Published 5/27/2008
by Ken Mandel
at Major League Baseball News
With their lowest pick numerically since the First-Year Player Draft debuted in 1965, the Phillies will have time to evaluate the piles of information gathered by their scouting department. Team history tells of a successful run of drafting and developing talent, with Cole Hamels, Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins, Pat Burrell and Brett Myers among the examples.
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