Categories: 2017 Value 50

This week: The 2017 Phillies Value 50

Last year we ranked the people most valuable to the Phillies’ success in 2016 (amateur scouting director Johnny Almaraz came out on top in a year the Phils held the top pick in the first-year player draft). This year we’re repeating the list, looking at the 50 most valuable people to the team’s success in 2017.

But that means everyone – ownership, executives, folks in and out of baseball operations, plus players, coaches and even broadcasters (last year Scott Franzke and Larry Andersen made the list, since we needed to enjoy some part of the daily game).

We’ll unveil a portion of the list each day this week, starting with Nos. 50-41 today. And we’ll have a special profile of one of the people on the list each day.

Stay tuned – the 2017 Phillies Value 50 launches at 2 p.m.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.