Here are the day’s minor moves:
- The Phillies announced that they’ve outrighted seven players from the 40-man roster. Right-hander Justin De Fratus, catcher Erik Kratz, infielder Chase d’Arnaud, outfielder Jordan Danks and lefties Adam Loewen and Ken Roberts were all outrighted off the roster. Additionally, right-hander Jonathan Pettibone was activated from the 60-day DL and outrighted. The 27-year-old De Fratus has been a regular member of the Philadelphia bullpen for the past three seasons but struggled to a 5.51 ERA in 80 innings this season. Pettibone, 25, tossed 100 1/3 solid innings for the Phils in 2013 but has struggled to recover from shoulder surgery. He threw just three innings last year and didn’t pitch in the Majors in 2015.
- The Angels announced today that infielder Grant Green has cleared outright waivers and will be assigned to Triple-A. Green, 28, was designated for assignment just before the end of the regular season. He was once a prized young player, and continues to perform in the upper minors, but has slashed just .249/.283/.335 over an even 300 career plate appearances. Notably, the move does not necessarily mean that Los Angeles will be able to stash Green in the minors. Now that he’s off of the 40-man, he’ll be eligible for minor league free agency.
Ken Roberts is the only one ineligible for minor league free agency, I believe. Petibone and De Fratus could make great buy-low signings. Both have shown signs of talent.
None of those cut loose by the phillies are worth much. Pettibone is a AAA pitcher and De Fratus just isnt very good, the more he pitches the more he gets hit
De Fratus was among the best NL Relievers last season (2014) & a resurgance isnt impossible and petibone was a 1.5 WAR in his rookie year at age 22-23 before getting hurt. Whose to say he doesnt act as a nice mid rotation guy somewhere else.
De Fratus was projected to have a 1.2 War season this year and was pretty darn good last year. Just goes to show how volatile relief pitching is.
That said, I don’t see why a rebuilding club would part with either him or Pettibone. I don’t know if Pettibone will ever shake the injury bug but he could be a solid middle reliever and a resurgence for De Fratus is entirely possible. I guess a lot of guys need rule 5 protection
Tromp, Quinn, Rios, Perkins, Edubray Ramos, Stassi, Lino… Plus they probably want one or two slots open on the 25-man for Rule 5 selections of their own next year.