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Look for these names.....
Gavin Floyd
Cole Hamels
Chase Utley (already making a splash)
Ryan Madson (already making a splash)
Anderson Machado
Jake Blalock (Hank's little brother who plays 3B)
Elizardo Ramirez
Ryan Howard
Already on the big club:
CF Marlon Byrd
LF Pat "The Bat" Burrell (1st Overall Pick in 1998)
SS Jimmy Rollins
C Mike Lieberthal
SP Randy Wolf
SP Brett (The Hitman) Myers
OF Jason Michaels (Pat Burrell's college teammate, plays all 3 OF positions, solid hitter)
Guys from us, now on other teams due to trades:
MIN SP: Carlos Silva (Eric Milton deal)
MIN IF: Nick Punto (Eric Milton deal)
HOU SP/RP Brandon Duckworth (Billy Wagner deal)
HOU SP (Minors) Taylor Buchholz (will be an amazing talent) (Wagner deal)
HOU SP (Minors) Ezequiel Astacio (same as Buchholz)
ATL C: Johnny Estrada (Kevin Millwood deal)
Players that we drafted (that I remember we drafted)
The Best Thirdbaseman of all time
MICHAEL JACK SCHMIDT
The 2nd Best Thirdbaseman of all time
Scott Rolen
and many more
plus many others
The Phillies have been able to become a contender this season by building from within. Something they didnt do for many years. Now their efforts are paying off while adding free-agents like Thome, Bell, Worrell and making the neccessary deals for Wagner, Millwood and Milton.
We might not have the best farm system of all time but its pretty damn good right now being that we are in 1ST PLACE.
Remember, watch out for those names at the top, they will be stars.
This was an analysis of the current farm system, not so much of the past.
GO PHILLIES!
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