Phillies Minor Thoughts
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A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball.
Phillies Minor Thoughts
4h ago
Last Week’s Schedule Lehigh Valley (3-3) vs Durham (3-6): L 10-28, W 3-2, L 6-10, W 9-4, W 6-1, L 9-12 Reading (1-2) vs Portland (0-1): W 9-8, W 5-1, L 0-11, L 2-9*, L 4-5*, L 5-9 Jersey Shore (2-1) @ Hickory (0-3): W 8-1, L 0-1, W 4-0*, L 0-5*, W 13-0, L ... Read more ..read more
Phillies Minor Thoughts
5d ago
Ranger Suárez has been a mainstay of the Phillies rotation since the middle of the 2021 season. He has pitched like a solid mid rotation starter during the regular season, and an ace in the postseason. For the first time in his career, he showed up ready to go in Spring Training, and he was ... Read more ..read more
Phillies Minor Thoughts
1w ago
Last Week’s Schedule Lehigh Valley (1-2) @ Rochester (2-1): (Tuesday-Friday postponed, DH Sunday) W 5-4, W 4-3, L 4-7 Reading (0-0) @ Bowie (0-0): W 5-2, L 1-19, L 3-4 Jersey Shore (0-0) vs Aberdeen (0-0): W 3-2, W 7-6, L 1-4 Clearwater (0-0) @ Bradenton (0-0): W 5-2, W 13-2, L 0-4 *All teams ... Read more ..read more
Phillies Minor Thoughts
1w ago
Top Prospects Aidan Miller – Miller was the Phillies first round pick in the 2023 draft. His swing is a little unconventional, but he has made contact thanks to a good approach and eye at the plate, and great bat speed. That bat speed leads to at least plus raw power. He is a bit ... Read more ..read more
Phillies Minor Thoughts
1w ago
Top Prospects Justin Crawford – There are valid critiques and worries about Crawford’s long term future, especially when it comes to his swing and contact quality. He needs to elevate the ball more and chase less. He also is a has plus plus speed, is a plus defensive centerfielder, and despite the other swing worries, ... Read more ..read more
Phillies Minor Thoughts
2w ago
Top Prospects Mick Abel – Abel is the Phillies top healthy prospect and probably the most impactful prospect still in the minors for the 2024 season. Abel isn’t on the IronPigs Opening Day roster, but is expected to join them very early. He has remade himself a bit over the last year. This offseason he ... Read more ..read more
Phillies Minor Thoughts
2w ago
There will always be truths to baseball. One of those will be that players should not swing at bad pitches and should swing at good pitches. There is more nuance to that and I encourage you to read Rob Orr’s piece on that and the metric SEAGER that he created to measure it. It is ... Read more ..read more
Phillies Minor Thoughts
3w ago
As you may have noticed, this place has undergone some changes this offseason. After years of letting it slowly crumble, I put some effort into making it look a little nicer and work a little smoother. The goal was to do it all for myself in an effort to grasp onto motivation when it strikes. ... Read more ..read more
Phillies Minor Thoughts
1M ago
The Phillies prospects faced off against their Tigers counterparts on Thursday afternoon, and after jumping out to the early lead, fell 5-1 behind from some poor defense, bad pitch location, and two Jace Jung home runs. It was however, a one game exhibition featuring an extremely young Phillies lineup. The youth was very apparent on ... Read more ..read more
Phillies Minor Thoughts
1M ago
A little late coming, but not every prospect can make the list and some weren’t particularly close. However, it is time to dump all of the notes I do have, because some of these guys could surprise because many are still kids and an eternity away or things just click sometimes for players who aren’t ... Read more ..read more