With their penultimate pick in the 2020 MLB draft, the Phillies selected 6-foot-8 right-hander Carson Ragsdale out of the University of South Florida. The team prioritized upside in the five-round shortened draft and Ragsdale has a ton. The 22-year-old Florida native was recruited out of high school as a two-way player, manning both first base and pitcher’s mound.
“He was a very athletic first baseman for his size and had tons of power,” Ragsdale’s college coach Billy Mohl told Phillies Nation.