Life On The Farm: Philadelphia Phillies (# 12)

Made the trek back to GA last night and this morning, so that is the reason for none yesterday.

Graduated To Majors: John Mayberry (RF, # 24), Lou Marson (C, # 3, now with CLE), Carlos Carrasco (SP, # 2, now with CLE), Drew Carpenter (SP, # 22), J.A. Happ (SP, # 9), Antonio Bastardo (SP, # 11), Sergio Escalona (RP, # 27)

The Rest Of The Top 10 (with quick commentary)
Hitters: BA-OBP-SLG, AB, HR-RBI, BB-K, SB-CS
Pitchers: G-GS, W-L, ERA, IP-H-HR-BB-K

1 - Domonic Brown: RF
R: .500-.583-.900, 10, 0-0, 1-1, 0-1
Hi A: .303-.386-.517, 238, 11-44, 34-48, 15-8
AA: .279-.346-.456, 147, 3-20, 14-37, 8-1
Quick Take: Showed all 5 tools at some point and has projectability to match.

4 - Jason Donald: SS
R: .231-.286-.346, 26, 0-1, 2-5, 1-0
AAA (PHI): .236-.297-.332, 208, 1-16, 14-53, 6-0
AAA (CLE): .257-.350-.400, 35, 1-1, 3-11, 1-0
Quick Take: Will try to make up for lost season in Indians organization.

5 - Kyle Drabek: RHP
Hi A: 10-9, 4-1, 2.48, 61.2-49-0-19-74
AA: 15-14, 8-2, 3.64, 96.1-92-9-31-76
Quick Take: Breakout year caused him to be talk of many rumors, but is staying with Phils.

6 - Michael Taylor: LF
AA: .333-.408-.569, 318, 15-65, 35-51, 18-4
AAA: .282-.359-.491, 110, 5-19, 13-19, 3-1
Quick Take: Finally put his vast tools into production.

7 - Travis D'Arnaud: C
Lo A: .255-.319-.419, 482, 13-71, 41-75, 8-4
Quick Take: Struggled in his full season debut.

8 - Zach Collier: CF
Lo A: .218-.275-.319, 298, 0-32, 23-80, 13-7
SS: .226-.280-.336, 137, 1-13, 9-42, 7-0
Quick Take: 2008 HS draftee was placed aggressively and failed.

10 - Jason Knapp: RHP
Lo A: 21-21, 2-7, 4.18, 97-73-3-47-123
Quick Take: #'s were solid, discomfort in shoulder after trade wasn't.

AAA: Lehigh Valley IronPigs (IL)
Breakout Hitter: Lou Marson (# 3): .294-.382-.370, 211, 1-24, 30-40, 3-1
Disappointing Hitter: Jason Donald (# 4): Line above.
Breakout Pitcher: Drew Carpenter (# 22): 25-24, 11-6, 3.35, 156-162-18-47-120
Disappointing Pitcher: Carlos Carrasco (# 2): 20-20, 6-9, 5.18, 114.2-118-14-38-112
Quick Take: Marson, Donald and Carrasco all took their games to Cleveland as part of the Cliff Lee trade and Carpenter propelled himself into a start against the Nationals earlier this year.

AA: Reading Phillies (EL)
Breakout Hitter: Michael Taylor (# 6): Line above.
Disappointing Hitter: Brad Harman (UR): .201-.271-.310, 422, 5-41, 39-119, 0-2
Breakout Pitcher: Sergio Escalona (# 27): 32-0, 2-1, 1.77, 40.2-31-1-14-38
Disappointing Pitcher: Vance Worley (# 16): 27-27, 7-12, 5.34, 153.1-163-17-49-100
Quick Take: Taylor finally had his tools equal production this year while Escalona got to pitch in the Phillies pen for the stretch run. Harman just hasn't hit since reaching AA while Worley had a disappointing AA debut.

Hi A: Clearwater Threshers (FSL)
Breakout Hitter: Domonic Brown (# 1): Line above.
Disappointing Hitter: Mike Durant (UR): .211-.312-.365, 375, 12-37, 51-142, 0-3
Breakout Pitcher: Kyle Drabek (# 5): Line above.
Disappointing Pitcher: Julian Sampson (# 12): 17-15, 3-9, 7.36, 69.2-93-10-27-37
Quick Take: Brown and Drabek both got promotions to Reading, where they played well. Durant and Sampson saw their prospect statuses take a hit after struggling badly.

Lo A: Lakewood BlueClaws (SAL)
Breakout Hitter: Harold Garcia (UR): .291-.350-.414, 8-55, 29-100, 42-12
Disappointing Hitter: Travis Mattair (# 21): .236-.326-.333, 450, 3-39, 54-131, 12-2
Breakout Pitcher: Jason Knapp (# 10): Line above.
Disappointing Pitcher: Ryan Bergh (UL): 45-0, 3-6, 5.05, 71.1-83-4-21-51
Quick Take: Garcia showed a lot of tools and some rawness in his full season debut while Knapp takes his big K numbers to Cleveland. Mattair didn't do much in his full season debut and neither did Bergh.

TK's Early 2010 Top 10 Prospects:
1) Domonic Brown: RF
Only Heyward profiles better as a corner OF in players I have seen.
2) Kyle Drabek: RHP
Has he put his troublesome past behind him?
3) Michael Taylor: LF
Should battle for job in spring training, if there is a job to be had...
4) Trevor May: RHP
2008 4th rounder from HS made full season debut and shined (15-15, 4-1, 2.56, 77.1-58-3-43-95)
5) Jarred Cosart: RHP
Another '08 HS draftee will likely make full season debut next year after going 2-2, 2.22 with 25 K's in 24 IP's at R.
6) Joe Savery: LHP
Pitchability lefty just kept winning this year.
7) Anthony Gose: CF
Stole 76 bases, about all the good.
8) Zach Collier: LF
Needs to rebound from a bad season.
9) Freddy Galvis: SS
19 year old made it to AA. Wasn't quite ready, but made it there nonetheless.
10) Anthony Hewitt: 3B/OF
Has more tools then a Home Depot and is a project, but that end result is very tantalizing.

Dropped From Top 10: D'Arnaud (# 7)

Final Overview: A system in a little bit of transition, the Top 3 guys are as good as anyone in the minors. The next 2 had solid breakout years and project well, but everyone after that isn't exciting either because they are all projection (Hewitt, Gose, Galvis, Collier) or their end package just isn't that scintillating (Savery). The nucleus is there to continue to add to their titles and this is a system that is probably right about the same (early teens) as last year on the strength of their top guys.