Newcomer who should fight for a starting job in the rotation... Does an excellent job of locating his pitches…Continues to get better and better at developing a secondary pitch to go with his fastball...Attended Garrett College where he was named the 2007 Male Scholar Athlete-of-the-Year.

Personal: Born Jan 15, 1986...Parents are Patrick and Denise Phillips...Has a younger sister, Alaina...Majoring in mass communications...Used to play hockey as a youth...Favorite athletes are David Ortiz and Josh Beckett.