Every month during the season, I release a current Power Ranking of the Top 10 teams in Major League Baseball. Beginning with the June 1st rankings, a statistical evaluation of each team’s pitching, offensive, and defensive performances will provide the bulk of the placement, along with each team’s overall win-loss performance factoring in recent results.But for … Continue reading MLB Power Ranking: May Day 2016
Charlie Morton gone for good
Back in mid-December, new Phillies general manager Matt Klentak completed one of his first trades, sending organizational pitcher David Whitehead to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for veteran starting pitcher Charlie Morton.The move was made to add an eight-year veteran to a rotation that was going to be relying heavily on a handful of inexperienced starting pitchers, while another … Continue reading Charlie Morton gone for good
Hot Prospect Jorge Alfaro Injured Again
Catcher Jorge Alfaro, rated here at TBOH as the Phillies #6 prospect in our 2016 preseason evaluations, has suffered an oblique injury while playing at AA Reading. While the severity of the injury is to be determined, it is likely that Alfaro will be out for a number of weeks.The injury is particularly unfortunate for Alfaro and the organization … Continue reading Hot Prospect Jorge Alfaro Injured Again
Phillies pitching carrying the club’s improvement
The Phillies 3-0 victory over the San Diego Padres on Thursday afternoon behind a dominating performance by 22-year old Vincent Velasquez was a perfect summation of why the team is back at the .500 mark and showing improved competitiveness thus far in the 2016 season.The performance also highlighted why the Phils are only a .500 team, and … Continue reading Phillies pitching carrying the club’s improvement
Franklyn Kilome has rough start
On a freezing cold Thursday afternoon at Whitaker Bank Ballpark in Lexington, Kentucky, the Phillies A-level affiliate Lakewood BlueClaws opened their 2016 season with a 7-4 defeat at the hands of the host Lexington Legends.When the BlueClaws starting pitcher, Franklyn Kilome, strode out to the mound the thermostat read 37 degrees on an overcast afternoon that blotted out any chance of a warming sun. The … Continue reading Franklyn Kilome has rough start
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