July 2026 Phillies Prospect Ranking and Trade Value Update

The trade deadline gives another good snapshot of the season to add in the new draft picks, take a larger view of the DSL season, see some prospects deal with the dog days of the season, and then really make some assessments of how players might be viewed outside the system. The Phillies are a flawed baseball team, but as one in a playoff spot right now they are going to make moves to buy and try and improve the team. The Phillies do not have many premium trade assets if they want to make a big move, which limits the types of moves they can make. What complicates things further is the nature of those players with them setting in various risk pools and distances from the majors.

In addition to a player’s future value and risk, the Phillies are going to prioritize roster needs and mainly not leave themselves with an inflexible 40 man roster. That means duplicative players needing protection and to existing players on the roster are going to be more likely to be moved than those further away. The following players are eligible for the Rule 5 draft this offseason, not all are in danger and going to force a spot on the roster, but this is a common place for the Phillies to look to sell from: Aidan Miller, Aroon Escobar, Braydon Tucker, Bryan Rincon, Juan Villavicencio, Keaton Anthony, Kehden Hettiger, Luke Russo, Marty Gair, Mavis Graves, Wen-Hui Pan, Raylin Heredia, and Christian McGowan.

Available Doesn’t Mean Available for Anything

The Phillies will maintain there will be no untouchable players, but the available supply of players and what the Phillies are willing to spend may not align. If something unexpectedly becomes available though… (Historical trade examples: Jhoan Duran, Brandon Marsh)

Previous Ranks are June

1. Gage Wood, RHP
Summary: Wood continues to progress nicely without really answering any questions about his future. He throws strikes, which when combined with his pitches and the minor league ball changing has led to some home run problems. He has some issues with left-handed batters and has been working in his splitter more, but the usage is still well behind for him to be able to handle lefties in the majors. Since he is on a workload limit, he hasn’t really shown he can work deep into the games yet, but he hasn’t been inefficient in his 4-5 inning appearances. He is still trending as a mid rotation starter with a great fastball, two plus breaking balls, but still has reliever risk. If he is not traded, he probably gets over 90 innings pitched by the end of the minor league season which positions him for a mostly normal workload in 2027.
Trade Deadline: Wood is both the Phillies best trade chip and the prospect most likely to help the team this year. If the Phillies want to make a big move for another long term piece, Wood will likely need to be part of the trade. That player may not exist. When looking at smaller trades the calculus starts to change if the Phillies start to look at Wood as a potential reliever in September and October once he has reached his innings goals.
Previous Rank: 2

2. Francisco Renteria, OF
Summary: Renteria is the highest upside hitter the Phillies have had in the system in a long time. He is tall and athletic, and already is getting to plus power with plenty of room to fill out. He is an at least plus runner right now, who will likely end up right on the line between center and right field depending on how much he slows down and if he can improve his instincts. He does have some contact issues, including some swing and miss and ground ball tendencies, that he will need to improve to be a star.
Trade Deadline: The Phillies won’t make Renteria untouchable, but they should value him beyond his current fringe top 100 rankings. He represents their best hitting prospect in a very long time. Given that his value should continue to increase as he moves stateside, trading him now should only be done if it is part of a deal to bring back a young controllable hitter that will be part of the core alongside Sanchez and Luzardo for the next 4+ years.
Previous Rank: 3

3. Aidan Miller, SS
Summary: Miller had a procedure to help relieve discomfort in his back 7 weeks ago and was given a 6-8 week window to return to play, and that has not happened yet. When healthy, Miller profiles as a plus offensive player with hit, power, and speed who could play shortstop. It is unknown what he will look like if he comes back this year and what he would look like going forward.
Trade Deadline: Miller is functionally untradeable. Teams will likely try to buy low, but given his injury situation and lack of playing time that low is likely way below where he ranks. His upside is high enough that the potential impact of a healthy Miller is well beyond what the Phillies would receive in a trade today.
Previous Rank: 1

