The Philadelphia Phillies seem to be in a decent spot right now, though the start of the season hasn’t exactly been too great.
Regardless, we just saw what some of their young talent can do, with Andrew Painter throwing the baseball at a ridiculously high level in his first start at the big league level. Justin Crawford has also looked the part, and the Phillies have some other young guys who can come up and make an impact sometime in the near future.
One player fans are very excited for is Aiden Miller, a young shortstop who is expected to make his major league debut sometime over the next year or so. Miller has all the tools to be a star one day, and with a few prospects around the league getting extensions before they even play a big league game, some believe he could be the next in line to do so.
And now, he might be next in line for something bigger.
“The Phillies have systematically shipped out much of their homegrown talent in recent years — welcome to the end years of the Dave Dombrowski experience, friends — but thankfully Miller, their top prospect, remains, just in time to step into a starting role with both Alec Bohm (this winter) and Bryson Stott (next winter) nearing free agency. Miller’s been slowed by a balky back this spring, but when healthy he’s one of the most ascendant players in the Minors, tearing up Triple-A down the stretch last season after making a swing adjustment,” FanSided’s Chris Landers wrote.
As Landers touched on, the Phillies will eventually have to make some decisions on what they want to do in the infield. There have been times when the Phillies’ offensive production out of their infield has been far from ideal. Not that we can guarantee Miller would exactly change that due to him never having a big league at-bat, but the early tools suggest that he can be very good one day. If that happens, there could be a price to pay eventually.
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