A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Last Week’s Schedule *Game played as part of a doubleheader This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Gabriel Rincones Jr. 9-24 3 2B 3 HR 8 RBI 2 BB 8 K 1 SB Rincones had opened the season by hitting .300/.417/.600 with Reading, but since starting his rehab he had hit only .221/.315/.325 in 21 games … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Raylin Heredia 16 PA 5-15 1 3B 2 HR 8 RBI 1 BB 3 K 1 SB A year ago I over-ranked Heredia on my midseason list. He was in his age 19 season and had laid waste to the FCL to the tune of .326/.415/.532 … Read more
The draft picks have all signed and the trade deadline is next week, so like last year I am going to combine the two into a rankings update and thoughts on the trade deadline. Like always I have divided the list up into tiers. Within a tier the order is my preference. It isn’t 100% … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule *Part of double header #completion of previous game This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight C Eduardo Tait 8-22 2 2B 2 HR 8 RBI 2 K 2 HBP 1 SB Not as good a week as last for Eduardo Tait who only hit .364/.417/.727 on the week. No walks, but 2 hit by … Read more
We are now 12 weeks into the minor league season and 6 weeks before the trade deadline. With the FCL season over a month in, this year gives a good chance to have actual information on the breakouts already happening. Not all rankings changes may be as reflected in the actual number, as the tiers … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule #completion of suspended game *double header This Week’s Schedule #completion of suspended game Hitter Spotlight 2B/SS William Bergolla 10-21 2 2B 1 HR 2 BB 2 K 1 SB As part of the BlueClaws barrage on the Greensboro park this year, Bergolla hit his first home run of his career and had … Read more
Stock Changes *All rankings from preseason list Stock Up SS Aidan Miller (3) – Last month I noted that Miller was showing the pieces for a breakout, but has not yet done it. May was his breakout. He hit .309/.478/.588 for the month with 10 doubles, 3 home runs, and 17 walks (18.9%) to 20 … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight C/1B Guillermo Rosario 7-18 3 2B 1 3B 1 HR 2 BB 5 K – .389/.409/.833 On Friday, Guillermo Rosario might have had the best game any Phillies prospect will have all season, going 4 for 4 with 3 doubles, a home run, and a sac fly, … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight OF Leandro Pineda 11-20 2 2B 1 HR 4 BB 1 K .550/.600/.800 Pineda has long looked like a better baseball player than he actually has been. That changed last year, when from July to end of season he hit .291/.379/.463 with a 10.3% BB% and 21.7% … Read more
Last Week’s Schedule *Part of a Doubleheader This Week’s Schedule Hitter Spotlight SS Bryan Rincon 6-18 2 2B 2 BB 7 K 2 SB It wasn’t a particularly stunning week for Bryan Rincon, but it was a step in the right direction for a player who entered the week hitting .140/.308/.220. He has looked passive … Read more