Crosscutters take the field in a 2018 game(Photo by Ruhrfisch has been cropped/shrunk)The Williamsport Crosscutters became the Class A-Short Season minor league affiliates of the Philadelphia Phillies following the 2006 season.The Crosscutters play their home games in a facility known as BB&T Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field. It is currently the second-oldest ballpark in minor league baseball, having opened … Continue reading Ben Pelletier named as short-season Williamsport Crosscutters POY
2018 Paul Owens Award winners as top Phillies minor leaguers
Paul Owens (center) was with Phillies for half-century(Photo: Matthew Veasey)The Philadelphia Phillies established the annual Paul Owens Award back in 1986 to recognize the top performing player and pitcher in their minor league organization.The award was named in honor of Owens, the 10th person selected to the franchise Wall of Fame back in 1988, the first non-player enshrined there … Continue reading 2018 Paul Owens Award winners as top Phillies minor leaguers
Phillies top 20 prospects summer 2018
Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'fhJAZfsiQlxCL5ZHYvQLtA',sig:'GSYfq1jXHcjhwE9a6WtwJwgh9Eo6Dr7O-_CxC_Cr8PU=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'967382762',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});//embed-cdn.gettyimages.com/widgets.jsPitcher Sixto Sanchez is the consensus top Phillies prospectThe Phillies Nation official Top 20 Philadelphia Phillies prospect ranking has been compiled from a survey of select members of our current staff.Taking part in the survey were myself, Editorial Director Tim Kelly and staff writer Alec Whitaker, who produces our “Minor League Mash-up” … Continue reading Phillies top 20 prospects summer 2018
Phillies justified in not including Sixto Sanchez in a Manny Machado trade
Phillies unwilling to part with top prospect SanchezThe Philadelphia Phillies appear to have lost out in their pursuit of shortstop Manny Machado for the time being by the narrowest of margins.I say for the time being because, as most already are aware, Machado is due to be a free agent this coming off-season. The Phillies will be … Continue reading Phillies justified in not including Sixto Sanchez in a Manny Machado trade
Phillies sign top draft pick Alec Bohm
Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'MHYGJ8RCQ01BiTD5W170Ng',sig:'y6SS728ScGxCTdJH_2UrGX-Fu-EekenuHZIRKb1hiZI=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'978854836',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});//embed-cdn.gettyimages.com/widgets.jsBohm becomes the Phillies third baseman of the futureOn Tuesday, the Philadelphia Phillies announced the signing of 2018 first round draft pick Alec Bohm to a $5.85 million contract. The 21-year old third baseman out of Omaha, Nebraska and Wichita State now heads down to Clearwater, Florida to … Continue reading Phillies sign top draft pick Alec Bohm
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