Here is an incredibly detailed Phillies top 30 prospect ranking by the folks at Phuture Phillies.
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GREAT Prospect Analysis
Saturday, February 27th, 2010Brown on AFL Prospect Team
Friday, December 11th, 2009
Phillies top prospect Domonic Brown, a BlueClaw in 2008, was named to the All-Prospect team at the prestigious Arizona Fall League, which wrapped up a few weeks ago.
Brown, who turned 22 in September, hit .229 with 2 HRs and 18 RBIs playing for Scottsdale (he was 0 for his last 20), but prospect status, rather than specific AFL performance, is what gets you onto this team, and Brown is one of the 30 or so best prospects in the game.
Last week we talked to Dave Murphyof the Daily News. He said the following on Brown:
People in the organization we talk to like Domonic Brown. They view him as a future star, a Carl Crawford type impact guy. Michael Taylor, I never get the sense they view him as a 30-100 guy, and there’s not an overwhelming anticipation of him getting to the big leagues. Whereas Brown is “can’t miss,” for lack of a better term, Taylor is more in the Ryan Howard mold, where he was putting up great numbers but they’re still unsure. Howard left little doubt once he arrived but I don’t get the sense that they’re willing to let Werth go because they have Taylor waiting.
Others of note on the team…
- Jose Tabata (Pirates)…former Yankees farmhand was a part of the 2008 Xavier Nady trade
- Buster Posey (Giants)…Top catching prospect in baseball
- Stephen Strasburg (Nationals)…uber-prospect was first player drafted last year
- Drew Storen (Nationals)…10th player drafted last year gave up a home run to Travis d’Arnaud at Hagerstown on the first pitch he threw as a professional
Final Fall League Update
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
That’s it, another season in the books down in the Arizona Fall League, and a relatively productive one for the former BlueClaws that took part. Here’s how they did (parentheses refers to year with Lakewood)…First the hitters…
- OF Domonic Brown (2008): .229, 2 HRs, 18 RBIs, 9 doubles…finished 0-20, dropping his final average from .276…headed to Lehigh Valley to open 2010, perhaps his final season in the minors
- C Tuffy Gosewisch (2007): .318 (14-44), 0 HRs, 5 RBIs…Ready to catch every day with Lehigh Valley next year
- SS Troy Hanzawa (2009): 2-25, 0 HRs, 3 RBIs…tough when you’re only active one day a week as Troy was.
- OF Steve Susdorf (2009): 11-55, 2 HRs, 6 RBIs…lefty will be in either Reading or Lehigh Valley when baseball opens next year
And the pitchers…
- Michael Cisco (2008): 1-2, 3.38, 18.2 IP, 14 H, 8 BB, 13 K…A nice fall for the 2008 draftee…allowed four of his seven earned runs in second outing, and gave up just three earned runs over his last 14.2 innings pitched
- Edgar Garcia (2007): 2-2, 5.29, 17 IP, 23 H, 4 BB, 10 K…Continues to throw strikes and wasn’t a bad ending to a strange year for Garcia that started with visa problems in the Dominican Republic
- Scott Mathieston (2004): 0-0, 2.84, 12.2 IP, 10 H, 8 BB, 15 K…Began with 7.2 scoreless innings…off of second Tommy John Surgery…is on the 40-man roster and he’ll have an outside shot to make big league club out of camp
- Michael Schwimer (skipped Lakewood): 0-0, 4.26, 12.2 IP, 12 H, 8 BB, 8 K…Like Mathieson, too many walks, but like Susdorf and Cisco, just his second year in pro baseball, which ended with Double-A Reading. Part of a promising bullpen prospect group for the Phillies
Sanchez, Berry Added to 40-Man
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
Big day for three Phillies prospects, and two former BlueClaws as Quintin Berry (2007), Jesus Sanchez (08-09) and Yohan Flande were added to the Phillies 40-man roster. The move protects all three from being chosen in next month’s Rule Five Draft, held at the Winter Meetings, plus these guys will almost certainly get to go to big league spring training for at least a little bit.
For Berry, it’s a nice birthday present (he turns 25 on Saturday). He spent the year with Reading, hitting .266 and stealing 48 bases, second in the Eastern League. He hit .312 with Lakewood in 2007 and led the SAL and FSL in steals the last two seasons.
