A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
The Phillies closed out their Day 2 of the draft by returning to their roots with big school right handed pitcher with control issues in TCU’s Cam Brown. Brown put up a 5.20 ERA this season in 16 games (12 starts), spanning 55.1 innings with 40 walks and 62 strikeouts. MLB Pipeline ranked him 191st … Read more
In the 9th round of the draft the Phillies went with a real project of a player in OF Avery Owusu-Asiedu out of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Avery has size and projectability at 6’4″ 230lbs, and despite being a 3 year junior just turned 20 in the middle of June. He blossomed into some power … Read more
The Phillies take their first college senior in the 8th round of the draft in Auburn 3B Bryson Ware. Ware struggled his first two years at Auburn after transferring from junior college, but broke out in a big way in 2023. He hit .350/.438/.731 with 24 home runs as a senior. He primarily played third … Read more
In the 7th round the Phillies go with another college arm with traits they seem to value in Missouri State RHP Jake Eddington. Eddington is a 6’2″ RHP who missed the 2022 season due to Tommy John surgery. He has some projectability but reportedly sits mid 90s and up to 97 with good spin (EDIT: … Read more
The Phillies were missing their 5th round pick courtesy of signing Trea Turner. In the 6th round they came back with a pick that matches their recent trends in RHP George Klassen out of the Minnesota. Klassen missed his freshman year due to Tommy John surgery and mostly was a reliever as a sophomore and … Read more
With their 4th round pick the Phillies select TayShaun Walton a high school outfielder from IMG Academy in Florida. It is the third high school hitter in a row for the Phillies. Walton is a physically mature hitter who can hit the ball hard, but has not yet lifted it for power. Reportedly has a … Read more
With their second pick of the draft, in the 3rd round at #98 overall, the Phillies selected Devin Saltiban a high schooler from Hawaii and announced him as a shortstop. Many of the writeups have Saltiban as an outfielder, primarily as a center fielder, so it is interesting he is announced as a shortstop. He … Read more
With the 27th pick in the draft the Phillies went back to the high school well again with Florida HS third baseman Aidan Miller. Public rankings all agreed he was better than the 27th pick, but were largely divided on him. MLB Pipeline rated him 13th, Perfect Game 13th as well, Keith Law had him … Read more
The Phillies do not have their 2nd and 5th round picks due to signing Trea Turner Draft Tracker Draft Tracker Spreadsheet Day 1: Round 1 (27) – Aidan Miller, SS, J.W. Miller HS Day 2: Round 3 (98) – Devin Saltiban, OF,Hilo HS (HI) Round 4 (130) – TayShaun Walton, OF, IMG Academy (FL) Round … Read more
One of the top trends in post draft thoughts in any sport is to say the teams with lots of picks or high picks had good drafts, and those teams with lower picks and fewer picks had poor drafts. The Phillies fall firmly into that second group. Thanks to a missing second round pick (Nick … Read more