Soon You Will Know The Phillies Andrew Painter

The fact is, if you dont, you should already know his name.

He might have been the difference in a season that ended much too early for the Philadelphia Phillies.

His season ended much too early as well.

Let me tell you about Andrew Painter.

This is from his MLB.com prospect profile: In that 2022 season Painter pitched at three stops in the minors for the Phillies.

He went 6-2 with a 1.22 ERA, he struck out 155 and walked 25 at 19 years old.

He was Baseball Americas number five overall prospect entering 2023.

It was thought he would certainly have a chance to pitch in the majors that season but things went wrong on March 1st as they do for pitchers these days.

He sprained his ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) during a spring training game and hadnt thrown another pitch until recently.

The hope at the time was that rehab and rest would do the trick and surgery was delayed.

In the end it probably cost the righthander an extra minor league season.

Eventually Tommy John surgery was the route taken in July.

Painters return to the prospect laden Arizona fall league was spectacular and he was named the pitcher of the year .

His final appearance netting six strikeouts on fifty-three pitches, covering 2 2/3 innings.

Final stats: 2.30 ERA, .189 average-against and an 18/4 K/BB ratio in 15 2/3 innings.

His fastball velocity returned, up to 99 mph.

As did his curveball and change up and hes working on something new as well: Phillies general manager Dave Dombrowki has already said he expects Painter to find his way into the Phils pitching plans at some point in the 2025 season.

Its expected that when he does, hell make a significant impact to their fortunes going forward..

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