A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
The 48 hour frenzy is complete. It all concluded yesterday, with the final 30 rounds (900 picks) flying by in a short six and a half hours. The Phillies entered the day having picked eight 4-year college/JUCO players in the first ten rounds, which may have given them room to go over slot on some … Read more
Day Two of the MLB Draft is done, and the Phillies now have their ten picks that represent the total sum of their overall draft pool. In rounds 3-10, the Phillies continued to go after the college prospects, selecting six more four-year college/JUCO players along with the two chosen Monday night. They also split their … Read more
The Phillies go with back to back shortstops in the draft, this time going with their first Junior College player of the draft in Nick Maton. Maton started his career at Eastern Illinois State after being drafted by the Athletic’s in 2015. He transferred to Lincoln Land Community College for the 2017 season. He hit … Read more