The Phillies’ 66-win season has resulted in the third overall pick in the 2018 MLB Amateur Draft. Conventional thought is to focus on building the pitching staff by finding either an established college starter or a growing high school phenom.
Baseball America, the gold standard in baseball scouting, went a slightly different route in their first predictions going into the offseason.
While acknowledging the need for a starting pitcher the scouting network chose a high school middle infielder from California.
Here’s a portion of the explanation from Baseball America:
“if the organization liked Moniak, it should love Brice Turnag, who has a similar profile but a longer track record, big league bloodlines and the ability to play shortstop.