Phillies drafts: boom, bust, and Bohm

Jan 20 2020 by The Good Phight

 

After a long drought, improved drafting and development will be the key to building a consistent contender

This article is an update of Phillies’ recent Draft history: Boom and Bust, written five years ago at the start of the Phillies’ rebuild.[1] That piece reviewed the Phillies’ draft picks over the prior 20+ years, and how their success in drafting/development (in terms of total WAR produced by those picks) compared to the rest of the league.

Boom and Bust

At that point, we...

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