Brett Phillips (baseball)

Brett Maverick Phillips (born May 30, 1994) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Milwaukee Brewers.

Brett Phillips
Phillips with the Omaha Storm Chasers in 2019
Kansas City Royals – No. 14
Outfielder
Born: (1994-05-30) May 30, 1994
Seminole, Florida
Bats: Left Throws: Right
MLB debut
June 5, 2017, for the Milwaukee Brewers
MLB statistics
(through 2019 season)
Batting average.203
Home runs8
Runs batted in29
Teams

Early life

Phillips attended Seminole High School in Seminole, Florida, and was drafted by the Houston Astros in the sixth round of the 2012 MLB draft.[1] He signed with the Astros rather than play college baseball at North Carolina State University.[2]

Professional career

Houston Astros

In 2012, Phillips made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast Astros of the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League, hitting .251 in 54 games. He played in 41 games in 2013 between the Greeneville Astros of the Rookie-level Appalachian League and Quad Cities River Bandits of the Class A Midwest League, hitting .242/.347/.331 in 157 at-bats. Phillips started 2014 back with Quad Cities and was promoted to the Lancaster JetHawks of the Class A-Advanced California League after posting a .883 on-base plus slugging (OPS) and 13 home runs in 103 games.[3] He finished the year hitting .310/.375/.529 with 17 home runs and was named the Astros' Minor League Player of the Year after the season.[4][5]

Milwaukee Brewers
Phillips with the Brewers in 2017

On July 30, 2015, the Astros traded Phillips, Domingo Santana, Josh Hader, and Adrian Houser to the Milwaukee Brewers for Carlos Gómez and Mike Fiers.[6] He finished the season with the Biloxi Shuckers of the Class AA Southern League.[7] The Brewers invited Phillips to spring training, where he was to compete to be the Brewers center fielder for the 2016 season.[8] However, he strained an oblique muscle and was sent to minor league camp before he could appear in a game.[7] The Brewers opted to assign Phillips to Biloxi to start the 2016 season.[7][9] The Brewers added him to their 40-man roster after the season.[10] He started the 2017 season with the Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League.

On June 5, 2017, Phillips was called up to the Brewers to make his MLB debut. In limited action he hit .276 with 4 homers and 12 RBI, and set a Statcast record with a 104 miles per hour (167 km/h) throw against the Pittsburgh Pirates to put David Freese out at home plate.

Phillips began the 2018 season in the minors and only saw 24 plate appearances with the Brewers, hitting just .182 with no homers and 4 RBI.

Kansas City Royals

On July 27, 2018, Phillips and Jorge López were traded to the Kansas City Royals in exchange for Mike Moustakas.[11]

References
  1. "Florida high school sports - Seminole's Phillips drafted by Astros in sixth round". tampabay.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
  2. Richardson, Brad (June 19, 2012). "Seminole's Phillips signs with Astros". Tampa Bay Newspapers. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
  3. "Houston Astros prospect Brett Phillips stays hot with first career five-hit night for Lancaster JetHawks - MiLB.com News - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
  4. River Bandit Phillips named Astros' top Minor Leaguer
  5. "Astros name Josh Hader and Brett Phillips as top minor league players for 2014". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
  6. "Carlos Gomez, Mike Fiers traded to Houston Astros for prospects". ESPN.com. July 30, 2015. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
  7. Rosiak, Todd; Haudricourt, Tom (March 30, 2016). "Promising outfielder Brett Phillips finally gets to play for Brewers". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  8. "Nine Brewers competing for center-field job". MLB.com. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  9. "Brewers prospect Brett Phillips shows power potential for Shuckers". Sun Herald. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  10. http://m.brewers.mlb.com/news/article/209166820/brewers-brinson-hader-added-to-40-man-roster/
  11. Haudricourt, Tom (July 27, 2018). "Brewers trade for Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas; Travis Shaw will move to second base". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
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