Over the past week Gregg and I have been working to bring on some new voices to the site. The goal is to bring on people who are passionate about baseball and would bring good writing and insight to the community here. We were seeking to cover as many of the affiliates as possible with in person views and reports. In this we have mixed a combination of skills including long form articles as well as scouting reports. There may be some growing pains as we seek to balance everything together, but we are really excited to bring on four new writers to the team and what they can help us bring to the site. Continue reading Introducing the New Writing Team
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Reader Top 30 #7 -Ethan Martin
Roman Quinn takes the #6 spot. Continue reading Reader Top 30 #7 -Ethan Martin
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
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
Reader Top 30 #2 – Jesse Biddle
Maikel Franco took the first spot in the rankings in what will likely be the largest victory in this exercise. Kelly Dugan joins the poll for the first time. Continue reading Reader Top 30 #2 – Jesse Biddle
Reader Top 30 #1 – Maikel Franco
Welcome to the Reader Top 30. For those not familiar with the process a new poll goes up every day Monday until Friday. At the end we will solicit everyone’s personal Top 30s, talk breakout and sleeper prospects, and the writers here will give their personal Top 30s. For those wondering we go to 30 because it is the industry standard set by Baseball America, also as voted by you we will maintain Baseball America’s standards as well which means any player eligible for rookie status will be listed, this includes Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez, Ethan Martin, and Cesar Hernandez. I ask that if you keep to other standards that you vote based on this status and provide a Top 30 based on your own rankings. Continue reading Reader Top 30 #1 – Maikel Franco
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