The Phillies have made it a point to acquire pitching prospects since Andy MacPhail and Matt Klentak took over the front office. Jerad Eickhoff, Jake Thompson, Nick Pivetta, Mark Appel, Thomas Eshelman, and Alberto Tirado all came to the Phillies in various trades.
Meanwhile, Ricardo Pinto has been around long before most other Phillies pitching prospects. The team signed Pinto in December of 2011, and he finally came stateside in 2014. After an impressive debut with short-season Williamsport, Baseball America ranked Pinto as the No. 14 prospect in the system.
According to Kiley McDaniels of Fangraphs, Pinto had no fear on the mound.