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Phillip Ervin signed baseball.

Cincinnati Reds

Minor leagues

The Cincinnati Reds chose Ervin with the twenty-seventh pick of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft.^[14][15] This choice was surprising as the Reds were expected to select a pitcher. The Reds signed Ervin to a contract with a $1,812,400 signing bonus.^[16]

Ervin began his professional career with the Billings Mustangs of the Rookie-level Pioneer League, where he batted .326 with eight home runs. He was promoted to the Dayton Dragons of the Single–A Midwest League on July 30.^[17] He hit .349 with a home run for Dayton. He had a combined .311 batting average, nine home runs, 35 runs batted in, a .425 on-base percentage, and 14 stolen bases in 15 attempts.^[18] He injured his wrist during the 2013 season, and underwent surgery during the offseason to correct it.^[19][20] Ervin returned to Dayton in 2014, but struggled, batting .237 for the season,^[21]though he did steal 30 bases.^[22]

Ervin worked with Eric Davis on his hitting in 2015.^[23] He started the 2015 season with the Daytona Tortugas of the High–AFlorida State League (FSL).^[21] Ervin's hitting improved, and he was selected for the FSL all-star game.^[24] He was promoted to the Pensacola Blue Wahoos of the Double–A Southern League later in the season.^[25] After the regular season, he played for the Peoria Javelinas of the Arizona Fall League.^[26] Ervin spent the 2016 season with Pensacola. He was named the league's player of the week for April 25 – April 30.^[27] In the league's all-star game, he hit a grand slam and won "Top Star" honors.^[28] Though he batted .239 for the season, his 36 stolen bases were fourth-best in the league. 362 on-base percentage was seventh-best in the league, and his 13 home runs were tied for eighth-best.^[25][29]

On November 18, 2016, the Reds added Ervin to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.^[30]

Condition

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