The Phillies announced Tuesday afternoon that reliever Vinny Nittoli has been released. He’d lost his spot on the 40-man roster last week once the Phils acquired Erich Uelmen from the Cubs.
Assuming he clears release waivers, Nittoli will head to the free agent market. He’s bounced around a bit on minor league contracts over the past year-plus. After making his MLB debut with the Mariners in 2021, the righty went on to ink successive non-roster contracts with the Twins, Yankees and Blue Jays. He logged Triple-A time with all three clubs without reaching the majors.
Nittoli was set to exercise an opt-out clause in his deal with Toronto last August. Philadelphia jumped in to acquire him, immediately adding him to their MLB roster. The Phils gave him two big league appearances down the stretch, in which he tossed a pair of scoreless innings.
The 32-year-old has three MLB outings under his belt over the past couple seasons. He averaged just under 93 MPH on his fastball while leaning primarily on a slider during his brief look with the Phils. He’s coming off a solid year in Triple-A, where he posted a 3.81 ERA with a quality 30.8% strikeout percentage and a meager 6.7% walk rate over 52 frames. He’ll be a depth option for teams looking to add some upper level relief help, likely via minor league deal with a non-roster Spring Training invitation.
Who’s this?
Vinny Nittoli
He lost his roster spot to two yutes
Hopefully, someone bought him a ‘cheese wit’ and a Frank’s soda on his way outta town.
Some dude who should invent new shaped pasta and name it after himself. We are a out due for a new shape of pasta.
A cup of tea with 2 Major League teams (Phil and Sea) and his pic at Baseball Ref shows him wearing a Yankee cap. The life of a journeyman MLB player.
Sounds like a perfect Philly name.
Yet another guy who’s surface numbers look to warrant a big league look.
Last time I heard a name like Vinny Nitolli I had my legs broken in a back alley for not paying a gambling debt 🙂
*NITTOLI
gotta stop drinking so much malt liquor
I think this post made my day
“Hey, how YOU doin’?”
Whoa, hey, lookie what we have here. Looks like Pete Rose is posting on mlbtraderumors.
Perfect guy for the Reds. He’s cheap.
Could be good depth for the Angels…unless his agent’s name is like “Southpaw Tony” or something.
Reds and Pirates should be doing backflips to add this dude.
If he doesn’t find a 40 man spot somewhere, he should just sign a minor league deal again with the Phils for his name value alone. We should promise him free meals at Villa da Roma every time that we have to bring him down the Turnpike for a visit.
Vinny needs 2 more days on an mlb roster to qualify for a lifetime pension of $5750.
Careful with big-armed guys named Vinny.