Phils fill in the blanks with second-day choices

And on the second day, the Phillies filled some needs and drafted some interesting names.

Scouting director Marti Wolever followed up the first-day selection of high school outfielder Larry Greene by making 30 more selections Tuesday.

Going into the first-year player draft, Wolever identified middle infielders, catchers, and lefthanded pitchers as organizational needs, and his first pick of the day early in the second round was shortstop Roman Quinn from Port St. Joe High School in the Florida panhandle.

Quinn, the 66th overall selection, was the first of five shortstops taken by the Phillies. Three of the five were high school players, including Tyler Greene, a projected second-round pick by Baseball America who the Phillies were able to get in the 11th round. He is not related to former Phillies Tyler Green or Tommy Greene.

"Tyler Greene probably has as much ability tools-wise as anybody [the Phillies drafted]," Wolever said. "He just had a real difficult year with the bat, but he has a lot of ability."

Greene played at West Boca Raton High School in Florida and has a scholarship to the University of Georgia.

Four picks before the Phillies selected Quinn, the Seattle Mariners drafted shortstop Brad Miller, the ACC player of the year from Clemson. The Phillies were more interested in Quinn, who was listed as a centerfielder by Baseball America, but also played shortstop and second base at Port St. Joe. He is a switch-hitter who, according to scouts, has decent power and great speed. He ran 6.35 seconds in the 60-yard dash. Quinn has a scholarship to Florida State.

"We worked him out at shortstop . . . and after the workout we think he can play there," Wolever said. "He is an 80 runner on a scale of 80, he has an above-average arm, and he has a little pop in his bat, so we're pretty excited about that."

The three other shortstops taken by the Phillies were Mitchell Walding, a high school shortstop from California, Jake Overbey from the University School of Jackson in Tennessee, and Taylor Black from the University of Kentucky. Wolever said Walding could move to third base.

Wolever also selected three college catchers - Zach Wright from East Carolina in the sixth round, Logan Moore from Northeastern Junior College in the ninth round, and John Hill from Concordia University in the 19th round - and a high school catcher - Riley Moore from California in the 21st round.