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Spencer Howard, Mick Abel head Phillies top 30 prospect list

Spencer Howard #48 of the Philadelphia Phillies (Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images)

It is hard to believe but the 2021 Philadelphia Phillies regular season is less than three weeks away, with Opening Day set for April 1, home against the Atlanta Braves.

Before Phillies fans see their first April game at Citizens Bank Park in nearly 700 days, however, one of the last agenda items to tick off the “to-do list” was MLB Pipeline releasing the team’s annual top 30 prospects list. Friday morning, that task was made complete.

Spencer Howard — who made six starts as a rookie during the 2020 season, going 1-2 with a 5.