Nowadays, Phillies fans have every right to be leery of highly regarded prospects coming up through the organization.
Once upon a time, Dominic Brown entered the limelight in the late 2000s with high hopes of Phillie’s nation that he would extend the “golden era”- instead he was a pallid prospect who failed to meet lofty expectations.
JP Crawford provided reason for optimism during dark times in the most recent rebuild phase, but he quickly flamed out and was traded to Seattle.
Other top prospects, such as Jesse Biddle and Maikel Franco (Ok, Franco gave us some good times every now and then…) were nothing but mirages, fading to very little in the production department.