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Phillies: Joe Girardi FaceTimed UDFA signee Billy Sullivan

Manager Joe Girardi #25 of the Philadelphia Phillies (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)

Just days as a Phillies prospect, Billy Sullivan has already chatted with Joe Girardi

Now more than ever, staying connected is important, especially for professional athletes. But, for right-handed pitching prospect Billy Sullivan IV, one of the newest in the Philadelphia Phillies’ minor-league system, he says he was “speechless” when he got a certain call this past weekend.

The University of Delaware Blue Hens alumnus is among the several undrafted free-agents the Phillies have recently signed. Because of the pandemic shortening last week’s usual 40-round draft to just five rounds, Major League Baseball is allowing teams to sign an unlimited amount of those left undrafted for no more than $20,000.