A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Original Post Top 50 Prospects 1. Mick Abel, RHP Age: 20 Acquired: Drafted in the 1st Round of the 2020 Draft by the Phillies B/T: R/R H/W: 6’5” 190lbs 2021 Stats: Team (LVL) G GS W-L IP ERA H/9 HR/9 BB% K% CLW (A-) 14 14 1-3 44.2 4.43 5.4 1.0 14.3% 34.9% Role: #2 … Read more
You can find all of the rankings and other material for this year here. 10. Simon Muzziotti, OF Age: 23Acquired: Signed as an International Free Agent in July 2015 by the Red Sox, contract voided by MLB in July 2016. Signed as an International Free Agent in July 2016 by the Phillies.B/T: L/LH/W: 6’1” 175lbs2021 Stats: … Read more
The Phillies entered the offseason with some very obvious holes (CF, LF, SS, RP), but also a real lack of depth. Not every move they made this offseason needed to fix the big issues, some of the little issues needed to be addressed and some of the basic housekeeping had to be handled. Yesterday the … Read more
A week from today the Phillies will need to protect players eligible for the Rule 5 draft by adding them to the 40 man roster. Historically the Phillies have leaned towards over protection, but that has often left the 40 man roster full and inflexible for in season moves. This offseaon the high school and … Read more
I am not sure how this is going to go, but I am going to try writing things again and doing that with a recap of the last week of 6 game series. The goal is to highlight the most interesting hitter and pitcher, give an overall feel, and then some quick notes. We will … Read more
The Phillies system is not where it was at the height of the rebuild. It lacks depth, especially depth in the 11-20 range and it is probably short another top 100 prospect. That said, Alec Bohm and Spencer Howard are one of the best 1-2 punches of major league ready impact talent the organization has … Read more
Last season, the Phillies transitioned from rebuild to attempting to contend. They emptied much of the top of their farm system to the majors with J.P. Crawford, Scott Kingery, Jorge Alfaro, Seranthony Dominguez, Roman Quinn, and Victor Arano all graduating to join the Phillies’ young group of players already in the majors. This left a … Read more
The Phillies are holding a tenuous lead the NL East heading down the stretch in large part to graduations from their farm system. This year J.P. Crawford (1), Scott Kingery (3), Jorge Alfaro (4), Ramon Quinn (13), Seranthony Dominguez (14), Victor Arano (30), and Jesmuel Valentin (32) all have or will have graduated off of … Read more
For about a week now, Matt has provided his comprehensive list of the top 50 Phillies prospects as we get closer to the start of spring training. We are through the first 30 on this list (21-50), so I decided to provide my own thoughts on the players ranked so far. And if you’ve missed … Read more
A list of 30 prospects in a system has become standard, and while this list goes to 50, 30 is where it really hits its stride. These 10 players aren’t perfect prospects, but they are players with a chance to make real major league impact. That ranges from back end starting pitchers who could be … Read more