Rundown of Phillies draft choices
Here are the Phillies draft choices through the first 10 rounds of MLB's First-Year Player Draft. The draft concludes with rounds 11-40 on Saturday.
Round/Pick Name. Pos Team - comment
1/7 Aaron Nola RHP LSU. 30-6, 2.09 career record at LSU.
2/47 Matt Imhof LHP Cal Poly. Went 3-0 in the summer for USA Baseball.
3/81 Aaron Brown CF Pepperdine. Was 12-1 as a pitcher but was drafted for CF
4/112 Chris Oliver RHP Arkansas. Had a DWI arrest on Tuesday and a court date next month.
5/142 Rhys Hoskins 1B Sacramento State. Hit 12 home runs and had 1.001 OPS.
6/172 Brandon Leibrandt LHP Florida State. The son of former MLB pitcher Charlie Leibrandt, was injured most of the year with a left knee bone contusion.
7/202 Emmanuel Marrero SS Alabama State. Highest ever drafted player from Alabama State.
8/232 Sam McWilliams RHP Beech HS Hendersonville, Tennessee. Only Phillies high school draftee.
9/262 Matt Hockenberry RHP Temple. Had career-best 3.18 ERA as a senior.
10/292 Matt Shortall OF U. Texas-Arlington. A senior who began his career as a catcher at Tulane.