Phil Niekro Stats & Scouting Report — College Baseball, MLB Draft, Prospects

Full name Phil Niekro
Born 04/01/1939 in Blaine, OH
Profile Ht.: 6'1" / Wt.: 180 / Bats: R / Throws: R
Debut 04/15/1964

Latest Stories

Minors

Garrett Crochet’s Success Shows The Path For Reggie Crawford

Garrett Crochet’s success shows that there is a path for Reggie Crawford to one day do the same.

College

2024 NCAA Baseball Tournament Bracket: Projected Field Of 64 (April 17)

Oklahoma and South Carolina are among the teams moving up. Meanwhile, the bubble remains a mess.

Podcasts

Mike Lieberthal Joins ‘From Phenom To The Farm’: Episode 102

Typically, being drafted early in the first round of the MLB Draft leads to outsized expectations, but for Mike Lieberthal, the third overall pick of…

Podcasts

Jack Leiter & Andy Pages Callups, Nick Kurtz’s Home Run Surge | Hot Sheet Ep. 3

What a day for prospect news. Jack Leiter, Andy Pages and Forrest Whitley are on their way to the big leagues. Our latest Hot Sheet…

Majors

Jack Leiter’s MLB Success Will Depend On Fastball Location, Improved Secondaries

J.J. Cooper dives into Jack Leiter’s professional pitch data to see how he may approach hitters in the big leagues.

Latest Podcasts

Fantasy Podcast: Is It Time To Panic?

This week on the Baseball America Fantasy Podcast, hosts Dylan White and Geoff Pontes discuss struggling stars and give a panic level for each. In…

JJ Wetherholt Is Back & Nick Kurtz Won’t Stop Hitting Home Runs

Carlos and Peter hop back on the draft podcast to talk about players up and down the board. They get things started by talking about…

Future Projection Episode 84: (Jackson) Holliday Season & Paul Skenes Domination

Carlos and Ben talk about Jackson Holliday’s big league promotion and what to expect of him from the jump with the Orioles. The two debate…

College Podcast: A Top-Five SEC Showdown, The Ever-Intriguing Big 12 And More

Teddy Cahill and Peter Flaherty break down all the college baseball action from around the country before week nine of the season. They start in…

Orioles LHP Cade Povich Joins, Norfolk Tides Dominance, Arkansas Remains No. 1 & More | Hot Sheet Show Ep. 2

Today’s Hot Sheet show is LOADED. The guys are also joined by Orioles LHP prospect Cade Povich, one of 20 members of this week’s Hot Sheet and…

90th Percentile: Norfolk Tides vs. Oakland Athletics, Who Wins?

After last year’s LSU versus Oakland Athletics debate, we revisit a similar conversation but this time swap LSU for the 2024 Norfolk Tides. The Orioles…

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