Named Player-Manager of the Vallejo Admirals on July 2, 2016...In Phillips' first game as manager knocked in the game-winning run on an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning...Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the second round of the 2005 MLB Draft out of Redan High School in Stone Mountain, GA...Spent seven seasons in MLB affiliated minor league baseball...Played for the Admirals previously in 2014 and 2015, hitting at or above .300 both years...Younger brother of MLB All-Star Brandon Phillips.