The hot stove season is starting to heat up. Organizations and players are making decisions regarding qualifying offers, options, and free agency. Four Phillies have already opted for free agency – RHP Clay Buchholz, 3B Andres Blanco, LF Daniel Nava, and OF Hyun Soo Kim. Pedro Florimon, who just came off the 60-day DL is the only other potential free agent on the 40-man roster. Continue reading Open Discussion: Week of November 5th
Open Discussion: Mid-Week November 1st
Congratulations to the Houston Astros. Now, let’s get the off season rolling.
This is a special mid-week edition of the weekly open discussion. This week’s discussion auto-published before I could edit and manually post. I had some things going on and which were compounded when the internet was unavailable Sunday night. So, a couple things I wanted to include were left out. So, here they are. Continue reading Open Discussion: Mid-Week November 1st
Open Discussion: Week of October 29th
Just one or two more games left in the season and we can officially start baseball’s hot stove season. Then we will get a welcome break from all baseball stories centering on the Dodgers and Astros, and we we will return to baseball normalcy where all the stories are about the Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers, and Cubs with a smattering of releases about the Rangers, Cardinals, Astros, and Stanton. And of course, those cheatin’ bastards, the Braves. Continue reading Open Discussion: Week of October 29th
Open Discussion: Week of October 22nd
The world series participants became set when the Houston Astros defeated the “evil empire” Saturday night. They joined the Los Angeles Dodgers in the fall classic. The first time 100-win teams will face each other since 1970 – Baltimore (108) and Cincinnati (102). Continue reading Open Discussion: Week of October 22nd
2017 Phuture Phillies Post Season Prospect Poll Results
The first Phuture Phillies post season prospect poll ended. The criteria was as diverse as the responses I received. Readers were asked to provide their prospect lists based on the player’s present value to the organization, their major league potential, their professional ceiling, their age at their current level, or whatever criteria you feel is important. I received 43 prospect lists. Continue reading 2017 Phuture Phillies Post Season Prospect Poll Results
2017 Florida Instructs Update, thru 10/12/2017 and the End
The Phillies concluded their 2017 Instructs program last week. They continued with PFPs, infield and outfield drills, and batting in the morning, and played games in the afternoons. Continue reading 2017 Florida Instructs Update, thru 10/12/2017 and the End
Open Discussion: Week of October 15th
The playoffs are further along, and I still don’t care. However, the Washington Nationals saw their window of opportunity close a little more with another early exit from the playoffs. Continue reading Open Discussion: Week of October 15th
Results of 2017 Phuture Phillies Top Catchers Poll
Jorge Alfaro received the most votes in the Best Catchers Poll as selected by Phuture Phillies readers. Deivi Grullon finished a distant second. Austin Bossart finished third. Continue reading Results of 2017 Phuture Phillies Top Catchers Poll
Results of 2017 Phuture Phillies Top Closers Poll
Will Hibbs received the most votes in the Best Closers Poll as selected by Phuture Phillies readers. He had a sizable lead over Luke Leftwich , Victor Arano, and Jeff Singer. Continue reading Results of 2017 Phuture Phillies Top Closers Poll
Results of 2017 Phuture Phillies Top Right-Handed Starting Pitchers Poll
Sixto Sanchez was selected the Best Right-Handed Starting Pitcher in the Phillies minor league system by Phuture Phillies readers. Franklyn Kilome finished second, Tom Eshelman third, and Adonis Medina fourth rounding out the group of pitchers who received at least 10% of the vote. Continue reading Results of 2017 Phuture Phillies Top Right-Handed Starting Pitchers Poll
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