Here are the Phillies' 2026 Draft picks

PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies took high school shortstop Tyler Spangler with the 36th overall pick in the 2026 Draft.

The Phils then took college players with each their next 13 picks, and 18 of their 21 selections overall.

They selected Caden Bogenpohl out of Missouri State in the second round. The Phillies have liked him for some time, so they flew him to Clearwater, Fla., for a private workout. Bogenpohl has big-time power, but his home run numbers dropped from his freshman season to his junior season. The Phils saw a couple flaws in his swing, worked with him and then he showed improvement recently at the Draft Combine in Phoenix.

“He put on an absolute show there,” Phillies assistant general manager of amateur scouting Brian Barber said.

Caden Bogenpohl, OF

• Round 2, Pick 64
• Bats/throws: L/R
• School: Missouri State
• Calling Card: Bogenpohl broke Phillies legend Ryan Howard’s freshman home run record at Missouri State -- it was Southwest Missouri State when Howard attended -- with 20 homers in 2024. MLB Pipeline said Bogenpohl, who is listed at 6-foot-6, 245 pounds, has plus-plus raw power, although he only homered six times in 55 games as a junior. He hits the ball hard, but he also hits the ball into the ground a lot.
• Quote: “[The Draft Combine] did help us answer some of the questions about why the exit velocity was at the elite level, but the home runs didn’t go with it,” Barber said.

Ruger Riojas, RHP

• Round 3, Pick 100
• Bats/throws: R/R
• School: Texas
• Calling Card: Riojas, who turned 23 on Sunday, has a fastball that sits in the 94-96 mph range and touches 98 mph. When he commands the pitch to both sides of the plate, it is a real weapon. Riojas also has a splitter, cutter, slider and curveball. He throws from two different arm angles, too: a three-quarter slot for his four-seam fastball, curveball, cutter and splitter, and a lower arm angle for the two-seamer and slider.
• Quote: “We completely see Ruger as a starting pitcher,” Barber said. “He throws strikes. He creates whiff. We know he's a little bit of an older player. To me, I just don't concern myself with that because there's just not a lot of projecting with what we're talking about here. It's now stuff. It's now strikes. It's now pitchability.”

Deven Sheerin, RHP

• Round 4, Pick 128
• Bats/throws: R/R
• School: LSU
• Calling Card: Sheerin attended Exeter Township High School in Berks County. His fastball sits in the 95-97 mph range and touches 100 mph. He also throws a slider, curveball and splitter.
• Quote: “The attraction to him is just completely ‘wow’ stuff,” Barber said. “It's a crossfire, low-slot delivery. It's an upshoot fastball. He averaged 97. He's up to 100 on the year, and he just generates big whiffs with both the fastball and the slider. So, I think as we harness his stuff, continue to get it in the zone, which he did a much better job of as the season progressed this past year, we see him as a high-upside leverage reliever.”

Jaxon Jelkin, RHP

• Round 4, Pick 135
• Bats/throws: R/R
• School: Kentucky
• Calling Card: He was drafted in the 14th round by the Dodgers in 2023 and in the ninth round by the Mets in 2024. His fastball sits 93-96 mph and touches 98 mph. He also throws a curveball and a cutter. Jelkin was dismissed from Nebraska as a freshman in 2022, and MLB Pipeline reports that some teams are still wary of his makeup.
• Quote: “One, he’s 6-7,” Barber said of Jelkin. “Two, he throws strikes. Three, he strikes a ton of guys out. Four, he has good stuff. It's predominantly a sinker, but he averaged 95 on the year, up to 98. Huge mix of pitches. He can really spin the ball.”

More on the Phillies' 2026 Draft:

• Phils take high school SS Spangler with first-round Draft pick
• Phillies Draft tracker

As for Day 2 of the Draft, the Phillies continued their balanced approach to restocking their farm system by adding a mixture of position players and pitchers – again, mostly from the college ranks. At the end of the day, that’s where they had to do the bulk of their work given the club’s current resources.

“In all honesty, it kind of falls that way when you're working with the fifth-smallest Draft pool in baseball,” Barber said. “The signability that's involved with trying to sign a high school player – those two don't match up very well, to be honest with you. … We love high school players, but when you're working with that smaller pool, you're just not going to be able to sign too many of them.”

