With the calendar turned to December, the Rule 5 Draft — which takes place Dec. 10 through the Winter Conferences in Orlando, Fla. — is formally close to.
Two weeks in the past, the Phillies kicked off what ought to be a busy offseason by including three prospects to the 40-man roster: prime prospect Andrew Painter (MLB No. 16), outfielder Gabriel Rincones Jr. (PHI No. 9) and right-hander Alex McFarlane (PHI No. 20). These strikes protected all three from being chosen, however additionally they left a handful of attention-grabbing names unprotected.
Three of them — all unranked, all coming off breakout 2025 seasons — stand out as Rule 5 candidates that different golf equipment might have their eyes on.
COMPLETE PHILLIES PROSPECT COVERAGE
One of many greatest surprises within the system this 12 months was the 6-foot-4 outfielder. In his first 4 skilled seasons, Reyes by no means posted an OPS of .715 or higher. A robust offseason modified the trajectory heading into 2025: he logged an .881 OPS over 101 plate appearances within the Colombian Winter League, a touch {that a} step ahead is likely to be coming.
Reyes broke camp with Double-A Studying and by no means actually slowed down. The 24-year-old from the Dominican Republic set professional highs in batting common (.331), dwelling runs (16), extra-base hits (54) and OPS (.923). Earlier than a late promotion to Triple-A Lehigh Valley, he hit .335 in 95 video games for Studying, incomes the Japanese League batting title.
A transfer again into the rotation gave McGarry some wanted redirection. The Phillies’ 2021 fifth-round decide spent ’24 in a reduction position at Triple A and struggled, ending with a 4.55 ERA and a 42:36 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 30 appearances as command points piled up.
He went into the winter on the lookout for solutions and located sufficient to construct on. McGarry made 5 appearances (4 begins) within the Arizona Fall League and posted a 3.75 ERA with 15 strikeouts for Glendale, setting the stage for a reset in 2025.
Again in a starter’s position this 12 months, the 26-year-old delivered a 3.44 ERA in 21 outings (17 for Studying). The strike-throwing particularly took an actual step ahead: his walks per 9 dropped from 10.2 in 2024 to five.3 in ’25. The swing-and-miss by no means went away — amongst Minor League pitchers with at the very least 80 innings, McGarry ranked fourth in Okay/9 (13.3), hanging out 124 over 83 2/3 innings, behind solely Jonah Tong, Trey Yesavage (TOR No. 1/MLB No. 26) and Thomas White (MIA No. 1/MLB No. 22).
The Phillies signed Teran as an 18-year-old out of Venezuela in 2021. After 4 Rookie-ball begins to conclude his first season, the group shifted him full-time into reduction — and he’s grown right into a late-inning arm.
In 2025, Teran put collectively his finest season but. Working throughout three ranges (Single-A, Excessive-A and Double-A), the 23-year-old posted a 1.30 ERA and leaned on an improved arsenal: a four-seam fastball that sat 93-95 mph and a slider that ticked north of two,900 rpm.
The outcomes matched the stuff. Teran’s 1.30 ERA ranked sixth-lowest within the Minors amongst pitchers with at the very least 40 appearances. He transformed 15 of 16 save probabilities (tied for fifth-most) and did a superb job limiting onerous contact — he didn’t enable a house run in 48 1/3 innings.
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