Samuel Aldegheri

Samuel Aldegheri (born September 19, 2001) is an Italian professional baseball pitcher in the Philadelphia Phillies organization.

Aldegheri played for the Parma Clima of the Italian Baseball League in 2019 and 2020. In July 2019, he signed with the Philadelphia Phillies as an international free agent.^[1] He made his professional debut in 2021 with Florida Complex League Phillies before being promoted to the Clearwater Threshers.

Aldegheri played 2022 with the Florida Complex League Phillies, 2023 with Clearwater and Jersey Shore BlueClaws and started 2024 with Jersey Shore.^[2]

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Andrew Baker

Andrew Fleming Baker (born March 24, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Philadelphia Phillies organization.

Baker began his college baseball career at Chipola College. As a freshman, he made 26 appearances and finished the season with a 2–1 record with seven saves and a 5.04 ERA. Baker was also selected in the 16th round of the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers, but opted not to sign and instead transferred to Auburn.^[3] As a sophomore at Auburn he had 9.53 earned run average in 5.2 innings pitched over six relief appearances before the season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic. After the school year, Baker transferred back to Chipola College. He made 15 starts and went 7–2 with a 3.45 ERA and 92 strikeouts in 57+1⁄3 innings pitched.^[4]

Baker was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 11th round of the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft.^[5] After signing, he was assigned to the Rookie-level Florida Complex League Phillies, where he made two appearances before being promoted to the Low-A Clearwater Threshers. Baker began the 2022 season with the High-A Jersey Shore BlueClaws before being promoted to the Reading Fightin Phils of the Double-A Eastern League.^[6]

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Carlos De La Cruz

Carlos De La Cruz (born October 6, 1999) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Philadelphia Phillies organization.

De La Cruz was originally discovered by the Phillies scouting department in 2017 at the age of 17 playing for an amateur travel team in New York.^[7] He would sign with the Phillies on August 23, 2017 for a bonus of $50,000 as an undrafted free agent before participating in the Florida Instructional League later in the year.^[7]

De La Cruz made his professional debut in 2018 with the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Phillies East of the Gulf Coast League. He finished the season with a .284 average and six home runs in 43 games. De La Cruz was promoted to the Lakewood BlueClaws of the Class A South Atlantic League for the 2019 season.^[8] He finished the season with a .220 average and seven home runs in 117 games.^[8] De La Cruz did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Minor League Baseball season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. De La Cruz shuttled between the FCL Phillies, Jersey Shore BlueClaws, and Clearwater Threshers, playing in 63 total games and hitting .181.^[8] De La Cruz started the 2022 season at Jersey Shore. After slashing .266/.344/.463 over 64 games, he was promoted to the Reading Fightin Phils of the Double-A Eastern League.^[9] In 38 contests with Reading, De La Cruz hit .278 and finished the season with 17 home runs.^[8] After the 2022 season, he played in the Arizona Fall League.^[10] He was also named a MiLB.com Organization All-Star.^[11] De La Cruz returned to Reading for the 2023 season, finishing with a .259 average and 24 home runs in 129 contests. He was also named an Eastern League Post-Season All-Star.^[12] Following the season, De La Cruz played for the Gigantes del Cibao of the Dominican Winter League.^[13]

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George Klassen

George Edward Klassen (born January 26, 2002) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Philadelphia Phillies organization.

Klassen Port Washington High School in Port Washington, Wisconsin and played college baseball at the University of Minnesota.^[14] He missed his freshman year at Minnesota in 2021 after undergoing Tommy John Surgery.^[15]

Klassen was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the sixth round of the 2023 Major League Baseball Draft.^[16] He made his professional debut in 2024 with the Clearwater Threshers.

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Matt Kroon

Matthew James Kroon (born December 5, 1996) is an American baseball infielder in the Philadelphia Phillies organization.

