Levi Stoudt is not a name many Philadelphia Phillies fans are familiar with, but that may change in the near future. Some of the team’s more trusted late-inning arms have faltered recently, and the bullpen could be in for a bit of a shakeup if things don’t turn around. If that’s the case, Stoudt’s electric minor league performance could land him on the big league roster soon.
Pottstown native Levi Stoudt got his start in professional baseball as a third-round pick of the Seattle Mariners back in 2019. The right-hander was coming off of a three-year college career at Lehigh University in which he posted a terrific 2.97 ERA across 190 ⅔ total innings pitched.
Stoudt acquitted himself well in the Mariners’ system, posting a rock solid 3.31 ERA between High-A and Double-A in his first professional season. That showing garnered him significant attention, landing him the No. 7 spot among all Seattle prospects heading into 2022.
The Mariners flipped him to the Cincinnati Reds at the 2022 trade deadline in a deal for Luis Castillo, and the Reds gave him a cup of coffee in the big leagues a year later. Unfortunately, that four-game drink didn’t go so well, as Stoudt was torched for 11 earned runs across only 10 ⅓ innings.
Levi Stoudt might just be the hero the Phillies need
He hasn’t made it back to the majors since then, bouncing from the Reds back to the Mariners, then to the Baltimore Orioles and now finally to the Phils. But Stoudt has been utterly dominant in the minors this season, firing 22 ⅔ scoreless frames between Double-A and Triple-A, punching out 23 batters and yielding just 18 baserunners.
IronPigs reliever Levi Stoudt has yet to allow an earned run this season between AAA & AA.
— Phillies Tailgate (@PhilsTailgate) June 16, 2026
22.2 IP | 9 H | 0 ER | 9 BB | 23 K pic.twitter.com/WpscsTLUxZ
Stoudt’s sturdiness is fortuitous for the Phillies, as they’ve seen some of their higher-profile relief arms struggle over the season’s first two-plus months. José Alvarado and Tanner Banks both have ERAs close to 6.00, while this winter’s impact signing Brad Keller hasn’t been too much better with a 4.15 mark, and just went down with an arm injury.
Jhoan Duran has been as excellent as advertised in the ninth inning, and Orion Kerkering has been nails bouncing back from his season-ending blunder, but the Phillies could certainly use some more depth in their relief corps.
At 28 years old, Levi Stoudt isn’t a flashy prospect. But the ascension of Jeff Hoffman a few years ago could serve as the blueprint for another successful bullpen reclamation project this season.
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