A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Day 3 of the draft is marked by a non-stop stream of names and id numbers, which when coupled with 1000+ players taken and little information on them 11th Rd (#330) – Marcus Lee Sang, CF, Northern HS (MD) Lee Sang was a two way player with a commitment to St. John’s. He has a … Read more
The end of Day 2 of the draft is about college seniors who will sign for pennies (which is why these players should be paid more for their labor) in order to save money for Day 3. That means college performers that will come in and and provide value to a minor league team. In … Read more
The Phillies break out of their run of hard throwing pitchers to take a college shortstop. Nate Fasshnacht dominated the Atlantic 10 conference this year. After a down sophomore year (he was good as a freshman) he hit .369/.452/.658 with 30 walks to 22 strikeouts in 261 plate appearances. He was a third team All-American … Read more
The Phillies continue a bit of a weird trend into the middle of day 2. In the 7th round they go with another reliever, in a spot where teams often go with an arm that has a chance to start. Brett Schulze moved to the bullpen after his freshman year at Minnesota and saw his … Read more
The string of upside and risk continues for the Phillies with RHP Andrew Schultz out of the University of Tennesse. It isn’t often that high upside is used with relief only profiles in the draft, but Schultz has front line closer raw stuff. His fastball sits in the mid to hi 90s, he will touch … Read more
The MLB draft starts today June 3 at 7pm. The Phillies have the #14 overall pick, but will not make a pick in the 2nd round, having surrendered their pick to sign Bryce Harper. This means that over 3 days the Phillies will make 39 picks. Follow along for daily recaps and pick by pick … Read more
MLB Draft Details Phillies 1st Round Pick: #14 Draft Tracker Draft Picks: Round Pick Player Position School Bonus Slot 1 14 Bryson Stott SS UNLV $3,900,000 $4,036,800 3 91 Jamari Baylor SS Benedictine School $675,000 $647,300 4 120 Erik Miller LHP Stanford $428,000 $478,300 5 150 Gunner Mayer RHP San Joaquin Delta College (CA) $600,000 $357,100 … Read more