ALLENTOWN — Scott Kingery took a look around at his new home ballpark Monday afternoon and realized he was not in Reading anymore.
“Obviously, just stepping on the field, it looks way different than Reading,” the second baseman said before making his triple-A debut with Lehigh Valley. “It looks like you can get one out to left, but it looks real deep to center. My home runs were slowing down a little bit anyway, so I’m turning back into a singles guy.”
The Phillies had better hope not.
As nice as the 18 doubles, five triples, 19 stolen bases and double-digit bunt base hits looked on his 69-game resume with double-A Reading this season, it was the 18 home runs that made the Phillies’ second-round pick in 2015 such an intriguing prospect.