When Phillies rookie Scott Kingery first set foot on a big league field last month, he was already a major league record holder: the six-year, $24 million contract he signed late in spring training was the largest guaranteed deal ever for a player with no major league service time. A few weeks into his career, Kingery has given strong hints that the Phillies made a wise decision to lock him up: he’s flashed extra-base power (seven doubles and two home runs in his first 73 plate appearances), speed (three steals in as many attempts), and a flair for the dramatic, slugging his first career home run, hitting a grand slam, and driving in the game winning run on consecutive nights in a mid-April sweep of the Reds.
Scott Kingery On Pace to Make More History
