Kevin Goldstein unveils his Top 100 prospects for 2009 here. Carrasco comes in at #43, Taylor comes in at #55 and Drabek comes in at #92. Former Phillie Adrian Cardenas comes in at #93.
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Keith Law ranks Phillies system 11th
I know Keith Law “hates the Phillies” and is biased, but he did have this to say about our system…
11. Philadelphia Phillies: This system has improved dramatically in the past year, in particular because of the emergence of two tools guys, Dominic Brown and Michael Taylor, who weren’t really on the radar last winter. The system could make a big move up if a few high-risk/high-reward picks from this year pan out.
Check out the full rankings here. (insider content. sorry)
Also, KLaw has published his Top 100 prospects. Check that list here.
48. Jason Donald
60. Carlos Carrasco
84. Dominic Brown
100. Michael Taylor
BA’s Phillies Top 10
Hot off the press.
1. Dominic Brown, of
2. Carlos Carrasco, rhp
3. Lou Marson, c
4. Jason Donald, ss
5. Kyle Drabek, rhp
6. Michael Taylor, of
7. Travis D’Arnaud, c
8. Zach Collier, of
9. J.A. Happ, lhp
10. Jason Knapp, rhp
Please do not copy the full text of any scouting reports here.
Baseball Prospectus Phillies Top 11
The list is up.
Five-Star Prospects
1. Carlos Carrasco, RHP
Four-Star Prospects
2. Michael Taylor, RF
3. Kyle Drabek, RHP
Three-Star Prospects
4. Travis D’Arnaud, C
5. Lou Marson, C
6. Jason Donald, SS
7. Dominic Brown, OF
8. J.A. Happ, RHP
9. Zach Collier, RF
10. Jason Knapp, RHP
11. Anthony Hewitt, 3B
Sleeper: Julian Sampson, RHP
Just Missed: Travis Mattair, 3B; Drew Naylor, RHP; Joe Savery, LHP
Thats the info available to non-subscribers. If you’re a subscriber and have access to the other info, please don’t post it here. Kevin is going to be kind enough to answer questions on his rankings. If you have questions, post them in the comments here and I’ll try to work them in.
Michael Taylor in BA Top 20 for FSL
Coming in at 10th.
Nothing really new in the scouting report. Impressive tools, breakout performance, etc etc. Keeping things up to date.
GCL
4. Jason Knapp
7. Sebastian Valle
8. Zach Collier
13. Anthony Hewitt
NYPL
5. Travis D’Arnaud
SAL
15. Michael Taylor
FSL
10. Michael Taylor
And the nail in the coffin, Adrian Cardenas came in at #5. This was the most damaging part
The biggest question with Cardenas centers around his best defensive position. His struggles turning the double play limit his potential at second base, and his lateral movement and footwork probably won’t allow him to play shortstop. His arm is strong enough for his third base, and his bat would fit there as well.
bah.
Michael Taylor makes the SAL Top 20
Taylor comes in at #15 in the SAL, and was the only Phillie to crack the list. The SAL is a huge league (16 teams), so its not really a travesty to only have one guy on the list. This is also the most talent I’ve seen in the SAL in a long time.
So far, the Phillies to make league top 20’s are
GCL
4. Jason Knapp
7. Sebastian Valle
8. Zach Collier
13. Anthony Hewitt
NYPL
5. Travis D’Arnaud
SAL
15. Michael Taylor
D’Arnaud makes NYPL Top 20
…and hes the only one.
He came in at #5 behind Jason Castro (Houston), David Cooper (Toronto), Adam Reifer (Cardinals) and Derek Norris (Nationals)
Full info here. Basically praised his defense, said he’s getting even better there, and that he’s got good contact skills and can drive the ball to right field.
4 Phillies make the GCL Top 20
I’ll be doing something similar to what BA does, highlighting the 20 best prospects in each league, but they beat me to the punch on the GCL list. Which is ok, because mine is likely to look much different. Anyway, today is the GCL, and the Phillies are well represented.
4. Jason Knapp
7. Sebastian Valle
8. Zach Collier
13. Anthony Hewitt
Prospect Matrix
As the season is coming to a close, I thought it would be entertaining to take a look back at predictions heading into the 2008 season. I compiled my Top 30, the consensus Top 30 done by you guys, the Top 30 from Baseball America, and Kevin Goldstein’s Top 11 plus honorable mentions (in yellow) to see who looks smart and who doesn’t look so smart. Or who got lucky. Note, I instructed everyone to ignore Mathieson and Zagurski in their rankings, I think maybe because of the amount of MLB time they had and that I didn’t consider them pure prospects or whatever. Well, that was probably dumb, but it looks like both guys have dropped off the radar, for similar/different reasons. Anyway, here is the chart.
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Talk amongst yourselves. I gave you a topic.
Joe Savery Designated Hitter?
Yes people it is true! Joe Savery was used as the team’s DH in the Clearwater Threshers game vs the Daytona Cubs. Savery was 1-3 at the plate with a sac bunt, two ground outs and a double in the game.
After not swinging a bat in a game for more than a year he was called on to do just that for the Threshers in the game on Friday night. NEVER in my 10+ years of going to minor league games in Clearwater has a pitcher been put into a game as the DH. Never even to hit for one single at bat.
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