2013-14 Phillies Offseason Thread

[ice grillin you]

keith laws top 100 just came out...

crawford #46
franco #63
biddle #77

[PhillyPhreak54]

Keith Law is the worst.

[ice grillin you]

his system rankings

6. mets
14. phillies
18. nationals
19. marlins
22. braves

he also said the phillies had the best draft in the majors last year

Keith Law is the BEST.

[PhillyPhreak54]

You cannot possibly like that ultra-geek sabre nerd. He's a POS

[ice grillin you]

the phillies system is a horrendous pile of crap so you may be on to something

[PhillyPhreak54]

Yeah their system is straight trash

much like super nerd Keith Law

[Eagles_Legendz]

the phillies system is a horrendous pile of crap so you may be on to something

he said they have a lot of high ceiling guys in lower levels, not anyone really capable of contributing soon.  so it depends on how much you care about people mashing in the GCL when you're weighing things.

[Rome]

The Clearwater team had some serious hitting talent last year. 

[BigEd76]

One of their draft picks from last year (pitcher Chris O'Hare) was suspended 50 games for PEDs

[ice grillin you]

the phillies system is a horrendous pile of crap so you may be on to something

he said they have a lot of high ceiling guys in lower levels, not anyone really capable of contributing soon.  so it depends on how much you care about people mashing in the GCL when you're weighing things.

the gcl shouldnt even count when rating best mlb systems...but if you do count it it should be heavily weighted....if law counts gcl guys as much as the rest of the levels then like j said hes a complete moron....and it sounds like he does if he has the phillies at 6...in fact he might count it more than other levels if he has the phillies at 6

[PhillyPhreak54]

Ryan Lawrence ‏@ryanlawrence21 2m

More Burnett news: @jperrotto reporting the pitcher is only interested in signing with 3 teams: Pirates, Orioles and .... Phillies.

Figures.

[SunMo]

i thought he would be a bad signing but then i looked at his numbers and he's more of a ground ball pitcher than I thought.  he ground ball rate and k/9 are actually pretty good.  when you have kyle kendrick penciled in as your #3 starter it wouldn't be horrible to add a pitcher for one year

[Eagles_Legendz]

the phillies system is a horrendous pile of crap so you may be on to something

he said they have a lot of high ceiling guys in lower levels, not anyone really capable of contributing soon.  so it depends on how much you care about people mashing in the GCL when you're weighing things.

the gcl shouldnt even count when rating best mlb systems...but if you do count it it should be heavily weighted....if law counts gcl guys as much as the rest of the levels then like j said hes a complete moron....and it sounds like he does if he has the phillies at 6...in fact he might count it more than other levels if he has the phillies at 6

he has them at 14.  i think law places more emphasis on ceiling players.  like biddle is ranked lower but is closer to having an impact, he just doesn't think he can be an ace.  definitely seems to be a boom or bust guy with rankings.

[MDS]

prospects rankings are like recruiting ranks...they dont mean dick

in 2010 usc, florida and texas were the top 3 recruiting classes. 3 years later look at all the success they had.

nobody knows how any of these guys are going to turn out, save for a bryce harper or something. mike trout wasnt mike trout until he became mike trout. nerds.

[PhillyPhreak54]

i thought he would be a bad signing but then i looked at his numbers and he's more of a ground ball pitcher than I thought.  he ground ball rate and k/9 are actually pretty good.  when you have kyle kendrick penciled in as your #3 starter it wouldn't be horrible to add a pitcher for one year

Then DH would have to be a Phils fan....sign him for that reason!