4. Ramon Marquez, RHP
Summary: This season Marquez increased the velocity on all of his pitches, turning his slider into more of a cutter and second weapon next to his already near elite changeup. Marquez still has a poorly shaped fastball that could be the thing that causes him to struggle against better hitters. His command is fine for the level, but given his pitch mix he is going to need to have plus command down the road. He is putting up some of the best underlying numbers of any minor league pitcher and has mid rotation upside if he can continue on his current trajectory.
Trade Deadline: Marquez is probably at the peak of his value right now. He is multiple years from needing to be on a 40 man roster, and his numbers are as good as any pitcher in the minor leagues. As a starting pitching prospect, Marquez will have broad trade appeal, but also is at a position of need for the Phillies going forward. Marquez fits as the primary piece for a non-Skubal high end rental, a secondary piece for an impact player with control, or maybe a major piece for a solid player with control. The Phillies should value Marquez highly, but he probably needs to be a piece if they make a big trade, in particular for a non-rental.
Previous Rank: 4

5. Tyler Spangler, SS
Summary: The Phillies selected Spangler with their first round pick this year. He fits a lot of their normal likes as a big shortstop with a chance to stick at the position, but possibly will need to move to somewhere else on the dirt. A back injury prevented him from playing this spring, which adds a level of unknown risk. He was once viewed as one of the top players in the class due to his offensive upside, but like many Phillies prospects he doesn’t always tap into his power and has a tendency towards hitting the ball on the ground. He has the upside to be a first division regular or possibly more, and many more unknowns than are usual for a high school hitter.
Previous Rank: Just Drafted

6. Juan Parra, SS
Summary: Parra has firmly emerged as the second best prospect on the Phillies DSL team. He has a good eye at the plate; not expanding the zone while also not being passive in the zone. He has driven the ball much better this month, especially to the pull side, and he is showing future average raw power. Defensively he is fine, which is generally not a ringing endorsement for a 17 year old. He should be able to stay on the infield dirt at second base if he does need to move off the position. He doesn’t have huge athleticism or tools, but his feel for the game is impressive for his age.
Trade Deadline: Parra is in the middle of breaking out and if he was in A-ball you might say he should be one of the biggest trade candidates. Instead, he is a 17 year old who seems to be emerging as one of the better prospects at a level that historically has been a place where teams try to steal breakout prospects from each other. Teams may be looking to buy low, but the Phillies should value him very highly in trades right now while they figure out how good he really is.
Previous Rank: 18

Let’s Talk About a Deal

Just because the system is thin doesn’t mean it doesn’t have pieces to make a deal. Some of these players may appeal to certain teams due to their profile and be a no from others due to their warts. They are unlikely to get any player of long term significance, but they should be able to get a good rental or a couple of years of control on a fringe piece. (Historical trade examples: Harrison Bader, Michael Lorenzen, David Robertson, Carlos Estevez, Tanner Banks)

7. Bryan Rincon, SS
Summary: Rincon is having a breakout season by swinging a bit more and hitting the ball a bit harder. He is mostly doing it by being more of a patient ambush hitter, and not by increasing the quality of his overall contact. Which has led to a lower average and BABIP, and at this point the low batting average is just going to be part of who he is. The change has translated into a career high in home runs (though his career high HR/FB rate feels like an outlier given the minor league ball is traveling more). He also has struggled to hit the ball hard from the right side vs lefties, though that does put him on the strongside of a platoon role if he ends up there. It is likely that better pitchers will attack the zone more often against him, and he will need to prove he can do damage more consistently. He is a good defensive shortstop, and should be able to move into a multi positional utility role fairly easily if needed. Rincon profiles as more of a high end bench player or low end starter than an everyday player on a playoff team.
Trade Deadline: Given that Rincon needs to go on the 40 man roster this offseason, and doesn’t project as an impact player, he falls right into the Phillies trade zone. It is unlikely that the Phillies will trade all of Rincon, Escobar, and Villavicencio, but history says the Phillies will probably trade one of them and Rincon might have the broadest appeal. He could be the primary piece for a solid rental.
Previous Rank: 8

8. Alirio Ferrebus, C
Summary: The Phillies publicly view Ferrebus as a catcher, but that fact is very much up for debate. He is a free swinger with good contact abilities who is held back by his aggression at the plate. If he can ever dial in the approach, he can hit for enough power and average to be a plus offensive catcher. If he isn’t a catcher, and the approach causes him to stagnate at upper levels, then his profile starts to fall apart.
Trade Deadline: Ferrebus’s value is going to come down to how other teams view the catching question. If you are a believer he is a catcher you might view him above where he is on this list, but if you are out on him behind the plate he plummets to the bottom of the list. This sort of splits the middle where you acknowledge the risk, but also the reward, and that probably is where the compromise in a trade would be.
Previous Rank: 7

