Players:
Domonic Brown – 26 – MLB
Marlon Byrd – 36 – MLB
John Mayberry Jr – 30 – MLB
Leandro Castro – 24 – AAA
Steve Susdorf – 28 – AAA
Kelly Dugan – 23 – AA (5)
Cameron Perkins – 23 – AA (25)
Anthony Hewitt – 24 – AA
Justin Parr – 23 – A+
Brian Pointer – 22 – A+
Samuel Hiciano – 20 – A- (30)
Larry Greene Jr. – 21 – A-
Dylan Cozens – 19 – A- (12)
Jose Pujols – 18 – SS (17)
Cord Sandberg – 19 – SS (10)
Bryan Martelo – 17 – Rk
Freddy Zorrilla – 19 – Rk Continue reading Position Preview: Corner Outfield
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Top 10 Under 25
Top prospect lists do a good job of showing the minor league talent in an organization. However, the cut off can arbitrarily cut off players who have graduated, but are important part of the organization’s young core. Given the small sample size nature of the spring I am not altering my Top 30 for this list.
So here is the list:
1. Maikel Franco
2. Jesse Biddle
3. J.P. Crawford Continue reading Top 10 Under 25
Extended Spring Training Schedule
The extended spring was released today. I have posted it here for you:
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Positional Preview Third Base
Players:
Cody Asche – 23 – MLB
Maikel Franco – 21 – AAA (1)
Harold Martinez – 23 – AA
Anthony Phillips – 23 – A+
Zach Green – 20 – A- (16)
Mitch Walding – 21 – A-
Jan Hernandez – 19 – SS (24)
Trey Williams – 20 – SS
Luis Encarnacion – 16 – Rk (15) Continue reading Positional Preview Third Base
Seth Rosin cut by Dodgers and claimed by the Rangers
After making the trip to Australia with the Dodgers, Seth Rosin was cut by the Dodgers. He was then claimed off waivers by the Rangers. All of the same roster restrictions will apply to Rosin in Texas as they did in Los Angeles. If Texas cuts him, he will have to pass through waivers again, any claiming team would take him on with the Rule 5 requirements in place. If he passes through waivers the Phillies would then have the opportunity to pay $25,000 to take Rosin back into the system.
Hugo Arrocha is at the Carpenter Complex
Baseball Betsy has been providing updates on the injury from her site.
Positional Preview – Shortstop
Players:
Jimmy Rollins – 35 – MLB
Freddy Galvis – 24 -MLB
Andres Blanco – 29 – AAA
Troy Hanzawa – 28 – AAA
Edgar Duran – 23 – AA
Roman Quinn – 20 – A+ (7)
Casey Serna -24 – A+
J.P. Crawford – 19 – A- (3)
Robinson Torres – 22 – A-
Malquin Canelo – 19 – SS (28)
Damaso Gonzalez – 17 – Rk
Grenny Cumana – 18 – Rk
Hugo Arrocha – 18 – Rk
Positional Preview – Second Base
Players:
Chase Utley – 35 – MLB
Cesar Hernandez – 23 – AAA (18)
Albert Cartwright – 26 – AA
Carlos Alonso – 26 – AA
Angelo Mora – 21 – A+
Samuel Dove – 23 – A-
Andrew Pullin – 20 – A- (29)
Jair Morelos – 20 – SS
Positional Overview: True second base prospects are a rare breed, because they must be able to play a physically demanding position and hit enough to be major league regulars. Unless they can fake shortstop their floors are off of major league rosters, and so it means they are undervalued until they can show that major league ceiling. The Phillies have been blessed with one of the best second basemen of the past 10 years in Chase Utley. Utley is now into the decline phase of his career and the search for a suitable replacement is on the horizon. The system really only has two guys in that discussion; Cesar Hernandez is near major league ready, but there are plenty of questions about whether the bat can play as a major league regular, and further away is Andrew Pullin who is still getting used to playing the position.
Final Workout Groups
There may be some more movement, but for the most part the final workout groups say a lot about where the final assignments will be.
So first here is the list, once again courtesy of Baseball Betsy.
Minor League Roster Cuts
Per Phillies Insider the Phillies have released IF Jim Negrych, 1B Logan Pierce (2013 15th Rd), LHP Kyler Burke, RHP Zach Cooper (2012 15th Rd), C Francisco Herrera, C Josh Ludy (8th Rd 2012), and C Justin Dalles. None of the names are any big surprises and the move clears up the catching situation a bit more and almost assures Wilmer Oberto a 1B/DH job in Lakewood.
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