[3] Phipps played in 129 games split between the High–A Lynchburg Hillcats and Carolina in 2010, slashing .250/.316/.413 with 12 home runs, 56 RBI, and 17 stolen bases.

[5] Phipps played in 97 games split between the rookie–level Arizona League Reds and Louisville, hitting .231/.300/.422 with 17 home runs and 50 RBI.

[6] Phipps hit the first home run of his major league career, a two-run shot against the Los Angeles Dodgers' Ronald Belisario on September 23.

[7] Phipps spent the entirety of the 2013 campaign with Triple–A Louisville, playing in 130 games and slashing .248/.331/.385 with nine home runs, 49 RBI, and 14 stolen bases.

[9] He won the 2012 Caribbean Series with Leones del Escogido, playing as a reinforcement and on loan from Estrellas Orientales.

[14] Phipps subsequently joined the Laredo Lemurs of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball[15] With the team, he accumulated a .335 with 15 home runs and 15 doubles[16] but was unable to reach the championship series, losing to Wichita in the semifinal round.

[17] Phipps returned to Laredo in 2015, ending the year with a .336 batting average, 17 home runs, 24 doubles, 76 RBI and a league–leading 127 hits.

He later played the league's finals with the Cardenales de Lara, but lost to Águilas del Zulia in the championship.

[32][33] He later began the offseason with Anzoátegui, but was released in early November 2017 after hitting .123,[34] and later returned to the Nicaraguan league with the Gigantes de Rivas.

[33] On January 16, 2018, Phipps was traded to the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball,[35] and officially signed with the team on May 14.

[36] On April 15, 2019, Phipps re-signed with Sugar Land, ultimately playing in 124 games and slashing .261/.350/.458 with 21 home runs and 81 RBI.

Phipps later returned to play for the Caribes de Anzoátegui of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League during the offseason.

[39] After slashing .296/.398/.648 33 home runs, 91 RBI, and 10 stolen bases, Phipps was awarded the Frontier League's Designated Hitter of the Year honors for 2022.