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Phillies news: Aaron Brown among 27 minor-league roster cuts

Aaron Brown #98 of the Philadelphia Phillies (Photo by Mike McGinnis/Getty Images)

The Phillies have released more than two dozen minor-league players.

As the Philadelphia Phillies continue to prepare for the five-round amateur draft next week (June 10-11) — as well as deal with the ongoing uncertainty of a 2020 major and minor-league season — they joined a list of several teams to cut minor-league players.

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Along with the reported release of infielder T.J. Rivera on Friday, the organization parted ways with 26 additional minor-leaguers, according to NBC Sports Philadelphia’s Jim Salisbury, who says most would have been let go at the end of spring training “as team did usual cut down.