Justin Crawford more … 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
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
When we talk about the shallowness of the Phillies system, that shouldn’t really extend into the very top of it. Painter’s regression and Crawford’s continued inconsistencies make it not an elite top of the system, but it is at least average. Miller is not one of the very top prospects in baseball, but for me … 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 was late due to personal commitments and this will be the last weekly recap for a little bit. I am taking a break and a vacation. When I return I will return to recap the weeks that passed in that time and then will move into season wrap ups. Hitter Spotlight C Caleb … Read more
I said I needed something to write about, but wanted to write and @norseofbroad.bsky.social asked the question that is on many fans’ minds. The answer is very firmly a maybe, which is entirely a coward’s answer and not worthy of writing, but also I have been just short of actually writing about Crawford for a … 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
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