A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight IF/OF Felix Reyes 5 G 6-15 2 2B 1 HR 0 BB 1 K 1 HBP .400/.412/.733 Reyes is a prospect that has always fascinated me. He began the season on the Development List playing games in Extended Spring Training, was then activated by Reading and was hitting cleanup at … Read more
Stock Changes *Rankings are from preseason list / Statcast stats from Robert Orr’s website or Baseball Savant Stock Up 2B Aroon Escobar (#11) – Escobar entered the year as a popular sleeper because his underlying numbers were very good, and he just had not stayed healthy or consistent. In April, Escobar hit .360/.461/.627 in 19 … 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 IF Otto Kemp 7-25 2B 3B 2 HR 4 RBI 2 BB 7 K One of the knocks on Otto Kemp has been whether he can get to his power. He has three home runs already and has a 90th percentile EV of 106.5mph on tracked balls. He is above … Read more
Top Prospects 2B Devin Saltiban – The Phillies moved Saltiban from the outfield to infield after he was drafted in 2023, and he has settled in at second base. He has the tools to make it work, but he does not always look natural. Hopefully another year will help him feel more comfortable there. At … Read more
Gameday / Statcast Spring Breakout Notes Pitcher Velocity Exit Velocity Other Notes Videos
I talk a lot about tiers or groupings of players, and to me there is a distinct drop from 5 to 6 and then from 16 to 17. In a deeper system it would be better if this group started at 10 instead of 6, but this is not a group of bad prospects. What … Read more
Each year the Phillies honor one pitcher and one hitter (with some occasional small exceptions) with the Paul Owens Award as the best hitting and pitching performance of the year. It is not always the best prospect, but you can see below that sometimes the best prospect, particularly hitter just also is the best performer. … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight C Kehden Hettiger 5-14 1 2B 1 3B 2 H 4 BB 3 K .357/.500/1.000 Hettiger has had a rough season. This last little stretch has him over .200 for the first time this season, now at a .208/.364/.339 line on the season. He has been kept … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Jaeden Calderon 9-20 3 2B 1 3B 1 BB 4 K Last year, Jaeden Calderon has a good year as a 17 year old, hitting .276/.414/.463 for DSL Red. He is back on Red this year for a repeat performance, hitting .302/.440/.466 through 38 games. Since … Read more