Tuesday, April 24, 2018

2018 Chachi #3 Nick Williams

#5
Billy Nicholas Williams
Outfield

Bats:  Left  Throws:  Left  Height:  6'3"  Weight:  195
Opening Day Age:  24
Born:  September 8, 1993, Galveston, TX
Drafted:  Selected by the Texas Rangers in the 2nd round of the June 2012 draft
Teams:  Phillies 2017-
Acquired:  Acquired with Jerad Eickhoff, Matt Harrison, Jorge Alfaro, Jake Thompson and Alec Asher from the Texas Rangers for Cole Hamels, Jake Diekman and cash considerations, July 31, 2015

2015 Topps Pro Debut #91
 
2015 Reading Fightin Phils
Holiday Set #28
2016 Bowman Prospects #BP105
 
2017 Chachi #46
 
2018 Topps #226
 
35 Williams Baseball Cards in My Collection per The Phillies Room Checklist
First Card:  2015 Topps Pro Debut #91
First Phillies Minor League Card:  2015 Reading Fightin Phils Holiday Set #28
First Phillies Card:  2016 Bowman Prospects #BP105
First Phillies Team Issued Card:  2017 Phillies Team Issue Special Edition #5
First Topps Flagship Base Card:  2018 Topps #226
Newest Card:  2018 Topps Phillies #PP-16

2017 Phillies Team Issue Special Edition #5
First Mention on The Phillies Room:  July 31, 2015 - Cole Hamels (and Jake Diekman) are now officially members of the Texas Rangers and the Phillies have six new players in their organization that I've honestly never heard of before.  No offense meant here, but if Matt Harrison, who was an A.L. All-Star in 2012, bumped into me on the streets of Philadelphia I'd have no idea he was the newest Phillies starting pitcher.

The best way for me to get acclimated with these new guys is to summarize their baseball card careers to date.  I won't attempt to provide scouting reports on these players as I'm just purely interested in getting to know them through their baseball cards for now.  If you want something a little more in-depth, I thought this article was a good read . . .

Nick Williams (OF - AA) - Williams was ranked the fifth best prospect in the Rangers system in Baseball America's pre-season rankings.  In 97 games this season with Frisco, he's hitting .299 with 13 home runs and he's split time between center and right field.  Williams started appearing in Bowman releases in 2012 and his most release mainstream baseball cards can be found in the 2015 Bowman Prospects insert set and the 2015 Topps Pro Debut set.

Complete Chachi Checklist
2016 Chachi Almost #25
2016 Chachi IronPigs Signing Autographs #4
2017 Chachi #46
2017 Chachi Archives #9
2017 Chachi Archives #18
2017 Chachi Photo Night #32
2017 Chachi In Action #9
2018 Chachi #5

Card statistics through 4/21/18.

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