The Phillies have agreed to a minor-league deal with veteran outfielder Shane Robinson, according to the latest minor transactions from Matt Eddy of Baseball America. Terms of the arrangement are not known.
Robinson, 34, has appeared in nine MLB campaigns, though he has never yet reached 200 plate appearances in a single season. In total, he carries a modest .221/.288/.292 slash over 849 plate appearances.
Clearly, that’s not going to get the job done, but Robinson has nevertheless found opportunity owing to his well-regarded work in the field and on the bases. It’s fair to note, too, that he has at least shown himself to a be a competent batsman at the Triple-A level, where he owns a .279/.336/.382 line in parts of nine seasons of work.
Lol not sure this OF Phills’ fans had in mind.
The Pete Kozma of OF.
Great defender, can’t hit his weight, unfortunately.
Before u read all the Robinson hate from Yankee fans…
Know, he had great defensive numbers for NYY:
+4 DRS, +3.6 UZR, +37.4 UZR/150 in 148.2 Innings,
He just couldn’t hit a lick as OF.
So who is the next former Yankee OF to sign in Philly? Granderson?
Maybe they’ll shore up their infield by acquiring the best trade chip in all of baseball, Rob Refsynder.
Ref !
This isn’t Machado
Kinda mean to post “Phillies sign…” on Manny Machado day. I nearly had a stroke
OMG, I ALMOST HAD THE SECOND STROKE AND AN ANEURYSM
Bye-bye Bry.
Whenever I saw this guy come up to the plate for the Yankees I cringed.
My sperm count dropped every time I saw him at the plate smh
Spending that stupid money.
This
Oh yea sugar Shane Robinson !!!!! We loved his scrubby self so much here last season. Yankeeography time !
Hey Phillies, time to put your money where your mouth is. Enough of this ruse.
If the Phillies lose out on Harper AND machado the fan base will be angry I’d imagine. They probably overpay for Dallas in that situation as he is the only good starter left on the FA market that I can think of
Casual fan?? Yea, loud loud complaints…especially on social media
Normal Phans?? Little disappointing for sure…but the team is already markedly better with Segura at SS, Rhys back to 1B, and Cutch in the OF…..maybe throw in a Keuchel and/or Miller/Britton/Kimbrel/Kikuchi?? I’m already happy…any of that is gravy. Although, Phils don’t seem like a traditional landing place for overseas imports…..I’d love a little Kikuchi…..oh, that sounds dirty .
AND we’ll all just start dreaming on Trout and saying “That was the plan all along”
I consider myself more than a casual Phillies fan but I’d definitely more than “a little disappointed.”
Even if the hype was a little more media driven, there’s zero reason for the Middleton comment to not come away with more than McCutchen and Segura. They have immense money to spend with two premium talents available in a bigger market to be able to bully just about any team from them.
I do agree on the Trout comment though. I will say that if by the time he’s a FA and the Phillies haven’t gotten one of MM, Harper, NA, or Trout… it’s a revolt.
yea, for middleton to make that comment he must have been very, very confident that dollars will win the battle against preferred location (MM wants NY, BH wants NY/LA). i think he’s right, and u know the players union and agents will pressure guys to take the most money, but i just have this thought in the back of my mind that one of MM or BH would take less to play in their preferred city. in this case, not much middleton can do as hes already outbid everyone…
I’m a life long Phillies fan, and I think it would be a huge mistake to pay for Harper or Machado, when we could get 3/4 guys for half (or less) the financial commitment one of them requires…we have a roster with over 50 percent of it being question marks…one guy isn’t going to solve our ills, just placate the fan base.
That’s not a terrible strategy but who are those 3-4 guys that will have the same type of impact a Machado or Harper will have? There really aren’t those type of FA out there.
Having McCutchen already on the books takes him out of this convo since either of these two big fish are still on the table.
It’s just not realistic to happen because the options just aren’t there
I think the only positions of strength we have are 1B, SS, RF…you could find better at every other position…Moose, Britton, Miller, D.J., to name a few
That’s a GREAT screen name
@ Halfbaked McBride. Phillies/Cardinals legend
Huge if true
My heart dropped everytime he came up to the plate for the Yankees
He has a postseason Home Run. lol
And it was a thing of absolute beauty.
mlb.com/video/robinsons-solo-homer/c-31145565
I was gonna make a comment, then I realized that I have nothing to say..
I wonder if Matt Klentak took Manny to Pat’s or Gino’s.
If they’re smart they skipped both and hit Delassandros, Jims or Ishkabibbles. You want a real Philly cheesesteak, you aren’t going to Pats or Genos.
This guy got a a rousing standing O from Cardinal fans when he was on a visiting team. Classiest fans around.
Cardinals fans are the biggest dumbazzes in baseball. They give standing ovations to anyone whoever wore a Cards uniform. Too dumb to realize it defeats the purpose for guys who actually deserve it.
It’s called respect.
Minor league deal, which is depth.
The power of BIlly Hamilton plus the contact ability of Joey Gallo. Truly an enviable mix.
You forgot defense of Jackie Bradley Jr. in RF
I’d rather have Michael Bourn
How in the world do guys like this keep getting chances?
He has a lot of defensive value and he’s willing to sign inexpensively.
Anyone who can play defense as well as he can with even a slightly below average bat, is sure to be a lot more expensive, and probably require a 40-man roster spot.
Robinson will earn something like $50k-$100k in the minors, as a veteran with negotiating power, and probably the pro-rated version of the league minimum if he plays in the majors at any point.
Assuming he spends 15 days in the majors, we’re looking at just under $50k in the bigs and around $120k overall (minors+majors) for a guy who’s going to be able to help a competitive team late in games.
Guys like Michael Martinez, Quintin Berry, Pete Kozma are well worth about 20% of the league minimum as they can help a team in some way, shape or form while adding veteran depth to the upper minor leagues. There’s a reason somebody traded for Berry every single August before he retired.
Phil2017 A lot of guys make more than that in AA .I have watched this guy since he was with AA Springfield and thought “ this guy is keeping someone from having a job” No offense but he’s just not a good ball player
You do realize that he’s headed right to Lehigh, right? Its not 2015 anymore and therefore no Cedric Hunters will be on the Opening Day Roster
*2016- my bad
I still have nightmares over Shane Robinson