The Phillies have brought back left-hander Michael Plassmeyer on a minor league contract, tweets Matt Gelb of the Athletic. He’s going on the minor league injured list and won’t occupy a spot on the 40-man roster.
Philadelphia released the southpaw earlier this week due to a roster technicality. He has been on the IL for the past few weeks. The Phils took him off the 40-man roster to clear a spot for Rafael Marchán to return from the 60-day IL. Injured players cannot be placed on outright waivers, so the Phils released Plassmeyer.
After a few days on the open market, the Missouri product returns to the Phils. He made two major league appearances last year, working 7 1/3 innings of three-run ball. The 26-year-old has spent all of this year with Triple-A Lehigh Valley. He worked to a 6.95 ERA despite a decent 23.2% strikeout rate over 44 innings before going on the shelf.
Someone called this in a previous thread. Kudos.
Good am glad for him. Guess he settles in as aaa filler and now officially joins Noah Skirrow as guys who may never get a shot. Here is to his continued health…
On a brighter note Falter pitches this weekend, so there is that