Could the Phillies have found some potential bullpen help from a guy who was pitching in the College World Series just a few weeks ago?
Picking at the back of the first round of Sunday night’s MLB Draft, the Phils selected right-handed pitcher Gage Wood at No. 26 overall, a college pitcher from Arkansas. As noted in our write-up Sunday night, Wood is the first college player selected in the first rounder in the five years scouting director Brian Barber has been running the draft. (Barber tripled down on college pitchers by selecting left-hander Cade Obermueller in the second round and righty Cody Bowker in the third.