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Category Archives: 01. Site Features
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.
General Discussion – Week of 3-24-2014 – MRSAdition
I imagine the main thought when the players were told Freddy Galvis had MRSA was “Umm…MRSA? Really? Nasty.”
No one said it would be profound. It’s still Spring Training for me, too, you know. If I’m phoning it in like this in Mid-May, you guys let me know.
Discuss.
Positional Preview – First Base
Players:
Ryan Howard -34 – MLB
Darin Ruf – 27 – MLB
Jim Murphy – 28 – AAA
Cody Overbeck – 27 – AAA
Brock Stassi – 24 – AA
Chris Serritella – 24 – A+
Art Charles – 23 – A+
William Carmona – 23 – A+
Wilmer Oberto – 21 – A- Continue reading Positional Preview – First Base
MiLB Spring Training 2014; March 22nd, Adams vs. the Blue Jays
Groups 1 and 2 this morning. Normally, I would have watched Group 2, but Mike Adams was going to pitch the first inning in the Group 1 game. Since this would be against slightly more advanced hitters than those he faced against Group 2 in an intra-squad game earlier in the week, I chose to watch Group 1. Adams was followed by Pettibone for 3 innings.
I reported earlier this week that Adams threw well against Group 2, but after retiring the first 3 batters, he gave up singles to Joseph and Harold Martinez before the outing was called by the coaches. Continue reading MiLB Spring Training 2014; March 22nd, Adams vs. the Blue Jays
MiLB Spring Training 2014; March 21st, vs. the Blue Jays
Groups 3 and 4 were back on their normal fields, Ashburn and Schmidt playing the Blue Jays farm teams. Group 5 was playing an independent team from Long Island, the Storm. I was able to get a good spot at the backstop on Ashburn, so I Group 3 and Miguel Nunez. Continue reading MiLB Spring Training 2014; March 21st, vs. the Blue Jays
Road to a Top Farm System
With the major league club falling apart (almost literally), it turns to the minor league system to provide the optimism in 2014. The problem is that the farm system is not good right now. Ranking wise, it has been as high as 14, but for the most part it settles in the 20-25 range. The good news is that it is trending up and with the right set of circumstances it could come close to the top farm systems in the game.
Lets start by looking at the makeup of the Top 5 farm systems in Baseball America’s Handbook (Top 100 rankings included, these rankings may differ due to the BA ranking process). Continue reading Road to a Top Farm System
Minor League Workout Groups 3-20
This morning Jay Floyd posted the new minor league workout groups up on Phoulballz.
Here is the list (cleaner list picture taken by Baseball Betsy):
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