The Phillies have outrighted six players, per a club announcement. Infielder Emmanuel Burriss, outfielder Jimmy Paredes, lefty Patrick Schuster, and righties Frank Herrmann, Dalier Hinojosa, and Colton Murray all lost their roster spots.
It’s no surprise to see Philadelphia partaking in some aggressive roster trimming. The organization has been utilizing a variety of temporary options while its best young talent develops in the minors. With another offseason at hand, the Phils will need to protect a new round of players from the Rule 5 draft while also pursuing new additions from the group of players that will inevitable enter the open market as other organizations make their winter decisions.
Paredes, 27, struggled badly in his 150 plate appearances, posting a .217/.242/.350 slash a season after providing the Orioles with an approximately league-average bat last year in over 100 games of action. Likewise, Burris didn’t show much at all in his fifty plate appearances, which represent his most extensive MLB action since way back in 2012.
The southpaw Schuster, who is still just 25, was bombed in his two major league innings. But he showed quite well in 44 2/3 Triple-A innings on the year, allowing just six earned runs on 31 hits and 18 walks while punching out 46 batters.
As for the righties, Herrmann earned a return to the majors for the first time since 2012 but was hit hard in 15 frames. The 30-year-old Hinojosa held opponents to four earned runs in 11 innings, with eight strikeouts and three walks, and also carried a 2.86 ERA with 10.5 K/9 against 5.1 BB/9 in his 28 1/3 innings at the highest level of the minors.
Among these players, only Murray was drafted and developed by the Phils. He was coming off of two straight quality campaigns in the upper minors and continued to perform well at Triple-A, but didn’t impress in the bigs. Over 31 2/3 innings, Murray worked to a 6.25 ERA with 8.8 K/9 against 3.7 BB/9. Though ERA estimators suggest he was a bit unlucky, he was quite susceptible to the long ball and gave up a ton of hard contact (41.1%).
I like Jimmy Paredes. He should come back to Baltimore.
Very disappointed with Hininosa. Had high hopes for him this past year.
If the Phillies cut these bums, then I’m sure Williams from the white sox will pick them up. However they might be too young. He likes FA’s in their late 30’s
The phils need to clear at least a dozen spots to protect their best prospects.
Really surprised to see them outright a 25 year old who just had a sub-2.00 era in tripleA.
Those are the moves teams have to make when it comes time to protect their bigger prospects. Baseball is a lot of lottery tickets, so rebuilding teams always seem to be losing guys that you would otherwise want to keep.
Look at Odubel Herrera for example
Need a roster spot for the prospects
Phils 2d tier relievers are a bunch of nibblers. Pitching coach Bob McClure must ell them to not be afraid of pitching on the black. Horrible bb’s/9 innings up and down the roster.