The son of MLB player Marc Kroon, Matt grew up in Scottsdale, Arizona, and attended Horizon High School.^[17][18] He received two all-state selections there and batted .412 as a senior; Kroon was selected in the 38th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft by the Cincinnati Reds.^[17][19] Rather than sign with the Reds, Kroon played college baseball with the Oregon Ducks, batting .184 in 35 games with the team in his first year.^[20] He transferred to Central Arizona College as a sophomore and posted 20 runs batted in (RBIs) and two home runs while batting .266 in 46 games for the school.^[20]

Kroon was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 30th round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft, but remained in school, transferring a second time to the Oklahoma State Cowboys.^[20] He played 57 games with the Cowboys and batted .300 with 11 home runs and 39 RBIs.^[21]

Kroon was chosen in the 18th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft by the Phillies.^[22] He played two years at the Rookie league and Class A levels, with the 2020 season being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, before being promoted to the Double-A Reading Fightin Phils in 2021.^[23] He batted .301 and had five home runs along with 22 RBIs with the Fightin Phils in 2021, but tore his ACL early on in the 2022 season, resulting in him missing all but two games.^[24] He returned in 2023 and played with teams at the High-A, Double-A and Triple-A levels, batting a combined .326, which included 11 home runs and 58 RBIs.^[25] He began the 2024 season with the Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs.^[21]

Griff McGarry

Griffin Thomas McGarry (born June 8, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Philadelphia Phillies organization.

McGarry grew up in Portola Valley, California and attended the Menlo School in Atherton, California.^[26] He was selected in 31st round by the Texas Rangers in 2017 Major League Baseball draft, but opted not to sign with the team.^[27]

McGarry played college baseball at Virginia. He posted an 8.15 ERA in 11 appearances as a freshman.^[28] Following the season, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Keene Swamp Bats of the New England Collegiate Baseball League.^[29] McGarry was named the Cavaliers' opening day starter going into his sophomore season and went 3–5 with a 4.56 ERA.^[30] After the 2019 season he played for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks in the Cape Cod Baseball League.^[31][32] As a junior, McGarry went 3–0 with a 1.35 ERA and 31 strikeouts in 20 innings pitched before the season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic.^[33] As a senior, he struggled with his control at the start of the season and lost his spot in Virginia's starting rotation.^[34] He regained form in the second half of the season after striking out eight batters in 3.1 innings against Old Dominion and finished the season with an 0–5 record with a 5.44 ERA, 69 strikeouts and 42 walks in 43 innings pitched.^[33][35] McGarry was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 5th round of the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft.^[36]

McGarry began his professional career with the Low-A Clearwater Threshers. He was promoted to the High-A Jersey Shore BlueClaws and finished the season with 1–0 record with one save and a 2.96 ERA and 43 strikeouts in 24+1⁄3 innings pitched.^[37]

• Virginia Cavaliers bio
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Mitch Neunborn

Mitchell Neunborn (born June 27, 1997) is a South African professional baseball pitcher in the Philadelphia Phillies organization.

Neunborn played collegiately at North Iowa Area Community College during the 2017 season, playing shortstop while also pitching occasionally.^[38] In 47 games, he hit .331 with 13 home runs. Neunborn also posted a 3.18 ERA over 5.2 innings across three pitching appearances with the Trojans. The following summer, he played for the Medford Rogues, batting .291 with 9 runs in 29 games.^[39] Neunborn also made two appearances on the mound, posting a 4.50 ERA in two innings.

He made his professional debut with the Perth Heat of the Australian Baseball League during the 2019-20 ABL season, mostly appearing as a pitcher for the Heat.^[40] Neunborn pitched to a 1.86 ERA over 9.2 innings across four appearances. Neunborn signed with the Adelaide Giants for the 2019-20 ABL season, during which he'd capture the league's rookie of the year award while pitching to a 1.75 ERA over five starts of 25.2 total innings.^[41] During the cancelled 2021-22 ABL season, he pitched for the West Torrens Eagles, pitching to a 0.19 ERA with the club en route to a championship. Returning to Adelaide for the 2022-23 ABL season, Neunborn was one of the league's best relief pitchers, registering a 2.25 ERA in 28 innings across 13 appearances. Following the season, Neunborn signed with the Québec Capitales of the Frontier League. He would also be named to the Australia national baseball team's roster for the 2023 World Baseball Classic the following month.^[42]

On March 29, 2023, prior to the start of the 2023 Frontier League season, Neunborn's contract was purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Capitales.^[43]

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Tyler Phillips

Tyler Nicholas Phillips (born October 27, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Philadelphia Phillies organization.

