I know that the Phillies just clinched a trip to the World Series but it's never too early to take a look to the off-season. I am going to put together a little something about the Phillies upcoming free agents and there prospects in each level.
2010 Phillies Free Agents
Brett Myers-Myers is probably a goner because we already have a closer and he will probably going to want a little too much money, but you never know, he could be in Phillies pinstripes next year.
Pedro Feliz-Pedro has a club option for 2010, and I'm guessing that they are going to exercise that option and bring him back for 2010.
Chan Ho Park-If the Phillies don't re-sign Park there are going to be some very unhappy fans. Park thrived in middle relief this year and doesn't have an ego so he is always willing to pitch in any situation.
Scott Eyre-In the beginning of the year Eyre said that he is going to retire at the end of the season but now he is saying that he would like to play just one more year. Assuming that he does play one more year, he will probably pitch for the Phillies.
Pedro Martinez-This is a decision that the Phillies are really going to have to think about, just seeing what Pedro has done there is no doubt in my mind that they should try to re-sign him.
Matt Stairs, Tyler Walker, Miguel Cairo and Paul Bako are all upcoming free agents. Out of the four of them the only one that I think will be back will be Bako to back up Ruiz.
2010 Prospects
The Phillies farm system is loaded in all aspects. I feel sorry for all of them because there really isn't a whole lot a room for them.
Anthony Gose-This guy is my favorite Phillies prospect. Nobody has really heard of him but all I can say is, he can fly. Gose played for Lakewood this year and he had a league high of 76 stolen bases. No that is not a typo he really had 76 stolen bases. He is only 19 years old so he still has a lot of time to develop. With speed like that there is always room on some ball clubs staff somewhere.
Kyle Drabek-By now everybody knows who Kyle Drabek is. Next year he will probably be in Triple-A LeHigh Valley for the whole season. Drabek pitched tremendous last year in his first full season in the minors. Towards the end of the season he got a "dead arm" which basically means that he was fried. This is the Phillies top pitching prospect so I'm sure this is not the last that you will hear of him.
Domonic Brown-This is Phillies top hitting prospect. Towards the end of last year he was called up to Reading and played 37 games with them. Brown is 22 years old and is going to play with Reading next year. He is a tremendous prospect and if the Phillies were one of the weaker teams in the league he might even have been called-up already.
Scott Mathieson-We saw Mathieson with the Phillies in 2006 when he started a few games for them. In his lat appearance with them, he got injured and needed Tommy John Surgery. Mathieson is now back and better then ever. He is throwing bullets to the plate and he could be an option for the back end of the Phillies bullpen for 2010. In 32.1 innings pitched last year, Mathieson went 4-0 with a 0.84 era.
Michael Taylor-He had one heck of a 2009 season in the minors. Between Reading and LeHigh Valley, Taylor hit .320 with 20 home runs and 84 RBI. When Taylor was called-up to LeHigh Valley he struggled there for a little bit but he eventually got going but as soon as he did he hit the disabled list. Taylor is already 24 years old, so time could possibly be running out on him but expect Taylor to be up with the Phillies at some point next year whether it's because of an injury, a bat off the bench, or a September call-up.
Joe Savery-This was the Phillies first round pick in 2007 and really had a nice 2009. His ERA doesn't jump out at you at 4.40 but he had a 16-6 record between Reading and LeHigh Valley. Due to his tremendous record in Reading he was rewarded by being promoted to Triple-A. Savery isn't loved by scouts but if he wins games, that's all what matters in the long run.
I could go on for days with the Phillies propects but I will give you a few other prospects to keep your eye on. Pitchers Johan Flande, Vance Worley, B.J. Rosenburg, Trevor May, Matthew Way, Drew Naylor, Michael Stutes, and Michael Cisco. And as for the hitters there are 2008 first round pick Anthony Hewitt, Zachary Collier, Kelly Dugan, and Travis d'Arnaud.
There are many, many more prospects and a future Hall of Famer might end up being unmentioned but these are the ones that are being mentioned right now.
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