Seriously just look at their top 10 prospects list. It's embarrassing. It's incredible how screwed they are when their high-priced major league stars falter.
Philadelphia Phillies
1. RHP Trevor May
2. LHP Jesse Biddle
3. C Sebastian Valle
4. RHP Jonathan Pettibone
5. RHP Phillippe Aumont
6. SS Freddy Galvis
7. RHP Justin DeFratus
8. RHP Brody Colvin
9. OF Jiwan James
10. 3B Maikel Franco
What does that have to do with your assertion that they somehow had a small window (9 years of winning season in a row)?