Phillies Prospect Lists

Squire 2019-09-25 17:15:20 UTC #481

Phillies had nobody on the International League Top 20 list
On the Eastern League list Bohm was 4, Medina was 18 and Haseley was 19. Apparently all of Moniak's counting stats didn't count for much in the eyes of the managers of the Eastern League

allentown 2019-09-25 19:44:00 UTC #482

Moniak would rank better if he were a plus OF. He just isn't one. I've watched him get bad jump after bad jump. Sometimes he recovers, sometimes he doesn't. He also is wildly inconsistent as a hitter, which comes with the territory for HR hitters, but really shouldn't for a guy with Moniak's profile. It seems he has taken a step forward at the plate this season, but he most certainly wasn't robbed of a top-20 ranking. Nice to see Bohm at #4. That is impressive, considering he didn't spend a ton of time in the EL..

andyb 2019-09-25 20:33:48 UTC #483

Those rankings are about what I expected though I guess it is a mild surprise that Medina still made the list. I am sure Howard will make the Clearwater list.

Lower minor lists will be more interesting. How have the evaluations of Luis Garcia changed? Morales might be the best shot for Lakewood. Then we are looking at Stott with Kendall Simmons and Johan Rojas possibles for Williamsport.

GCL is tough. Maybe Rojas again. Andrick Nava would be the next position player but he may not stand out. And most of the pitching is probably in the good but not great prospect category. We have depth, but guys like Victor Vargas probably don't stand out enough to make a top 20 list in a large league.

kmc1019 2019-09-26 13:28:51 UTC #484

Time to push Connor Seabold up in the rankings and consider him a possibility to help in 2020? Another strong outing in AFL yesterday:

"Seabold spun another gem for Scottsdale and has been dominant through two starts in the Fall League. The Phillies’ No. 30 prospect cruised through four no-hit innings and threw 32 of his 53 pitches for strikes. Seabold sat in the low-to-mid 90s with his fastball and retired seven of the final eight batters he faced."

fish 2019-09-26 15:01:42 UTC #485

His stuff looked a bit crisper and tighter than he typically looked this year. Very promising if he can keep his breaking ball and changeup looking like he did last night.

phillychuck 2019-09-26 16:30:46 UTC #486

Seabold tops at 91/92, right? His secondary stuff has to be consistently great for him to win, or his FB movement has to be better than it has been when I've seen him on tape. Last night both things were true--great slider(?) and change, crisp FB that moved, although I think it was a 4-seamer, and those lead to HRs if not well placed.

The AFL write up has him "low-to-mid" 90s, which probably means on their gun he was 93-ish, which is a bit of a velocity jump.

Taudawg 2019-09-27 15:14:59 UTC #487

Do we know which baseball they are using in the AZL? If Seabold picks up a click or two on the FB, it could the ball or the desert air or both. I will hope however, any gains are actual development

fish 2019-09-27 16:32:25 UTC #488

not the juiced ball. Uptick in stuff could just be a function of more rest and knowing he's only going to throw 50 pitches.

andyb 2019-09-27 16:46:14 UTC #489

It is clear that Seabold was much better this year at Reading so I think something has advanced with his stuff. Being fresh in Arizona could also be a factor of course. FWIW the AZ radar gun had him 90-93 with his highest being a couple of pitches at 94.3 and 94.4. That is decent velocity when paired with movement. Hopefully it is enough to distinguish him from the Eshelman types who really were built to only succeed in AA and AAA.

kmc1019 2019-09-28 13:25:42 UTC #490

Hope continues to abound in Arizona where our 2 blue chip prospects Bohm and Howard are playing like blue chip prospects:

nycphils 2019-09-28 20:02:14 UTC #491

Looking at the clips, he looks (both physically and his stuff) a fair amount like minor league Nola - the biting sliders, good change and ok fastball. I know he’s 2-3 mph less than the 95 mph Nola throws today, but my recollection was Nola came in at 92-93 mph and has ticked up a bit in the majors.

I found that video of his most recent start somewhat encouraging.

Squire 2019-10-02 17:02:59 UTC #492

Bohm #2 on the FSL List. No other Phillies listed, not even Spencer Howard.

andyb 2019-10-02 17:09:10 UTC #493

Maybe 35 IP at a level was not enough for inclusion on a prospect list.

Squire 2019-10-02 17:10:24 UTC #494

I do think that is it

andyb 2019-10-07 16:34:52 UTC #495

I am guessing we got shut out of the SAL list last week because there were no mentions (no Morales or Garcia). NY-Penn is up today. Assuming Stott has to make that. Hoping for one of two more (Simmons or Rojas).

Squire 2019-10-07 16:41:15 UTC #496

NY-Penn list

Stott #11
Simmons #15

andyb 2019-10-07 16:46:07 UTC #497

Good to see Simmons on there. There has just not been a whole lot of confirmation on whether scouts think his tools are good enough. Rojas was more of a reach and these lists are somewhat performance-related and Rojas was good but not great.

allentown 2019-10-07 22:24:00 UTC #498

Nava makes #6 for GCL, but with comment that he may not stick as a catcher because of "funky throwing stroke with an average arm". Strange 'coincidence': All 3 rookie leagues list 9 position players against a single position in top 10.

el-pietro 2019-10-17 21:33:18 UTC #499

High Hopes podcast interviews with Mickey Moniak, Alec Bohm and Spencer Howard

andyb 2019-10-18 17:16:15 UTC #500

It is only a top 5 list, but this might be our first postseason Phillies prospect ranking. Notables are Howard over Bohm and then Morales over Medina.