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Phillies Acquire Ty Kelly From Blue Jays

By charliewilmoth | April 22, 2017 at 1:58pm CDT

The Phillies have announced that they’ve acquired IF/OF Ty Kelly from the Blue Jays for cash considerations. To clear space on their 40-man roster, they’ve placed Clay Buchholz (who will miss the next four to six months after having flexor tendon surgery) on the 60-day DL.

The Jays designated Kelly for assignment yesterday when they added Mat Latos to their roster. Kelly had only been in the Blue Jays organization for two weeks, with the Jays claiming him from the Mets earlier this month.

Kelly is 28 and has just 72 big-league plate appearances to his name, but it’s not hard to see why he continues to draw interest on the waiver wire — he has nearly as many minor-league walks as strikeouts and a career .381 minor-league OBP, and he played every position but pitcher and catcher for the Mets’ Triple-A affiliate last year. (He spends most of his time at second and third and in left, however.) The Phillies’ immediate plans for him aren’t yet clear, though it’s worth noting that left fielder Howie Kendrick’s recent abdominal strain might have been a factor in their pursuit of Kelly.

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12 Comments

  1. reflect

    8 years ago

    World Series, here they come!

    Reply
    • James7430

      8 years ago

      Lol. Lock it up!

      Reply
  2. Mets1234

    8 years ago

    Damn Ty is getting moved again…

    Reply
  3. Muddywaters

    8 years ago

    So this is Middleton showing how he wants to win? Sixers part 2, the sequel.

    Reply
    • TheChanceyColborn

      8 years ago

      ??

      Reply
    • DannyQ3913

      8 years ago

      Jesus you’re an idiot

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    • cjelepis

      8 years ago

      You r an idiot. What’d you expect? We’d go and just grab mike trout bc we wanted him?

      Reply
  4. raef715

    8 years ago

    this is simply a guy to fill out the last spot on the roster. With Kendrick out, Blanco was the only bench guy who could play short, second, third- they apparently prefer to let Valentin get regular at bats in AAA and they had a 40 spot available so makes sense as a simple move to fill that spot and make sure they dont get caught late in a game having to play somebody in the infield at a position they have never played.

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  5. ReverieDays

    8 years ago

    Poor Ty, just good enough to be claimed but not good enough to stick.

    Reply
  6. catchdogg

    8 years ago

    In less than 60 days, Ty Kelly was with the Mets, Team Israel, Mets, LV 51s, Jays and now the Phillies. Enough to drive Kelly to drink. And I’m guessing Ty goes to the rum runner.

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  7. JFactor

    8 years ago

    Poor guy keeps getting moved around.

    Feel like he would make a solid utility guy on a decent team if just left alone

    Reply
  8. JFactor

    8 years ago

    I still wish the Cards gave him more of a chance a few years ago

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