Phillips attended Bishop Eustace Preparatory School in Pennsauken Township, New Jersey.^[44] He was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 16th round of the 2015 MLB draft.^[45] He signed with them for a $160,000 signing bonus, forgoing a commitment to State College of Florida, Manatee–Sarasota.^[46][47]

After signing, Phillips was assigned to the AZL Rangers of the Rookie-level Arizona League to make his professional debut; in 15 innings pitched for them, he posted a 0–1 record with a 3.60 ERA. In 2016, he made 13 starts for Spokane Indians of the Class A Short Season Northwest League, going 4–7 with a 6.44 ERA, while striking out 57 in 58+2⁄3 innings. He split 2017 between Spokane and Hickory Crawdads of the Class A South Atlantic League, going a combined 5–4 with a 4.21 ERA in 20 games (17 starts). In 2018 he went 11–5 with a 2.67 ERA with the Hickory, striking out 124 in 128 innings.^[48] He earned a spot on the South Atlantic League mid-season all-star team.^[49] Phillips finished the season with the Down East Wood Ducks of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League, going 1–0 with a 1.80 ERA.^[50][51] Phillips was the recipient of the 2018 Texas Rangers Nolan Ryan Pitcher of the Year award.^[52]

Prior to the 2019 season, Phillips was rated by Baseball America as having the best control tool in minor league baseball.^[53] Phillips was assigned back to Down East to open the 2019 season,^[54] and went 2–2 with a 1.19 ERA in 37+2⁄3 innings for them.^[47] On May 10, he was promoted to the Frisco RoughRiders of the Double-A Texas League.^[55][56] With Frisco, Phillips went 7–9 with a 4.73 ERA over 93+1⁄3 innings.^[57][58]

Phillips was added to the Rangers 40-man roster following the 2019 season.^[59] Phillips did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Minor League Baseball season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He opened the 2021 season back with Frisco.^[60] Phillips was designated for assignment on July 17, 2021, after struggling to a 1–5 record and 6.75 ERA in 10 games between Frisco and the Triple-A Round Rock Express.^[61]

On July 24, 2021, Phillips was claimed off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies.^[62] Phillips was designated for assignment by Philadelphia on September 20, 2021.^[63] He was released by Philadelphia the following day. On November 6, Phillips re-signed with the Phillies on a minor league contract.^[64]

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Gabriel Rincones

Gabriel Alejandro Rincones Jr. (born March 3, 2001) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Philadelphia Phillies organization.

Rincones was born in Boynton Beach, Florida to Venezuelan parents and his family moved to Venezuela shortly after he was born. His family relocated to Scotland when he was six years old after his father was hired as an offshore safety advisor in the oil industry.^[65] Rincones moved back to Venezuela at age 12 to play baseball and lived with an aunt before moving to live with another aunt in Tampa, Florida.^[66]

Rincones played junior college baseball at St. Petersburg College. As a freshman, he batted .432 with 11 doubles, four home runs and 28 RBIs. Rincones was named the Florida State College Activities Association (FCSAA) Player of the Year after hitting for a .415 average with 19 doubles, six home runs, and 43 RBIs during his sophomore season. He also committed to transfer to Florida Atlantic University (FAU) for his remaining eligibility.^[67] Rincones drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 19th round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft, but opted not to sign with the team.^[68] After the season, he played on the Great Britain national baseball team in the 2021 European Baseball Championship.^[69] In his only season playing for the FAU Owls, Rincones batted .346 with 19 home runs and 69 RBIs and was named the Conference USA Newcomer of the Year.^[70]

Rincones was selected in the third round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft by the Philadelphia Phillies.^[71]

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• FAU Owls bio

Jordan Viars

Jordan Lee Viars (born July 18, 2003) is an American baseball outfielder in the Philadelphia Phillies organization.

Viars grew up in Frisco, Texas and attended Reedy High School. As a senior, he batted .464 with eight home runs and 26 RBIs.^[72] Viars had committed to play college baseball at Arkansas prior to signing with the Phillies.^[73]

Viars was selected in the third round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft by the Philadelphia Phillies.^[74] After signing with the team he was assigned to the Rookie-level Florida Complex League Phillies, where he slashed .255/.406/.468 in 64 plate appearances.^[75] Viars missed the beginning of the 2022 season due to an ankle injury.^[76] He was sent to the FCL Phillies on a rehab assignment in June before joining the Clearwater Threshers of the Single-A Florida State League.^[77]

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