2017 Phillies Draft Preview: J.B. Bukauskas, RHP

Bill Streicher-USA TODAY SportsBukauskas, who I will here after refer to as JB to avoid the 90% chance of screwing up spelling his name, is a 6’0" 195 lbs 20 year old RHP and is the current Friday Night Starter for UNC. He’s young for his class after Doogie Howsering a grade in High School. In my last preview of Houck I noted how relatively safe a bet he was due to his fairly workhorse build. JB is the antithesis of that. JB is either going to be a #1/2 Starter or he’s going to be a back-end Reliever of some type. In fact, his build is very similar to former Phils Starters Pedro Martinez and Roy Oswalt, but his pitch mix looks an awful lot like Brad Lidge. All good outcomes, certainly and it’s not hard to see the upside or the risks.

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