Phillip Evans #28

Phillip Matthew Evans graduated from La Costa Canyon (CA) High School where he batted .392 with seven home runs and 32 RBI during his senior season...Was committed to play collegiately at San Diego State University before signing with the Mets. 

2017

Had his contract selected from Las Vegas (AAA) on September 8...Made his major league debut as a pinch-hitter that night vs. Cincinnati... Grabbed his first major league hit with a pinch-hit double on September 9...Made his first career start on September 17 at Atlanta...Collected his first RBI and scored his first run on September 17 at Atlanta... Went 4-12 (.333) with one double as a pinchhitter... Appeared in six games at third base and two games at second base...Batted .279 (130-466) with 26 doubles, three triples, 11 home runs, 56 RBI and 58 runs scored in 127 games for the 51s in his first season at the Triple-A level...Hit .328 (61-186) with 15 of his 26 doubles and six of his 11 home runs in the second half.

2016

Won the Eastern League batting title while playing at Binghamton (AA) with a .335 (121-361) average...Had 30 doubles, which was tied for the fifth-most in the EL, eight home runs and 39 RBI in 96 games...His .374 on-base percentage was sixth-best in the league...Began the year with St. Lucie (A) of the Florida State League and moved to Binghamton on April 22...Batted over .320 in three different months with Binghamton...Hit .333 (17-51) in May, .321 (25-78) in June and .398 (43-108) in August...Turned in 37 multi-hit games (24, two-hit games, 10, three-hit games and three, four-hit games)...Hit .330 (30-91) vs. lefthanded pitching and .337 (91-270) vs. righthanded pitching...Had a least one hit in 14-of-16 games between August 2-20...Batted .478 (32-67) in that time... Was the Eastern League's Player of the Week for the week of August 15-20...Played for Caguas in the Puerto Rican Winter League...Batted .311 (23-74) with five doubles, one triple, one home run and 13 RBI in 19 games.