CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - JUNE 22: Sergio Alcantara #51 of the Chicago Cubs is seen in the dugout before a game against the Cleveland Indians at Wrigley Field on June 22, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
The Philadelphia Phillies might be interested in shuffling their roster this season as they gear up for a potential playoff push, but they don’t have many options.
Though president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski is always liable to seek help from outside of the organization, the team’s minor-league depth is markedly thin, particularly after the team opened this season by promoting Justin Crawford and Andrew Painter to the big-league squad.
“MLB Pipeline recently released their Top 30 prospects for each club. They ranked the Phillies' system 20th,” Cole Weintraub wrote for NBC Sports Philadelphia earlier this year. “In other words, it’s thin.”
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