Phillip Ervin smacked a 3-run double for the Cincinnati Reds in yesterday's Cactus League game against the Oakland Athletics, in the process raising his spring line to a solid .357/.400/.571 in a tiny, tiny sample. If any time was a good one to look closer at Cincinnati's 1st round draftee from 2013, it's probably right now. Right?
What if I told you that of all the qualified players Phillip Ervin played with and against in the Southern League (AA) in 2016, only one of them managed to post a slugging percentage greater than .