Upon learning he would not make the Phillies 25 man roster Tyler Goeddel faced the media in front of his locker in Clearwater with disdain on his face as he uttered his new home.
“Reading.”
Goeddel understood the fact that top prospects Dylan Cozens, Roman Quinn, and Nick Williams had the starting jobs in Triple-A Lehigh Valley locked up, but going all the way down to Double-A shocked the 24-year-old.
“I’m not too happy about that,” said the former Rays first-round pick, whom the Phillies made the first overall pick in the Rule 5 Draft last year.