We are officially in the “eh, sure” stage of ranking the Phillies’ prospects. They have a shallow farm system once you get past the top five in the group, so if you lump enough of them together, maybe one or two will stick.
It’s a bit of a sad state of affairs.
Jean Cabrera – 72
Mavis Graves – 69
Zach McCambley – 32
Yoniel Curet – 10
Keaton Anthony – 8
Carson DeMartini – 7
Griffin Burkholder – 7
Alex McFarlane – 5
Cody Bowker – 3
Seth Johnson – 2
Cabrera is starting give off whiffs of Adonis Medina:
guy who has the prospect pedigree of being a solid mid- to backend starting pitcher, yet the team never really gives him a chance to even make a spot start. As the probable 7th or 8th option in the team’s pecking order this season, he might finally make his debut, if not next year at least. We’re getting close to needing to see what he’s got, else he might just wither on the prospect vine.
2025 stats (w/ Reading)
26 GS, 137 IP, 3.81 ERA (3.99 FIP), 22.2 K%, 10.6 BB%, 0.72 HR/9
Cabrera still does the things one looks for in a steady, back-of-the-rotation starter. He’s limber and athletic, he repeats his delivery well and with little violence, he has demonstrated that he has season-long big league starter stamina (he worked 137 innings last season), and he has the toolkit to thwart both left- and right-handed hitters. Issues with his fastball’s shape and playability forced Cabrera to lean more heavily on his slider as a strike-getting pitch in 2025, and subsequently use his changeup (which played like a plus pitch for the second consecutive year) more as a finisher.
With each new post, we’ll reveal who won the voting for that particular slot, then post new players for you to vote on, adding another one to the list each time until we get to our final tally of 20. Once we get to 20 top prospects, we’ll do an honorable mention post at the end. If a player gets traded to another team, we’ll just chuck him right on outta here and all the players will move up a spot. If a prospect gets acquired, we’ll ask where he should go on the list.
Probably the most important thing about this whole process – please vote. Give us a few minutes of your time, just click a button and then we can discuss other players and things in the comment section, but don’t forget – VOTE!
