The 2015 MLB Draft Kicks off tonight June 8 with rounds 1 and 2, Day 2 will be rounds 3-10, and Day 3 will be rounds 11-40. This post will be updated as picks come in with details and links as they become available.
Draft Page:
Draft Reactions:
- Phillies Minor Thoughts
- ESPN
- BP – Day 1, Day 2, Day 3
- BA
- MLB
- Minor League Ball
- The Good Phight
Day 1:
First Round (#10 Overall) – Cornelius Randolph, SS, Griffin HS (GA)
BA – 20 | ESPN – 29 | Fangraphs – 11 | MLB Pipeline – 19
UPDATE: Johnny Almaraz has announced that Randolph will be moving to left field and could start off in Williamsport.
Second Round (#48 Overall) – Scott Kingery, 2B, Arizona
BA – 40 | ESPN – 25 | Fangraphs – 32 | MLB Pipeline – 42
#Phillies think 2B Scott Kingery can move quickly through system. Said he's a top of the lineup type batter with a good glove.
— Matt Breen (@matt_breen) June 9, 2015
Day 2:
- Third Round (#83 Overall) – Lucas Williams, SS, Dana Hills HS (CA)
- Fourth Round (#114 Overall) – Kyle Martin, 1B, South Carolina
- Fifth Round (#144 Overall) – Bailey Falter, LHP, Chino Hills HS (CA)
- Sixth Round (#174 Overall) – Tyler Gilbert, LHP, University of Southern California
- Seventh Round (#204 Overall) – Luke Leftwich, RHP, Wofford College
- Eighth Round (#234 Overall) – Greg Pickett, OF, Legend HS (CO)
- Ninth Round (#264 Overall) – Mark Laird, OF, LSU
- Tenth Round (#294 Overall) – Joshua Tobias, 3B, Florida
Day 3:
- Round 11 – Edgar Cabral, C, Mt. San Antonio College (CA)
- Round 12 – Skylar Hunter, RHP, The Citadel
- Round 13 – Zach Coppola, CF, South Dakota State
- Round 14 – Austin Bossart, C, University of Pennsylvania
- Round 15 – Dylan Bosheers, SS, Tennessee Tech
- Round 16 – Brendon Hayden, 1B, Virginia Tech
- Round 17 – Ken Koplove, RHP, Duke
- Round 18 – Gregory Brodzinski, C, Barry University
- Round 19 – Robert Tasin, RHP, Oklahoma
- Round 20 – Will Stewart, LHP, Hazel Green HS (AL)
- Round 21 – Kevin Walsh, RHP, University of Arkansas Pine Bluff
- Round 22 – Sutter McLoughlin, RHP, Cal State Sacramento
- Round 23 – Anthony Sequeira, RHP, Oral Roberts University
- Round 24 – Zach Morris, LHP, Mayland
- Round 25 – Joey Lauria, RHP, UNLV
- Round 26 – Andrew Godail, LHP, Sam Houston State
- Round 27 – Jake Reppert, LHP, Northwest Nazarene College
- Round 28 – Horace Stubblefield, RHP, University of West Alabama
- Round 29 – Von Watson, OF, Briarcrest Christian School (TN)
- Round 30 – Kyle Nowlin, OF, Eastern Kentucky
- Round 31 – Nick Fanti, LHP, Hauppauge HS (NY)
- Round 32 – Reggie Wilson, CF, Oklahoma City University
- Round 33 – Jacob Stevens, RHP, Choate Rosemary Hall (CT)
- Round 34 – Ben Pelletier, OF, Ecole Secondaire De Montagne (QC)
- Round 35 – Andrew Amaro, OF, University of Tampa
- Round 36 – Gabe Gonzalez, RHP, College of Southern Nevada
- Round 37 – Malcom Grady, RHP, Homewood Flossmoor HS (IL)
- Round 38 – Beau Brundage, SS, Mill Creek HS (GA)
- Round 39 – Griffin Morandini, CF, Garnet Valley HS (PA)
- Round 40 – Thomas McCarthy, 3B, Allentown HS (NJ)
Draft Reactions and Reports:
- Fangraphs Sortable Board
- ESPN – Eric Longenhagen
- Baseball Prospectus – Chris Crawford
Draft Previews:
- Part 1 – Who Won’t Be There
- Part 2 – Who Could Be the Pick
- Part 3 – Everyone is Mocking the Draft
- Part 4 – Final Draft Board and Mock Drafts
Most Recent Mock Drafts:
- Fangraphs – Tyler Stephenson
- Baseball America – Kyle Tucker
- MLB.com – Kyle Tucker (Mayo), Kyle Tucker (Callis)
- ESPN – Kyle Tucker
- Through the Fence Baseball – Garrett Whitley
- Scout.com – Ian Happ (10), Kyle Cody (48), Casey Hughston (84)
- Baseball Prospectus – Ian Happ
Randolph looks so young. If not a SS, could he play 2B with that bat?
Are we happy with Kingery ?
I really like the pick. Was one of the top few players on the board for me
I’m happy so far…Interested to see what bonuses get dolled out to each.
The third round pick? Wow! I guess we think we know something nobody else knows.
There was apparently rumors he could go in the 3rd round. Also could be an opportunity to get a guy they like while possibly saving some money as well.
So far 2 of first 3 HS players.
Pick 4 is worse than pick 3. Is this to be a two prospect draft? How big a bonus are we giving Randolph? It’s not as though he was rated higher than we picked him.
Could also have an overslot guy they will take later, can’t judge the draft 4 picks in
I’m biased as a USC fan, but I see Kyle Martin as being Darin Ruf but with a bit more athleticism and a bit less swing and miss, so I’m all aboard on this pick.
i’m lukewarm so far for the R3 and R4 picks. I think there are better players available. My hope are that both Williams and Martin are: a) above average hitters and b) sign under slot so that we can draft players with higher upside like Everett and Hooper @ R5 or R6
Nope, another unranked guy is round 5.
And now in round 6. The round 6 seems okay though. 6-10 is a good place to draft signable college pitchers with a chance to be MLB relievers. We should strive to produce one new MLB reliever each season.
And now… a promising HS pick in round 8. That’s something new for Phillies.
I just wanted to say it’s been a pleasure following your draft tracking here, Matt. You’ve done a really good job of quickly compiling a lot of info on each player as they’re picked.
Amen!
Matt, great job of putting information for each draft pick the Phillies made. I liked the Phillies approach with the draft in the early rounds with accomplished hitters and some speed with good batting approach and contact ability. This has been an interesting draft and look forward to your objective comments and views of the draft.
We close out the day with 3 nice picks in rounds 8-10.
But can we sign the on kid
Brendan Hayden was a 36th round pick of the Phillies in 2011- as a LHP at that time.
I feel cheated of the 12-15 round HS flier picks. I guess we’re out of $ and really like the Juco guy at #11.
Phils are drafting a lot of older college players (JR and SR) — are they planning to sign all of them (rds 11 to 20)?? Signing the Top 10 is a must given the lack of HS prospects drafted after Rd 10. we already reached the point wherein 90% of the draftees (after Rd 20) will not sign with the team who drafted them.
Okay, we’ve gotten a few interesting HS flier types. A little late in the draft for that, but better late than never.