Philadelphia Phillies 2011 Minor League Review

Organizational Talent Rankings via Baseball America:

2012 (27) | 2011 (11) | 2010 (18) | 2009 (12) | 2008 (22) | 2007 (21) | 2006 (22)

2011 Affiliate Records

MLB: [102-60] NL East

AAA: [80-64] International League – Lehigh Valley

AA: [74-68] Eastern League – Reading

A+: [75-63] Florida State League – Clearwater

A: [68-69] South Atlantic League – Lakewood

A(ss): [43-33] New York-Penn League – Williamsport

The Run Down

The Phillies graduated quite a bit of talent in 2011.  They also shipped a few nice prospects Houston’s way.  What’s left is not exciting.  Not from a fantasy perspective, at least.  The Phillies have some nice arms in the lower rungs of their system – A-ball pitchers like Trevor May, Jesse Biddle and Jonathan Pettibone.  Biddle will need a few more years of seasoning, but May and Pettibone could be up next year.  There are a few relief arms ready to contribute in the bigs, but the closer situation in Philly is locked up for the time being.  Offensively, the Phillies a pretty well set at the Major League level.  Any reinforcements they needed arrived last year.  Freddy Galvis might catch on in a utility role, but he won’t see regular time unless Jimmy Rollins or Chase Utley gets hurt.  Don’t expect this system to produce a big league regular until Sebastian Valle arrives two years from now.