Stock Up, Stock Down for Philadelphia Phillies’ Top 10 Prospects for Week 17
July 28, 2014 by Alec Snyder
Filed under Fan News
With the MLB non-waiver trade deadline looming on July 31, the focus around baseball tends to be on what major league teams will be doing to bolster their rosters. Whether it’s by means of acquiring talent for the home stretch or for the future, many names will switch places over the next few days, if they haven’t already.
In the case of the Philadelphia Phillies, who reside in last place in the NL East with a 46-59 record, any talent they acquire will be of the minor league and/or prospect variety. They will not be a team trying to trade prospects away because they aren’t in any sort of playoff race and the farm system is too depleted to be able to sacrifice the little depth it has. Consequently, the Phillies prospects will continue to develop along their current tracks within the Phillies organization.
Without further ado, here’s the Week 17 edition of Stock Up, Stock Down for the Phillies’ top prospects.