Bryson Stott has looked all the part of one of the 26 best players at Philadelphia Phillies camp during Spring Training, and not especially close to 25 or 26.
An excellent spring continued for Stott Monday, in a day that we may look back at as the day that the 2019 first-round pick forced the hands of the Phillies to put him on the Opening Day roster.
Stott’s first at-bat came in the bottom of the second inning, and he quickly got in an 0-2 hole against Baltimore Orioles‘ starter Dean Kremer. Stott then worked the count back to 2-2, before taking a pitch on the outer half of the plate and singling down the left field line:
It only took Stott two pitches to double into left-center field in the bottom of the fourth inning.