Phillippe Aumont is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher, who played for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was drafted by the Seattle Mariners 11th overall in the 2007 Major League Baseball draft, and was the third earliest Canadian pick as well as the first player born in Quebec to be selected in the first round of the draft.
Aumont with the Chicago White Sox during spring training in 2016
Aumont with the Phillies in 2010
Aumont with the Phillies in 2013
2007 Major League Baseball draft
The 2007 Major League Baseball draft, was an annual choosing of high school and college baseball players, held on June 7, 2007 and June 8, 2007. The first day session of the draft included the first 25 rounds and was scheduled to be broadcast "live" from Orlando, Florida on television for the first time, on ESPN2 from 2:00pm to 6:00pm Eastern Daylight Time. Previously the conference call format draft was broadcast live, along with commentary, on both draft days exclusively from the MLB.com website as streaming audio. In total, the draft featured 50 rounds and 1453 selections.
Tampa Bay selected David Price first overall. Price is a 5x All-Star who won the 2012 American League Cy Young Award.
The Royals selected Mike Moustakas second overall. Moustakas is a 3x All-Star.
Baltimore selected Matt Wieters fifth overall. Wieters is a 4x All-Star and 2x Gold Glove winner at catcher.
The San Francisco Giants selected Madison Bumgarner tenth overall. The 4x All-Star won the 2010, 2012, and 2014 World Series. He was named both the NLCS MVP and World Series MVP in 2014.