A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
The Phillies offseason goals clearly revolve around the final signing location of Manny Machado and Bryce Harper. As much as the Phillies talk about it being a success if they don’t sign one of the two superstars, the truth is that it is very hard road to respectability without signing either. What the Phillies have … Read more
The top of the Phillies system has some real impact, but what makes it special for me is the group spanning 8 to 15. The whole group is interchangeable, and while I went with 3 younger upside players in the 8-10 spot, I see them as equal in value to me to the 5 players … Read more
I put on Sunday’s Reading game with the goal of continuing to get looks at Andrew Pullin, who I still don’t have a grasp on. Instead it was Nick Pivetta on the mound who consumed my interest. Pivetta is not an unknown prospect, he ended up sandwiched between his Reading teammates Rhys Hoskins and Dylan … Read more
Last part of the series on midseason updates after looking at players off the list on Tuesday and hitters on Wednesday. This time it is pitchers, a position that has become and org focus in the past few years. With quantity comes some quality, but also some players that have dropped off. Up: Ben Lively … Read more
This section of the ranking was the hardest part of this exercise. There was not a huge difference among these 10 players (and the last 2-3 of the Top 10), and in reality you could reorder this list with little argument from me. It is easy to point to the top of the system as the reason for … Read more
Just because the Phillies did not have an affiliate in the Carolina League did not mean they were not represented. Their trading spree at the trade deadline gained the Phillies’ prospects from across baseball and in this case a hot head closer brought the Phillies back a very interesting arm. 8. Nick Pivetta (RHP) Pivetta … Read more
It is always cautioned that the first Arizona Fall League rosters are preliminary. The first casualty was right handed starter Nick Pivetta who experienced an oblique injury in his final start for Reading. Given normal injury recovery, Pivetta likely would have been healthy to pitch in the AFL but by the time he ramped up … Read more
Each year it seems like the talent in the Arizona Fall League gets even more crazy. This year the Phillies are adding to the very high end talent present by sending the #2 prospect in baseball to the desert. It wasn’t clear whether the Phillies would push J.P. Crawford’s season to make up for his … Read more
Much like the draft, the first evaluation point for a trade, is a shortly after everyone has played games and it is just double check that you got what was advertised. With the Hamels trade dominating the news around the deadline, the other trade returns got overshadowed. The goal is loop back around to the … Read more
I was asked a couple of times after the trades who was Rule 5 eligible of the prospects the Phillies got back in trades. I will talk about the full 40 man and who needs spots and who could be gone when we get closer to September, but for now here is just who they … Read more