Phillies - A Fan’s View

This Phillies off-season I will continue the series  “Annual Phillies Minor League Player Notes” with profiles presented in groupings by defensive positions for the players who were still part of the minor league player development program at season’s end. The notes will reflect statistics, my thoughts on each player and input from them and others as I have it. They are presented in order by position and then alphabet in groupings of players per article. Here’s Part Five of

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in winter leagues. Arizona Fall League : 10/16 : RHP Tommy McCollum pitched 1.1 innings (1 unearned run, 1 H, 0 BB, 2 K’s - 25 pitches - 15 strikes - 15 four seam FB - 93 to 95 mph, 6 cutters, 2 sinkers and 2 changeup/ splitters) for Surprise in a 12-11 win over Salt River. Surprise is now 5-1. Dominican Winter League : Phillies & Former Phillies on rosters : Este : 1B/3B/OF Felix Reyes INF Yairo Munoz RHP Franklyn Kilome Li

This Phillies off-season I will continue the series  “Annual Phillies Minor League Player Notes” with profiles presented in groupings by defensive positions for the players who were still part of the minor league player development program at season’s end. The notes will reflect statistics, my thoughts and each player and input from them and others as I have it. They are presented in order by position and then alphabet in groupings of players per article.  Here’s Part Four o

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in winter leagues. Arizona Fall League : 10/15 : Dylan Campbell went 2 for 3 (singles) with a walk and two runs scored for the Saguaros in a 6-2 win. Campbell played right field, his fourth position in four games (has also played second, third and center field). He’s off to a great start hitting .455 (5 for 11) with a 1.497 OPS. RHP Jack Dallas pitched two scoreless innings in the game and was dominant - he allowed no hits,

This Phillies off-season I will continue the series  “Annual Phillies Minor League Player Notes” with profiles presented in groupings by defensive positions for the players who were still part of the minor league player development program at season’s end. The notes will reflect statistics, my thoughts on each player and input from them and others as I have it. They are presented in order by position and then alphabet in groupings of players per article.  Here’s Part Three o

This Phillies off-season I will continue the series  “Annual Phillies Minor League Player Notes” with profiles presented in groupings by defensive positions for the 175 players who were still part of the minor league player development program at season’s end. The notes will reflect statistics, my thoughts on each player and input from them and others as I have it. They are presented in order by position and then alphabet in groupings of five players per article. Here’s Part

This Phillies off-season I will continue the series  “Annual Phillies Minor League Player Notes” with profiles presented in groupings by defensive positions for the 175 players who were still part of the minor league player development program at season’s end. The notes will reflect statistics, my thoughts on each player and input from them and others as I have it. They are presented in order by position and then alphabet in groupings of five players per article. Starting wi

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues. Arizona Fall League : The Phillies are part of the Surprise...

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