Categories: Draft

Phillies second round draft pick is a college right-hander

The Phillies selected Spencer Howard, a right-handed pitcher from Cal Poly, with the 45th pick in the MLB First Year Player Draft.

Howard, who will turn 21 in July, put up a 1.95 ERA with 97 strikeouts and 23 walks over 87.2 innings this season. According to Phillies Director of Amateur Scouting Johnny Almaraz

, Howard is a power pitcher with four pitches (mid-90s fastball, curve, slider, changeup).

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.