The Morning Call

Phillies first-round woes

A look at the organizati­on’s last 12 years of first-round draft picks

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Year: Player, Position, HS or college: Outcome

2010: Jesse Biddle, LHP, HS: Never pitched in the majors with the Phillies

2011: Larry Greene, OF, HS: Never made it above A-ball

2012: Shane Watson, RHP, HS: Made it to Double-A Reading in 2017

2012: Mitch Gueller, RHP, HS: Got as high as low-A Lakewood

2013: J.P. Crawford, SS, HS: 2020 Gold Glove shortstop for Mariners; played 30 of 66 games with Phillies at somewhere other than shortstop

2014: Aaron Nola, RHP, College: Zipped through the minors and completed his sixth full season with the Phils

2015: Cornelius Randolph, OF, HS: Had a stellar first half of 2021 with Triple-A Lehigh Valley before an elbow injury kept him out nearly three months. He was not the same hitter after returning

2016: Mickey Moniak, OF, HS: Went back and forth between Triple-A and the majors. He is major league-ready defensivel­y

2017: Adam Haseley, OF, College: Missed considerab­le time this year and last due to illness, injury and personal reasons. Has been in 116 games with the Phils

2018: Alec Bohm, 3B, College: Spent all of 2020 and most of this season with the Phillies, but struggled offensivel­y and defensivel­y before being sent this summer to Triple-A for the first time

2019: Bryson Stott, SS, College: Sped through the system this year and appears on the cusp of a major-league opportunit­y

2020: Mick Abel, RHP, HS: Last pitched July 21 for low-A Clearwater because of a shoulder issue. Pitched in 14 games (44 ⅔ innings)

2021: Andrew Painter, RHP, HS: Pitched in four games this summer in the Florida Complex League (6 IP, 12 strikeouts, 0 BBs, 0 ER)

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