Daily News | Phillies pick high school player Aidan Miller in first round of draft
As the MLB draft got underway Sunday night in Seattle, the Phillies selected Aidan Miller, a righty-hitting third baseman from a Tampa-area high school, with the 27th pick in the first round. Miller, who is committed to the University of Arkansas, is expected to sign with the Phillies before the Aug. 1 deadline. The recommended slot value for the No. 27 pick is $2.97 million.
Rival talent evaluators agree that the Phillies’ farm system is deeper in pitching than position players. They selected right-handers Mick Abel and Andrew Painter out of high school in 2020 and 2021, respectively, and have hard-throwing Griff McGarry in double A and Alex McFarlane in single A. They signed prospect Wen Hui Pan out of Taiwan this year and added Noah Song in the Rule 5 draft.
“If I would’ve told you the truth, at least, when the day started, I would’ve put the odds at close to 90% that we were going to walk away with a position player,” Barber said. “The board wasn’t built out of that need. It just happened to be what was staring me in the face as you looked at some of the possibilities that were going to be there. It was really an excellent crop, both college and high school position players this year.
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