Skip to content

Phillies Minor Thoughts

A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball

  • Home
    • About
    • Interested in Writing?
  • Tables and Resources
    • Phillies Minor League Weekly/Monthly Recaps
    • Current Injuries
    • Phillies Org Depth Chart
    • Player Data (Spreadsheet)
    • Draft Tracker
    • International Signings
    • Minor League StatCast Data
    • Pitch Data
    • Rule 5 Eligible Players
  • Player Pages
    • Catchers
    • First Basemen
    • Second Basemen
    • Shortstop
    • Third Basemen
    • Outfielders
    • Right Handed Pitchers
    • Left Handed Pitchers
    • Major Leaguers
    • No Longer in the Org
  • Rosters
    • 40 Man Roster
    • Phillies Roster
    • Lehigh Valley IronPigs
    • Reading Fightin Phils
    • Jersey Shore Blueclaws
    • Clearwater Threshers
    • FCL Phillies
    • DSL Phillies Red
    • DSL Phillies White
  • Draft
    • 2024 Draft
    • 2023 Draft
    • 2022 Draft
    • 2021 Draft
    • 2020 Draft
    • 2019 Draft
    • 2018 Draft
    • 2017 Draft
    • 2016 Draft
    • 2015 Draft
    • 2014 Draft
    • 2013 Draft
    • 2012 Draft
    • 2011 Draft
    • 2010 Draft
    • 2009 Draft
    • 2008 Draft
  • International
    • 2025 Signing Period
    • 2024 Signing Period
    • 2023 Signing Period
    • 2022 Signing Period
    • 2021 Signing Period
    • 2019-2020 Signing Period
    • 2018-2019 Signing Period
    • 2017-2018 Signing Period
    • 2016-2017 Signing Period
    • 2015-2016 Signing Period
    • 2014-2015 Signing Period
    • 2013-2014 Signing Period
    • 2012-2013 Signing Period
    • 2011-2012 Signing Period
  • Prospect Rankings
    • 2024 Rankings
    • 2023 Rankings
    • 2022 Rankings
    • 2021 Rankings
    • 2020 Rankings
    • 2019 Rankings
    • 2018 Rankings
    • 2017 Rankings
    • 2016 Rankings
    • 2015 Rankings
    • 2014 Rankings
    • 2013 Rankings

Whit Merrifield

Whit Merrifield Continues Trend of Safety over Upside in Roster Construction

February 17, 2024 by Matt Winkelman

Whit Merrifield used to be a really solid baseball player. He came to the major late as a 9th round pick out of college who spent a bunch of time in the minors. At his peak he was a second baseman who had above average offense due to great contact rates, and great speed (which … Read more

Categories Major Leagues, Transactions Tags Whit Merrifield 3 Comments

Useful Tools

  • Depth Chart
  • Clearwater Statcast Data
  • Pitch Data
  • Draft Tracker
  • Org Roster
  • International Signings

Featured Posts

Phillies 2025 Top Prospects

January 27, 2025

Phillies 2024 Midseason Prospect Ranking and Trade Deadline Preview

July 26, 2024

Phillies 2024 Draft Tracker

July 12, 2024

Phillies 2024 Top Prospects – The Full List

January 30, 2024

Phillies 2023 Midseason Prospect Ranking and Trade Thoughts

July 26, 2023

Latest Posts

  • Phillies Minor League Recap (Week 6 4/29-5/5)
    by Matt Winkelman
    May 5, 2025
  • Phillies Minor League Monthly Retrospective – April 2025
    by Matt Winkelman
    May 4, 2025
  • 2025 FCL Phillies Season Preview
    by Matt Winkelman
    May 1, 2025
  • Phillies Minor League Recap (Week 5 4/22-4/27)
    by Matt Winkelman
    April 29, 2025
  • The Myth of the Phillies 2024 Second Half Collapse and Inventing Negativity to Make Yourself Miserable
    by Matt Winkelman
    April 24, 2025

Phillies Affiliates

  • Philadelphia Phillies
  • Lehigh Valley IronPigs
  • Reading Fightin Phils
  • Jersey Shore BlueClaws
  • Clearwater Threshers
  • FCL Phillies
  • DSL Phillies White
  • DSL Phillies Red

National Prospect Coverage

  • Baseball America
  • Baseball Prospectus
  • MLB Pipeline
  • Fangraphs

Categories

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Archives

© 2025 Phillies Minor Thoughts • Built with GeneratePress