Monthly Archives: September 2007

Reader Top 30, #4

Posted on September 28, 2007 by

So far we have 01. Carlos Carrasco 02. Adrian Cardenas 03. Joe Savery Is today Outman’s day? Costanzo has been making a push. A darkhorse? We’ll see. Have your say in the comments. Eligibility reminder For the purpose of this … Continue reading →

Posted in Reader Top 30 -- 2008 | 63 Comments

Reader Top 30, #3

Posted on September 27, 2007 by

The first two days went as most probably assumed they would, but now things will get interesting. Be sure to get your vote in. So far we have 01. Carlos Carrasco 02. Adrian Cardenas So, you can vote for anyone … Continue reading →

Posted in Reader Top 30 -- 2008 | 51 Comments

Two Phillies make NYPL Top 20

Posted on September 26, 2007 by

Baseball America is in the process of naming their top 20 prospects for each league, and two Phillies represent the New York Penn League list, the first Phillies to show up this year after getting shut out on the GCL … Continue reading →

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Readers Top 30, #2

Posted on September 26, 2007 by

The votes are in, and the top prospect in our system, according to you, is Carlos Carrasco, garnering 26 votes. Today we move on to #2. Now that Carrasco has been selected, you obviously can’t vote for him, but you … Continue reading →

Posted in Reader Top 30 -- 2008 | 39 Comments

Phillies Top 30, according to you

Posted on September 25, 2007 by

As you may have seen me mention before, I’ve developed a system to rate the performance of our prospects. The system is fairly complex, and I still need to input a lot of data before it’s ready to use. What … Continue reading →

Posted in Reader Top 30 -- 2008 | 48 Comments

2007 Paul Owens Award winners….seriously?

Posted on September 24, 2007 by

Happy Monday to you. If you’ve been following along for a while now, you know that I’m generally critical of the current front office. But even I didn’t think they were capable of screwing up the Paul Owens Award, given … Continue reading →

Posted in Berry, Quintin, Zagurski, Mike | 28 Comments

No Phillies on the BA Gulf Coast League Top 20

Posted on September 20, 2007 by

Are you surprised? I’m not. Generally speaking, the short season leagues, ie rookie ball and short season ball, are generally filled with guys who were drafted in the first 20 picks, as well as guys repeating the level putting up … Continue reading →

Posted in Other Stuff | 9 Comments

Ruben Amaro to be the next Astros GM?

Posted on September 19, 2007 by

….please cross your fingers. This can only be considered good news for every level of our organization.

Posted in Other Stuff | 38 Comments

Where do you rank Brad Harman?

Posted on September 18, 2007 by

Brad Harman, a personal favorite of mine, had a scorching second half of the season. In his age 21 season, playing at High A Clearwater, Harman finished the season posting OPS numbers of 1.033 and .998 in July and August. … Continue reading →

Posted in Harman, Brad | 15 Comments

JA Happ or Josh Outman?

Posted on September 17, 2007 by

I thought this would be an interesting comparison. Happ and Outman are arguably the Phillies two best LHP prospects, assuming that Antonio Bastardo still has a ways to go. Outside of the hand they throw with, the two pitchers are … Continue reading →

Posted in Happ, JA, Outman, Josh | 6 Comments