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Phillies Minor League Update – April 2013
We’re now nearly three weeks into the minor league season, and seasons are starting to take shape. That’s still too much of a small sample to make a big deal about things, but the rate stats are...
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Phillies Non-Top 30 Prospects – Spring 2013 Update
Top 30 lists are very fluid. Injuries and fluctuations in performance can change things quickly as new information is gathered. Nearing Memorial Day, we’re getting close to the point where statistics...
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Phillies Pre-Draft 2013 Minor League Report: Organizational Depth
With the draft coming up in about two weeks, the Phillies are scrutinizing possible players to add to the organizations. Teams don’t, and shouldn’t, draft for need at the major league level, but they...
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MLB Draft 2013 Phillies Preview – Pitchers
The 2013 MLB draft is rapidly approaching, and draft boards are probably taking shape. Mock drafts are starting to be released, and with teams starting to be connected to specific players, it’s time...
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MLB Draft 2013: Phillies Preview – Position Players
Before I get to potential 2013 picks, I’d like to focus on one hitter drafted in 2006: Domonic Brown. The Phillies’ left fielder is on fire right now and leads the National League in home runs. Even...
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MLB Draft 2013: Phillies Recap and Review – Position Players
The Phillies drafted more pitchers than hitters in last week’s 2013 draft, but they certainly showed a preference for position players early. Like a couple years ago when they took players like Roman...
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MLB Draft 2013: Phillies Recap and Review – Pitchers
Phillies 2013 draft pick Ben Wetzler After taking two high school pitchers with their first two picks in the 2012 draft, the Phillies didn’t really add much depth in this draft. A couple of the...
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Phillies Minor Leagues: Williamsport and Gulf Coast League 2013 Preview
Short-season leagues have kicked off in minor league baseball, and that includes two more Phillies affiliates. With new draftees plus a couple of last year’s big Latin American signings, there are...
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Who is the Phillies #1 Prospect: Biddle vs. Franco
Coming into the season, Jesse Biddle was the near-consensus number one prospect in the Phillies organization. Keith Law had Adam Morgan ranked just a little higher, but with Morgan’s shoulder injury,...
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Phillies 2013 Prospect Report: Whose Stock Is Up, Whose Is Down?
Phillies prospect Darin Ruf Over the course of a season, players go hot and cold, but over three months in, it’s generally safe to say that a player performing well is performing well, and one that...
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2013 Phillies Top 15 Prospects At Mid-Season
Phillies 3B prospect Cody Asche This could easily become obsolete in two weeks thanks to the trading deadline (or even two days if I change my mind), but after the signing deadline last week, I thought...
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Phillies Minor Leagues 2013: Where Is The Pitching?
Phillies LHP prospect Jesse Biddle (photo: T.Farlow/MiLB.com) Since Ruben Amaro still seems determined to at the very least stand pat at the deadline, I’m going to hold off on doing any trade deadline...
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Phillies 2013 Trade Deadline Preview – Baltimore Orioles Prospects, plus...
The Phillies signed Cuban pitcher Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez Last week, the Phillies surprised probably everyone when they signed Cuban defector Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez to a six year contract guaranteed...
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Phillies 2013 Trade Deadline Preview – Boston Red Sox Prospects
Top Red Sox prospect Xander Bogaerts It seemed like the Red Sox were set for a long rebuild when they traded Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford and Josh Beckett to the Dodgers last July on their way to...
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Phillies 2013 Trade Deadline Preview – Los Angeles Dodgers Prospects
With new ownership, the Dodgers have been spending money left and right the last one and a half years. From picking up the big contracts Boston unloaded last year to outbidding the league by dozens of...
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Phillies showing increased activity in international free agent market
Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez In a span of about two weeks, the Phillies (may have) signed Cuban defector Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez to a contract that could be worth up to $59 million, a record for an...
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Phillies Minor Leagues: 2013 Postseason Chases
Minor league seasons are winding down very soon. For Phillies affiliates, the Gulf Coast League ends on the 29th, Lehigh Valley, Reading and Lakewood end on Labor Day, Clearwater the day before, and...
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Phillies send seven prospects to the Arizona Fall League
Tuesday, Arizona Fall League rosters were announced. This off-season, seven Phillies minor leaguers will compete on the Peoria Javelinas alongside players from the Astros, Mariners, Padres and Royals....
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The Bad & The Ugly: A look at the Phillies catching depth
Phillies catcher prospect Sebastian Valle A prospect’s stock can be volatile. Over the course of a season, injuries or poor performance can have a prospect quickly go from potential star to longshot...
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Phillies 2013 Draft Review – 3 Months Later
Phillies SS prospect JP Crawford It’s now three months since the 2013 draft, and the picks who signed have completed their first professional season. The stats these players compiled are often not...
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