Category Archives: Top Prospect Lists

Trevor May the lone Phillies prospect in Keith Law’s 2012 Top 100

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

You can check out Keith Law’s Top 100 prospects list over at ESPN (Insider only), and you should because he does a great job, and you’ll find only one Phillie in the top 100…Trevor May at #76. This is not … Continue reading →

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Baseball America’s Phillies Top 10 list

Posted on November 4, 2011 by

The list is free for all to read here. The scouting reports are subscriber only content, so don’t copy/paste. I’ll summarize in one sentence the reports and I’ll provide my own thoughts on the list after the jump. 01. Trevor … Continue reading →

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BA Top 20: Phillies get hosed on the Eastern League list

Posted on October 5, 2011 by

Okay, “hosed” was used for effect, but I am a bit surprised the R-Phillies didn’t sneak at least one guy on to the list. Derrick Mitchell, Austin Hyatt, and Matt Rizzotti all put up statistically worthy campaigns, but all 3 … Continue reading →

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BA Top 20: FSL list includes 3 current Phillies and 2 former Phillies

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

BA continues their run of league top 20s with the Florida State League, where the Phillies dominated the list, with 3 current players and 2 former players. The current crop includes Trevor May at #4, Sebastian Valle at #12, and … Continue reading →

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BA Top 20: SAL list includes Jesse Biddle

Posted on September 28, 2011 by

BA’s Top 20 lists continue with the SAL today, and in a somewhat surprising move, only Jesse Biddle was included at #6. I looked at the list, and the league was fairly deep this year, but I guess I expected … Continue reading →

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BA Top 20: NYPL list includes Franco and Altherr

Posted on September 26, 2011 by

BA continues their list of league top 20s and today’s stop is the New York-Penn League, which includes 2 Phillies in 3B Maikel Franco (4th) and OF Aaron Altherr (20th) Franco’s power potential and defense are praised, and for Altherr … Continue reading →

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BA Top 20: GCL

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

Baseball America has begun rolling out their league top 20 lists. These lists are always interesting, but I don’t really think you should draw too much from them. The Phillies had only one representative in the GCL this year, LHP … Continue reading →

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Two Phillies in Keith Law’s updated Top 50 prospects

Posted on July 14, 2011 by

Its an insider piece outside of the first few. Cosart is 17th (34th pre season) KLaw notes his impressive fastball/curveball, but that his delivery is still messy. Singleton is 24th (27th pre season) His patience is again praised, as is … Continue reading →

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Baseball America Top 100

Posted on February 23, 2011 by

Baseball America released its Top 100 today.  The Phils were well-represented: #4–Domonic Brown #39–Jonathan Singleton #56–Brody Colvin #70–Jarred Cosart Among guy who have been traded, Kyle Drabek ranked #29, Travis D’Arnaud was #36, and Jonathan Villar was # 94. EDIT–>While … Continue reading →

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Keith Law’s Top 100 prospects for 2011

Posted on January 27, 2011 by

Head over to espn.com (insider only, obviously) again today to check out Keith’s Top 100. Fresh off the strength of a top 5 placement for the farm system as a whole, 5 Phillies prospects crack his top 100. They are: … Continue reading →

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