ALLENTOWN – Joey Meneses did not have a job until the last day of January. Even after signing with the Phillies as a minor-league free agent, he did not have any guarantees about moving up to the triple-A level after spending last season with Atlanta’s double-A team in Mississippi.
He was placed on the IronPigs roster when the minor leaguers broke camp, but the first baseman/outfielder headed north as a part-time player.
“We signed him and brought him to camp and Joey had to kind of wait for his turn in spring training,” Phillies director of player personnel Joe Jordan said.