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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

Minor Leaguers in Spring Training

Pitchers and Catchers reported today, so lets look at who is in camp.  Some players are only for depth or experience and will end up in minor league camp shortly.  Others are in positional battles that will go down to the last day of camp.  We will have much more as camp gets fully underway, for now here are some guys who spent a lot of time in the minors in 2013 and are no locks to make the roster.

40 Man Roster:

RHP – Phillippe Aumont
RHP – Luis Garcia
RHP – Ethan Martin
RHP – Michael Stutes
RHP – B.J. Rosenberg
LHP – Joe Savery Continue reading Minor Leaguers in Spring Training

Reader Top 30 #28 – Jan Hernandez

I have avoided run-offs to this point but Jan Hernandez and Andrew Pullin cam in separated 64 to 62 with the next highest vote total at 15.  So winner takes 27, loser 28 and we continue the normal voting on the last two spots.

Fangraphs Top 100 Prospects: Franco #27 Biddle #40 Crawford #50

Today Fangraphs (@marchulet) released their Top 100 prospects.  The Phillies had 3 in the Top 50 with Franco at 27, Biddle at 40, and Crawford at 50.  The list is here http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2014-top-100-prospects/, and is quite literally just a list.

If you want more detail, Marc’s Phillies Top 15 can be found here http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2014-top-10-prospects-philadelphia-phillies/

Phillie Sign SS K.C. Serna

According to Baseball America’s JJ Cooper the Phillies have signed short stop K.C. Serna out of the Independent Leagues.

Serna was Baseball America’s top Indy League prospect.  He fell to the 42nd round of the 2011 draft after he left Oregon following a suspension for violating team rules.  He was released in 2012 because of makeup issues.  He hit .265/.339/.354 in the New York Penn League in 2011. Continue reading Phillie Sign SS K.C. Serna