MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | yesterday
Despite Philadelphia GM Ruben Amaro, Jr. describing his needs this winter as "Third base, bullpen, bench," many people within baseball think the Phillies will make a run at Roy Halladay, reports Jim Salisbury of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Salisbury quotes a rival front office member as saying, "Philadelphia is into winning now, and Halladay fits that." Toronto's asking price this...
Beerleaguer (Free subscription) | yesterday
Typically a winter treat, Baseball America pulled the Phillies’ name early this season, announcing their Top 10 prospects and best tools in the organization today. [Link] Outfielder Domonic Brown repeats as the top player in the Phillies' farm, followed by Kyle Drabek, Michael Taylor, Travis d'Arnaud, Trevor May, Anthony Gose, Sebastian Valle, Jarred Cosart, Antonio Bastardo and Domingo Santana....
The Good Phight (Free subscription) | yesterday
Phillies Top 10 Prospects up at Baseball America For BA subscribers, full scouting reports are here , and John Manuel will host a chat here beginning at 3:00 p.m. The list itself is as follows: 1. Domonic Brown 2. Kyle Drabek 3. Michael Taylor 4. Travis d'Arnaud 5. Trevor May 6. Anthony Gose 7. Sebastian Valle 8. Jarred Cosart 9. Antonio Bastardo 10. Domingo Santana
SportsProf (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Here goes: 1. Did Cole Hamels Lose The Clubhouse with His Remarks in the World Series? Don't know how big an issue this is. Despite Charlie Manuel's closing of the ranks, I'm sure that Hamels did damage with his "I can't wait for this to be over" line. Baseball players are among the most competitive people on the planet, and I can't believe that guys who push themselves hard for a long haul...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
By Chuck Finder | 4:47 p.m. In yet another edition of The Future Is Coming, The Future Is Coming, the franchise with the advanced-Class A champion in Lynchburg also has three of the Top 15 prospects in Class AA's Eastern League according to Baseball America today -- and Pedro Alvarez is No. 1. Look at it this way: The Pirates don't get many No. 1s, outside of the All-Time North American Record for...
The Good Phight (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
BA lists 3 Phillies in FSL Top 20 This is what you might call back page news at the current time, but figured I'd pass it along nonetheless. Domonic Brown (#3), Kyle Drabek (#5), and Freddy Galvis (#19) represent the Phils in the Florida State League.
Phillies Nation (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Kyle Drabek, RHP Born: 12/8/1987 in Victoria, Texas Height: 6’0” Weight: 185 Pitching prospects are always in high demand, and with Carlos Carrasco and Jason Knapp shipped out to Cleveland in July, the Phillies organization lacks some of the top-end depth that they would surely like to have. But while there may not be many on the farm with [...]
The Good Phight (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Baseball Prospectus | Ahead in the Count: Slugging on Balls in Play Our old friend Matt Swartz's latest piece for Baseball Prospectus (subscription req'd) Lidge blows another save as Marlins beat Phillies You've read this one before. Almost literally. Imperfect Phillies lineup gets job done Manuel offered an example of a .300 hitter who scores only 50 to 60 runs with only 50 to 60 RBIs. "He hasn't...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
Kyle Drabek already has several points of reference for Phillies fans, even though he's never pitched an inning above Double A. He's the son of former major league pitcher Doug Drabek. He was the Phillies first-round draft choice in 2006. He's the prospect that the organization wouldn't part with, even to get Roy Halladay at the trading deadline this year.
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
A few more evening links.... Bill Chastain of MLB.com writes that the arrival of Reid Brignac in Tampa Bay could lead to the Rays buying out Akinori Iwamura's option this offseason. The $4.25MM 2010 option can be bought out for $250k. Chastain suggests that the emergence of Ben Zobrist and the recent strong play of Brignac could make Iwamura expendable. Todd Zolecki of MLB.com passes on news of Phillies'...
Beerleaguer (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Beerleaguer's senior correspondent scoured the minor leauge box scores daily and arrived at this mixed bag of prospects and veterans that did their teams proud: Andy Tracy, 1B; Harold Garcia, 2B; Miguel Cairo, SS; Neil Sellers, 3B; Michael Taylor, Dom Brown, Leandro Castro, OF; Travis D'Arnaud, C; Gustavo Chacin, Yohan Flande, Drew Carpenter, Kyle Kendrick, Kyle Drabek, SP; BJ Rosenberg, Sergio Escalona,...
The Good Phight (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
CASE CLOSED FOR MADSON? - Philled In I try not to put too much stock into the whole "closer mentality" thing, but at least anecdotally, Ryan Madson has struggled when given the opportunity to close. Manuel looks away from Lidge for ninth I don't think I could be happier than if the Phillies made a deep playoff run successfully deploying a closer-by-committee approach. Paul Hagen: In Phillies'...
The Good Phight (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
And so the 2009 minor league season winds down. Reading and Lakewood will participate in the Eastern League and South Atlantic League playoffs, respectively, but everyone else is done (save for a final Lehigh Valley game this evening). It's been a markedly successful campaign for the organization's prospects -- The Big Three are all Top 50 (if not Top 25) prospects in all of baseball, and we've seen...
Baseball Digest Daily (Free subscription) | 09/06/2009
On this beautiful Labor Day Weekend, with the Nationals so haplessly out of the mainstream of baseball, it is good to reflect on what made this season special. There are so many Americans to share the experience of baseball with at the ballpark and so many ballparks to be seen across this country. I did my best to talk to fans, to see some games–dragging my Seamheads tee-shirt “from sea...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
Righthander Kyle Drabek and outfielder Michael Taylor are the recipients of the Paul Owens Award for the best pitcher and position player in the Phillies' minor-league system for 2009.
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