Phillies Nation · Nov 20, 2024
Phillies protect three pitchers from Rule 5 Draft, leave some notable names unprotected
Mick Abel was protected from the Rule 5 Draft on Tuesday. (Cheryl Pursell)The Phillies protected three pitchers from the Rule 5 Draft ahead of Tuesday’s 6 p.m. ET deadline, as right-handers Mick Abel, Moisés Chace and Jean Cabrera were added to the 40-man roster.
Chace was one of two pitchers (along with Seth Johnson) acquired from the Orioles in the deadline-time Gregory Soto trade. He was recently ranked by Baseball America as the sixth-best prospect in the organization, after striking out 124 batters in 80 1/3 innings this year with a 3.59 ERA. He ended the season with a four-game stint at Double-A Reading and punched out more than 16 batters per nine innings.