9. Aroon Escobar, 2B
Summary: Things haven’t really clicked for Escobar this year, as he is playing like he is in a different ballpark with 2025 baseball compared to his teammates. His walk and strikeout numbers have actually stabilized as positives for the season, but his line drive rate is down and he has his lowest HR/FB rate since he was in the DSL. Escobar has always struggled with his approach when it comes to matching a swing that will make good contact with the right pitch, but there are a lot more positives than you would think for a guy hitting under .220. He still profiles as an offensive oriented everyday second baseman, but he needs to actually end up offensively oriented.
Trade Deadline: Escobar was recently a well regarded prospect and still has many of the same underlying skills. The Phillies are likely to move an infielder and Escobar is one of the players they will shop out of that group. Given his down year, he may not quite have as much value as Rincon when it comes to making a deal and sticks around to rebuild his value.
Previous Rank: 5

10. Dante Nori, OF
Summary: Nori hasn’t played in a month and a half as a hip injury turned out to be more serious than originally anticipated. He is a center fielder light on power and with inconsistencies in his approach. He will sometimes flash enough hit tool and approach to maximize the strength he has but has never done it consistently. He has the upside to be an everyday center fielder that hits at the bottom of an order, but his injury and inconsistency add some extra doubt at a time when he needs to play baseball games.
Trade Deadline: Entering the season, it looked like Nori would be a likely trade chip. However, Justin Crawford has not established himself enough to make Nori expendable, but has been intriguing enough to not make Nori critical. That probably takes a back seat to Nori having an inconsistent spring before missing nearly two months to injury. Nori is already a prospect without wide appeal, and the injury will reduce that pool of interested teams. He could be a piece in a rental trade or a secondary piece in a big deal if a team wants to buy just slightly low.
Previous Rank: 6

11. Cade Obermueller, LHP
Summary: The Phillies prioritized some weirdness with their pitcher selections in the 2025 draft, and Obermueller qualifies in the way. An illness delayed the start of his season, but he is now mostly back throwing a fastball at about 93 mph from a low armslot with sort of dead zone movement, but low approach angle. He pairs that with a plus sweeping slider, giving him a good base as a reliever. He hasn’t been a disaster against righties, but he needs to improve his changeup, in particular his command of it. Obermueller’s velocity within a start fluctuates greatly and he is prone to bouts of wildness. He started working on a cutter, but it never showed up in games, and that is something his arsenal desperately needs.
Trade Deadline: Obermueller is a former second round pick with starting pitching upside, which has some appeal in trades. He also has reliever risk and an unconventional arsenal that won’t have universal appeal.
Previous Rank: 10

12. Caden Bogenpohl, OF
Summary: The Phillies selected Bogenpohl in the second round this year with optimism they know how to fix what ails him. He is a gigantic left-handed swinging outfielder that over the last two years traded power for more contact and a lot of balls on the ground. If the Phillies can get him back in the air without destroying his contact abilities he could be a big time slugger. He also is very athletic despite his size, and will get some chance to play some center field.
Previous Rank: Just Drafted

13. Will Gasparino, OF
Summary: Gasparino is going to be viewed alongside Bogenpohl for the next many years as a RH version of the same profile. He is a tall slugger with the athleticism to give center field a go. A bit more lanky, and less solid than his left handed soon to be teammate, Gasparino has not traded off power for anything and has some scary contact rates. The Phillies will need to close holes in his swing and approach without causing his power to collapse.
Previous Rank: Just Drafted

14. Matthew Fisher, RHP
Summary: Fisher continues to get good results with Clearwater thanks to his outlier movement sweeper. It is a strange pitch that has almost all of its movement horizontal, and it potentially portends future pitch design growth. His cutter and fastball don’t miss bats thanks to poor movement profiles and below average velocity. While he has interesting movement on his changeup, it has barely 2 mph separation from his fastball. He is overall a work in progress.
Trade Deadline: If a team really loved Fisher in the draft and thinks the Phillies are failing to develop him, they could value him decently high. Otherwise any deal feels like selling low, unless the Phillies are out on his future potential.
Previous Rank: 14

