Philadelphia Phillies: Top Ten Drafts in Phillies History

With the NFL Draft underway, much has been made of the difficulty in efficiently projecting how prospects will translate to the highest level of professional football. 

Compared to the same task in baseball, though, estimated impact of amateur players on the football field seems like an exact science.

The Major League Baseball Draft, as it’s currently constructed, has fifty rounds of selections, where the NFL Draft has only seven.  In those fifty rounds, finding four players who can contribute at the Major League level is considered a great draft. 

The Philadelphia Phillies, in a manner consistent with their struggles as a franchise over the years, have not been one of the better drafting teams since the Draft was instituted in 1965. 

Every dog has his day though, and even the team that lost 10,000 games faster than any franchise in any sport has found a way to come away with good players once in a while, both at the top of the draft and in the later rounds. 

Here, now, is a look at the 10 best drafts in the history of the Philadelphia Phillies.

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