A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
In the winter of 2018-2019 the Phillies traded for top prospect J.P. Crawford along with the ill advised recently signed Carlos Santana to the Mariners for Jean Segura, Juan Nicasio, and James Pazos. Ultimately, Segura would be completely solid for the Phillies and Crawford would be mostly that for the Mariners. The surrounding parts of … Read more
Stock Changes *Rankings are from preseason rankings Stock Up RHP Gage Wood (#4) – If I were to put out a ranking today, Wood would rank #2 in the system purely on graduations in front of him, but that sort of change in ordinal ranking doesn’t communicate how his outlook has changed over the first … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight SS Bryan Rincon 7-21 1 2B 2 HR 5 RBI 8 BB 3 K 3 SB .333/.500/.667 After a very good week, Bryan Rincon’s home/road splits are looking more even, though the Yard Goats are not a particularly good team. On the season, Rincon is hitting .256/.387/.477 and has mostly … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Dante Nori 9-22 2 2B 1 3B 1 HR 0 BB 5 K 0 SB 3 CS .409/.435/.727 Nori not playing the field due to an arm injury and going 0 for 3 on stolen base attempts this week are out of the normal things for him, but aren’t … Read more
Top Prospects OF Devin Saltiban – Saltiban moved back to center field after returning from injury last year. Things didn’t immediately pick up, but they did in the Australian Baseball League this winter. Saltiban shows good power and speed, but so far it has come with a susceptibility to spin and a lot of swing … Read more
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Not every interesting player makes the list, and I have notes and thoughts on many more players than will be represented in this additional list. I have grouped this by type of player, starting with the new international signees that I don’t rank as part of the major list. This is also not the “honorable … 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
Name: Luke GabryshPosition: RHPBorn: April 16,2003 Country: United StatesBats/Throws: R/RHeight/Weight: 6’3″ 200lbsHow Acquired: Drafted in the 15th Round of the 2024 DraftSigned: July 23, 2024Bonus: $100,000Options Remaining: 3Rule 5 Eligible: 2027MiLB Free Agency: 2030 Articles Stats Rankings Reports Video Stats Prospect Rankings Season Reports/Highlights 2026 Week 3 1 GS 4 IP 0 H 0 R 0 BB 9 K In many ways this could have … Read more
Since it looks like the Phillies don’t have a pile of money to spend, I am going to condense their day 3 picks into a running thread. Round 11: Titan Hayes, RHP, Austin Peay (TN) Hayes is a redshirt junior who has bounced around before landing at Austin Peay where he was ok in relief. … Read more