Daily News | A better connected Phillies staff keeping options open heading into the MLB draft
have gathered their amateur scouts this week at Citizens Bank Park for final preparations. It’s an annual in-person get-together in which they compare notes from the road, debate potential picks, and formulate the draft board.
But it hasn’t always been that way. When Dave Dombrowski took over as president of baseball operations, he noticed a disconnect. Players were drafted without much regard for how they would be developed, and vice versa. “I think it’s an important thing to do,” Barber said. “Because the draft might be an amateur scout thing, but it’s an organizational decision in bringing in the right player.”
Given their draft position, the Phillies are considering a larger pool of players. Abel, Painter, and Crawford were selected with the 15th, 13th, and 17th overall picks, respectively, and were chosen from a group of only about four or five players, according to Barber. This year, Barber said the Phillies are considering eight to 10.
As usual, the Phillies won’t draft a player based on an immediate need at the major league level. Unlike the NFL and NBA, leagues in which players often make an immediate impact, even the top picks in baseball spend years in the minors.
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