Philadelphia Phillies minor league baseball player Corey Phelan has tragically passed away at just 20 years of age after losing his battle with cancer.
The New York native signed with the Phillies organisation as an undrafted free agent in August 2020. He found out he had contracted non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in April 2022 after he passed out in the shower.
Phelan underwent scans, which discovered he had a nine-inch mass in his chest. The Phillies franchise announced the unfortunate news on Thursday evening prior to their playoff clash against the Atlanta Braves, describing how Phelan’s ‘positive presence’ radiated throughout the franchise.
