The Spring Breakout is back this year, with the Phillies playing two games (@ MIN 3/19 and v TOR 3/21). New this year is that teams had submit a 40 player pool now, that will then be cut down to 25-27 in two weeks. What is unknown about the Phillies (at least two me) is whether they get to update the pitching roster between the two games because it is unlikely that any starting pitchers use would pitch in both games. This initial pool is a combination of MLB Pipeline’s ranking and the Phillies, so when we get beyond the ranked players we do get some insight into who the Phillies value.
Pitchers
RHP Tyler Bowen, RHP Cody Bowker, RHP Jean Cabrera, RHP Moises Chace, RHP Gabe Craig, RHP Matthew Fisher, RHP Luke Gabrysh, LHP Mavis Graves, RHP Titan Kennedy-Hayes, RHP Ramon Marquez, RHP Alex McFarlane, RHP Anderson Navas, LHP Cade Obermueller, RHP Brad Pacheco, RHP Andrew Painter, RHP Wen-Hui Pan, LHP James Tallon, RHP Brian Walters, RHP Gage Wood, RHP Sean Youngerman
- Moises Chace is listed in the Phillies top prospect lists which is why he is here, but also he shouldn’t be far enough in his rehab to be throwing, and has not been listed as throwing bullpens.
- On the other side, Wen-Hui Pan has been throwing bullpens and it feels likely he makes his return from surgery in this game like Alex McFarlane did a year ago.
- I wonder if Andrew Painter pitches in this game given he is preparing for the big league team.
- The 8 pitchers the Phillies took over the first 8 rounds of the 2025 draft are here, only Gabe Craig has pitched professionally so far. Tyler Bowen (12th round) has been getting a little bit off buzz in camp.
- Anderson Navas converted from catcher to pitcher, and it is fascinating that there is a chance he makes his pitching debut in one of these games.
- The Phillies like Luke Gabrysh who has some arm strength but struggled to miss bats.
- The Phillies guys “missing” are Yoniel Curet, Saul Teran, and Casey Steward all of who are relievers with varying opinions on them.
Hitters
C Anderson Araujo, C Alirio Ferrebus, C Kehden Hettiger, C Caleb Ricketts, 1B Keaton Anthony, 3B Carson DeMartini, 2B Aroon Escobar, SS Romeli Espinosa, SS Matthew Ferrara, SS Aidan Miller, 1B/OF Felix Reyes, SS Bryan Rincon, OF Griffin Burkholder, OF Dylan Campbell, OF Justin Crawford, OF Raylin Heredia, OF Dante Nori, OF Gabriel Rincones, OF Devin Saltiban, OF John Spikerman
- Pipeline forced the Phillies hand by ranking Romeli Espinosa, but Anderson Araujo being in the pool indicates that the Phillies likely would have included both hitting prospects they brought over from the DSL this spring
- There is no one missing here, with Logan Dawson the highest ranked prospect for me that didn’t make it, but Ferrara was ranked by Pipeline and he wasn’t and there is a lot of middle infielders already on the roster
- I would assume that Crawford gets to play in this game as it shouldn’t be a real disruption from his work making the Phillies roster, but maybe he doesn’t play in both games.
- Rincones and Miller are the two to watch for injury health, it sounds like Miller is closer to returning
- It is not as exciting a group of hitting prospects as the pitching side as the Phillies loaded up on pitchers in the draft. Also we have seen a lot of these guys in big league camp which takes some shine off of things.