Category Archives: Drabek, Kyle

Brown, Drabek and Taylor make the Hawaii Top 20

Posted on December 1, 2008 by

Baseball America has its Top 20 up for Hawaii Winter Baseball, with Brown coming in at #4, Drabek coming in at #5 and Taylor coming in at #9. Lithe and athletic, Brown flashed all five tools, including a plus arm. … Continue reading →

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Kyle Drabek returns

Posted on July 30, 2008 by

If you missed it, Kyle Drabek has returned to the mound after Tommy John surgery. 3 IP – 1 H – 0 ER – 0 BB – 0 K – 9:0 GB/FB Welcome back Kyle.

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The maturation of Kyle Drabek

Posted on February 19, 2008 by

I remember when Drabek was drafted, lots of people weren’t happy, thinking the Phillies had wasted a draft pick on a kid with a lot of baggage who was never going to pan out. After his rough debut in the … Continue reading →

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Mathieson and Drabek updates

Posted on January 29, 2008 by

From the new organizational report at BA, courtesy of Jim Salisbury Mathieson, who was picked in the 17th round of the 2002 draft and made eight starts in the majors in 2006, had ulnar nerve transposition surgery in September. The … Continue reading →

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Bill Conlin is a bitter, angry old man

Posted on July 24, 2007 by

In case you haven’t read Bill1Chair’s latest nugget of goodness, you can find it here. As Bill often tends to do, he exaggerates and sensationalizes things to try and sound like a voice of authority, when in reality, he really … Continue reading →

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A tale of three pitchers

Posted on April 25, 2007 by

Tuesday night proved to be an interesting night for the Phillies stable of pitching prospects, as three of the most interesting guys in the system all took the mound, and two of the three were pitching against highly rated pitching … Continue reading →

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Update on Mathieson, Mitchinson and Drabek

Posted on March 20, 2007 by

In Baseball America’s latest prospect blog entries, some updates on Phillies prospects are given. First, Scott Mathieson has begun long tossing from 150 feet and appears to be right on schedule. He should be back to pitching from a mound … Continue reading →

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Phillies 7, Tigers 9

Posted on March 2, 2007 by

In the first official Grapefruit League game for the Phillies, they fell to the Tigers 9-7. Not much in the way of prospect news in the game: Michael Bourn: 1/2, 1 R Fabio Castro: 3 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, … Continue reading →

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Prospect Grades: Roth, Drabek, Correa

Posted on February 27, 2007 by

Let’s get to it.. (photo courtesy of PhilliesDraft.com) Roth, Rob, RHP (age 18) Grade = C The Phillies probably considered themselves lucky to sign Roth, their 19th round pick in 2006, because he seemed like the perfect candidate to head … Continue reading →

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Some odds and ends

Posted on February 20, 2007 by

Here is a nice article about Kyle Drabek’s time sent at Spring Training so far, including his talks with Jamie Moyer and Brett Myers. Normally pieces like this are just filled with cliche, and you’d just cast them aside, but … Continue reading →

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