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MLB Pipeline names Cozens, Lively Phils’ Prospects of Year
- Updated: October 10, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies have a slew of prospects they need to protect before December’s Rule 5 Draft.
Two of them are outfielder Dylan Cozens and right-hander Ben Lively, who MLBPipeline.com named the Phillies’ Minor League Player and Pitcher of the Year. Cozens and Lively already won the organization’s Paul Owens Award for its Minor League Player and Pitcher of the Year. Cozens shared the award with Double-A teammate Rhys Hoskins.
Cozens, 22, hit .276 with 40 home runs, 125 RBIs, 21 stolen bases and posted a .591 slugging percentage with Reading. He led the Minors in home runs, RBIs, extra-base hits (81) and total bases (308). Cozens, who the Phillies selected in the second round of the 2012 Draft and is the organization’s No. 6 prospect, set the Reading single-season home run record. He also earned the Eastern League MVP Award and earned a spot on the MLB Futures Game roster.
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