The Phillies announced they’ve selected the contracts of relievers Cam Bedrosian and Ramón Rosso. They will take the two additional active roster spots available to teams as part of September expansion. To create space on the 40-man roster, first baseman Rhys Hoskins has been transferred from the 10-day to the 60-day injured list and shortstop Didi Gregorius has been placed on the restricted list.
Bedrosian is back in the majors with his third club of the season. He began the year with the Reds but struggled mightily, leading to his release. He performed far better upon making it back to the majors with the A’s but was squeezed off the roster nonetheless. Between the two teams, Bedrosian has a 5.52 ERA over 14 2/3 innings with disappointing strikeout and walk rates (21.1% and 14.1%, respectively).
That said, Bedrosian was one of the game’s more reliable relievers for much of his time with the Angels before this season. And he’s pitched quite well since latching on with Philadelphia via minor league deal in June. Over twenty innings with Triple-A Lehigh Valley, Bedrosian has a 2.25 ERA with league average strikeout and walk rates. That’ll earn him another look at the big league level — ironically with the same club with which Bedrosian’s father Steve won the 1987 NL Cy Young award.
Rosso is back after being passed through outright waivers in May. The 25-year-old has worked eleven big league innings over the past couple seasons. He’s spent much of the year with Lehigh Valley, pitching to a 4.50 ERA with underwhelming strikeout and walk numbers over 28 innings.
Hoskins’ IL transfer is entirely procedural. He is out for the season after it was revealed he’d require abdominal surgery last week. Gregorius, meanwhile, is in his native Curacao due to the birth of his child. He has been on the paternity list for the past three days but will apparently need more time away from the club.
Additionally, the Phils announced that reliever Seranthony Domínguez has been reinstated from the 60-day IL and optioned to Lehigh Valley. Philadelphia’s on-time closer, Dominguez hasn’t pitched since 2019 on account of Tommy John surgery. He began a minor league rehab assignment in early August and his 30-day allotted window was closing. Domínguez’s control hasn’t been there during his rehab looks, though, so he’ll get some more minor league time to try to iron things out. The right-hander has a 3.27 ERA over 82 2/3 big league innings.
Losing Bedrosian was the best move Manasian made this past winter.
What happened to Didi?
Is in Curacao because his wife gave birth. Congrats to them.
yeah, likely just stayed a little past the max number of days.
Only two September call/ups is a tad strange this year – leaves out Bohm, Moniak etc.
Bohm’s still down for a number of reasons.
just dont designate Rosso again. LAD will take him.
What was Dominguez “on-time” for?
I believe there is a 30 day limit for rehabbing before you have to be placed back on the active roster list.
What reasons is Bohm down? I don’t keep up with it much but Bohm looked like the real deal last year. His numbers aren’t great but don’t seem terrible either.
Sophmore slump but he is the real deal at the plate.. He’ll be fine. The problem is his fielding at 3rd base. They need to figure out a position. If the Phillies weren’t pushing to make the playoffs they should have just kept running him out there at 3rd. I’m a minority opinion but I think he could still do fine at 3rd.
Why not first base now?
Brad Miller most of the time but they called up Matt Vierling to platoon against lefties. He went 4 for 5 in his first start on Tuesday.
AB looked over matched this year..Sophomore slump? I still think he will figure it out and be a solid major leaguer.. with his hight, he might be a better fit at 1st base..if not, I can see him in left field.
Rosso stinks they should have called up anybody else
I doubt they have any great expectations for Rosso. Just continuing to rotate extra BP arms on a daily basis to keep fresh arms available. If and when Ser Anthony or VV are healthy, they would be the first to be called up.
For those Harper haters, he is having a really nice year..Not sure if he has enough for MVP, but should get consideration. Plays hard everyday.