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Phillies' Top Prospect Painter Named Baseball America's Minor League Pitcher of the Year

The Philadelphia Phillies' top prospect Andrew Painter has been named Baseball America's Minor League Pitcher of the Year.
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Phillies' Top Prospect Painter Named Baseball America's Minor League Pitcher of the Year
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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KADE KISTNER

Kade Kistner is the publisher and beat writer for Sports Illustrated's Inside the Phillies. An alumnus of Tulane University, Kade graduated in 2017 with a degree in Latin American Studies and a minor in Spanish. Upon graduation, Kade commissioned into the United States Navy and attended Naval Flight School in Pensacola, Fl. He served as a Naval Aviator and was stationed in Jacksonville, Fl.  During his time in school and the Navy, Kade began covering the MLB and NFL with USA Today, SB Nation, and Sports Illustrated.  Kade covered the New Orleans Saints, Texas Rangers, and numerous other teams within the Sports Illustrated network before launching Inside the Phillies, Inside the Astros, and Inside the Cubs. You can follow him on Twitter at @KadeKistner, or if you have any questions or comments he can be reached via email at kwkistner@gmail.com.

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