Whether fair or unfair, every highly-anticipated Phillies prospect that struggles early on will draw comparisons to former Phillie and No. 1 overall prospect, Dom Brown.
The current Phillies player who has been struggling all season and could be labeled as the “next Dom Brown” is third baseman Maikel Franco.
Franco has had an abysmal start to the 2017 season, as he is hitting a slash line of .218/.270/.363 through 211 plate appearances. That is nowhere near where the Phillies would like him to be, to say the least.
Manager Pete Mackanin admitted a week ago that the team is considering sending him down to Triple-A to re-work his approach at the plate.