Phillies Minor Thoughts

Teams have until after the World Series to address their pending minor league free agents. That could include adding them to the 40 man roster or re-signing them to a new minor league deals. Some minor leaguers with enough major league time can elect free agency already, and C Payton Henry has already proceeded in ...

Preseason Outlook Preseason Rank – 2nd Role: #2/#3 StarterRisk: High – Painter flashed a bunch of promising attributes in his return from injury, especially in his number of innings pitched. However, his pitch shapes and command were a muddled mess, as he combined throwing new pitches and a return to high level competition. This led ...

Preseason Outlook Preseason Ranking – 11th Role: Late Inning RelieverRisk: Medium – There isn’t a huge sample size of McFarlane as a full time reliever, but the stuff is there to get outs, you just need to make some leaps of faith about his command. Season Stats Team (LVL) G W-L IP ERA HR/9 BB% ...

Minor League Awards All of these awards are made up. Unless otherwise stated they are not about prospect ranking and evaluation, but are about how a player actually performed. I also posed this question online and have included your winner as well. Hitter of the Year – Bryan Rincon Rincon isn’t the Phillies best hitting ...

Season Recap Record: 70-67 (Won Eastern League Championship) Reading spent the first half of the season living up to projections. There were talented prospects, but pitching and inexperience held the team back. Injuries to Dante Nori and Carson DeMartini did not help. A breakout by Bryan Rincon and stabilizing starting pitching from Adam Seminaris, Luke ...