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Phillies Nab Colvin for $900,000

Posted Aug. 17, 2009 4:08 pm by John Manuel
Filed under: Signings

Baseball America has confirmed that Louisiana State signee Brody Colvin has spurned the defending national champions to sign with the Phillies, who drafted him in the seventh round. Colvin signed for $900,000, the second-highest bonus in the seventh round this year and six times the maximum recommended by the commissioner’s office. The 6-foot-4, 190-pound righthander out of St. Thomas More High in Lafayette, La., has a quick arm and power fastball that has reached 94 mph, and scouts expect him to throw harder in the future.

The Phillies have now signed all their draftees through the first 13 rounds. Their top unsigned players are 14th-rounder Jake Stewart, the top athlete in Colorado and a Stanford signee; and 16th-round catcher Andrew Susac, who spent the summer playing for the Corvallis (Ore.) Knights of the West Coast Baseball League, a summer college league. He’s committed to Oregon State.

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There are conflicting reports that this is not a done deal (i.e. Keith Law). Is this ironclad?

Posted by stevemc | August 17, 2009 at 4:19 pm | Shortcut

We are confident in our information.

Posted by John Manuel | August 17, 2009 at 4:24 pm | Shortcut

Does Colvin have comparable stuff to Kyle Drabek?

Posted by Sam | August 17, 2009 at 4:34 pm | Shortcut

With Colvin locked up, do the Phillies still have time and money to sign either Susac or Stewart?

Posted by Carl | August 17, 2009 at 4:37 pm | Shortcut

From what I’ve been able to discern it was between Colvin and Stewart for the Phils last big sign -they wasted $475,000 on Kyrell Hudson (worst scouting report I’ve ever read)- and this only happened I’m sure because Colvin gave in and took less than $1 million after other teams established his price as over $1 million.

As for the comparison between Drabek and Colvin, Colvin has the better fastball, Drabek the better curve, or I’ve missed something.

The Phillies probably got two good prospects in Colvin and Jonathan Singleton.

I have questions about four other Phils pitching prospects.

1) Jarred Cosart, did he have Tommy John surgery that he is just now coming back from?

2) Their “City of God” prospect Heitor Correa, why was he on the restricted list last year?

3) Colby Shreve, is he going to pitch this year?

4)Jonathan Pettibone, is he hurt?

Posted by AEC | August 17, 2009 at 5:40 pm | Shortcut

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