Philadelphia Phillies manager Rob Thomson praised Mick Abel after his second career outing, saying, "It's clicked" for Abel.

By the end of it, there was chaos everywhere. But Abel, making his second big-league start, represented something stable for the Phillies.

It had been six years since the Phillies used their top pick on a pitcher when they made Mick Abel the first high school arm off the board, 15th overall, in the 2020 draft. There was Aaron Nola in 2014,