2011
- RHP Ken Giles (7), RHP Yacksel Rios (12), RHP Colton Murray (13), RHP Jesen Therrien (17), OF Brock Stassi (33)
Of the five players listed above from the 2011 draft selected after round 5, the Phillies’ seventh-round selection, Ken Giles, is the most notable.
His first two seasons in red pinstripes were near historic, going a combined 9-4 with a 1.56 ERA. At the time, Giles held the lowest ERA in baseball history, minimum 100 innings pitched, according to Ryan Spaeder.
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Perhaps that feat was made the most of by the Phillies, who traded Giles to the Houston Astros, among other players, in December 2015. Right-hander Vince Velasquez remains the only player from that trade still with the organization.
Giles remains with the Blue Jays, but he hasn’t necessarily been the same player to the extent and potential we saw in him while he played in Philadelphia from 2014-15. From 2016-19 with the Astros and Toronto Blue Jays, he has gone a combined 5-14 with a 3.22 ERA, 1.140 WHIP. The numbers are still pretty decent for a reliever, but nothing compared to his sub-2.00 ERA with the Phillies.
Right-hander Yacksel Rios appeared in 53 relief outings with the Phillies from 2017-19, going 4-2 with a 6.38 ERA. He also went 1-0 with a 5.23 ERA with the Pirates last year; he remains with that organization as a minor leaguer on their 40-man roster.
Right-hander Colton Murray appeared in a combined 32 relief appearances in red pinstripes from 2015-16, going a combined 1-2 with a 6.18 ERA and 1.525 WHIP. He appeared in four games with the Miami Marlins’ Triple-A affiliate in 2018, but his 17.36 ERA there likely ended his chances of returning to the majors.
Another right-handed reliever, Jesen Therrien, appeared in 15 games in red pinstripes in 2017, posting an 8.35 ERA and 1.691 WHIP. He later signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers, but was granted free agency two years later, never appearing in a game for them in their minor league system.
Like Therrien, Brock Stassi’s MLB career also was limited to just the 2017 season. In 51 games, he hit just .167/.278/.295 with 13 hits across 90 plate appearances. After being granted free agency, Stassi went on to sign with the Minnesota Twins (December 2017), San Francisco Giants (August 2018) and most recently with the Oakland Athletics (February 2020). In March, however, Stassi was released.