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About Matt Winkelman

Matt is originally from Mt. Holly, NJ, but after a 4 year side track to Cleveland for college he now resides in Madison, WI. His work has previously appeared on Phuture Phillies and The Good Phight. You can read his work at Phillies Minor Thoughts

MLB Draft Insider Phillies Top 14

Top Prospect Lists

Chris Crawford is go to source for all sorts of news and reports on the draft.  This year he has launched his own site and is putting out minor league rankings as well.  The list is free   http://mlbdraftinsider.com/2014/01/top-14-in-14-philadelphia-phillies/.  He also has stated that the Top 3 guys all make his Top 75 overall prospects.

Top 14:

  1. J.P. Crawford
  2. Maikel Franco
  3. Jesse Biddle
  4. Roman Quinn
  5. Cord Sandberg
  6. Adam Morgan
  7. Andrew Knapp
  8. Ken Giles
  9. Carlos Tocci
  10. Shane Watson
  11. Jan Hernandez
  12. Jake Sweaney
  13. Aaron Altherr
  14. Ethan Martin

Keith Law Ranks Phillies System #14 in Baseball

Prospect Rankings

Here is a link to the article http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10354393/houston-astros-top-farm-system-rankings-mlb.

There will be a full recap and reaction to all of Keith Law’s rankings at the end of the week when all of his work as been released.

Reader Top 30 #17 – Deivi Grullon

2014 Reader Top 30

Cameron Rupp narrowly edges Deivi Grullon for #16 Continue reading Reader Top 30 #17 – Deivi Grullon →

Maikel Franco #52 and Jesse Biddle #94 on Baseball Prospectus Top 101

Prospect Rankings

The Baseball Prospectus list is compiled by Jason Parks with input from the various members of the prospect team.  You can read the full list here http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22670.  Overall two low rankings and no J.P. Crawford makes this the least optimistic list yet.

A pair of former Phillies prospects made the list in Travis d’Arnaud at #48 and Jonathan Singleton at #57

Reader Top 30 #16 – Cameron Rupp

2014 Reader Top 30

Week 3 of the list brings us into the second half Continue reading Reader Top 30 #16 – Cameron Rupp →

Voting Trends and Mid Point

2014 Reader Top 30

We are halfway through the Top 30, currently the list is:

  1. Maikel Franco
  2. Jesse Biddle
  3. J.P. Crawford
  4. Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez
  5. Carlos Tocci
  6. Roman Quinn
  7. Ethan Martin
  8. Aaron Altherr
  9. Kelly Dugan
  10. Cesar Hernandez
  11. Dylan Cozens
  12. Zach Green
  13. Tommy Joseph
  14. Severino Gonzalez
  15. Ken Giles Continue reading Voting Trends and Mid Point →

MLB.com Top 100 and Position Rankings

Prospect Rankings

If you follow me on Twitter you have seen me rant about the rankings all week, mostly involving non-Phillies prospects.  For now here are the rankings as far as the Phillies are involved (all scouting grades are theirs not mine)

Top 100:

Maikel Franco – #26
60 Hit – 70 Power – 30 Run – 60 Arm – 50 Field

Jesse Biddle – #53
55 Fastball – 60 Curveball – 50 Changeup – 50 Control Continue reading MLB.com Top 100 and Position Rankings →

Major League Roster Construction and the Minor Leagues: Primer

Other Stuff

Often when the discussion about major league roster construction comes up, it affects how a prospect will fit into an individual organization.  However, the overall construction of major league rosters dramatically affects how prospects are evaluated.  Before talking about it affects certain types of hitters and pitchers in the system, we need to look at how the current major league roster is assembled and why it is assembled that way. Continue reading Major League Roster Construction and the Minor Leagues: Primer →