Monthly Archives: August 2008

VSL Season Wrapup – Top Prospects

Posted on August 25, 2008 by

The VSL season ended up a couple of weeks ago.  This post will summarize the season and provide a very speculative list of the top prospects.  The 2008 VSL Phillies finished the season 32-33, in 4th place 12.5 games behind … Continue reading →

Posted in 1. VSL/DSL | 4 Comments

Williamsport and GCL Weekly Report (8/18-8/24)

Posted on August 25, 2008 by

Williamsport The Crosscutters finished the week 2-2 after having the first three days off for the All-Star Break. They remain one game over .500 at 31-30, which leaves them in a tie for third place in the NYP Pinckney division, … Continue reading →

Posted in 2. GCL, 3. Williamsport | 22 Comments

Lou Marson article

Posted on August 24, 2008 by

Sam Donnellon has a nice article with some quotes from Lou Marson. Lou talks about the excitement about a possible callup. Then of course we get the comments from the Phillies front office on the potential callup of Marson and … Continue reading →

Posted in Donald, Jason, Marson, Lou | 66 Comments

Daily Discussion; 8/22

Posted on August 22, 2008 by

Before I open the floor for random banter, I wanted to point something out, because its something I’ve seen a lot here this year. There is no anti-Phillies bias in prospect circles. There simply isn’t. From an objective, outside point … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Discussion | 177 Comments

Iron Pigs Report

Posted on August 21, 2008 by

A lousy week for Lehigh Valley who went 2-5, and now stand at 53-79. 26.5 games behind division leading Scranton.  The 26.5 games back in the most Lehigh Valley have been back this year.  Taking a look at league leaders, … Continue reading →

Posted in 7. Lehigh Valley | 7 Comments

Reading Phillies Weekly Report (8/13-8/19)

Posted on August 21, 2008 by

Sad, sad week for the Reading Phillies.  The Phils played 7 games, and lost, you guessed it, 7 games.  When the offense managed to score some runs, the pitching was horrible.  And, when the pitching was excellent, the offense was … Continue reading →

Posted in 6. Reading | 79 Comments

Wednesday Discussion; Top 10 hitting prospects

Posted on August 20, 2008 by

Yesterday we tackled our 10 best pitching prospects, so today we’ll open the floor for the hitting side. If you posted your Top 10 hitters in another post (shame on you!) then repost it in the comments here. Again, consider … Continue reading →

Posted in Other Stuff | 98 Comments

Tuesday discussion; Top 10 pitching prospects

Posted on August 19, 2008 by

I’m running kind of short on time today. I’m in the middle of working on something interesting to include in my draft recap type post, so today I’m going to just throw out a topic and allow everyone to weigh … Continue reading →

Posted in Other Stuff | 84 Comments

D’Arnaud and Taylor make the Ten Pack

Posted on August 18, 2008 by

Busy day today; Travis D’Arnaud and Michael Taylor show up in Kevin Goldstein’s latest Monday Morning Ten Pack at Baseball Prospectus. Travis D’Arnaud, C, Low-A Lakewood (Phillies) During the first half of the season, I felt a little foolish for … Continue reading →

Posted in d'Arnaud, Travis, Taylor, Michael, Ten Pack/Hot Sheet | 33 Comments

Cosart gets $550K

Posted on August 18, 2008 by

According to Baseball America, Cosart’s bonus was $550K, or essentially the recommended slot for the 73rd overall pick. I was going to just make a note of this in the bottom of today’s musings post, but this warrants its own … Continue reading →

Posted in 2008 Draft | 47 Comments