Phillies prospect Dylan Cozens spoke Monday at the baseball winter meetings after receiving an $8,000 check for being the minor-league home run leader. Cozens hit 40 home runs for Double-A Reading in 2016, meaning he wound up earning $200 for each home run he hit. He said at the luncheon, according to Matt Breen of Philly.com, “$8,000 will make shopping this holiday season a lot easier.”
Cozens also joked about how the check was more than he made all season. Technically, that wasn’t true as he earned $1,700 per month for five months according to Breen, meaning Cozens took home $8,500 this season.