A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight 1B Keaton Anthony 6 G 5-20 3 HR 3 BB 5 K .250/.385/.700 Keaton Anthony has 5 home runs in 22 games this year and hit a home run in 3 games in a row. Given that the knock on him has been power output, it was worth looking at … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Francisco Renteria 5 G 8-17 2 3B 2 RBI 3 BB 5 K 3 SB .471/.571/.706 The Phillies top international signing hasn’t done anything in 6 games that makes your jaw drop. He has a hit in every game, and Monday was the first time he didn’t reach base … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight IF Juan Villavicencio 5 G 6-20 2 HR 3 RBI 1 BB 3 K 1 SB Villavicencio has made the fringes of prospect lists in the past, notably Fangraphs, but he has never been a real prospect of note. Injuries and ineffectiveness have largely limited Villavicencio the last two seasons … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight C Alirio Ferrebus 8-21 2 2B 2 HR 9 RBI 0 BB 1 K 2 HBP .381/.417/.762 Over the first few weeks of the season, Ferrebus has been one of the best hitters in the FSL, with a season line of .308/.395/.538. In his repeat appearance through the league he … 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 RHP Gage Wood – Wood was the Phillies top draft pick in 2025. There have been a lot of attempts to portray him as a fast mover through the system, the Phillies have generally been more conservative with their timelines for him. His fastball, which will sit 95-98, is going to overwhelm low … Read more
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 SS/3B Carson DeMartini 5 G 9-21 1 2B 1 RBI 2 BB 3 K 1 SB .429/.500/.476 As a junior at Virginia Tech, DeMartini looked like a power forward third baseman with big swing and miss. Last year he struck out just 13.5% of the time, and while he currently … Read more
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight 2B Aroon Escobar 11-23 2 2B 2 HR 4 RBI 1 BB 5 K .478/.500/.826 What Aroon Escobar has done so far this year isn’t completely shocking. He was very very good in a small sample size last year and he has long had the physical tools to be a … Read more