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South Jersey native Jeff Singer working his way toward Phillies

Greg Legg remembers the first few times he saw Jeff Singer pitch, and that’s why he is so impressed with what he sees from the South Jersey native.

“He is a hell of a story,” the manager of the Phillies’ double-A Reading affiliate said. “Early on when I had him, I said, ‘God, I’ve never seen this guy throw a strike.’ I think the first time I saw him, I had to go get him after he threw 12 straight balls. That was two years ago, and now you have a guy whose confidence just keeps growing.”

Singer, a graduate of Holy Cross High School and Rutgers-Camden, joined the Phillies as an undrafted free agent in 2016 after pitching for the now-defunct Camden Riversharks of the independent Atlantic League the year before.