Brock Stassi comes from a long line of minor leaguers, most of them catchers. His father, Jim, put in work out west in the eighties, getting at-bats in the California, Pacific Coast, and Texas leagues, before hanging it up. His grandfather Bob trucked out to Albuquerque at 21 years old for a season as a catcher under former Philadelphia A’s pitcher Jimmy Zinn. Even his great grandfather is said to have done a bit of crouching, and his younger brother, Max, has spent most of his playing career in the Astros’ farm system, surfacing with the big club for a couple of swings every year since 2013.
2017 Phillies player review: Brock Stassi
