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The Phils announced that they had outrighted Michael Martinez to their Lehigh Valley affiliate.
The Phils announced that they had outrighted utility infielder Michael Martinez to Lehigh Valley.
As the rest of the baseball world waits for the start of the first game of the 2012 World Series between the Detroit Tigers and the San Francisco Giants, the Phils announced that they have made another change in their 40-man roster as they have outrighted to the Triple-A Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs their utility infielder, Michael Martinez.
Martinez, who the Phils had picked up in the 2010 Rule-5 Draft, have been on the ball club for parts of two seasons, appearing in 133 games, batting .188 (61 for 324), with 8 doubles, 2 triples and 5 home runs, knocking in just 31 RBIs, while scoring 35 runs. He had also walked 23 times.
To say that I’m happy that he won’t (hopefully) be with the ballclub next season is an understatement, as Martinez did not prove in any way that he should be the club’s 25th man, especially because of his waek bat and his inability to successfully bunt when called upon to do so. I’ll feel even better if someone else takes him off the Phils’ hands, although I do not see that happening at all.
The Phils have just announced that they had taken Pete Orr and Steve Lerud off of their 40-man roster.
Earlier this afternoon, the Phils have announced that they had outrighted infielder Pete Orr and catcher Steve Lerud from their 40-men roster, leaving them open to possibly being picked up by another team during the 2012-13 off-season. This leaves the Phils with 37 players now on the roster, along with four players on the sixty-days disabled list.
The Phils have cut nine players at camp.
Before the start of this afternoon’s game with the Twins, the Phils cut nine players off of their spring training roster. The nine were all sent to the Phils’ minor league camp.
The nine who were cut were right handed pitchers Dave Bush, Austin Hyatt and B.J. Rosenberg and left hander Pat Misch, all of whom are to be reassigned, while infielders Harold Garcia and Ceasar Hernandez, outfielder Tyson Gillies, catcher Sabastian Valle and right hander J.C. Ramirez have all been optioned. Garcia had also been reassigned from the Phils’ 40-man roster, which leaves the team with 38 men now on the roster.
The Phils have added four minor-league players to their 40-man roster.
The Phils have announced that they are adding four players from their minor-league system to their 40-man roster to protect them from next month’s Rule 5 draft.
The four minor leaguers are right-handed pitcher Phillippe Aumont, left-handed pitcher Jake Diekman, catcher Sebastian Valle and outfielder Tyson Gillies. Aumont and Gillies came to the Phils as part of the Cliff Lee deal with the Mariners in late 2009, while Valle was signed as an amateur in 2006 and Diekman was drafted in the 30th round of the draft in 2007. MLB.com have Valle ranked as the Phils no. 2 prospect in the minors, and Aumont as no. 10.
With the addition of the four mentioned minor leaguers, the Phils are now a player short of a complete 40-man roster.
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