TOMS RIVER, N.J. - One month from today, the Phillies will be on the clock and a top prospect who pitches his home games 30 minutes away from their single-A Lakewood affiliate will be staring them in the face.
Do the Phillies make Barnegat High School's Jay Groome the No. 1 overall selection?
There are growing rumblings that the team will look elsewhere with that pick, and one major-league scout said he does not envy the Phillies' situation.
"Picking first overall, I'd hate it," a baseball executive said. "If you hit, you were supposed to hit.