15. Griffin Burkholder, OF
Summary: Burkholder missed essentially the first season and a half of his development, and for a couple of months it looked like he had made up for lost time. Whether it was the grind of the season or opposing pitchers figuring him out, things have taken a turn for the more difficult in July. Despite the injuries, Burkholder still has good speed and plus to plus raw power. His approach at the plate is also solid, if passive with a fairly low chase rate. It is very low zone contact rates against high velocity and secondary pitches that are concerning for Burkholder. He has a relatively high ceiling, but there is significant risk of him reaching it.
Trade Deadline: Burkholder has good surface tools and poor underlying numbers. That is going to appeal to teams doing more visual scouting and to those who think they can fix hit tools.
Previous Rank: 9

16. Brad Pacheco, RHP
Summary: No player in the system has remade themselves year to year than Pacheco. He has done a full line change of secondary pitches with a slow curve and hard change out, replaced by a cutter, sweeper, and splitter. His fastball velocity is up from last year (now averaging about 95mph), even if it has slipped a little as the year has gone on. He profiles more towards the back end of a rotation, but if the secondary pitch improvements are real, there might be more upside. He is on the shorter side, but solidly built and holding up well to the increasing workload.
Trade Deadline: Pacheco is almost certainly available and going to be discussed, the only question is the value. He is a 21 year old low-A pitcher with ok numbers, but he has a rapidly changing and improving arsenal. Given the upward trajectory, he should be sold with that trajectory in mind, with the idea that he will have broad value in the offseason or next deadline as well. He is probably a co-primary or solo piece for a solid rental depending on the type of player, or the secondary or tertiary piece in a big deal.
Previous Rank: 20

17. Alex McFarlane, RHP
Summary: McFarlane has moved to the bullpen full time now, and his stuff has ticked up significantly. He throws two different fastballs that will sit 97 to 101, neither has bat missing movement, but the sheer velocity helps them miss bats when located well and the combination allows for him to generate weak contact. He still has his power slider and then also has a sweeper allowing him to attack hitters vertically and horizontally. His command continues to be shaky and he could use another weapon against lefties. It might not be closer upside, but he can grow into a high leverage role with continued polish.
Trade Deadline: McFarlane is a major league ready reliever with big velocity, and that is something every team needs. How much they value that type of profile and years of control will vary, and like Wood he could help the Phillies this year and so there will be some resistance to downgrading arm talent and control.
Previous Rank: 11

18. Moises Chace, RHP
Summary: In 2024, Chace looked like a future #2/#3 starter or closer with a mid to upper 90s fastball with great plane and movement as well as a collection of above average to plus secondary pitches. In 2025 all of that backed up and he was low 90s at best before his elbow blew out. Chase is throwing bullpens right now and should be nearing the end of his rehab, but we have not seen him in a game for another year.
Trade Deadline: Chace is a mystery box that the Phillies will have more information on than other teams. It isn’t that he is untouchable or untradeable, he just is going to be hard to value, especially since he has now used two minor league options years already.
Previous Rank: 12

19. Ruger Riojas, RHP
Summary: Riojas is more of a finished product, but it is a fairly fine product. He has a mid 90s fastball that has solid shape due to some riding life and his height. He has the full progression of secondary pitches with a cutter, sweeping slider, curveball progress and then a splitter to work off of the fastball. It seems the breaking balls are mostly just ok and hitters are able to make contact with his stuff. He is sort of the already solidified version of Pacheco and profiles as a back end starter that should advance quickly next season.
Previous Rank: Just Drafted

20. Juan Villavicencio, SS
Summary: Finally healthy, Villavicencio has gotten better month over month this year for the Threshers. He has solid power, a good approach, and good contact rates. He doesn’t chase, and borders on passive, and will only occasionally show the ability to turn on pitches in advantageous counts. He was older for the level and less of a lock to stick at shortstop than he previously was. He has not shown an appreciable difference vs righties or lefties, but there are some home/road splits that should be accounted for with the spike in HR/FB rate and the minor league ball. There is a chance he is a regular if he continues to improve with regular playing time, but he might be more of a low end starter or decent bench guy.
Trade Deadline: Villavicencio will be Rule 5 eligible this offseason, but he is probably not in danger of needing to be protected on a roster. That might scare away a team or two, but probably won’t decrease his value or force the Phillies into a trade. If a team buys the breakout they may feel like they are getting more upside than the AA middle infielders.
Previous Rank: 22

Fringe and Secondary Pieces

Filling out the list are players to be secondary pieces in trades or for fringe depth moves. The Phillies will likely try to steer away from low minors players here while opposing teams try to target them. Trade deadline thoughts only included for outliers or interesting players. (Historical trade examples: Freddy Galvis, Braeden Ogle, Noah Syndergaard, Rodolfo Castro)

