Phillies' Top Prospect Painter Named Baseball America's Minor League Pitcher of the Year
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Baseball America has handed out their first ever Minor League Pitcher of the Year Award to Philadelphia Phillies' top prospect Andrew Painter.
The 19-year-old finished up his 2022 MiLB season with the Double-A Reading Fightin' Phils after beginning the year with Single-A Clearwater.
Painter finished with 103.2 innings pitched and a 1.56 ERA coupled with an otherworldly 0.89 WHIP across three levels. The right-hander has firmly put himself in the conversation to compete for a roster spot at the Major League level come 2023.
Drafted with the 13th overall pick in the 2019 MLB Draft, Painter has shot up the top-prospect rankings lists and has solidified himself as one of the premium pitching talents in the minors.
He has proved he can handle his accelerated development timeline.
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