Thursday, June 11, 2020

Phils Select High School Pitcher Abel as Top Draft Pick


With the amateur player draft shortened this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Phillies yesterday selected right-handed high school pitcher Mick Abel as their top draft pick, and the 15th pick overall in the draft.  He was apparently the most coveted non-college pitcher available and he's the first high school pitcher selected by the Phillies since they took Jesse Biddle in the 2010 draft.

After learning he'd been drafted by the Phillies, Abel received a FaceTime call from current Phillies star, and his future teammate, Bryce Harper.

As I've done every year since 2014, I wanted to create a card to commemorate Abel's selection and listed below are links to the prior six Phillies top draft picks.

2 comments:

Matt said...

The Red Sox were heavily connected to Abel too, so I was watching him with interest. It was fun going through your draft class customs, especially Haseley (I keep tabs on UVa players in the bigs.) Good work!

Jim said...

Thanks! I'm hopeful Abel is another success story similar to Nola.