Paul Owens Awards indict Philadelphia Phillies judgement

The Pitchers

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Worse, the pitching pipeline of Owens Award winners seems less promising than the pipe carrying the batters. While eight of the 11 batters involved here have played in at least 100 MLB games, the pitching awardees are struggling mightily to reach even one of the three goals suggested for them.

Two of them, the most recent awardees – Parkinson and Lindow – have reached two of the parameter goals, but in the minor leagues. Both have MiLB WHIPs well below 1.300 in at least 40 games.

Beyond that promise, though, not much has been delivered by these two young players’ predecessors. The only goal of the three either-or choices suggested here was reached by Trevor May, who has pitched in 184 MLB games and currently has a 22-21 record. Luis Garcia has pitched in 310 games, but is 14-15 at this point.

Moreover, neither of these pitchers is still in the Phillies organization.

What all this suggests pretty clearly is that, as an organization for the last 15 years, the Philadelphia Phillies have done a wonderful job of identifying players who may do very well at the minor league level, but at minimum, take at least several years to become successful major league players.

One of the last 21 Owens Awardees – Rhys Hoskins – has finished among the top five in the Rookie of the Year vote, and one of them –

Domonic Brown – has been an All-Star in one year. And you had better not bring up Brown’s name in any room full of Phillies fans.