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A little MLB Draft talk... Round 1 is this Sunday, July 17. The Phils have the 17th overall pick. Here are some free rankings: MLB Pipeline top 250: https://www.mlb.com/prospects/draft Others from Keith Law (The Athletic) and Kiley McDaniel (ESPN+) are behind paywalls. JIm Callis (MLB.com) mock: htt...

Yeah, I noticed O'Hoppe missed about 7-10 days, but I'm not sure why. He came back a few days ago and DH'd, but didn't play last night. He was selected to the Futures Game along with Reading LHP Erik Miller, who hasn't pitched in about a month. A few MLB rehabbers have surfaced the past few days: J...

I went to the BlueClaws game as a fan--I wasn't working tonight--to check out Andrew Painter. Basically, he came as advertised. He retired all 9 men he faced, striking out 4. Painter was in the upper 90s with his fastball. I know the BlueClaws' radar gun is 3-4 mph slow, and he hit 95 on it at least...

Yeah, I noticed O'Hoppe missed about 7-10 days, but I'm not sure why. He came back a few days ago and DH'd, but didn't play last night. He was selected to the Futures Game along with Reading LHP Erik Miller, who hasn't pitched in about a month. A few MLB rehabbers have surfaced the past few days: Jo...

Thanks, Bel. Good to be here. Thanks for helping me get back up and running. The BlueClaws lost today to Hudson Valley, 9-3, in a "Camp Day" 11:05 am start. Hudson Valley stole 11 bases on the day without being caught. Most noteworthy elsewhere for the Phils' minor leagues today is probabl...

Finally found my way back here. Since the minors stuff was kinda my niche on the site back in the day, I thought I'd bring back a minor league thread. Game discussion, transactions, draft, prospect talk/rankings, etc. can all go here. I used to do daily recaps, but I won't be contributing at that le...