Phillies 22-year-old enters MLB's top prospects list
Philadelphia Phillies right-hander and fourth-ranked prospect, Gage Wood, has entered MLB's top 100 prospects list after Chicago Cubs Moises Ballesteros graduated.
Phillies 22-year-old enters MLB's top prospects list originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Philadelphia Phillies starting rotation has been shaky to begin the season.
The Phillies starters have the fourth-worst ERA (27th, 4. 68 ERA) and 24th in walks (21). Despite having a bad rotation to open the year, the Phillies have one budding arm who can stabilize the rotation this season or in the future.
Philadelphia Phillies prospect Gage Wood gets promoted to the top 100 prospects list One prospect who could be a future member of the Phillies starting rotation down the road is right-hander Gage Wood. Drafted 26th overall in the first round last season, Wood was officially added to MLB's top 100 prospects. According to MLB Pipeline on X , Wood is now the 100th-best prospect in baseball after the graduation of Chicago Cubs catcher/first baseman/designated hitter Moises Ballesteros.
Wood is the Phillies' fourth-best prospect and will soon be third on the list once right-hander Andrew Painter graduates. The 22-year-old was a top pitching prospect coming out of the University of Arkansas, and pitched a no-hitter and had 19 strikeouts in the College World Series. In two starts with the Phillies Single-A affiliate, the Clearwater Threshers, Wood has an 0-1 with a 1.