Each year, the Philadelphia Phillies award their top minor league player and pitcher with the Paul Owens Award. The award is named in honor of the late Paul Owens, who spent 48 years in the Phillies organization as a scout, farm director, general manager, manager and senior adviser.
The Phillies announced that 2018 first-round pick Alec Bohm and 2017 fifth-round pick Ethan Lindow as the 2019 recipients of the Paul Owens Award. Bohm is ranked as the Phillies top prospect by MLB.com while Lindow is not on the Top 30 list.