The 2025 Philadelphia Phillies Draft Picks and Signings

[phillyfn]

Dawson signed per B/R

[phillyfn]

Matt Breen
@matt_breen
South Jersey's Logan Dawson grew up a diehard Phillies fan and he can't believe they drafted him. "Every kid who is a Phillies fan says ‘Ah I want to be a Phillie one day.' Well, it actually happened."

[owaistabish]

Confirmed by himself

Logan Dawson on Instagram: "Chasing a dream since day one… and this is just the...

[julio]

I think we're done (pending any additional UDFAs).

Well... I was wrong.

I should be this glad to be wrong, more often!

[Squire]

My instincts were very off. Happy to have him

[owaistabish]

is there a limit UDFAs they can sign?

[allentown]

My instincts were very off. Happy to have him

Yes, this rounds out a good draft and UDFA year. I like this year better than last year's crop, but then again, I'm always calling for more bonus $ to be spent on the pitching side. I'm more than a little surprised by Walters' bonus, but all's well in the end.

[julio]

is there a limit UDFAs they can sign?

Only the overall domestic roster limit. In theory, they could sign 100 UDFAs, but they would have to release about 100 minor league players to make room.

[Matt_Winkelman]

For context they are currently 12 over the limit once they must add all the draft guys which is 12-15 days from now (15 days after signing).

[andyb]

Past 2 years they signed 7 UDFAs and this year 6 so far. They could be done. No corner infielders in the class which is odd though the 2 HS shortstops might be 3Bs eventually and they do have a bunch of young catchers that also play some 1B so I guess it was not a crying need in the system.

[Austinfan]

What I like this year is they've moved off the velocity fetish, and drafted more "pitchability."

I think some things can't be taught, body control (the ability to repeat mechanics and command your pitches), seeing breaking balls, bat speed, etc. You can tweak pitching and swing mechanics, but if a player doesn't have body control, eye to hand coordination, the ability to pick up spin, quick twitch muscles and so on, velocity and power peter out in AA ball.

[Matt_Winkelman]

They didn’t move to pitchability, they moved to better fastball shapes and outlier deliveries for fastball flatness. That does mean less velocity, but better fastballs (though there is a room for velocity growth). I wouldn’t say they got guys with great command or secondary pitches, they got more modern. They also did not draft hitters with bad traits.