How fast can Gage Wood get here? The Phillies selected the University of Arkansas right-hander on Sunday night with the 26th overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft. It is the first time the Phils have selected a college pitcher in the first round since 2014,

It marked the first time the Phillies had selected three pitchers with its first three draft picks since 1994.

Eighteen days before the trade deadline, the Phillies might have resolved their bullpen crisis. They took right-handed fireballer Gage Wood, the kid who threw a no-hitter for Arkansas in the College World Series,