What is the Andrew Painter plan?

I’m assuming the Phillies have a plan.

This week, MLB Pipeline released their updated Top 100 prospect rankings and coming in at No. 5 was Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs’ right-hander Andrew Painter. Following his first start at AAA a few days ago, Baseball America featured him as the No. 1 Statcast Standout of the Week.

Andrew Painter’s Triple-A data is here, and it’s tremendous.

The @Phillies top prospect is our No. 1 Statcast Standout this week.

( @MLB)

pic.twitter.com/uyO41hQiL9— Baseball America (@BaseballAmerica) May 12, 2025

With Painter set to make his next start Thursday for the Pigs, it doesn’t seem like it’s going to be long until the 21-year-old is ready for the big leagues.