A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
The Phillies continue an offseason of ok value moves by shipping their top prospect and one of their top young hitters to the Marlins for arguably the best catcher in baseball. Before going into what the Phillies gave up, it is important to acknowledge that J.T. Realmuto is very good. He is a well above … 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
Last night, headline came across that Phillies top prospect Sixto Sanchez had a setback and would miss the Arizona Fall League. This largely sent everyone into a panic. Sanchez is a divisive player in Phillies fans circles. To some he is untouchable, the kind of elite prospect that teams shouldn’t trade. To others he is … Read more
Arizona Fall League is this weird combination of high level hitters getting extra at bats, Rule 5 eligible relievers trying to show off, and low level hitters just trying to make an impression, all surrounded by filler that is better than org guys. Also it is all played in a launching pad of a league. … 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
It certainly is a thrilling atmosphere right now with the Phillies being the talk of the town (that is until the reigning Super Bowl champions kick off their title defense). To be 11 games over .500, and being tied a top the division on the morning of July 24th was probably not what anybody was … Read more
Yesterday, Matt released the final portion of his top 50 Phillies prospects with the ten best in the system. Matt’s been doing this for some time now and I think we all should give him a round of applause for the amount of hard and detailed work he puts into it every year. It’s probably … Read more
In some ways the the top 10 of the prospect list is anticlimactic. The players on the list are of a surprise to no one and most of these players have been well reported on. That feeling lasts until you start to write about players like Jhailyn Ortiz, Scott Kingery, Sixto Sanchez, and others. It … Read more
Sixto Sanchez 6’0″, 185 lb Bats/Throws: R/R Signed as an International Amateur free agent in 2014 Teams Played for: Lakewood (Low A/South Atlantic League)/Clearwater (High A/Florida State League) Dates Seen: 4/13, 4/30, 7/12, 7/30 Eyewitness Stats: 4 G (all starts), 22 IP, 12 H, 2 R (2 ER), BB, 18 K (22.8%), HBP, 79 BF … Read more
Back on July 12th, I went to my third Sixto Sanchez start. There was nothing going on in the sports industry that night other than the ESPYs. There were dozens of scouts and writers on hand to watch Sixto roll through six innings allowing just one run. That night I also provided video, and the … Read more