Under is an evaluation of the prospects within the farm system of the Philadelphia Phillies. Scouting stories had been compiled with info offered by trade sources in addition to my very own observations. That is the sixth 12 months we’re delineating between two anticipated reduction roles, the abbreviations for which you’ll see within the “place” column under: MIRP for multi-inning reduction pitchers, and SIRP for single-inning reduction pitchers. The ETAs listed typically correspond to the 12 months a participant must be added to the 40-man roster to keep away from being made eligible for the Rule 5 draft. Guide changes are made the place they appear applicable, however we use that as a rule of thumb.
A fast overview of what FV (Future Worth) means could be discovered right here. A a lot deeper overview could be discovered right here.
The entire ranked prospects under additionally seem on The Board, a useful resource the location gives that includes sortable scouting info for each group. It has extra particulars (and up to date TrackMan knowledge from varied sources) than this text and integrates each workforce’s listing so readers can examine prospects throughout farm programs. It may be discovered right here.
Different Prospects of Observe
Grouped by sort and listed so as of desire inside every class.
Shot to Begin
Sean Youngerman, RHP
Enyel Garcia, RHP
Ryan Dromboski, RHP
Juan Amarante, LHP
Zuher Yousuf, LHP
Angel Liranzo, LHP
Youngerman, a 2025 fourth rounder out of Oklahoma State, has a minimize/journey fastball that sits 93. He additionally locates two below-average secondary pitches. Garcia, 18, is a broad-shouldered, 6-foot-4 Dominican righty with a unfastened arm motion and good breaking ball depth. He’s somebody to watch for elevated velo in 2026, as he actually has the construct and mechanical look of a man who’s going to deliver it within the mid-90s or higher at peak. Dromboski was a 2024 undrafted free agent out of Penn who carried out properly sufficient early in 2025 to maneuver into Clearwater’s rotation after which get promoted to Jersey Shore. He doesn’t throw very onerous and is a below-average athlete, however his slider and changeup are each good and provides him a depth starter look. Amarante initially signed with the Pirates however by no means threw a pitch for his or her org; about six months later, he was minimize unfastened and signed with Philly. He spent two years within the DSL and the final couple in Clearwater, the place he’s pitched like a strike-throwing depth starter with an above-average changeup. Yousuf, 19, is a smaller Venezuelan lefty with a beautiful supply and really feel for a mean changeup and slider. His fastball averages 90 mph. Liranzo is a bodily 19-year-old lefty with an awesome wanting supply. He solely sits 90 mph, however his slider and changeup have performed like common pitches and Liranzo throws strikes.
Much less Stick Than the Place Calls for
Carson DeMartini, 3B
Felix Reyes, OF
Manolfi Jimenez, OF
Raylin Heredia, OF
Jaeden Calderon, 1B/LF
Nikau Pouaka-Grego, 2B
John Spikerman, OF
DeMartini was Philly’s 2024 fourth rounder out of Virginia Tech and slugged his strategy to Studying in 2025. He generates roughly common low-ball energy with a high-effort swing that has left him weak to strikeouts. Although the Phillies have tried DeMartini at shortstop, he’s solely a 3rd base match proper now. He must display proficiency at at the very least one different place to be rostered as a utility man with a 30 hit/50 energy combine. Reyes is a gargantuan 24-year-old Dominican outfielder who crushed in Studying in 2025, the place he slugged .572 and ran a plus contact charge for the third consecutive season. At roughly 6-foot-5, 260 kilos, he’s within the Franmil Reyes mildew each when it comes to his dimension and tendency to chase. This man might catch fireplace for a short time and have an enormous league season with 20-plus homers, however it’s robust to mission sustained success for a lumbering left fielder who expands the zone this typically. KBO groups ought to be throughout him. Jimenez is a reasonably projectable 21-year-old Dominican outfielder with good energy for his age. He posted a 46% hard-hit charge in 2025, however he’s spent most of his 4 professional seasons in rookie ball and struggled at Clearwater when he was lastly elevated there final 12 months.
