STEP RIGHT UP! STEP RIGHT UP! You, YES YOU, can sign any undrafted free agent for just $20,000. THAT’S RIGHT! For just 20k big ones, your team could sign a genuine prospect. Since the abbreviated 5-round draft ended, MLB teams can now sign any undrafted player for no more than $20,000. The Phillies have been […]
Read more "Phillies looking for a very specific type of pitcher in undrafted free agency"Earlier in the week, Baseball America released its preseason top 100 prospect list. The Phillies found themselves with 2 players listed within the top 100. More importantly, both were listed among the top 30 prospects in all of baseball. Alec Bohm came in at the 28th top prospect in baseball and Spencer Howard came in […]
Read more "MLB.com ranks 3 Phillies among the Top 100 Prospects"It’s no secret that the Philadelphia Phillies’ inability to not only draft talent, yet develop as well has been poor over the years. Sure, they lucked out with the last names of Hamels, Howard, Utley, Nola, and (maybe) Hoskins and Haseley. However, overall, it’s justified to not over hype any prospects in our pipeline. But, […]
Read more "With Phillies low on pitching options, Spencer Howard could be the answer"This past MLB draft, the Phillies loaded up pitching. After picking stud short stops Bryson Stott and Jamari Baylor in the first and third round, the ballclub selected pitcher Erik Miller in the fourth round (120 overall). Miller’s availability at this stage in the draft was a surprise. He was ranked 61 on by the […]
Read more "Phillies prospect Erik Miller opens up on his whirlwind 2019 season"Shane Watson was originally drafted as a starting pitcher with the 40th overall pick in the 2012 Amateur Draft. Watson started out the season in the rotation for the Reading Fighting Phils and through 10 starts, he went 2-4 with a 5.52 ERA. After struggling in the rotation, Watson was moved to the bullpen on June […]
Read more "Former Phillies 1st round pick finding success in bullpen and is motivated to make the bigs"On Wednesday night, I was lucky enough to travel up to see Phillies prospect Sixto Sanchez pitch in Lakewood against the Rome Braves. Sanchez, who was signed to a $35,000 signing bonus in 2015, pitched well, going 6 strong innings while giving up 4 hits, a walk, an earned run, 4 strikeouts, and came away […]
Read more "Phillies Prospect Scout Report: Sixto Sanchez flashes in win over Rome Braves"The Phillies farm system is certainly known in big part because of its outfield depth. Mickey Moniak, Nick Williams, and Roman Quinn are #2, #5 and #7 respectively on MLB Pipeline’s top-30 team prospect rankings, and all are expected to be good, perhaps even great, outfielders for the team in the future. Further down the […]
Read more "Minor League Spotlight: What does the future hold for Phillies LF Andrew Pullin?"