A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Name: Spencer Howard Born: 7/28/1996 Position: P Height: 6’3″ Weight: 205lbs Bats/Throws: R/R Options Remaining: 3 Rule 5 Eligible: 2020 MiLB Free Agency: 2023 Drafted: 2017 Draft 2nd Round, #45 overall School: Cal Poly From: Templeton, CA Signed: 6/20/2017 Bonus: $1,150,000 Stats: MiLB | B-Ref | Fangraphs | Baseball America | Baseball Prospectus | MLBFarm … Read more
Waking up yesterday morning, my plan was to take side angle shots of the hitters all day to get their open side mechanics. And then I remembered the time when I wrote after the fist day of the draft to double check if any video of Spencer Howard reached the internet before I published (sure … Read more
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
The Phillies had an interesting Day 1 with the way things played out. Beginning with how things shook out in the 1st round, Brendon McKay would turn down the Twins slot saving offer for #1, and they ended up taking the best high school bat in Royce Lewis instead. It would then pretty much go … Read more
The Phillies had mentioned that the draft was strong in pitching and after a run of college arms to end the first and into the comp round, it looked like the board set up for the Phillies to take a high school arm. Instead they went well off the board with RHP Spencer Howard out … Read more