After playing 13 years in professional baseball as an outfielder, Brett Phillips began the first leg of a comeback tour to return to the majors — as a pitcher — in Wichita on Monday evening. Since ...

The Yankees added some bullpen arms at the trade deadline which they hope will pay off down the stretch this season and into the playoffs. There was a minor league deal, though, that was also ...

As MLB pitching prospects go, Brett Phillips is an odd one. He is 30 years old and yet was just signed by the Yankees to their Single-A squad in Tampa. He has a fireball fastball that he has never ...

Former Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Brett Phillips was full of gratitude when he announced his retirement from the game of baseball. Phillips announced Sunday that he was calling it a career. The ...

The Seminole High product spent three months training to make the transition, then one outing was enough to get a minor-league contract. Marc Topkin is a sports reporter covering the Tampa Bay Rays.