Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Dylan Cozens was born May 31, 1994, in Scottsdale, Arizona. He is an outfielder in the MLB.

Cozens was promoted to the Major Leagues on May 31, 2018, to replace Hoskins while he was on the disabled list. Cozens debuted on June 1, against the San Francisco Giants and recorded his first major league hit in the same game, hitting a single on the first pitch he saw (becoming the first Phillie to get his first major league hit on the first pitch he saw since Steve Montgomery on June 11, 1999). Cozens hit his first big league home run on June 7 against Chicago Cubs reliever Brandon Morrow. He was recalled as a September call-up (when MLB rosters expanded), on September 1. In 2018, Cozens batted .158/.273/.289 in 38 at-bats for the Phillies with a home run, a stolen base, and two RBIs.