Andrew Painter Report: No. 1 prospect has scoreless streak snapped

It’s becoming increasingly difficult to keep the hype around Andrew Painter, the top prospect in the Philadelphia Phillies system, in check.

However, the 19-year-old righty did show some signs of being mortal Saturday evening, as he allowed a two-run home run in the seventh inning of his second Double-A start:

Andrew Painter’s scoreless innings streak comes to an end at 32 after giving up this 2-run home run in the seventh inning which tied the game, 2-2. Its just the third home run he’s allowed this year pic.twitter.com/zuZbgaORgM

— Mitch Rupert (@Mitch_Rupert) August 28, 2022

Nonetheless, it was a strong outing overall for Painter, who struck out six and allowed just four hits over 6 1/3 innings against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, who are the Double-A affiliates of the New York Mets.

On the season, Painter has a minuscule `1.23 ERA in 19 starts across three different levels of the minors.

Earlier this month, Phillies Nation ranked Painter as the No. 1 overall prospect in the organization. But it’s not just locally that the 2021 first-round pick is getting recognized.

MLB Pipeline recently ranked Painter as the No. 25 overall prospect in the sport, a pretty impressive spot to be in as your first full season of professional baseball winds down.

While the Phillies were never a player for Juan Soto, ESPN‘s Kiley McDaniel heard that the Washington Nationals were interested in involving Philadelphia in the sweepstakes in some way — potentially as a third team — because they are that high on Painter.

Painter may not be in play for the Phillies in 2022, but there appears to be a real chance that he makes his Major League Debut before he’s able to have his first legal drink.

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