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COACHING STAFF
BROCK STASSI - HITTING COACH
Brock Stassi returns to Reading as the Fightin Phils Hitting Coach after
playing for Reading in 2014, '15, '17 and '21. 2024 will be Stassi's second
season as a coach in the Phillies organization, as he served as High-A
Jersey Shore's Hitting Coach in 2023. He oversaw a BlueClaws offense
that helped Jersey Shore to a postseason appearance in 2023. Stassi was
a 33rd Round pick by the Phillies out of Nevada in 2011 and made his
Major League Debut with Philadelphia in 2017. En route to the big
leagues, Stassi had an excellent 2015 season with Reading, where he hit
.300 with 15 home runs. Stassi additionally spent time as a player in the
San Francisco Giants organization before returning to the Phillies in 2021.
KARL ELLISON - DEVELOPMENTAL COACH
Karl Ellison joins the Phillies organization for his first season in 2024 and
will serve as the Fightin Phils Development Coach. Ellison most recently
spent 2023 as a catcher in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He split
2023 between Vancouver, New Hampshire, and Buffalo. Ellison began
2022 in the Phillies organization, spending most of his time playing for
High-A Jersey Shore, but spent some time with Triple-A Lehigh Valley. He
was traded to the Blue Jays from the Phillies on Aug. 31, 2022. Ellison
played collegiately for Vanderbilt from 2014-16, winning a National
Championship in 2014, and finished his college career at Lynn in 2017.
From there, he spent 2019 and '21 playing for Lake Erie in the Frontier
League, before signing with the Phillies.
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