21. Cody Bowker, RHP
Summary: Bowker comes from a very low armslot with a fastball that has an elite approach angle, but sinker movement, including large amounts of run. His slider and sweeper miss bats, but when batters do connect with them, they go a long way. His changeup has largely been a non-factor. This has left him somewhat vulnerable to left handed batters, but his real struggles have been with men on base. Without his stuff taking a step forward, he might be a weird back end starter or funky reliever.
Previous Rank: 15

22. Carson DeMartini, 3B
Summary: DeMartini had found his power stroke again early in the season while also increasing his contact rates, but just 24 games is not a large sample size to say things had really changed. He has played both second and third, but profiles as a third baseman that will give you some left handed power, but may not be a fully well rounded offensive player.
Previous Rank: 19

23. Romeli Espinosa, SS
Summary: Espinosa turned 18 at the beginning of June, making him one of the youngest players stateside this year. His top line numbers were bad, but his walk rate improved and his strikeout rate stayed steady. He was off on a lot of his contact, leading to a high ground ball rate and that is somewhat to be expected for a raw young, long limbed, player like Espinosa. His defense at shortstop was shaky, but it is too early to abandon the position. He is a young player with good upside who faced a hard challenge this season.
Previous Rank: 17

24. Matthew Ferrara, SS
Summary: After showing surprising power to open the season, Ferrera has been much less consistent when it comes to driving the ball. The trade off has been that his approach and contact rates have improved over the course of the season. He has high whiff rates against offspeed pitches, which unsurprisingly has led to some platoon issues. He is a capable shortstop who has spent time at second as well. He was young for his draft class, just turning 19 in June, so there may be some improvements in future seasons given he was a young cold weather prep hitter.
Previous Rank: 21

25. Nathan Humphreys, OF
Summary: Humphrey, an undrafted free agent last year, has plus raw power, a good approach, good contact, and can play some center field. The problem is that he has struggled against lefties (and has been kept away from them) and did this all as a nearly 24 year old in low-A. He is a touch passive, and his contact quality is not optimized to tap into his power. If he can fix those and continue his success at upper levels, he could be the type of platoon bat that you forget is a platoon bat when you are thinking of their value.
Previous Rank: 28

26. Deven Sheerin, RHP
Summary: Sheerin is a pure reliever after missing 2025 with a leg injury. He has a weird delivery that gives him an upper 90s fastball with good characteristics to it. He has a slider, curveball, and splitter, but it sounds like they all need some amount of refinement. He has better control than your average college reliever, but it needs to improve. He has late inning stuff, and he is both young and behind on development time so there might be a bit more as he pitches more.
Previous Rank: Just Drafted

27. Chan-Min Park, RHP
Summary: The Phillies made a series of trades to cobble together the $1.2M to keep Park away from the KBO draft. He has good size with a feel for spin, making him a good starting point to build on. He probably won’t really get fully into his pro career until next year, and profiles as a work in progress high school arm that you might see selected in the 3rd to 5th round of the domestic draft. We won’t really have a good feel for what his ceiling is until he appears in games, and by then he may have matured enough to be a slightly different pitcher.
Trade Deadline: Given that Park hasn’t played in a game and the Phillies traded prospects to be able to sign him they aren’t going to trade him, but he is technically eligible to be traded.
Previous Rank: 26

28. Mavis Graves, LHP
Summary: Graves saw an early season uptick in velocity and he has given some of that back. He has seen a large improvement in K% (27.7% to 33.9%) and moderate gains in walk rate. This is all being hid by home run rates that are artificially inflated. In repeating the same level Graves has seen both his HR/9 and HR/FB% triple year over year, and that is probably entirely attributable to changes in the baseball’s aerodynamics. He is a better pitcher than he was a year ago, but probably not as much as you would like. He profiles as a back end starter or middle reliever.
Previous Rank: 16

29. Raylin Heredia, OF
Summary: Heredia has doubled up his career high in home runs before the end of July, and is doing it with 27 doubles. Bart of that is that he has stayed healthy, with his 404 PAs representing a career high by over 100. His HR/FB rate is slightly up, likely due to the ball and some of his home park netting him an extra long ball or two. He hits lefties, plays a solid right field, and has a cannon of an arm. He is swinging more than last year, with less contact, and that has led to a 3.5% BB% and 26.2% K%. He has platoon 4th outfielder upside, and has hit righties enough that you need to hide him from every righty. His plate discipline might be bad enough to just sink him.
Previous Rank: UR

