If you aren’t a seasoned scout or veteran prospect analyst, it may be hard to truly fathom how good of a prospect Andrew Painter is.
Sure, you can watch clips of him mowing down lineups from 2022. You can research his stats from that year and notice his 1.56 ERA across 103 2/3 minor-league innings. But you still may not realize why the noise that surrounds Painter is so loud.
Step in J.J. Cooper, Editor-in-Chief, and Josh Norris, Senior Editor, of Baseball America for some perspective.
On Thursday, Cooper and Norris did a deep dive podcast on the Phillies farm system.