Since early May, we’ve been clamoring about bringing up the young players from triple-A or, in Scott Kingery’s case, double-A. The Phillies finally called up Nick Williams, after a year and a half in triple-A, and Rhys Hoskins and Kingery are excelling in Lehigh Valley.
With Hoskins leading the way, the IronPigs boast a 55-34 record in the International League, just a half-game behind the Yankees’ affiliate Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. But the resume that record gets bestowed upon is that of first-year manager Dusty Wathan.
Wathan took over for Dave Brundage, who was ousted as manager after four years with the team.