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Monthly Archives: December 2012
John Sickels Phillies Top 20 Prospects
Its the season of lists, there are a lot of interesting names and orders on John’s list so it should spark good discussion. Biddle Morgan Quinn Joseph Pettibone Asche Ruf Martin Franco Watson
Posted in Other Stuff
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Prospect Profiles
One of the parts of the site that needs a huge overhaul and updates is the prospect profiles at the top of the page. I wrote up quite a few at the beginning of my writing time here but they … Continue reading
Posted in 04. Prospect Features
31 Comments
Head to Head – Recent College Starting Pitchers
We move on to a group of guys that were 2011-2012 draftees out of big college programs and have thus far been starting pitchers in the Phils organization. I could include Adam Morgan in the group, but there’s not much … Continue reading
Posted in Brady, Kevin, Milner, Hoby, Other Stuff, Wright, Austin
84 Comments
Head To Head – Low-Level Outfielders
In the run up to the Reader Top 30 Poll, I’m going to start a couple conversations about similar players who appear in clusters on my personal, (and still not settled) Top 50. I hope this will help get everyone … Continue reading
Posted in Cozens, Dylan, Greene Jr, Larry, Other Stuff, Tocci, Carlos
126 Comments
General Discussion – Holiday Edition
Wishing everyone a Happy Holidays! (or Halladays as Murray as said) Here is your thread for the news over the holidays. The Reader Top 30 will begin Monday January 7 and we will go 5 a week Mon-Fri followed by … Continue reading
Posted in Other Stuff
156 Comments
What to Expect in 2013: Relievers
We end the preview of the system with a look at relievers including those still in the minors and the large group of young guys right on the door to the major leagues. The common saying is that relievers are … Continue reading
What to Expect in 2013: Left Handed Starting Pitchers
The Phillies have always liked their live armed lefty pitchers. The system has a large quantity of left handed pitchers with plus stuff. Tops of these arms are two pitchers with mid-rotation ceilings and the proximity to make them relatively … Continue reading
Posted in Around the System, Biddle, Jesse, Morgan, Adam
74 Comments
What to Expect in 2013: Right Handed Starting Pitchers (Kids Edition)
The Phillies have always liked drafting projectable right handed pitchers with prototypical power pitcher builds. The strategy has had mixed success but it leaves the low minors full of arms with plenty of potential but years and years of development … Continue reading
Posted in Around the System, Gueller, Mitch, Watson, Shane
46 Comments
Baseball America Phillies Top 10 Prospects
Today Baseball America released their Top 10 prospects in the Phillies System. Since the scouting reports are behind the pay wall I will keep the scouting reports to quick paraphrases of Baseball America’s reports. If you have further questions and … Continue reading
What to Expect in 2013: Right Handed Starting Pitchers (Advanced Edition)
The strength of the Phillies system for the past few years has been right handed starting pitching. In 2010 the Lakewood rotation of Trevor May, Jarred Cosart, Brody Colvin, Jonathan Pettibone, and Julio Rodrgiuez were dubbed the “Baby Ace”. Since … Continue reading
