The Phillies enter the 2020 MLB Draft with the 15th overall pick coming off a disappointing 2019 season under now-former manager Gabe Kapler. Picking in the middle of the first round is never fun because it means you weren’t good enough to get into the playoffs but you were too good to have the opportunity to take a quality young player atop the draft.
This will be the latest Philadelphia has taken a player in the first round since J.P. Crawford went 16th overall in 2013. This is also the second-consecutive year they’ve had a later pick after taking Alec Bohm third overall in 2018 and Bryson Stott 14th overall in 2019.