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thesultanofswingandmiss
I just looked on baseball reference for “Joe Thurston”, and he has only hit one home run in his career. Duane Kuiper much?
BaseballLogic_Braves
And…?
stroh
I saw Thurston play a few spring games with the Astros. Plays hard, hustles, but is getting long in the tooth and really is just a gap filler…..could play a few games here or there and not really hurt you (but won’t be of much help either). Good guy…..amongst all the good guys in baseball.
johnsilver
Philly will end up grabbing a Thurston/Cora type for the utility guy..You watch and regret it.. These types have been of no use for years.
No offense to these players, but Cora has no range anymore and -0- arm to make any throws from 3b and Thurston is a defensive liability and has -0- bat. Was sooo glad Boston let him walk several years back.
Philly really should try and find someone who either has a solid glove, or a decent hitter at least.. 1 or the other if they cannot find a total package type guy and are worried about Utley’s health this season as a 2nd utility type behind Wiggy.
nm344
Umm.. that guy is Galvis.
Ryan
For some reason, my fellow Phillies fans LOVE those type of players.
If the fans had their way, it seems like there would be a ground swell of support for a Wilson Valdez statue our front of Citizen’s Bank Park.
Bob M.
not an upgrade from Pete Orr
James Joyce
If Guz gets helthy quick, he’s gonna find a job this summer. Lots of clubs seem to need middle infield help.
Zach 12
Joe Thurston is a great guy, really hope he catches on somewhere.
Brent Boyer
Thurston signs minor league deal with the Phillies, 2nd time around with the Phillies.
WonderboyRooney10
Id rather have an AL relief pitcher bat instead of Chin-Lung Hu
Ryan
I would rather have an AL relief pitcher bat instead of half of the players on the Phillies 25 man roster right now.
Phillies_Aces35
I thought we signed Hu awhile ago…
SOMEBODY needs to play short stop for the Iron Pigs. Hopefully we can add a MLB infielder though so there’s absolutely no shot Hu sees the MLB roster.
VivaJackMurphy
Hu’s on first…
BlueSkyLA
Rarely.
Blue387
More like never.
Why did the Mets acquire him anyway?
Lastings
It won’t be long until we see the spin-off, “Hu’s on the unemployment line”…
bigmike04
First off Kyle Smidt was reported by Matt Eddy minor league Transactions march 13-19th Los Angeles Dodgers Signed: RHP Kyle Smit
so how in the world is someone else reporting when it already been reported..
Also Ian snell was released by Los Angles Dodgers today from Kevin Goldstein tweet
heatbeat
The Phillies signed Hu???
Bruce Gross
figures that out of the three infielders released today the Phillies sign the least effective player. Guzman isn’t great in the field, but once he gets some playing time under his belt he’s a .300 hitter, whereas Hu & Thurston are career .300 hitters they’ve only hit it in AAA and are around the Mendoza league in the MLB. I’d rather have the guy whose played the last 10 years in the majors vs. 10 years in AAA.