Somehow I missed the news he is in the KC system now. I worked the Express game last night (exciting comeback win after being down 8-1), and saw him play for Omaha. Hard to believe he was the cause of so much angst at the time of The Trade. He is hitting .226 and looks very ordinary in the OF. Great speed.
He did something last night I had never seen. He hit a dribbler up the first baseline which Jones, the first baseman, fielded on the line about 30 feet from the bag and waited on the line for the tag on Phillips. Rather than jog down the line into the tag, Phillips made a hard right turn, crossed the foul line, entered the dugout, and took his seat.
Looked bush league to me. Mike said he had seen it once before, but I had not. Had is the one we lost, not Phillips.