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Phillies Agree To Minor League Deal With Phil Gosselin

By Steve Adams | December 18, 2018 at 9:17pm CDT

The Phillies have agreed to a minor league contract with infielder Phil Gosselin, tweets Jim Salisbury of NBC Sports Philadelphia. Presumably, he’ll head to Spring Training on a non-roster invitation and compete for a bench spot with his new organization.

Gosselin, 30, made 28 plate appearances with the Reds in 2018 and another 50 between the Pirates and Rangers the year prior. His most significant big league action came with the Braves and D-backs from 2014-16, taking a combined 494 plate appearances in that time. In all, he’s a career .263/.314/.361 hitter with seven home runs 27 doubles and and a pair of triples in 579 Major League plate appearances.

The bulk of Gosselin’s time in the Majors has come as a second baseman (550 innings), though he also has experience at third base (189 innings), shortstop (55 innings), first base 46 innings and in the corner outfield (41 innings). The Phillies already have a crowded infield with Rhys Hoskins, Cesar Hernandez, Jean Segura, Maikel Franco and Scott Kingery all currently penciled onto the 25-man roster. Of course, there’s been no shortage of trade rumblings surrounding Franco, and Hernandez, too, has been mentioned as a possible candidate to move at times. At the very least, it seems safe to expect that the infield mix will change between now and March, when Gosselin will be vying for a job.

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  1. PhanaticDuck26

    6 years ago

    guess this takes them out of the running for Machado…

    (sorry, dad joke)

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    • bballlover93

      6 years ago

      Was about to say the same lol. Here come the negative comments from Philly fans.

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      • Marc (Phillies Phan)

        6 years ago

        No negativity from me on this comment – I thought it was funny. I am going to be negative on Klentak, but not the comment 🙂

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        • bballlover93

          6 years ago

          Oh I understand that lol. Was just a joke 😉

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        • Marc (Phillies Phan)

          6 years ago

          bballlover93 – I am cool with it. I like joking around with stuff. I wanted you to know not “all” Phillie fans are crotchety. I mean, I am about Klentak, but not with others here.

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      • DarkSide830

        6 years ago

        i would assume most of the negetivity is that the joke is getting old. It’s already been said over a dozen times for over a dozen teams. Some people are sick of it, though I’ll always find it somewhat funny.

        Reply
    • coach him

      6 years ago

      This must be the plan B they are talking about…

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    • xabial

      6 years ago

      Please don’t apologize. We need more jokes here!

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      • Marc (Phillies Phan)

        6 years ago

        xabial, I tried that below. Got told off LOL

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        • xabial

          6 years ago

          That was a previously banned user whose existence is to troll. You know him well.

          He doesn’t count and is best ignored.

          3
          Reply
        • Marc (Phillies Phan)

          6 years ago

          800 x 2? Ok, makes sense….

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        • xabial

          6 years ago

          Ding ding. Internet winner chicken dinner

          3
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        • xabial

          6 years ago

          I think with shill accs, mlbtr gave up banning. Everytime banned he kept making new accs.

          Dawg gives a whole new meaning to “no life”

          3
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        • Marc (Phillies Phan)

          6 years ago

          I see it now. 8 down votes in 12 minutes again.

          Reply
        • xabial

          6 years ago

          Mccutchen poll thread had 50. If I bring it up it’s taboo and opens door for nasty comments. Hopefully he grows up. Flattered someone made 50 accs to dv me? Lol. This place used to be filled with so many nice pple!

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        • Marc (Phillies Phan)

          6 years ago

          I know this is off baseball – I have been watching times as you can see – how quick they come. I almost with MLBTR would go to a login system. More accountability. Sure one could still make fake accounts, but then one has to create the fake e-mail addresses too, as accounts are verified.

          Reply
  2. oldmanmiller

    6 years ago

    First time I clicked on a bio and seen a persons position as pinch hitter lol

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    • TheRoadDogg

      6 years ago

      I believe on Terrance Gore’s Baseball Reference page it lists him firstly as a pinch runner

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    • hiflew

      6 years ago

      Lenny Harris. He played 18 seasons and is still listed as pinch hitter first.

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      Reply
  3. Tampadelphia Ed

    6 years ago

    Boom! Off season is complete. Told you all Phils were gonna spend big. World Series here we come.

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  4. shane

    6 years ago

    The Machado meeting must have went poorly…

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    • Jimcarlo Slaton

      6 years ago

      Must have gone, and it’s not happening until Thursday.

      Reply
  5. Marc (Phillies Phan)

    6 years ago

    I am glad to see Klentak is at least alive.

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    • MetsYankeesWhiteSox

      6 years ago

      He literally signed McCutchen 3 days ago, over-exaggerate much?

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      • Marc (Phillies Phan)

        6 years ago

        Wow. Attempt at some humor.

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  6. shortytallz

    6 years ago

    Phil da Philly Phillie

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  7. bravesfan

    6 years ago

    Kid was never that good. I mean seriously…

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    Reply
  8. MetsYankeesWhiteSox

    6 years ago

    I approve of this signing

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    • YankeesWarriorsPatriots

      6 years ago

      Threat for some PT. Cesar better watch out. Big fan of gosselin’s

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  9. rmullig2

    6 years ago

    You would think they would give him a major league contract. After all, he does have those eight kids to feed.

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  10. MetsYankeesRedSox

    6 years ago

    27th

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    • xabial

      6 years ago

      Number of WS championships Yankees have

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    • YankeesWarriorsPatriots

      6 years ago

      You actually counted all the comments on this blog- 30th comment

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      Reply
  11. gmenfan

    6 years ago

    If you asked for a really boring offseason for Christmas, then your stocking is currently overflowing.

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    • PhanaticDuck26

      6 years ago

      if it ended today, it would still be more exciting than last year’s… I’ll bet you my kid’s Christmas stocking that Machado signs before Christmas, and there are still a lot of other fun names to think about–Kikuchi, Britton, Miller, Phil Gosseli–oh, wait….

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  12. Johhos

    6 years ago

    Now starting for the AAA Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs…….

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  13. Jason Feldman

    6 years ago

    The Philadelphia Dumpster Divers

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    • pinkerton

      6 years ago

      no, that would be whatever team you support.

      Reply
  14. DadsInDaniaBeach

    6 years ago

    I don’t get excited by minor league signings…this one is just another yawn…just a body to help fill the many diamonds when Clearwater starts up in Feb.

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  15. SoxPow

    6 years ago

    I guess that takes them out of the running for Machado? 😉

    1
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  16. DarkSide830

    6 years ago

    Bleh, only signed him cause he’s local. Plenty of better MiL FA available. NEXT!

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