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Santa Haseley Season's greetings!  Everybody loves the holidays and, of course, baseball players are no exception. Every year at Christmas time, I survey a group of Phillies prospects about what they get excited for during the holiday season. Players taking part in this year's eighth annual Christmas questionnaire include this year's top Phillies draft pick Adam Haseley, starting pitcher Jacob Waguespack who wrapped up the 2017 season in the playoffs with Triple-A Lehigh Valley, Double-A second baseman Drew Stankiewicz, Class A third baseman Luke Williams as well as Class A All-Star pitchers Will Hibbs, Trevor Bettencourt and Nick Fanti. Questions and answers listing each player’s holly jolly holiday favorites are listed below… -What is your favorite Christmas song and which artist or version do you like best? Haseley- The Christmas Song by Michael Buble. Hibbs- Oh man, "All I Want for Christmas is You" by Mariah Carey is a jam. It's just a u...

Drew Stankiewicz, image- Jay Floyd Clearwater second baseman Drew Stankiewicz has been lighting it up offensively in recent weeks. The 23-year-old lefty batter has used a sizzling stretch in which he's gone 15-for-34 (.441 avg) over his last 10 games to launch himself into the Class A Advanced Florida State League's batting average leaders and has helped the Threshers stay atop the North Division standings with a 20-14 record. Son of former big leaguer Andy Stankiewicz, Drew was the Phils' 11th round draft choice out of Arizona State University in 2014. This week I talked with Drew about his hot streak, the team's success, not being held in the same regard as some other second base prospects, his family and much more.  Read ahead for that interview. -With a lot of success for you recently, I wanted to ask what has led to the improved results?  Any changes or anything like that? Right now, I'm just sticking with my plan.  My hitting coach Rob Ducey ...

Friend of the site Steve Potter, also known as @JpoppaCool on Twitter, took time this weekend to provide some lists of top performers throughout the Phillies' minor league ranks. Steve is the author of the book The 2016 Phillies Minor Leagues: A Fan's View .  It's a great paperback offering that is available at Citizens Bank Park and online from multiple outlets . Take a look at the organization leader boards in various offensive and pitching categories below... Phillies Minor League Leaders - Offense - ( thru 5/7/17 games) Top 10 - Batting Average : ( minimum 75 at bats) Drew Stankiewicz - .345 ( 29- 84)- Clearwater Damek Tomscha - .342 (38-111) - Clearwater Rhys Hoskins - .337 ( 32-95) - Lehigh Jorge Alfaro - .319 (29-91) - Lehigh Carlos Tocci - .304 ( 28-92) - Reading Herlis Rodriquez - .303 (27-89) - Clearwater Deivi Grullon - .300 (27-90) - Clearwater Andrew Pullin - .298 (31-104) Reading Scott Kingery - .296 ( 29-98) - Reading Daniel Brito - .29...

Top Phillies prospect J.P. Crawford will miss the remainder of the Arizona Fall League season after suffering a small tear in his left thumb, as first reported by CSN's Jim Salisbury . Crawford, who was the Phillies top draft selection in 2013 (16th overall), had gone 3-for-20 (.150 average) in five games with Glendale in the AFL this month. The 20-year-old shortstop missed time early in the 2015 season with an oblique strain. In a season split between Class A Advanced Clearwater and Double-A Reading, the lefty batting Crawford sported a combined .288 batting average with a .793 OPS in 107 regular season games. He was also named a mid-season All-Star in the Eastern League with Reading and competed in the MLB All-Star Futures Game. The ailment for Crawford does not require surgery and he is expected to be healthy for spring training. Drew Stankiewicz, image- Jay Floyd Replacing Crawford with the Glendale Desert Dogs will be infielder Drew Stankiewicz , who was an 11t...

Malquin Canelo, image- Jay Floyd In news released by the Class A BlueClaws, a pair of Sally League All-Stars has been promoted from Lakewood to Class A Advanced Clearwater. Shortstop Malquin Canelo , who was honored with the South Atlantic League All-Star Game Top Star Award this week, and slugging first baseman Rhys Hoskins will join the Threshers on Thursday. Replacing the pair will be Phillies 2nd round draft selection Scott Kingery and 4th round draft pick Kyle Martin . Canelo went 2-for-3 with a double and a walk in the SAL All-Star Game this week after sporting a .311 average with five homers and 23 RBI in the first half of the season. Canelo was previously profiled on PhilliesNation.com. Readers can find that article by clicking here . Hoskins, last year's 5th round pick, posted a league-best .322 average with nine home runs and 51 RBI in the first half for the 'Claws. The 22-year-old was featured on this week's edition of Phillies Nation TV. Check out th...

Drew Stankiewicz, image- Jay Floyd Infielder Drew Stankiewicz was an 11th round draft choice this year by the Phillies. The son of former big leaguer Andy Stankiewicz , Drew is already in the midst of his second stint with the Class A Lakewood BlueClaws. After posting a .305 average in his junior year this season at Arizona State University, Stankiewicz was anxious to begin his pro career and quickly signed with the Phillies. The 21-year-old batted .390 in July with short-season Class A Williamsport and rejoined the BlueClaws on July 30th.  He spent a week with Lakewood in June.  Through 13 games with the 'Claws, the five-foot-nine 160-pounder has posted a .156 average with an RBI and two steals. I spoke with Stankiewicz this past weekend about his draft experience, adjusting to the pro's, his father's pride in him and plenty more.  Read ahead for the full interview. -What was your draft experience like?  How did you find out you were drafted by the Ph...