I almost was dumb enough to caption the above photo ‘he’s older than that now,’ only to realize that we all are. We all most certainly are.
That’s a photo from back in 2018 of Connor Phillips, former Comp Round B selection of the Seattle Mariners and PTBNL from the deal that sent Eugenio Suarez and Jesse Winker west from the Cincinnati Reds. After his work with both High-A Dayton and AA Chattanooga last summer, that’s a photo of the guy who y’all ranked 11th in this year’s Community Prospect Rankings, too.
Phillips can hurl some serious gas and has the kind of pitch-mix that elicits a ton of Ks, but it’s his career 5.