With today’s article by Jim Salisbury, highlighting a number of guys the Phillies have expressed interest in, I figured now was as good a time as any to post my thoughts on these guys. I’m hoping Jim has another article this weekend with some last minute thoughts on who the Phillies are narrowing in on even further, as he’s in a class by himself when it comes to draft matters as they impact the Phillies. I’ll definitely have something else up this weekend, and then we’ll tune in Monday night to see the compensation round, and then rounds 2-30 on Tuesday, which I will be providing coverage for, and rounds 31-50, which Ryan will be helping with. The draft is always one of the busiest times of the year for the site here, and I’m grateful for all of my visitors, those who care about the draft and those who don’t just the same. In case you’ve missed it, v1.0 of my notebook is here and v2.0 is here. Now, 3.0 commences below the fold.
Box Score Recap, 2 June 2011
What if I was to tell you Trevor May had his best start of the year, and the Clearwater box score was a treasure trove of exciting nuggets. Would that be something you’d be interested in seeing?
A few loose ends
I wanted to give go over a few important links that have been pointed out to me.
Jim Salisbury, the only beat guy who makes a concerted effort to prep us for the draft, has up a column where he name drops a bunch of guys the Phillies are interested in. Read it here. My thoughts? Nimmo, Fernandez, Chafin, Hedges and possibly Miller will be gone by pick 39. I still expect the Phillies will take RHP Jeff Ames with either their 2nd or 3rd pick. Hes a Pacific Northwest guy, Phillies drafted him a few years ago, and his stuff has improved quite a bit since then. I think he’s rated in the 100-110 range or so, so our 2nd round pick seems like a good bet.
I also wanted to point out a website called Stadium Journey, which does extensive write-ups of lots of minor league parks, complete with pictures and other tidbits. If you can’t get to these places because you live thousands of miles away, its kind of cool to see the confines. You can see the tour of Brighthouse Field here and check out the rest of the site for some of the grounds of our enemies.
Lehigh Valley Weekly Report 02 June 2011
Yet another successful Week for Lehigh Valley who went 5-2 since our last report and at 32-20, remain atop the Northern Division of the International League, three games ahead of second place Scranton. The Magic Number is 91 (hadda say it). Lehigh Valley concludes their series in Gwinnett tonight, before traveling to Charlotte for a four game series.
Leaders: Hitting: Jeff Larish is 5th in homers (10); Erik Kratz is tied for 7th in homers (9); Rich Thompson leads the league in stolen bases (18) Continue reading Lehigh Valley Weekly Report 02 June 2011
Box Score Recap, 1 June 2011
Knock knock. Box score delivery!
Box Score Recap, 31 May 2011
June is here. I thought we’d never make it. In less than 10 days, we’ll have 50 more guys to obsess over. For now, a report on our current obsessions
I present to you my new statistical toy: the Prospect Power Rating (PPR)
So here’s the thing. I get lots of ideas in my head, and most of them I either discard, or I begin working on it, then give up half way through and move on. The SONAR project, something I started years ago, is somewhere in category 2, because I have a lot of ideas for it, but its incredibly in depth, it takes a ton of time, and its imperfect. Until I figure out the ways to remove most of the imperfections, it will remain dead. But in the meantime, I had an idea that kind of comes out of that semi-failed project. I was thinking it would be fun to have a way to take a quick and dirty look at how our prospects are performing, but without doing a ton of heavy lifting and adjusting. I figured once I built the spreadsheet, I could do a lot of copy/paste work, and it would basically update itself. And I think I was right. Which means I should be able to maintain this with little effort, which means I won’t get bored with it and discard it. Maybe. Anyway, I figured I’d unveil it here, and we’ll see how it goes. Full explanation below the fold, as well as the inaugural rankings
Continue reading I present to you my new statistical toy: the Prospect Power Rating (PPR)
Box Score Recap, 30 May 2011
May is almost over. June is almost here. If you want to see the box scores, look right over here
Clearwater Threshers Report (5/16-5/29)
Recap: The Threshers went 8-6 over the latest two-week stretch, which was highlighted by a 23-inning marathon loss to Jupiter on May 23. Despite the winning record over the stretch, the Threshers have fallen to seven games back in the FSL behind the Daytona Cubs, who are in the midst of a 12-game winning streak. Daytona’s roster is not populated with many names that hit the Baseball America top prospect radar, but they are sitting in first place with a 39-12 record.
2011 MLB Draft Notebook, v2.0
Hey everyone, with the draft approaching, I wanted to focus my attention on a few more guys I see as possibilities for the Phillies pick at #39. In Part 1 I covered RHP Tyler Beede (HS, A), RHP Kyle Crick (HS, TX) INF Nick Delmonico (HS, TX) and RHP Hudson Boyd (HS, FL). Before I get in to that, I want to talk a bit about draft spending, since its something that dominates every single post/feature about the draft, and it is of course the most wildly debated aspect of the MLB draft, not just from the Phillies perspective, but all around baseball. I’m planning to write a long piece on this, but consider this the appetizer. Check below
