That Ball's Outta Here

2 days ago | thatballsouttahere.com | Matt Dargan

Philadelphia Phillies pitching prospect Mick Abel look's like he's finally put it all together this season. After experiencing control issues during his first 25 career Triple-A starts, he watched his prospect status take a major hit in recent years. But Abel has done nothing but impress during his first eight starts of the 2025 minor league season, and that could be of great benefit to the Phillies front office during this summer's MLB trade deadline.

6 days ago | thatballsouttahere.com | Edward T. Eng

The Phillies need to fix this promising flamethrower to not waste his potential. During this past spring, the Philadelphia Phillies had some standout performances from some of their hopeful players in their auditions for the big league club. Among them included a young right-handed fireballer named John McMillon. McMillon drove up the hype as he was exceptional in his brief spring showing, holding the opposition to just three hits and one run over six appearances.

6 days ago | thatballsouttahere.com | Michael Fisher

The lineups are set as the Phillies continue their series with the Guardians at Progressive Field in a Saturday evening affair. The Philadelphia Phillies (22-16) and Cleveland Guardians (23-15) resume their three-game weekend series at Progressive Field with a Saturday evening matchup. The Phillies came into Cleveland flying high after sweeping the Tampa Bay Rays but found themselves on the wrong end of a 6-0 score on Friday night.

1 week ago | thatballsouttahere.com | Michael Fisher

The lineups are set as the Phillies are in Cleveland for a weekend series with the Guardians. The Philadelphia Phillies (22-15) and Cleveland Guardians (22-15) are set to open a three-game weekend series at Progressive Field. This series marks one of the Phillies' few matchups this month against teams playing above-.500 baseball. The Phillies come in to this series on a roll, having won nine of their last 11 games.

1 week ago | thatballsouttahere.com | Michael Fisher

Painter claimed the first win in the battle of No. 1 prospects. Thursday was a big day for the Philadelphia Phillies organization and, specifically, its top prospect Andrew Painter. The strapping right-hander made his first career start in Triple-A and dazzled against the very first batter he faced, who just happened to be the consensus top prospect in baseball, Roman Anthony.