What could’ve been: Reevaluating all Phillies draft picks of the decade

For the Phillies, the last six years have been all about rebuilding. But how much quicker would the rebuild had gone if the team had always made the perfect pick?

The draft is different for every team and it’s fan base. For some clubs, it is the highlight of the year as they have a chance to get set for the future. For the successful teams, they are just trying to steal a gem at the end of a round.

For the past couple years the Phillies have been on the rebuild side. As the recent downfall of Mark Appel shows, nothing is guaranteed in baseball. So what if the Phillies had made the perfect first round pick in each of the drafts this decade? We will be reevaluating every first round pick since 2010, who the Phillies took, and who they should have picked.

Players will only be eligible if they were taken in the first round or supplemental/compensatory first round also. The difference between 23rd and the 24th pick is a very small one based on team needs and small little decisions. We will only be looking at if the franchise made one little change in opinion, not using hindsight to take the 10th round star with the third overall pick.