My 2025 New Years Phillies Minor League Wishlist

[Squire]

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1. Andrew Painter is healthy the entire year
2. One of Dante Nori or Griffin Burkholder OPS's over .800 at Low A
3. Alex McFarlane turns into 2024 George Klassen at High A/Double A
4. Phillies use their 2025 first round pick on a catcher or pitcher
5. Bryan Rincon OPS's .725 at Reading
6. LHP Mavis Graves adds 1-2 MPH on the fastball
7. Eduardo Tait OPS's .800 or above at Jersey Shore
8. OF Gabriel Rincones is healthy the entire year
9. One of Spikerman, DeMartini and Mathison emerges as a Top 15 prospect in our system
10. One of Camron Hall or Marcus Morgan pitches 100IP

[allentown]

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1. Abel returns to serious prospect status and finishes the year in Philly
2. Phillies use a handful of smallish (but big for pitching prospect) $200-300K bonuses on LA pitchers recognizing that this is the moneyball play and their scouts do better picking young pitchers than they do OFs.

[gmwannabe]

A town beat me to it. Abel and Paint4er join the rotation and stay for years to come. Also, I 'll jump on Squire's #3. I usually wait for spring training for this, but since he is up there, McFarlane is my choice for sleeper of the year. And Micah Ottenbreit continues the successful growth that he had at the end of last year's Minor season.
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[fish]

Ferrebus and Victor Cardoza have strong years to launch them into the top 15 in the system, Aroon Escobar goes bonkers for a full season to become a top 100 prospect, and someone from the 2024 signing class emerges to look like a prospect.

[fish]

And Micah Ottenbreit continues the successful growth that he had at the end of last year's Minor season.

Ottenbreit flashes big league plus breaking ball- he’s really interesting in that way but he’s one of a few guys they have where the fastball profile kind of stinks on an otherwise interesting arm- like Jean Cabrera and Eiberson Castellano.

[zambonir]

Griff McGarry either earns a call-up or has trade value, Otto Kemp is as good as some people seem to think he is and Castellano is back with the Phillies organization before April.

[Philsmania]

Griff McGarry either earns a call-up or has trade value,

I put he and Abel both in that category.

[zambonir]

Abel is still a good prospect (and top Phillies prospect) and has trade value now though. McGarry just got passed on by 29 teams.

[phillychuck]

Some team-level wishes:

1. One of the DSL teams is actually good and features young-ish prospects.
2. We finally have a title contender in Reading after quite a few down years.
3. One of the A-level teams goes on a run of .650+ baseball for a month or so.
4. Draft wish--we pick a couple of selective hitters to dream on, one hopefully a catcher or corner OF.

[andyb]

McFarlane is my choice for sleeper of the year.

This will be his first year back from Tommy John surgery in September of 2023 I believe. Expect a slow start and innings limit. It would be nice to flash the stuff he showed pre-injury though command is probably more in the future especially given his past.