Mark Appel-Came over in the Ken Giles trade. Former 1/1 pick 2013 of Stanford. He actually was drafted in round 1 8th overall the year before by the Pirates and once before that in 2009 by the Tigers 15th round.
Quite simply Mark has what you like to see from a front-line starter. A plus Fastball and an above average slider. He'll need a pitch to keep lefties off his FB and so the Change will need incremental improvement in 2016 in order to do that. Pro results have been lackluster to this point. Mark has logged 253 IP but only managed a WHIP of 1.439 over a K/9 of 7.9. That speaks to command issues. If he somehow puts it together for the Philles he could be in mainstay of the rotation for years to come.
Floor-Wade Davis
Ceiling-Jake Arrieta
Ricardo Pinto-The Phillies signed him out of Venezuela as an 18 y/o. He is now 22 any many would debate rating him before Kilome. Pinto has a smaller stature so many question (reasonably so) whether or not he can maintain his stuff through a line-up more then 2X. I like his ability to maintain a WHIP of 1.06 over 13 starts in CLW this season past as a 21 y/o.
Floor-a BP arm 6/7 inning type
Ceiling-Anibal Sanchez
Roman Quinn-A second round pick in 2011 who received a $750,000 signing bonus to keep him away from a Florida State commitment. First thought to be a SS that experiment fizzled out with the addition of Crawford. Roman has elite speed when healthy. A switch hitter Quinn has some pop which is not to say he would hit 20+ HR's ever in a season. When we look at Roman's 257 PA's at Reading we see glimpses of a star a .306 average over a .356 OBP. With his speed he is an explosive run producer with the potential to play a GG center field.
Floor-The injuries remind me of Jose Reyes
Ceiling-If Healthy he reminds me of the healthy Jose Reyes possibly Victorino
Rhys Hoskins-In scouting circles few see a right handed hitting first baseman as a true prospect unless he somehow manages to mash 30-40 HR's. Rhys is a 5th round pick out of Cal State Sacremento. In my opinion he deserves to be ranked in the top 10 because as a 22 y/o between two levels of A ball (Low and HI) he hit a combined .319 avg over a .913 OPS. Rhys has power pole to pole and does a real good job of keeping the swing short and compact. He seems to recognize the off speed well enough to not be out on his front foot more than you would like to see.
Floor-Darin Ruf
Ceiling-Billy Butler
Franklyn Kilome-Franklyn is everyone's darling prospect this season it seems and rightly so. Signed out of the DR for a supposed $40 Grand. The tools are loud and the FB is big, the frame is big and sturdy as well. The only thing missing is a more dominant body of work. Kilome pitched in WPT this past season as a 20 y/o. He started 11 Games and logged 49.1 IP. His WHIP was a respectable 1.257 but his K/9 was paltry 6.6 by standards of other true aces at that level. That in and of itself is no reason NOT to be excited about this young man. By June we could easily see him improve 5-7 spots.
Floor-High Leverage Reliever
Ceiling-DeGrom
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