Sanchez’s magical journey continues with his transaction. Remember, this time last year he had just finished up Instructional League, where he was converting from catcher to pitcher. As a pitcher this year with Lakewood, all he did was go 10-6, 3.44, or 9-2, 2.57 from June 1st on. Here is a July 24th ClawCast with Sanchez.
Finally, Flande is another great story. He was in the Gulf Coast League last year, but skipped Williamsport and Lakewood, made the Futures Game, and ended up with Reading. All told, the lefty went 10-5, 3.40 between Clearwater and Reading in 2009.
We took a shot (badly) here yesterday.
Arizona Fall League Update
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009They’re winding it down now in the Arizona Fall League, with just a couple of games left. Scottsdale, with the Phillies prospects, is 13-16 and has just two more games to go. Phoenix, at 18-12, has clinched the division and will play in the championship game against Peoria. Onto the recap…
November 11th…Mike Cisco started and gave up five runs (two earned) over three innings in a 12-3 loss to Phoenix. Scott Mathieson, who did not allow a run in his first 10 innings, has allowed four in his last three after allowing another here…Domonic Brown went 2-4 with 2 RBIs and a triple.
Arizona Fall League Update
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009Antoher round of updates on the Phillies prospects and former BlueClaws playing in the Arizona Fall League. First, a few quick notes…
- All the Phillies prospects are on Scottsdale, who is 10-13 after a 3-3 week. Before that, they had gone 1-8-1 over their previous ten games.
- Domonic Brown continues to lead the league in doubles with eight (three way tie).
November 4th: Tuffy Gosewisch went 2-4 to raise his average to .345…Scott Mathieson gave up three runs in the 8th inning of a 10-5 loss, the first three runs that he’s allowed this fall…Brown went 0-4.
November 5th: Scottsdale scored 4 in the 8th to come back and beat Surprise, snapping a three game losing streak…Brown went 1-3 with an RBI single…Steve Susdorf was 0-4…Edgar Garcia allowed one run in one inning of relief…The winning runs came in on a Jose Tabata (former Yankees prospect) two run double…Travis d’Arnaud’s brother Chase scored the winning run.
Below the fold the rest of the recaps plus a few notes on some of the other prospects in Arizona:
Rising Stars Game Recap
Sunday, November 8th, 2009Domonic Brown was the only Phillies prospect in the annual Rising Stars Game, for top Arizona Fall League prospects.
The 2008 BlueClaws OF started in RF for the Eastern Division Club and went 1-4 with a double and run scored, as part of a seven run first inning for the East.
Their only problem? They didn’t score the rest of the day. Matt McBride (Indians) hit a two-run homer in the 8th inning and the West won 8-7.
McBride’s home run came off Nationals prospect Drew Storen, who as we’ve told you before, was greeted this year in Hagerstown by Travis d’Arnaud, who hit a home run on Storen’s first pro pitch. He was the 10th overall pick in this year’s draft out of Stanford.
Prospect Season
Friday, November 6th, 2009It’s that time of year, prospect season. Baseball America releases their top ten Phillies prospects on Monday and we’ll have everything covered right here on BlueClaws Blog. Later this weekend, we will give you our picks, but first, let’s look back at a survey the Reading Eagle did at the end of the minor league season.
They asked members of the media and team broadcasters who cover the organization’s minor league clubs to rank, 1-20, members of the Phillies pharm system.
Here’s how the rankings came out (our comments)
- 1. Kyle Drabek, P, off TJ surgery, jumped from Clearwater to Reading easily
- 2. Michael Taylor, OF, has hit at four different levels since Lakewood early 08
- 3. Domonic Brown, OF, just turned 22, playing well in AFL
- 4. Anthony Gose, OF, speedster led MiLB in stolen bases w/ 76
- 5. Travis d’Arnaud, C, had great 2nd half after struggling in first half, top catcher in system after trade of Lou Marson
- 6. Mike Stutes, P, he and Worley first in 10 years to open first full season in Reading
- 7. Freddy Galvis, SS, slick fielder got taste of Double-A at end of season
- 8. Antonio Bastardo, P, became 30th former BlueClaw to reach bigs this year, active for all three rounds of playoffs
- 9. BJ Rosenberg, P, unknown at beginning of the year, he double-jumped to Reading
- 10. Joe Savery, P, former 1st round pick won 15 games between Reading and Lehigh Valley
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