Phillies Nation · May 14, 2017
For Cozens, April adjustments bring May power
made history last year at double-A Reading by blasting 40 home runs and driving in 125 runs, both of which are franchise records. He was the first Eastern League player to hit 40 home runs since Ron Kittle in 1981 and the first since 1961 to top 100 RBI and 100 runs scored in a single season.
A season for the record books called for a well-deserved promotion to Lehigh Valley, just one step away from the show. But Cozens’ April numbers, hitting just .136 in 23 games, indicated that triple-A is a different animal than double-A.