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Salisbury: Like Cole Hamels years ago, top prospect Aidan Miller is a lucky break for Phillies

February 18, 2025

Jul 13, 2024; Arlington, TX, USA; American League Future outfielder Spencer Jones (93) steals second base ahead of the tag by National League Future infielder Aidan Miller (10) during the fourth inning during the Major league All-Star Futures game at Globe Life Field. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Seeing Aidan Miller and Cole Hamels working on the sun-splashed fields of Carpenter Complex is a reminder of something they have in common, a lucky break for the Phillies, you could say.
Miller, the club’s top position-player prospect, is in big-league camp for a taste of what it’s all about. The 20-year-old shortstop will begin the season in the minors, probably Double-A Reading, but it shouldn’t be long, a year or so, maybe, before he’s back as a pillar of the next wave of great Phillies.
Hamels, who pitched the Phillies to the World Series Championship in 2008, is in camp beginning the next chapter of his career as an instructor. He spent some time Tuesday talking chang...

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