Monthly Archives: January 2010

Four Phillies scouting reports from BA

Posted on January 29, 2010 by

This content is free to view, so I’ll link it here. BA profiles Aaron Altherr, Harold Garcia, Troy Hanzawa and Anthony Hewitt on their “32nd player team” which is a list of guys who just missed the cut for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Top Prospect Lists | 37 Comments

SONAR takes on 3B prospects

Posted on January 28, 2010 by

The third installment of the SONAR position by position breakdown focuses on the hot corner, looking at the best 3B prospects in the game and how they fared with my newly created metric. if you’re new to the whole SONAR … Continue reading →

Posted in SONAR Scores | 12 Comments

Phils Sign Bocock to Minor League Deal

Posted on January 26, 2010 by

The Phils signed 24 year old SS Brian Bocock, out of the Giants organization to a minor league deal today.  Bocock spent last season primarily with Class A Advanced San Jose and hit .241/.303/.339 in 430 AB’s with 3 HR … Continue reading →

Posted in Other Stuff | 32 Comments

Reader Top 30; #18

Posted on January 26, 2010 by

Freddy Galvis is the winner of the run-off for #16, so he takes that spot, with Brian Rosenberg taking #17 by default. We’ll move on to #18 today. Kyrell Hudson and Joe Savery both got write in support, so I’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in Reader Top 30 - 2010 | 91 Comments

Reader Top 30; run-off vote

Posted on January 25, 2010 by

The voting for #16 is tied and has been within one vote or so for most of the day that I’ve seen, so we’re going to do a run-off vote between Freddy Galvis and Brian Rosenberg. The winner will be … Continue reading →

Posted in Reader Top 30 - 2010 | 52 Comments

Reader Top 30; #16

Posted on January 22, 2010 by

Moving along. Jiwan James took the #15 spot, edging out a few other candidates. With him slotted in at #15, I thought it would be interesting to look at the breakdown of the top 15 according to you C [1] … Continue reading →

Posted in Reader Top 30 - 2010 | 95 Comments

Signing Time

Posted on January 22, 2010 by

The minor league signings keep coming with the Phils inking 3B Brandon Pinckney and P Jordan Meaker to minor league deals. Pinckney,28, can play all over the diamond, but played primarily 3B last season for Norfolk, the AAA affiliate of … Continue reading →

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Greg Golson designated for assignment

Posted on January 21, 2010 by

Its a mad world. The Rangers have DFA’ed former Phillies prospect Greg Golson to clear space on their 40 man roster. The club needed to clear a spot on the 40-man roster in order to make room for the newly-signed … Continue reading →

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Reader Top 30; #15

Posted on January 20, 2010 by

The voting for #14 was interesting, as a number of candidates received a decent share of the vote, but Justin De Fratus edged out Brian Rosenberg by a few votes, taking home spot #14. There was write in support for … Continue reading →

Posted in Reader Top 30 - 2010 | 105 Comments

Rangers sign Jorge Alfaro

Posted on January 18, 2010 by

This was the young catcher out of Columbia that the Phillies were linked to for the last few months. Apparently the Rangers have signed him for $1.3M. At that price, it makes sense for the Phillies to pass. Just thought … Continue reading →

Posted in International Signings | 26 Comments