The Phils road trip ended with the Phils mired at .500 (52-52), in 5th place and 8 games out of first in the SOuthern division. Still among the league leaders are Matt Maloney who is 8th in wins(9), 1st in innings (118.2), and 4th in strikeouts (108). Chris Key is climbing up the leader board now with 13 saves ranking 7th. In the hitting categories, Greg Jacobs is 2nd in hits (110), 5th in doubles (27), 3rd in homers (16), 2nd in RBI’s (65) and 6th in average (.316). Mike Costanzo is 3rd in runs (67), 2nd in homers (18), 10th in RBI’s (55), and 2nd in strikeouts (123). Jason Hill continues to lead the league in doubles with 30. Jesus Merchan leads the league in batting average at .333 and Javon Moran is 3rd in steals with 24. Continue reading Reading Report
Daily Archives: July 25, 2007
Track record for drafting pitching
Ok, here it is. We’ve debated this in other posts, let’s have the final debate here and not carry it into other discussions. I went back and looked at every draft from 1990 to 2004, 15 years worth of drafts, to evaluate who was the “best” and “worst” at drafting pitching over that period. I looked at only the first round (and supplemental first round), because that seemed to be the focus of Conlin’s claims. I didn’t include 2005-2007, because it’s still way too early to know which of those guys is going to pan out/get injured/recover from injury. I didn’t go past 1990 for the sake of time, but we can always re-visit that at some point. So, here are the guys, broken down by team, aligned by division. Note, expansion teams will have a few less entries because of fewer drafts.
Jim Callis with a quick Phillies tidbit
In his chat on ESPN.com today, he said this
Danny (Philly): Brandon Workman-Phillies or Texas?
Jim Callis: (2:51 PM ET ) The Phillies seem to be lying in the weeds on a number of players, so this could be a case where Workman is going to get over slot but they’re waiting to announce the deal.
You’d have to think the guys we’re “laying in the weeds on” would be Workman, Sampson and Moncrief. Hopefully 2 of the 3 get finished before the deadline.
2007 Draftees Update
Before we look at some of our draftees, I wanted to give everyone a heads up. Yesterday’s Bill Conlin post has prompted some great discussion. I feel like I should clarify a few things. I do stand by my description of Bill. He is an old, angry, bitter man. Just take a look at some of the responses he sent back to people who e-mailed him….what kind of professionalism is that? The reason I brought up the article yesterday is because it was focusing on Kyle Drabek, and failed Phillies pitching prospects. Drabek was unfairly labeled as being “finished” and tossed in the trash bin with guys like Pat Combs, and I felt that was grossly unfair. Conlin had an idea, he spouted off about it, but I have a feeling he didn’t even bother to look up the facts. So, over the next few days, I’m going to go through the first round of the June draft for every MLB team over the last 35 years and take a look at the fate of the pitchers taken first by their teams. Then we’ll see how “bad” the Phillies track record really is. And one more note; I don’t really write things just to get people to come here. I don’t have any ads on my site, I don’t make a dime off of this, I only do it because it’s fun. Over the last 4 months, I’ve been averaging about 2,000 hits a day. If someone links to me on another board, I get a few more, but I rarely even look at it. I enjoy writing about the Phillies minor leagues, I say my piece, and I’m grateful for those who come and read. However, I don’t try to create controversy to get more hits, and I’m not trying to sell anything, I just speak my opinion.
Now, let’s look at the performance of a few of our draftees…
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