The Triple-A level, now featuring real prospects, is the most balanced Phillies affiliate in the playoffs
Triple-A is supposed to be a repository of Major League cast-offs and those lacking the ability to break into the highest level of baseball. The Lehigh Valley IronPigs, for once, are better than that. They may have lost their vaunted rotation and replaced it with a combination of hangers-on and promotions, but the big names in the lineup are still there, even if there is yet unfulfilled promise. The end result of the season was that the IronPigs set a franchise record for wins and now sit ready for a five game series - with Game 1 underway as of this writing - with the rival Railriders.