30. Yilmar Samudio, RHP
Summary: Samudio is the highest upside of the Phillies DSL pitchers, thanks to a mid to upper 90s fastball with great extension. He has a curveball, but not the best feel for spin, and will need to find a changeup to stick as a starter. After some bumps with his command, he has settled in his last several starts. He is less polished than some of his rotation mates, but the arm strength for a 17 year old with his size and projectable frame is what you are looking for.
Trade Deadline: The Phillies traded Geremy Viloria a year ago as the second piece for Harrison Bader, so there is a history of moving a player like this. Samudio has more upside and less safety than Viloria and should probably be valued slightly higher. For most teams they will want an arm that is safer or valued less, but he could be a piece that is important as a secondary piece in a deal.
Previous Rank: 27

In no particular order here are some other players that may come up in very small trades or as supplementary pieces.

• RHP Marty Gair – Sometimes Gair looks like a dominant late inning reliever coming over the top with a high 90s fastball that has gotten to 102 with cut and ride. Sometimes he is more in the mid 90s walking half the batters he faces. There is no question he has talent, it is just the consistency that is needed.
• 1B/OF Felix Reyes – Reyes is hitting .285/.312/.543 in AAA with all the same problems he showed in the majors. A losing team with an open set of at bats could see him as worth giving some run.
• C Kehden Hettiger – Hettiger is a young, left-handed hitting catcher coming off a nice bounce back month. He looks like a second catcher in a few years.
• LHP Yordanis Guerra – Guerra moved from the bullpen to the rotation over the course of the FCL season. He is a big lefty who will sit 90 to 94 with a fastball with cut and a bit of ride, and has touched 95-96 this season. His best pitch is a big sweeping slider with a big spin rate. He has a changeup that he will need to use more as a starting pitcher because righties were able to get to him this year. He just moved up to Clearwater and is someone with breakout potential.
• LHP Camron Hill – Hill is a big lefty reliever who will sit 93 to 95, and touching higher at times. He comes from a high angle with big extension that gets on batters fast. He has a slider that he uses for chases out of the zone. He will go through stretches of walking too many batters, but he has dominated both lefties and righties for long stretches of the season.
• RHP Titan Kennedy-Hayes – Kennedy-Hayes is a big arm reliever who will sit upper 90s, but can touch over 100. He pairs that with a high 80s slider. He had struggled with control and missing bats for much of the year, but is coming off a dominant month.
• RHP Wen-Hui Pan – It looked like it had all come back for Pan, but he has been in the mid 90s more than upper 90s of late. He doesn’t have good enough fastball shape and command to rely on the pitch at either velocity. What he has been missing is command of his splitter and slider, with the splitter being the pitch he should throw most often. That should come back with time, but he profiles as more of a middle reliever.
• C Anderson Araujo – Araujo barely caught in the FCL this year, and has been hurt since the end of April. Outside of that, he has had a solid year at the plate, particularly when it came to his walks and strikeouts. None of his power from last season carried forward, but he is just 18 so that could be 34 games in a new country.
• RHP Cristian Rego – Rego is a 17 year old DSL pitcher in the low 90s with a decent slider, and feel for a changeup. He has good control, and a solid base as a starting pitching prospect.
• 1B Keaton Anthony – Anthony continues to put up solid triple slash lines thanks to above average contact skills. However, his power, approach, and contact quality numbers are all near the bottom of AAA hitters. That is a tough road for a R/R first baseman, but maybe another team will take a flier that they can unlock him.
• OF John Spikerman – Spikerman is a switch hitting, speedy center fielder. He also has missed a bunch of time due to injury this season, and has shown very little power at the plate. He cut down significantly on his whiff rate this year with a passive approach at the plate, but there may be some utility in a bench outfielder who can get on base.
• RHP Sean Youngerman – Youngerman looked much like how he did when the Phillies drafted him. His fastball averages about 93 with great ride, but before average angle, which gets him some chases, but not a ton of misses. It has also been the only pitch he can consistently throw in the strike zone. There is probably more to unlock, but his lower spin rates do not portend positive future arsenal growth.