READING — The Phillies have developed a pipeline with Dallas Baptist University, a small private school with a big baseball reputation. The farm-system headliners right now from coach Dan Heefner’s Patriots are Darick Hall and Austin Listi, two power hitters who have recently been promoted from high-A Clearwater to double-A Reading.
Hall, a first baseman, was a 14th-round pick in 2016 after hitting 20 home runs during his junior year at Dallas Baptist. He has hit 57 more home runs in 256 minor-league games. That same year, the Phillies took outfielder David Martinelli in the sixth round and infielder Cam Duzenack in the 23rd round.