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Monday, June 30, 2008

Not sure if anyone is still awake out there, but thought I'd pass on a little news.

The Phillies have agreed to terms with their first round draft pick, short stop Anthony Hewitt of the Salisbury School in Connecticut. The signing bonus is around $1.4 million, which isn't out of the ordinary given his slot (last year's No. 24 overall pick made about $1.25 and the recommended slotted values generally increase somewhere between seven and 10 percent each year, from what I understand).

The Phils now have their top five draft picks in the fold.

Hewitt will be in Philly this weekend, likely on Friday, when he will take batting practice, meet the media, sign his contract, all that good stuff.

He's listed at 6-foot-1, 195 pounds, with plenty of potential. He'll get his first action shortly in the Gulf Coast League.

Read more in the paper tomorrow.

Posted by David Murphy @ 11:55 PM  Permalink | 2 comments
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Posted 11:44 AM, 07/01/2008
BirdmanCD2000
hopefully the next african american baseball star is here in philly to stay!!!
Posted 12:44 PM, 07/01/2008
mhoff9
Any chance they'll send him to Williamsport? the Cutters don't need any more help beating up on my Spikes . . .
About David Murphy
David Murphy joined the Daily News as its Phillies beat writer in February of 2008. Born in Upper Merion and raised in the Poconos, he attended college at La Salle University before taking jobs with the Myrtle Beach (S.C.) Sun-News and the St. Petersburg ( Fla. ) Times.

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