SARASOTA, Fla. — The three Phillies pitchers born in 1994 who were cut from big-league camp Monday morning had no chance of making the team. Drew Anderson, Elniery Garcia and Alberto Tirado were some of the youngest players in the clubhouse, but they represented the second wave of depth in an important area.
The projected rotation for triple-A Lehigh Valley will be filled with young arms considered more polished. Below that, the Phillies have pitchers with higher ceilings. Anderson and Garcia will head to double-A Reading; Tirado should start at high-A Clearwater. All three showed potential and inexperience during their spring.