Painter, Abel Among MLB Pipeline's Top 50 Prospects

JERSEY SHORE, NJ - MLB Pipeline released their Top 100 prospects on Thursday night and 2022 BlueClaws Andrew Painter and Mick Abel both cracked the top 50. Painter came as baseball's #6 prospect, and top-ranked pitcher, and Abel came in at #48.

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Painter, 19, was the Phillies first-round pick in 2021 and joined the BlueClaws in June. With Jersey Shore last year, he was 3-0 with a 0.98 ERA and 49 strikeouts in 36.2 innings over eight appearances.

Abel, 21, was the Phillies first-round pick in 2020 and was with the BlueClaws from the start of the season until both he and Painter were promoted together to Reading in August. Abel was 7-8 with a 4.01 ERA with the BlueClaws, including 103 strikeouts in 85.1 innings.

On August 6th, the pair split a double-header sweep of Hudson Valley. In game one, Abel threw six scoreless innings with eight strikeouts. Painter followed in game two and threw seven scoreless innings with 11 strikeouts.

Let's throw it back to August 6th when Mick Abel and Andrew Painter combined for 13 scoreless innings with 19 strikeouts in a double-header sweep of Hudson Valley here in ShoreTown! #TBT #Phillies pic.twitter.com/w6slabBwO9

— Jersey Shore BlueClaws (@BlueClaws) November 17, 2022

Both players received non-roster invitations to Spring Training earlier this week (click here for more).

Former BlueClaws catcher Logan O'Hoppe (2021) was the 53rd ranked prospect. O'Hoppe was traded to the Angels in August.

The BlueClaws open the season on Tuesday, April 11th with Opening Night at the Jersey Shore, presented by Jenkinson's Boardwalk.

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