Phillies select Germantown Friends lefty with first pick

Jesse Biddle, a 6-5, 235-pound high school left-hander from nearby Germantown Friends, was taken by the Phillies with their first pick - 27th overall - in baseball's first-year player draft. Biddle, who is signed to play for the University of Oregon, was scouted heavily by the Phillies and a number of other clubs. Many national scouting hubs had him going in the first round, including at least one projecting him as a top 15 pick. Clocked in the low-to-mid 90s,...