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Spring Training 2014, Day 2

Spring Training 2014

I arrived at the Carpenter Complex early and found out that the position players who had already reported would be taking batting practice in Bright House Field at 10:30AM and that it would be open to the public.  I checked the schedule for the Carpenter Complex fields (each guard is issued one each day) and found that the pitchers and catchers would be following the same regimen they followed on Thursday.  So, rather than watch PFPs and strugglung to get a peek at the pitchers thowing off the mounds, I walked over to watch BP. Continue reading Spring Training 2014, Day 2 →

Baseball Prospectus Top 10 Phillies Prospects

Top Prospect Lists

I am a big fan of the Baseball Prospectus Top 10 prospects.  Right now the prospect team assembled there is really talented and have been able to get a lot of eyes on a lot of players.  This leads to reports that are some of the most detailed outside of major league front offices.  The Phillies list itself is posted here.

 Top 10:

  1. Maikel Franco
  2. Jesse Biddle
  3. J.P. Crawford
  4. Kelly Dugan
  5. Carlos Tocci
  6. Deivi Grullon
  7. Severino Gonzalez
  8. Cesar Hernandez
  9. Yoel Mecias
  10. Cord Sandberg

Continue reading Baseball Prospectus Top 10 Phillies Prospects →

Spring Training 2014, Day 1

Spring Training 2014

Spring Training 2014 began officially this morning when the pitchers and catchers exited their locker room in Bright House Field and entered the outfield in Schmidt Field for calisthenics.   For those of you who haven’t been to the Carpenter Complex, I have attaced an overhead shot of the area below.

ST Fields Updated Continue reading Spring Training 2014, Day 1 →

Minor Leaguers in Spring Training

Other Stuff

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

2014 Reader Top 30

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

Top Prospect Lists

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/

General Discussion – Week of 2-10-2014 – Pitchers and Catchers Edition

Weekly Discussion

Anyone think The Phils will add another piece to their rotation in the next few days? I wonder if they’d still make a push for Ubaldo Jimenez, but I kind of doubt it.

Would you give up the 47th pick in the coming draft for the 30-32 year old seasons of Ubaldo Jimenez with an AAV of $12-13M, as Fox Sports Ohio reported last week was his likely price range? I think I would, but it wouldn’t be an easy decision. Also, whether Jimenez wants to pitch in Philly is another story altogether.

Discuss.