Frazier ‘to see if we can get deal done’ with Phillies

Though Upland fireball-pitcher Scott Frazier was projected to go as high as the first round of the MLB draft, the 6-foot-7 senior didn’t let Tuesday’s fifth-round selection deter him from being optimistic about beginning his professional career as soon as possible.

In between bombing batting-practice home runs over the wall at the Epicenter during practice for the Inland Valley High School All-Star game on Tuesday, Frazier said he was eager to begin the next step in the process after the Philadelphia Phillies selected him with the 171st overall pick.

“We’ll sit down with my advisor (from the Creative Arts Agency in Los Angeles) and the scout from the Phillies and see if we can get a deal done,” Frazier said. As for his being selected lower than expected…”You try not to listen to everyone because nobody knows what’s going to happen until the first player gets taken. I’m excited. It’ been a long emotional year and I’m just happy to have been drafted.”

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