Bailey Falter

Organization Prospect Rankings

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  Ranked Philadelphia Phillies #22 prospect in 2022
  Track Record: After faring well in his upper minors debut at Double-A Reading in 2019, Falter made the Phillies 2020 instructional league roster, impressed in five May starts at Triple-A Lehigh Valley in 2021 and quickly appeared in his first major league game in June. Falter was set to join the Phillies starting rotation in July before being placed on the Covid injured list, which caused him to miss a month of games. He made his first big league start on the final day of the regular season.
  
  Scouting Report: Falter emerged on the radar this year thanks to improvement in his fastball, with the pitch ranging from 91-94 mph from the left side. He gets good extension and riding life on the pitch, making it difficult to hit up in the zone. Falter throws a pair of breaking balls in a mid-70s curveball and mid-80s slider, which has sweeping life. Falter threw the slider 23.4% of the time at the big league level and had a 30.3% whiff rate on the pitch. It projects as an average offering. He rounds out his operation with a mid-80s changeup with tumbling life that flashes average, although he rarely threw the pitch in the big leagues. Falter was a consistent strike-thrower in the minors and was even better in the big leagues, with 1.6 walks per nine innings compared to 9.1 strikeouts.
  
  The Future: The Phillies believe Falter can be a back-of-the-rotation starter, but he’ll need to improve his changeup to give him a better weapon against righthanded hitters or be destined for a bullpen role.
  

• December, 2021 Scouting Report
  Track Record: After faring well in his upper minors debut at Double-A Reading in 2019, Falter made the Phillies 2020 instructional league roster, impressed in five May starts at Triple-A Lehigh Valley in 2021 and quickly appeared in his first major league game in June. Falter was set to join the Phillies starting rotation in July before being placed on the Covid injured list, which caused him to miss a month of games. He made his first big league start on the final day of the regular season.
  
  Scouting Report: Falter emerged on the radar this year thanks to improvement in his fastball, with the pitch ranging from 91-94 mph from the left side. He gets good extension and riding life on the pitch, making it difficult to hit up in the zone. Falter throws a pair of breaking balls in a mid-70s curveball and mid-80s slider, which has sweeping life. Falter threw the slider 23.4% of the time at the big league level and had a 30.3% whiff rate on the pitch. It projects as an average offering. He rounds out his operation with a mid-80s changeup with tumbling life that flashes average, although he rarely threw the pitch in the big leagues. Falter was a consistent strike-thrower in the minors and was even better in the big leagues, with 1.6 walks per nine innings compared to 9.1 strikeouts.
  
  The Future: The Phillies believe Falter can be a back-of-the-rotation starter, but he’ll need to improve his changeup to give him a better weapon against righthanded hitters or be destined for a bullpen role.
  
• July, 2021 Scouting Report
  Falter worked hard during the lost 2020 season and came into the 2021 season with more velocity on his fastball, getting into the 92-95 mph range from the left side with extension and riding life to go with a plus changeup and plus command. He put up impressive numbers at Triple-A as a starter and posted a 21-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio in a relief role at the big league level as of July 20, giving the team hope that he can be a back-end starter in the majors.