Phillies draft recap roundup

By admin — In News — July 15, 2026

   ​The All-Star week festivities have concluded, the game being played, the home runs having been hit and the players having been drafted. It’s all complete and Philadelphia was on full display for the baseball world to enjoy. One of the bigger events was the first year player draft that happened over the weekend, teams filling out their player prospect pool with new choices. The Phillies were among them, realizing several dreams along the way. How the Phillies did was a matter of discussion among several experts, so let’s take a look at how different people believed the team to have done.ESPNI didn’t mention their first two picks yet: SS Tyler Spangler (first round) and CF Caden Bogenpohl (second round). Those two are typical Phillies picks with some risk — does Spangler get to his power in games and what did we miss from not seeing him play this spring? Will Bogenpohl’s swing get optimized to get to his power in games? — but also plenty of ROI if the development objectives are hit.Baseball AmericaThis draft class is full of extremes: Tyler Spangler was a huge question mark after not playing all spring, Caden Bogenpohl and Will Gasparino have huge power and huge contact questions, Deven Sheerin has one of the wilder deliveries you’ll see and Rhudy has an outlier fastball.Just BaseballThe Phillies’ draft was, admittedly, confusing to me. They took on risk, which is fine, but there are serious question marks surrounding the bats selected. Tyler Spangler missed the spring with an injury (among other things), Caden Bogenpohl has significant hit tool concerns, and Deven Sheerin and Jaxon Jelkin are expected to be relievers. They made decent picks here and there (Macon Winslow, Ruger Riojas, and Patrick Clemmey), but I am curious as to the plan for their class.FangraphsThe Phillies draft was top-heavy, with a potentially over-slot Spangler up top and what look like some pretty hefty under-slot targets later. Spangler exited last summer as a virtual lock for the middle of the first round or higher, then his team was collectively suspended for partying and he had a stress fracture in his back. He looked rusty at the Combine. If the Phils can get Bogenpohl to tap into his power in games, then they’ll have a second-round steal. With this kind of power, he can run a sub-70% contact rate and still thrive so long as he’s getting to the pop, which he was last able to do freshman year. Riojas and Sheerin could be quick-moving relievers à la Orion Kerkering. Jelkin is a lanky, talented pitcher who had a nomadic college career due to off-field behavior.MLB PipelineA notable prep prospect in 2023 who opted to go to college, Gasparino started at Texas before transferring to UCLA, where he reunited with childhood friend — and fellow son of a scout — Roch Cholowsky. The California native has a massive offensive ceiling with plenty of right-handed pop in his 6-foot-6 frame. He looks more athletic in the box this year and has cut his s  

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