Happy New Year to the Phuture Phillies community! We are now in the same calendar year of the next baseball season. Pitchers and catchers report in 6 weeks. The first full workout is only days afterward. I can hear bat hitting ball. Just one more milestone for me, Phantasy Week. I don’t participate. But I go watch for a baseball fix to hold me over for the final three weeks of the off season. Here’s the open discussion for Phillies’ talk and other topics. Continue reading Open Discussion: Week of January 2nd
Category Archives: 01. Site Features
Phuture Phillies 2017 Reader Top 30 Poll for #12
Scott Kingery was your selection as the #11 prospect in the Phillies’ organization. Kingery captured a majority decision receiving 164 votes (52%). Kevin Gowdy finished second with 47 votes (15%). Continue reading Phuture Phillies 2017 Reader Top 30 Poll for #12
Phuture Phillies 2017 Reader Top 30 Poll for #11
“C” Randolph was your selection as the #10 prospect in the Phillies’ organization. Randolph won a close race with Scott Kingery by 10 votes. Randolph received 118 votes (39%) while Kingery received 108 votes (36%). Kevin Gowdy finished a distant third with 19 votes. Nineteen of the twenty prospects listed on the poll received votes. Continue reading Phuture Phillies 2017 Reader Top 30 Poll for #11
Phuture Phillies 2017 Reader Top 30 Poll for #10
Dylan Cozens was your selection as the #9 prospect in the Phillies’ organization. Hoskins won handily with 142 votes (47%), more than doubling second place finisher C Randolph with 65 votes (22%). Scott Kingery finished third with 49 votes. Continue reading Phuture Phillies 2017 Reader Top 30 Poll for #10
Phuture Phillies 2017 Reader Top 30 Poll for #9
I hope you all enjoyed a Merry Christmas! Now back to the Top 30.
Rhys Hoskins was your selection as the #8 prospect in the Phillies’ organization. Hoskins won handily with 36% of the votes. Dylan Cozens finished second with 31%. Continue reading Phuture Phillies 2017 Reader Top 30 Poll for #9
Open Discussion: Week of December 26th
Merry Christmas to the Phuture Phillies community! Here’s the open discussion for Phillies’ talk and other topics.
The Phillies had a modicum of activity this week. Continue reading Open Discussion: Week of December 26th
2017 Top 30 Additional Prospects Poll Results
This worked much better than I could have hoped. Readers cast 4118 votes for over 70 prospects. The polling software does not allow all features without an upgrade, so I can’t say how many ballots were cast. However, from random monitoring and SWAG I think that 215-220 ballots might be a good guesstimate.
If you’ll remember, I established several parameters to try and ensure a valid poll – Continue reading 2017 Top 30 Additional Prospects Poll Results
Phuture Phillies 2017 Reader Top 30 Poll for #8
Sixto Sanchez was your selection as the #7 prospect in the Phillies’ organization. Sanchez garnered 56 of the votes. Dylan Cozens (15%) edged Rhys Hoskins for second place by 2 votes.
Sanchez is one of the most talked about prospects in the Phillies’ low minors and maybe the whole organization. He came out of nowhere to be considered among the top prospects in the system. Continue reading Phuture Phillies 2017 Reader Top 30 Poll for #8
Phuture Phillies 2017 Reader Top 30 Poll for #7
Franklyn Kilome was your selection as the #6 prospect in the Phillies’ organization. Kilome garnered 37% of the votes and edged Sixto Sanchez by 3 votes. Dylan Cozens (10%) edged Rhys Hoskins for third place by 2 votes. Continue reading Phuture Phillies 2017 Reader Top 30 Poll for #7
Phillies Acquire RHP Clay Buchholz
Yesterday, the Phillies traded a minor league infielder to the Boston Red Sox for veteran RHP Clay Buchholz. The Phillies will assume the final, $13.5M year of the pitcher’s contract. To acquire Buchholz, the Phillies relquished former Florida third baseman, Josh Tobias. To make room on their 40-man roster, they DFA-ed recent waiver claim 3B Richie Shaffer. Continue reading Phillies Acquire RHP Clay Buchholz
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