READING - One of the problems with the last five to 10 Phillies drafts under Marti Wolever was a sort of halo effect that seemed to infect the team's evaluations of its draftees. Instead of focusing on the type of player an athlete was likely to become, they focused on the type of player they hoped he would become. More often than not, that left them holding an empty bag of tools.
For a couple of years, it looked like Roman Quinn would end up as another one of those picks. But after struggling with injuries and a position change, the organization's onetime top hitting prospect has put himself back on the radar and is in the midst of a sizzling start to the Double A season.