Following his selection in the first round of Wednesday night’s MLB Draft, the newest member of the Philadelphia Phillies organization was welcomed aboard by the face of the franchise.
Mick Abel, the player the Phillies drafted at No. 15 overall, said he received a FaceTime call from a random number shortly after he was picked. The person on the other end of the call?
None other than star outfielder Bryce Harper.
“I got caught by surprise,” Abel told local reporters, including Tim Kelly of Phillies Nation through a Zoom call.