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Please consider supporting my work and subscribe to  my Patreon page .  Your patronage will get you exclusive interviews and early access to all of my other content.  Thank you. Phillies catching prospect Herbert Iser recenty had his first full minor league season put on hold due to the global pandemic.  The 22-year-old backstop was drafted in the 23rd round last year out of Dallas Baptist. After making his pro debut, Iser notched a .221 average with a pair of homers and nine RBI in 37 combined games in the Gulf Coast League and with short-season Class A Williamsport. Recently, I talked with Iser about how he's dealing with the baseball hiatus.  Read ahead for that interview. -How is the time off from the sport impacting your training or lifestyle? It’s pretty crazy because it’s supposed to be my first full season, but I’m doing in home training, run and throw in a park near my home and hitting beans (laughs). - Can you describe what it was lik...

Herbert Iser, image- MiLB.com Herbert Iser would have already taken strides toward becoming a citizen of the United States if it wasn't for the Phillies drafting him a couple of months ago. The talented backstop was hopeful to make progress in that regard, but signed his first professional contract after he was selected in the 23rd round in this year's amateur draft got in the way. "I was in the process, but being drafted and all that stuff, I couldn't make it to the appointment I had, so hopefully in the off-season, maybe, I'll be a dual citizen with Jamaica and America," Iser said in a recent phone interview. A Citizen of Jamaica, currently, Iser's family has a remarkable background.  Not wanting to live under a dictatorship, Iser's parents, Alfredo Iser and Maria Olivero, fled Cuba for more favorable conditions in Jamaica in 1996.  A year and a half later, Herbert was born, named after his father's employer, Jamaican Minister of ...