Daily Archives: February 14, 2014

Spring Training 2014, Day 2

I arrived at the Carpenter Complex early and found out that the position players who had already reported would be taking batting practice in Bright House Field at 10:30AM and that it would be open to the public.  I checked the schedule for the Carpenter Complex fields (each guard is issued one each day) and found that the pitchers and catchers would be following the same regimen they followed on Thursday.  So, rather than watch PFPs and strugglung to get a peek at the pitchers thowing off the mounds, I walked over to watch BP. Continue reading Spring Training 2014, Day 2

Baseball Prospectus Top 10 Phillies Prospects

I am a big fan of the Baseball Prospectus Top 10 prospects.  Right now the prospect team assembled there is really talented and have been able to get a lot of eyes on a lot of players.  This leads to reports that are some of the most detailed outside of major league front offices.  The Phillies list itself is posted here.

 Top 10:

  1. Maikel Franco
  2. Jesse Biddle
  3. J.P. Crawford
  4. Kelly Dugan
  5. Carlos Tocci
  6. Deivi Grullon
  7. Severino Gonzalez
  8. Cesar Hernandez
  9. Yoel Mecias
  10. Cord Sandberg

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