Heredia is a 22-year-old Dominican outfielder who has sported a .281/.344/.461 profession line by Excessive-A. His underlying knowledge, in addition to the visible analysis of his instruments, has each his hit software and energy within the 40/45 grade space. Calderon, 19, had two years with an .870-ish OPS within the DSL after which solely performed 12 FCL video games final 12 months. He has good bat management however fairly vanilla bodily instruments for a 1B/LF, and is a wholesome rebound candidate for 2026. Pouaka-Grego, 22, is just a little Kiwi second baseman who has above-average bat-to-ball ability however 30 energy, and he’s had hassle staying wholesome sufficient to play a complete season since signing. Spikerman was as soon as a middle area prospect with strikeout points and is now a nook outfield prospect with strikeout points after spending the vast majority of his 2025 time in proper. The 22-year-old former third rounder Ok’d at a 30% clip.
Arm Power Scratch-Off Tickets
James Tallon, LHP
Orlando Gonzalez, RHP
Danyony Pulido, RHP
Eligio Arias, RHP
Tallon is a 6-foot-5 lefty constructed like an Andean condor who generated plus miss on a 92 mph fastball in 2025 due to the arms-and-legs deception of his supply. He’s wild and wishes a second pitch, however he appears to be like like a Jake Diekman starter package within the uniform. Gonzalez is as 23-year-old Mexican righty from Jalisco who was taking part in summer season ball for Saltilla when he signed with the Phillies in 2023. A low-level pitcher up to now, Gonzalez loved a velo spike this offseason in Mexico, pitching winter ball for Hermosillo. He’s sitting 94-96 from a cool cross-bodied angle. If he can maintain that and throw strikes in 2026, he’ll be promoted aggressively. Pulido is a high-tension athlete with little really feel for location. He’ll bump 98 and Ok’d 30.1% of opponents in 2025, albeit as a 22-year-old within the low minors. Arias, 22, is a 6-foot-7, 260-plus pound righty producing enormous extension and touching 97. He’s wild and has a below-average slider.
Catching Depth
Paul McIntosh, C
Caleb Ricketts, C
McIntosh, 27, turned a notable bat-first catching prospect throughout almost a half decade within the Marlins system, then was traded to the Phillies as a part of the Jesús Luzardo deal final offseason. He’s a bodily, short-levered hitter who posted a 121 wRC+ throughout a 2025 season spent largely at Studying, however McIntosh doesn’t throw properly, and it’s a large enough concern that it’d be robust for him to catch within the bigs persistently. Ricketts is the lefty-hitting model of this profile. He has a pleasant swing and above-average contact really feel, however he struggles to manage the run recreation, permitting 72 steals (20 CS%) in 52 Double-A video games final season.
Guys With a Good Breaking Ball
Christian McGowan, RHP
Brian Walters, RHP
Andrew Baker, RHP
Mavis Graves, LHP
Yordanis Guerra, LHP
Jake Eddington, RHP
Jose Pena Jr., RHP
Kevin Warunek, LHP
Giussepe Velasquez, RHP
McGowan had his second TJ in 2025 and can return as a reliever, which has at all times been the probably end result for him. He could possibly be a mid-90s sinker/slider single-inning man if his stuff comes again after surgical procedure quantity two. Walters, a 2025 sixth rounder out of Miami, is the brother of Cleveland reliever Andrew Walters and a lifeless ringer for Craig Kimbrel, ginger beard and all. He sits 94-95, has a plus-flashing slider, and is exiting a program that hasn’t developed pitching properly. He might need an additional gear, even when it simply comes from elevating his fastball. Baker, almost 26, sits 96-98 and has a plus slider, however his fastball performs method down resulting from an absence of motion and management. Graves is a lefty with slider who has struggled to throw strikes whereas being developed as a starter. If his 90ish-mph fastball ticks up in reduction, he’ll be a stable second bullpen lefty. Guerra is a 19-year-old DSL lefty whose fastball sat within the higher 80s through the 2025 season after which was peaking extra round 92 throughout Dominican instructs. He hides the ball properly and has a dandy breaking ball. His uncooked breaker high quality and maybe rising velo make him a reputation to comply with in 2026. Lefties with this type of slider are inclined to at the very least play a reduction position.
