A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Last Week’s Schedule *Game was part of a double header # Game was suspended This Week’s Schedule #Continuation of a suspended game *Part of a double header Hitter Spotlight OF Carlos De La Cruz 9-26 3 HR 2 BB 4 K .346/.414/.692 It wasn’t the best week that Carlos De La Cruz has had this … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule #completion of suspended game *double header This Week’s Schedule #completion of suspended game Hitter Spotlight 2B/SS William Bergolla 10-21 2 2B 1 HR 2 BB 2 K 1 SB As part of the BlueClaws barrage on the Greensboro park this year, Bergolla hit his first home run of his career and had … Read more
Stock Changes *All rankings from preseason list Stock Up SS Aidan Miller (3) – Last month I noted that Miller was showing the pieces for a breakout, but has not yet done it. May was his breakout. He hit .309/.478/.588 for the month with 10 doubles, 3 home runs, and 17 walks (18.9%) to 20 … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule *Part of a double header #Game suspended This Week’s Schedule #Continuation of suspended game Hitter Spotlight OF Jordan Viars 9-18 1 2B 4 HR 11 RBI 1 BB 5 K .500/.526/1.222 I was apparently incorrect last week when I said Guillermo Rosario would have the best single game by a Phillies prospect … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Leandro Pineda 11-20 2 2B 1 HR 4 BB 1 K .550/.600/.800 Pineda has long looked like a better baseball player than he actually has been. That changed last year, when from July to end of season he hit .291/.379/.463 with a 10.3% BB% and 21.7% … Read more
Stock Changes *All rankings from preseason list Stock Up RHP George Klassen (#22) – Klassen is the big breakout of the Phillies season so far. He is holding plus plus velocity (averaging around 97 and touching up to 99), but his control and breaking balls have been the revelation. He still needs to work on … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule Lehigh Valley (3-3) vs Durham (3-6): L 10-28, W 3-2, L 6-10, W 9-4, W 6-1, L 9-12 Reading (1-2) vs Portland (0-1): W 9-8, W 5-1, L 0-11, L 2-9*, L 4-5*, L 5-9 Jersey Shore (2-1) @ Hickory (0-3): W 8-1, L 0-1, W 4-0*, L 0-5*, W 13-0, L … Read more
Top Prospects Justin Crawford – There are valid critiques and worries about Crawford’s long term future, especially when it comes to his swing and contact quality. He needs to elevate the ball more and chase less. He also is a has plus plus speed, is a plus defensive centerfielder, and despite the other swing worries, … Read more
The Phillies prospects faced off against their Tigers counterparts on Thursday afternoon, and after jumping out to the early lead, fell 5-1 behind from some poor defense, bad pitch location, and two Jace Jung home runs. It was however, a one game exhibition featuring an extremely young Phillies lineup. The youth was very apparent on … Read more
This year MLB is doing a new thing called the Spring Breakout where a team of prospects from one team will play a team of prospects from another. They are 7 inning games (though teams can agree to make them 9 if they would like)- EDIT: Phillies vs Tigers has been changed to a 9 … Read more