Crashburn Alley · Feb 3, 2017
Phillies Sign Chris Coghlan
It is difficult to muster enthusiasm for a player on a minor league contract. As to the selection of a team’s fifth outfielder, it is much the same. Today, then, the Phillies doubled down on unexciting in the minor league signing of Chris Coghlan, who will come to Spring Training with aspirations of netting one of the remaining bench slots on the roster.
When examining Coghlan’s player page, it’s difficult not to cringe at the 66 wRC+ he put up last year. But if you step back and expand your field of view, you can spin a more optimistic narrative.