The 2020 MLB draft will last just five rounds this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, meaning the Phillies' only picks on Day 2 of the draft are 87th, 116th and 146th.
That final pick, 146th overall, comes in Round 5, where the Phillies once drafted Ryan Howard and Rhys Hoskins. Those two players alone give the Phillies a richer draft history in the fifth round than in the third or fourth. (More here on the best players to come from the third round and fourth round.)
The Phils also selected Mickey Morandini and Mike Maddux in the fifth round. It's where they selected Cole Irvin, who's currently on the 40-man roster, and Michael Taylor, who was used in the trade to Toronto for Roy Halladay.
Howard was the best player selected in the fifth round in 2001, a round that also produced C.J. Wilson, Jim Johnson, Ryan Raburn and Skip Schumaker.
Hoskins is the only fifth-rounder from 2014 who has played 100 games in the majors.
Jake Arrieta was a fifth-rounder in 2007, selected by the Orioles.
The Phillies' first-year manager, Joe Girardi, was a fifth-round pick in 1986. There were two fifth-rounders of note in that draft: Girardi and Pat Hentgen.
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And one of the five best players in baseball right now, Mookie Betts, was a fifth-round pick in 2011.
Here are the other notable fifth-rounders in MLB history:
Tier 1
Tim Rainers
Lou Whitaker
Jack Morris
Ryan Howard
Mookie Betts
Tier 2
Dwight Evans
Dave Stieb
Pat Hentgen
Jake Arrieta
Javier Vazquez
John Franco
Tier 3
Michael Young
John Valentin
Bret Boone
Brad Penny
Other notable 5th-rounders in MLB history:
Chris Archer, C.J. Wilson, Ryan Klesko, Jeff Samardzija, Mike Timlin, Dave Cash, Greg Gagne, Mickey Tettleton, J.T. Snow, Ray Durham, Max Muncy, Chris Taylor, Brandon Belt, Aubrey Huff, Lenny Harris, Ben Francisco, Steve Cishek, Ross Stripling, Daniel Hudson, J.D. Davis, Alex Avila, Charlie O'Brien, Brian Schneider, Pat Listach, Willie Upshaw, Chris Davis, Doug Mientkiewicz, Garett Atkins, Joe Crede, Mallex Smith, Cavan Biggio, Steve Buechele, Phil Gosselin, Steve Sparks, Jim Johnson, Bobby Jenks, Jake McGee.
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