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Phillies prospect Dylan Cozens out for the year, future in doubt

Phillies prospect Dylan Cozens, who went on a torrid home run stretch during his minor league career, will miss the remainder of the season due to foot surgery, according to Tom Housenick of the Morning Call.

Cozens is out of minor league options, meaning next year he’d either have to make the team out of spring training or be moved elsewhere.

The soon-to-be 25-year-old slugger has 132 minor league home runs and clubbed 40 for Double-A Reading in 2016, but he’s failed to keep up both in the minors and big leagues.

In 23 games this season for the IronPigs Cozens was hitting just .