Monthly Archives: January 2014

Reader Top 30 #7 -Ethan Martin

Roman Quinn takes the #6 spot. Continue reading Reader Top 30 #7 -Ethan Martin

General Discussion – Week of 1-13-2014 – Ronny Cedeno Edition

This is pretty “interesting”.

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Reader Top 30 #6 – Roman Quinn

Carlos Tocci took the #5 spot before the weekend.  With injury news Adam Morgan drops off the poll for now, joining in his place are Cord Sandberg and Deivi Grullon. Continue reading Reader Top 30 #6 – Roman Quinn

Ground Hog Day

After seeing my shadow, I am crawling out from the winter malaise to get back into the baseball mix.  Huge thank you’s to Matt and Brad who have held the site up over the last few months with hard work and well though out commentary. Continue reading Ground Hog Day

Adam Morgan and Shane Watson have Shoulder Surgery Out Until August

Per Todd Zolecki, Adam Morgan had shoulder surgery this past month and Shane Watson is scheduled for surgery soon.  The Phillies expect both to be out until August.  This represents a big blow to the farm system as it makes it essentially two lost years for the pair of pitching prospects. Continue reading Adam Morgan and Shane Watson have Shoulder Surgery Out Until August

Reader Top 30 #5 – Carlos Tocci

Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez takes the #4 spot and so we move further in to the exercise with #5.  Given that the list is clustered this year I am adding Zach Green, Tommy Joseph,  Luis Encarnacion, and  Ken Giles to the ballot. Continue reading Reader Top 30 #5 – Carlos Tocci

Reader Top 30 #4 – Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez

JP Crawford easily takes the #3 spot and Dylan Cozens joins the poll. Continue reading Reader Top 30 #4 – Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez

Minor League News and Notes (Coaching Assignments, Spring Training Invites, and more)

Some news on the minor league side today.

Minor League Coaching Assignments – per Matt Gelb (Mickey Morandini to be a bench coach in AAA)

Phillies extended Major League Spring Training Invites to Jesse Biddle, Maikel Franco, Ken Giles, Mario Hollands, and Sebastian Valle.  All members of the 40 man roster are already invited which includes Kelly Dugan, Tommy Joseph, Ethan Martin, Cameron Rupp, Aaron Altherr, Tyson Gillies, Phillippe Aumont, Cesar Hernandez, and Zach Collier. Continue reading Minor League News and Notes (Coaching Assignments, Spring Training Invites, and more)

Reader Top 30 #3 – JP Crawford

Jesse Biddle takes the #2 spot on the poll and Adam Morgan joins the poll as we continue on. Continue reading Reader Top 30 #3 – JP Crawford

General Discussion – Week of 1-6-2014

For those not too overwhelmed by the Top 30 to discuss other things Phillie…

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