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Philadelphia Phillies: Top 20 Prospects

Feb 27, 2016

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Source: Elsa/Getty Images North America For an organization that was once rated in the bottom half of baseball farm systems, things changed in the blink of an eye. After years of destructive trades, the Phi...

Rebuilding, Tanking, and the Art of Baseball

David N. Wilson

Feb 15, 2016

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There have been a lot of things written and said lately about teams "tanking" or "rebuilding," and a lot of it is pretty mean-spirited. I'm here to suggest it's also misguided. In his article "Not Every Team Th...

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Philadelphia Phillies: Top 20 Prospects

Rebuilding, Tanking, and the Art of Baseball