Philadelphia Phillies Organization Discussion

by John Sickels on Dec 31, 2025 4:00 PM EST

I am now working on the Los Angeles Angels. The next team on the list is the Philadelphia Phillies. Use this thread to discuss the Phillies system, pointing out sleepers in particular.

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Julio Rodriguez

Do his stuff match the results? He had 126 K’s in just 90 IP this year

If everybody likes you, then either no one knows anything about you, or you're dead.

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by Archie A on Dec 31, 2025 4:08 PM EST reply actions

+1

Curious to know that myself.

by dbreer23 on Dec 31, 2025 4:26 PM EST up reply actions

Sounds pretty good

Rodriguez featured a fastball that I clocked on the scoreboard between 90-93 MPH, sitting primarily at 91. He used his 4 seem fastball up in the zone, utilizing very good rising action. His 12 to 6 curveball is slow with sharp diving action out of the zone. The Stadium gun had him consistently throwing his curve between 75-77 Mph. His third pitch, his changeup, was used on a couple of occasions. I recorded one reading of 83 MPH, noting good arm action. Not enough changeups were thrown for me to give an accurate scouting report. Julio Rodriguez was one of the two best pitchers I saw in the Sally this season.
- Mike Newman

by Pelferized on Dec 31, 2025 7:34 PM EST up reply actions

Check that

It actually wasn’t Mike Newman but it was Scouting the Sally still

by Pelferized on Dec 31, 2025 7:35 PM EST up reply actions

same

Mike Newman IS Scouting The Sally

by bkmhoxx on Jan 1, 2026 10:27 AM EST up reply actions

There's at least one other guy who writes there as well

http://bullpenbanter.com/

by jar75 on Jan 1, 2026 12:01 PM EST up reply actions

Kelly Dugan will blow up next year

Ball has that special sound off the bat

by Bravesin07 on Dec 31, 2025 6:14 PM EST reply actions

he uses a corked bat?

by mrkupe on Dec 31, 2025 7:34 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

no when i saw him play this summer, he was roping linedrives that will be over the fense soon

Not gonna lie, but i though I saw Jay Bruce Lite..

by Bravesin07 on Dec 31, 2025 8:10 PM EST reply actions

Thoughts on Jesse Biddle...

the HS lefty they drafted last year?

He had a good arm but the mechanics were just plain raw. He’s a better athlete than that, and I’m curious to see what he looks like in a couple years.

by SenorGato on Dec 31, 2025 8:36 PM EST reply actions

Aaron Altherr

Chuck Lamar had some nice things to say about Altherr at the end of last season.

“He started out in extended spring this year. Outstanding athlete who just needed, like all of them, to continue to play our game and get at-bats,” LaMar said. “I just saw him along with Benny [Looper] and Marti [Wolever] and the group and he’s going to be the next name that surfaces that the folks who follow us closely may not have heard of. Next year, when he goes to [Low-A] Lakewood, they’re going to start to hear about him. I don’t know how low you can pick rotisserie guys, but I’d get him in my farm system somewhere.”

Curious to hear what else John knows about him.

-Brian

by bp on Jan 1, 2026 10:32 AM EST reply actions