The Phillies stuck to the same script through the middle of Day Two that defined the rest of their 2026 class: college arms, college bats and, eventually, one calculated swing at a premium prep talent once the price tag made sense. Of their first 14 picks in this year’s Draft, 13 came from four-year college programs — a byproduct of working with the fifth-lowest bonus pool in baseball at $7.773 million, a chunk of which is earmarked for luring first-rounder Tyler Spangler away from a Stanford commitment.
Here is a look at the players chosen by the Phillies in Rounds 11 through 15 of the 2026 MLB Draft:
Round 11, Pick No. 339 — Drew Titsworth, RHP, Age 21, Clemson
A three-year Clemson pitcher out of Frankenmuth, Michigan, Titsworth carries an unorthodox, low-slot delivery that helped him work as both a starter and reliever for the Tigers. He finished his college career with a 13-4 record and a 4.34 ERA over 110 innings, striking out 119. His 2026 season was rockier by the numbers — a 5.09 ERA and 4-3 record over 15 appearances (five starts) — but he still punched out 43 batters in 35⅓ innings. His four-seam and two-seam fastballs both sit around 93 mph and touch 96-97 from an especially low release height, giving the pitch a flat approach angle that plays up beyond its velocity. He pairs it with a low-80s slider and an inconsistently used changeup that flashes armside fade.
Pick Analysis: Titsworth’s raw statistical line undersells how difficult his fastball shape is to square up, and the Phillies have made a habit through this Draft of prioritizing pitchers whose underlying traits — release point, spin, approach angle — outweigh a middling ERA. Landing a three-year Power Four contributor with swing-and-miss stuff in the 11th round is low-cost, low-risk pitching depth for an organization that has leaned on college arms almost exclusively since Day One.
Round 12, Pick No. 369 — Christian Coppola, RHP, Age 22, Saint Joseph’s
The Phillies stayed close to home for this pick, taking a local product in Coppola, who is from Galloway, New Jersey, and played high school ball at Cedar Creek. He began his college career with two seasons at Rutgers before transferring to Arizona for a year, then finished this past season at Saint Joseph’s, where he was dominant out of the bullpen with a 1.69 ERA over 37⅓ innings, earning ABCA All-East Regional first-team honors. Barber described him as a pitcher with legitimate “swing-and-miss stuff,” built around a fastball and a sweeping slider.
Pick Analysis: Coppola gives the Phillies their sixth right-hander of the Draft and continues a run on college relievers with bat-missing secondary pitches. A local prospect with a track record across three different programs, including a Power Four stop at Arizona, he’s a reasonable value bet in the 12th round given how well he performed once he settled in at Saint Joseph’s.
Round 13, Pick No. 399 — Brayden Bakes, OF, Age 21, Illinois State
A Huntley, Illinois, product whose twin brother Ryan also plays for the Redbirds, Bakes broke out in 2026 with a .393 average, a 1.191 OPS, 16 home runs, 22 doubles and 52 RBIs over 238 at-bats — and he walked more than he struck out (38 to 37) along the way. He’s described as the third mid-major bat the Phillies added over the course of the weekend.
Pick Analysis: Bakes’s plate discipline numbers stand out as much as his power output — walking more than he struck out while running a near-.400 average and a five-tool line is a rare combination for a 13th-round college bat. It’s another example of the Phillies mining smaller programs for performers who might have gotten overlooked due to level of competition.
Round 14, Pick No. 429 — Patrick Clemmey, LHP, Age 19, Avon Old Farms School (Conn.)
The Phillies’ lone prep arm of the 2026 Draft, Clemmey posted a 0.37 ERA as a senior at Bishop Hendricken High School in Rhode Island before decommitting from Vanderbilt and spending a postgraduate year at Avon Old Farms. The 6-foot-5 southpaw is now committed to Georgia, but he’s shown impressive velocity numbers this spring to go with an already-plus breaking ball. He’s the younger brother of Alex Clemmey, a 2023 second-round pick who is currently pitching for the Nationals’ organization at Double-A Harrisburg.
Pick Analysis: Barber said the Phillies are optimistic about signing Clemmey away from his Georgia commitment: “I feel pretty confident that we’re going to bring him into the mix here, but nothing’s ever done until it’s done. When we found out this was a possibility to hopefully sign him, we were all over it and took him at the earliest opportunity.” Given the club’s small bonus pool, taking their only true high school pitching gamble in the 14th round — rather than earlier, when the price tag would have been steeper — fits the value-driven approach that defined this entire Draft class.
Round 15, Pick No. 459 — Owen Clyne, SS, Age 22, George Mason
A Wichita, Kansas, native who played at Barton Community College and Iowa Western Community College before landing at George Mason, Clyne is a versatile infielder who has manned shortstop, second base and third base in college. Over two seasons in Fairfax, he hit .338/.429/.498 with a .927 OPS, 25 doubles and 13 home runs across 117 games, walking 72 times against just 64 strikeouts. He led George Mason in hits, triples, home runs, RBIs, walks, runs, total bases and slugging percentage as a senior, and he also spent time with the Aberdeen IronBirds in the MLB Draft League.
Pick Analysis: Clyne’s blend of plate discipline, positional versatility and a two-community-college path to a Division I program makes him a classic 15th-round depth pick — the kind of experienced, well-traveled infielder who profiles more as organizational depth than a top prospect, but whose contact skills and defensive flexibility give him a real chance to move through the system.
The Bottom Line on Rounds 11-15
This stretch of the Draft crystallized the same themes that ran through the Phillies’ entire class: college pitchers valued for their underlying traits over their raw numbers, college bats mined from mid-major and small-college programs, and exactly one high-upside prep arm the club felt was worth the price of admission. With the bulk of their bonus pool already committed to signing Tyler Spangler, rounds 11 through 15 were where the Phillies’ scouting department leaned hardest into value over ceiling.
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