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PROfile: Phillies Second Rounder Kevin Gowdy

Leading up to last Thursday the conventional wisdom was that there was no conventional wisdom regarding this draft. That said there was a lot of speculation that the Phillies would go College bat or arm at 1:1, then overslot High Schooler at 2:1. Even minutes prior to the draft there was still a lot of chatter about the somewhat last minute workout slugger Kyle Lewis had with the Phillies as a potential case for him going 1:1. As it turns out Lewis went at #11 to the Mariners (exactly as I predicted in the draft thread. No need to fact check that.