Monthly Archives: September 2008

Off the grid, version 2.0

Posted on September 30, 2008 by

I’ll be moving tomorrow, and as a result, won’t be able to update the site for a little while. I have no clue when I’ll be back, it could be a week, maybe 2 weeks, maybe less. gregg has offered … Continue reading →

Posted in Other Stuff | 108 Comments

Michael Taylor in BA Top 20 for FSL

Posted on September 29, 2008 by

Coming in at 10th. Nothing really new in the scouting report. Impressive tools, breakout performance, etc etc. Keeping things up to date. GCL 4. Jason Knapp 7. Sebastian Valle 8. Zach Collier 13. Anthony Hewitt NYPL 5. Travis D’Arnaud SAL … Continue reading →

Posted in Taylor, Michael, Top Prospect Lists | 104 Comments

My biggest surprise/disappointment of 2008

Posted on September 29, 2008 by

You’ve given your opinion on biggest surprise and biggest disappointment, now I’ll go ahead and give my take. I gave this a good deal of thought, and I tried to distinguish between guys I wasn’t that high on (Carpenter and … Continue reading →

Posted in Other Stuff | 45 Comments

Biggest disappointment of the season

Posted on September 26, 2008 by

As promised, today we’ll talk about the biggest disappointment of the 2008 minor league season for the Phillies. Again use whatever criteria you see fit, and give as much or as little explanation for your choice in the comments. I’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in Other Stuff | 71 Comments

Biggest surprise of the season

Posted on September 25, 2008 by

I’m going to run this poll today, and biggest disappointment tomorrow, and then I’ll do the tallying of the votes over the weekend and discuss the results on Monday. Today, vote for your biggest surprise of the season. Feel free … Continue reading →

Posted in Other Stuff | 60 Comments

Michael Taylor makes the SAL Top 20

Posted on September 24, 2008 by

Taylor comes in at #15 in the SAL, and was the only Phillie to crack the list. The SAL is a huge league (16 teams), so its not really a travesty to only have one guy on the list. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Taylor, Michael, Top Prospect Lists | 32 Comments

JA Happ thoughts

Posted on September 23, 2008 by

I figured this would be a decent topic today, since the winter leagues haven’t started and there isn’t much else going on. I’m sure many of you watched Happ’s start last night. I did as well, and here are a … Continue reading →

Posted in Happ, JA | 44 Comments

2008 Phillies DSL Wrapup and Top Prospects

Posted on September 21, 2008 by

The 2008 Phillies Dominican Summer League team failed to repeat the division winning year of its 2007 predecessor, but still had a successful season.  The team finished at 35-30, 2nd place in the Santo Domingo North division, 6.5 games behind … Continue reading →

Posted in 1. VSL/DSL | 12 Comments

A call for help; international signing bonuses

Posted on September 20, 2008 by

If anyone has some free time and would like to help, I have a very specific request for research help. For the minor league project I’m working on (a massive project), I need to collect signing bonus information for all … Continue reading →

Posted in Other Stuff | 8 Comments

3 Phillies to Hawaii Winter Baseball

Posted on September 20, 2008 by

hat tip to “Ricky Branch” for posting this one, Michael Taylor, Dominic Brown and Chris Kissock are heading to Hawaii.

Posted in Other Stuff | 3 Comments