Connor PhillipsCIN · RP

2026 review

Connor Phillips was a wild reliever who missed some bats but could not find the strike zone, closing at a 5.40 ERA and 1.80 WHIP in 30.0 IP over 27 games for CIN, with a 20.0 K% and a 21.4 BB% over 145 BF; his 21.4 BB% over 145 BF was the 1st highest of 517 pitchers with 100+ BF. He picked up 1 SV and 5 HLD, was optioned May 23 and recalled Sep 22. Drafted at NFBC ADP rank 1239, he finished 1004th of 1472 in the TDK LABS 5x5 value rank and 501st of 575 relief pitchers. His 5.40 ERA ran 0.79 below his 6.19 xERA over 145 BF. He posted a 1.29 ERA in 14.0 IP in Apr and an 11.70 ERA in 10.0 IP in May, and the TDK LABS card tracked the fall: by late May it had him optioned after his walks drove a collapse in his ratios within a messy CIN pen, and by late Sep, back up with the club, it still described him as a bare-bones roster fill whose control problems left him carrying the shakiest walk numbers on the staff alongside a thin strikeout profile.