Today marks the deadline for teams to submit their initial spring training player pools, which can comprise up to 60 players. Players are not eligible to participate in either a spring training or regular season game until they are included in the pool. Teams are free to change the makeup of the pools as they see fit. However, players removed from a team’s 60-man (for reasons unrelated to injury, suspension, etc.) must be exposed to other organizations via trade or waivers.
Not all players within a team’s pool are ticketed for MLB playing time, of course. Most teams will include well-regarded but still far-off prospects as a means of getting them training reps with no intention of running them onto a major league diamond this season. A comprehensive review of 2020’s unique set of rules can be found here.
The Phillies’ initial 53-player pool consists of the following…
Right-handed pitchers
- Victor Arano
- Jake Arrieta
- Connor Brogdon
- Enyel De Los Santos
- Zach Eflin
- Edgar Garcia
- Deolis Guerra
- Spencer Howard
- Tommy Hunter
- Trevor Kelley
- Mauricio Llovera
- Reggie McClain
- Hector Neris
- Aaron Nola
- Bud Norris
- Blake Parker
- Nick Pivetta
- Ramon Rosso
- Addison Russ
- Connor Seabold
- Robert Stock
- Vince Velasquez
- Zack Wheeler
Left-handed pitchers
- Jose Alvarez
- Garrett Cleavinger
- Cole Irvin
- Damon Jones
- Francisco Liriano
- Adam Morgan
- JoJo Romero
- Ranger Suarez
Catchers
Infielders
- Alec Bohm
- Logan Forsythe
- Phil Gosselin
- Didi Gregorius
- Josh Harrison
- Rhys Hoskins
- Scott Kingery
- Jean Segura
- Ronald Torreyes
- Neil Walker
Outfielders