While you can find all of the Phillies’ picks here, let’s take a closer look at some of the more notable Day 2 picks:

Rounds 5-10
The Phillies began this stretch by taking a couple of hitters – including a high-upside outfielder right out of the gate in the fifth round – before adding a trio of collegiate arms. They also drafted Macon Winslow out of the University of North Carolina in the sixth round, marking the first of three catchers selected by the Phillies in this Draft. One round later, they called Bo Rhudy's name, a right-hander who pounds the zone while throwing a lot of fastballs -- and while his fastball velocity doesn't jump off the page, it creates a ton of swing-and-miss due to its huge spin spin rate and significant carry, all coming from a low release point.

Player to watch: Will Gasparino, OF

• Round 5, Pick 161
• Bats/throws: R/R
• School: UCLA
• Calling Card: The Phillies are hoping they can tap into the full potential of the 6-foot-6 Gasparino. Though he has a ton of raw power, Gasparino struggled in two seasons at Texas before transferring to UCLA, where he made some mechanical adjustments and took a major step forward at the plate. Still a work-in-progress, Gasparino -- ranked MLB Pipeline's No. 72 Draft Prospect -- could be an absolute steal if he reaches his ceiling.
• Quote: “Will is a guy that we've been watching since high school. He's a very, very well-known guy on the scouting circuit, and his dad works in baseball with the Dodgers,” Barber said, referencing longtime Dodgers executive Billy Gasparino. “I mean, it's a tremendous body. It's large. It's athletic. It's huge tools. He's always had the huge tools. He can really play center field. He can run. He can throw and he can hit the ball a long way, and his game has come a long way in the last I'll say 12-18 months.”

Rounds 11-15
Though the Phillies added a couple more college pitchers in this range -- Drew Titsworth (11th round, Clemson) and Christian Coppola (12th round, Saint Joseph's) -- this was also the stretch in which the club took its lone prep arm of the 2026 Draft.

Player to watch: Patrick Clemmey, LHP

• Round 14, Pick 429
• Bats/throws: L/L
• School: Avon Old Farms High School (CT)
• Calling Card: The Phillies ultimately decided that Clemmey was worth the gamble as their only high school pitching selection. He’s committed to Georgia, but the Phils are hopeful that they can reach a deal with the 6-foot-5 southpaw. Clemmey’s older brother, Alex, signed with the Guardians out of high school after being drafted in the second round in 2023 and is currently pitching for Double-A Harrisburg in the Nationals’ organization. As for Patrick, he popped some impressive velocity numbers with his fastball this spring and already has a plus breaking ball in his arsenal.
• Quote: “You never know what happens, but I mean, I feel pretty confident that we're going to bring Clemmey into the mix here, but nothing's ever done until it's done,” Barber said. “We've been able to see him throughout the spring, and then we had the opportunity to bring him to Philadelphia a month or so ago for a workout, and he threw here at Citizens Bank Park for us. And he’s big, 6-foot-5, and left-handed. It's up to 94-95 mph, and when we found out this was a possibility to be able to hopefully sign him, we were all over it.”

Rounds 16-20
The Phillies closed out their Draft by selecting two more catchers in the final five picks, while also adding a pair of right-handers -- Adam Troy (17th round, USC) and Justin Lee (20th round, UCLA) -- and outfielder Lane Haworth (18th round, UTSA). As for the catchers, the Phillies selected Matt Quintanar out of Texas Tech in the 16th round before later rolling the dice on a local kid in high schooler Braeden Lipoff in the 19th round.

Player to watch: Braeden Lipoff, C

• Round 19, Pick 579
• Bats/throws: R/R
• School: Gloucester Catholic High School (NJ)
• Calling Card: The last of three catchers drafted by the organization in this year’s Draft, Lipoff went to high school less than five miles from Citizens Bank Park. So while the Phillies have seen plenty of his game, they also know it won’t be a guarantee to bring him in given his commitment to East Carolina University.
• Quote: “This was one that we're probably going to have to work a little bit on. I do think there's a chance,” Barber said of potentially signing Lipoff. “Obviously, he's just basically across the bridge. … We've got to know him quite well. We had him at the same workout [as Patrick Clemmey], and he came in here and did great for us. So this one's not a done deal, but I don't think we're super far apart either, so I'm very hopeful on that one.”