The spotlight wasn’t exactly shining as brightly on the Phillies as it was at this time last year, when they selected Mickey Moniak with the first overall pick in the 2016 MLB Draft. But the #8 pick in the 2017 MLB Draft is still pretty important in the grand scheme of things for this franchise, and the Phillies are pinning their hopes and dreams on an outfielder for the second year in a row.
Enter Adam Haseley, a left-handed hitting and throwing junior from the University of Virginia. John Sickels of Minor League Ball filed this report on Haseley about a month ago, and our own Cormican had this to say about Haseley earlier in the spring:
Haseley is another in this season’s long list of two-way players.