Monthly Archives: June 2013

2013 VSL Phillies – Early Season Update

1. VSL/DSL

Both of the Latin American complex leagues have started in the past few weeks.  This post and a subsequent DSL post will look at the new players on the roster and highlight some of the players to watch for this season.

The Phillies won the Venezuelan Summer League last year with a 48-22 record.  The team did have a handful of prospects who have won promotion to GCL and above (Severino Gonzalez for example), though it was not a team with a great number of top tier prospects. They were a dominant team primarily because the quality of the rest of the league was relatively poor.  The league dropped down to only 4 teams because of the political unrest in the country with most organizations sending their prospects to the DSL and even starting a 2nd DSL team to give them playing time. Continue reading 2013 VSL Phillies – Early Season Update →

3rd – 5th Round Analysis

2013 Draft

I will go more in-depth at then of the day, but are some quick notes.

3rd Round – Cord Sandberg – OF

It is going to take a bunch to sign Sandberg but it looks like the Phillies saved some money in the 2nd and they have been on Sandberg long enough to know what it will take.  Sandberg has plus tools except for the hit tool, which due to his limited time playing baseball is really unknown.  this is a boom or bust pick but he could be a Top 10 player in this draft if it works out.  He is a typical Phillies pick but they got him in 3rd not the 1st. Continue reading 3rd – 5th Round Analysis →

Box Score Recap – 6/6/2013

Other Stuff

Lotsa rain and a dead laptop while I am
on the road. But there was a draft, so that’s cool.

Almost no way I’ll be able to get you the graphic on Friday, so here’s the link at least.

 

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Phillies Select Andrew Knapp in the 2nd Round and thoughts on JP Crawford

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Knapp is an incredibly unsexy, 2nd round pick.  He is a college catcher with kind of all around tools.  The defense could use some work as he has not been playing the position long, but the tools are there to be an above average defender down the road.  The bat could be average for both power and hitting.  There is really nothing special about the profile other than he is a catcher.

That being said, it looks like a bit on an overdraft but if the Phillies save some money they can grab slightly better players with their two third round picks.  The other thing is that Knapp will stay up the middle which means there is at least a decent chance he can at least get to the majors as a back up.  The Phillies have had success developing college players recently and Knapp might have more projection than Cameron Rupp did 3 years ago. Continue reading Phillies Select Andrew Knapp in the 2nd Round and thoughts on JP Crawford →

Phillies 2013 MLB Draft

Other Stuff

The 2013 MLB draft is under way.

1st Round – JP Crawford – SS – Lakewood, CA

2nd Round – Andrew Knapp – C

3rd Round – Cord Sandburg – OF – Manatee, FL

3rd Round – Jan Hernandez – SS/3B – Puerto Rico

4th Round – Jake Sweaney – C – California

5th Round – Ben Holmes – LHP – Oregon St.

6th Round – Jason Monda – OF – Washington St.

7th Round – Trey Williams – 3B – College of the Canyons

8th Round – Justin Parr – OF – University of Illinois

9th Round – Shane Martin – RHP – Southwestern Oklahome St University

10th Round – Jon Prosinski – RHP – Seton Hall University Continue reading Phillies 2013 MLB Draft →

Phils Select JP Crawford…

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The Phillies selected Lakewood High School, CA SS JP Crawford as their first round pick in the 2013 draft.  Crawford is a tall left handed hitting shortstop that is expected to remain at SS throughout his career. Crawford is committed to USC and it is expected that the Phils will need to commit very close to the $2.2M max to sign him.  From all reports, Crawford is already ahead of the curve defensively.  Thin and wiry, it may take his body some time to catch up offensively, but he has good speed, very good baseball instincts, a good eye at the plate and has hit for average.  Crawford started as a freshman at SS in high school and has a very good pedigree as his sister plays College softball for Cal State Fullerton and his cousin is Carl Crawford.

Crawford’s scouting grades, per MLB.com are: Hit 3/5; Power 3/5; Run 5/5; Arm 6/6; Field 5/5; Overall 3/5.    Note: First number = current/second number = projection

Box Score Recap – 6/5/2013

Box Score Recap

Hoby Milner keeps doing things. 7IP, 1R, 5H, 0BB and 6K.  Quite a night from Michael Martinez. 4-4 with a HR, drove in 2 and scored 2. Sebastian Valle with a HR in his second straight game pumping his OPS to .857 in his last ten games. Seth Rosin didn’t get out of the third – his second straight clunker.

 

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