Eddington, a 2023 seventh rounder out of Missouri State, has a beautiful arm motion and an explosive, considerably out-of-control supply that produces some 96 mph fastballs. Every of Eddington’s pitches may be very agency; this isn’t a man who can change speeds. He has scattershot command that impacts his secondary pitch high quality, however he appears to be like like a possible reliever. Pena was drafted out of a Tampa highschool in 2021 and solely in 2025 did he depart the world, as he spent years on the complicated and Low-A rosters earlier than reaching Jersey Shore in 2025. He has two good breaking balls, however his 93-mph fastball performs down resulting from its angle. Warunek is an ultra-deceptive 23-year-old lefty who dominated the Florida State League in 2025 due to his tremendous unfastened, misleading supply. He could possibly be a specialist within the Sam Lengthy mildew. Velasquez, 22, has curveball and sits 92 as a starter. He began fighting walks later in 2025 as his innings depend grew. His greatest shot is perhaps airing it out an inning at a time.
System Overview
Dave Dombrowski’s type as an government has been to gather glorious large leaguers by way of commerce or free company greater than it has been to dwelling brew impression expertise. In 2026, the Phillies gained’t have a selection, as a few of the guys on this listing are going to need to emerge as integral contributors at key positions if the workforce goes to do extra than simply win the NL East once more. Chief amongst these might be Justin Crawford in heart area, a place at which Odúbel Herrera is the franchise WAR chief over the last decade. It’s an excessive amount of to anticipate Crawford to be an impression participant instantly, but when he’s given a chance early, he can naturally alter to large league pitching and get a really feel for making higher-quality contact because the season rolls alongside. If Crawford is “high quality” this 12 months, that ought to be sufficient.
It’s extra crucial for the Phillies to get significant contributions from at the very least one rookie pitcher because of the damage to Zack Wheeler and the departure of Ranger Suárez in free company. If Andrew Painter returns to kind, he’ll present it. If not, or extra possible if different Phillies arms get damage through the 12 months, then focus will shift to the rehab of Moisés Chace (whose pre-injury fastball appeared like an elite weapon) and the promotion tempo of Gage Wooden; each could possibly be lights out for five-ish innings at a time and make an impression in September and October. A lot of viable reduction depth is lurking on this system, both proper on the Triple-A floor or charging onerous from the mid-minors if the Phils are motivated to push their 2025 faculty draft arms, with Gabe Craig the relief-only prospect probably to hit Studying rapidly. Although they could have a pitching ceiling downside when it counts, they actually don’t have a depth concern.
The Phillies proceed to have a fruitful worldwide program despite the fact that a few of their high-dollar signees from the current previous have struggled. They preserve two DSL rosters most years and at all times have a few low-dollar prospects come out of nowhere, and projectable athletic catchers are a standard sight on each of their complexes. Within the home draft, the Phillies have been chasing vertical, low-release fastballs extra often over the last couple of years, and so they’ve been taking a lot of old-for-the-class excessive schoolers, with combined outcomes. Aidan Miller is a type of, and to date has progressed swimmingly. I’m undecided focusing on older excessive schoolers is a superb technique in itself, however I agree that it’s value zagging to take the occasional shot on a participant who zigging golf equipment is perhaps undervaluing simply due to his age.
It is a barely above-average system due to the impression of the highest two guys and the depth of 45-FV prospects, which features a balanced assortment of high-upside younger guys and ripe upper-level position gamers. That stated, it can in all probability pattern down significantly all through 2026 as a result of lots of the prime guys are more likely to graduate and the Phillies are usually deadline consumers.