Prior to 2015, the highest level Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Odubel Herrera had ever achieved was 197 games for the Texas Rangers' Double-A affiliate in 2013 and '14. In those 197 games he did pretty well, batting .288/.330/.370 with 28 doubles, 11 triples and four home runs.
Last season, in 96 games at Double-A, it jumped up a notch, with a slash line of .321/.373/.402 with 16 doubles, four triples, two homers, 47 runs scored, 48 RBI, all at just 22 years old.
It was those numbers that caught the eyes of Phils brass in the offseason when Texas made Herrera available in the Rule 5 draft.