Name: Robert Moore
Position: SS
Born: March 31, 2002
Country: US
Bats/Throws: S/R
Height/Weight: 5’9″ 170lbs
How Acquired: Drafted in the 2nd Round of the 2022 Draft by the Brewers. Traded to the Phillies with Hendry Mendez for Oliver Dunn on November 14, 2023.
Signed: August 1, 2022
Bonus: $800,000
Options Remaining: 3
Rule 5 Eligible: 2025
MiLB Free Agency: 2028
Stats
Prospect Rankings
Role: Glove First Bench Infielder
Risk: High – Moore had a below average offensive season in high-A in his first full year, and his power issues have a long enough track record to not be a fluke. His glove will play up the middle.
Summary: The Phillies acquired Moore when they declined to protect Oliver Dunn and wanted to get some value before losing him in the Rule 5 draft. He is a solid defender at both shortstop and second base, and has been reported to have plus speed (but has been a poor base runner). The problem is Moore’s bat. He had a breakout 2021 sophomore season at Arkansas where he hit 16 home runs in 61 games with a .275 ISO, but that has been the only average power he has ever really shown. He is already pull heavy, so there isn’t more power coming from maximizing that. His quality of contact was also poor, with a heavy diet of ground balls and pop ups to go with a low amount of hit-producing contact. He has decent contact rates, but nothing that will carry a lighter hitting bat. Without strength coming from somewhere unforeseen, he projects as a multi positional, up and down bench infielder.
2024 Outlook: Moore is young enough where repeating high-A wouldn’t be the worst, but the AA infield group looks much weaker than what is coming from behind, so he might get thrown into AA to try and keep his head above water.
Role: Glove First Bench Infielder
Risk: High – Moore had a below average offensive season in high-A in his first full year, and his power issues have a long enough track record to not be a fluke. His glove will play up the middle.
Summary: The Phillies acquired Moore when they declined to protect Oliver Dunn and wanted to get some value before losing him in the Rule 5 draft. He is a solid defender at both shortstop and second base, and has been reported to have plus speed (but has been a poor base runner). The problem is Moore’s bat. He had a breakout 2021 sophomore season at Arkansas where he hit 16 home runs in 61 games with a .275 ISO, but that has been the only average power he has ever really shown. He is already pull heavy, so there isn’t more power coming from maximizing that. His quality of contact was also poor, with a heavy diet of ground balls and pop ups to go with a low amount of hit-producing contact. He has decent contact rates, but nothing that will carry a lighter hitting bat. Without strength coming from somewhere unforeseen, he projects as a multi positional, up and down bench infielder.
2024 Outlook: Moore is young enough where repeating high-A wouldn’t be the worst, but the AA infield group looks much weaker than what is coming from behind, so he might get thrown into AA to try and keep his head above water.