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Phillies Select Tyler Phillips

By Darragh McDonald | July 5, 2024 at 3:10pm CDT

The Phillies announced that they have selected the contract of right-hander Tyler Phillips. Fellow righty Yunior Marté was optioned in a corresponding move. To open a spot on the 40-man, righty Luis Ortiz was transferred to the 60-day injured list.

Phillips, 26, has likely been selected to give the club some length out of the bullpen. He has made 15 starts in Triple-A this year, tossing 92 innings, allowing 4.89 earned runs per nine. His 19.8% strikeout rate is subpar but his 9.4% walk rate is fine and he’s been getting grounders at a strong 50.9% clip.

The Philly rotation took a couple of hits recently, with Taijuan Walker and Spencer Turnbull landing on the IL in fairly quick succession. They still have a strong front four consisting of Zack Wheeler, Aaron Nola, Ranger Suárez and Cristopher Sánchez, but the fifth spot is a bit shakier. Michael Mercado is in that spot for now but he has just six innings of major league experience to this point.

Nola and Suárez are scheduled to go the next two days with Mercado on Sunday. If there’s any need for someone to eat innings, that could perhaps be Phillips, since he’s been stretched out for a starting role in the minors.

If that comes to pass, Phillips will be making his major league debut, though he’s been on a 40-man roster before. He was originally drafted by the Rangers and that club added him to their 40-man roster back in November 2019, to keep him out of the Rule 5 draft. He had tossed 131 innings in the minors that year with a 3.71 ERA, getting heaps of ground balls.

The minors were canceled by the pandemic in 2020 and then Phillips struggled in 2021, going to the Phillies on a waiver claim. The Phils passed him through waivers shortly thereafter and the righty needed Tommy John surgery at the end of that season, missing all of 2022. Last year, he had a 4.92 ERA in 122 2/3 innings split between Double-A and Triple-A.

As for Ortiz, he started the year on the injured list due to a left ankle sprain. He started a rehab assignment but that was shut down and manager Rob Thomson said last week that the righty will be having Tommy John surgery on July 11, per Tim Kelly of Phillies Nation on X. He’ll miss the remainder of the season and a big portion of 2025 as well.

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  1. MLB Top 100 Commenter

    1 year ago

    Guess they are going to roll with TP.

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  2. Bart Harley Jarvis

    1 year ago

    According to his baseballreference.com profile, this Tylpr Phillies fella is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.

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    • Captain Dunsel

      1 year ago

      Let’s hope Phillips doesn’t have to face a hitter named Turing. He can solve enigmas.

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  3. AC Surf Baseball

    1 year ago

    This coulda shoulda been a Nick Nelson or Andrew Bellatti opportunity but they both sucked at Lehigh all year. I’m kind of surprised Philly isn’t getting ahead of the trade market right now, especially with some of their tier 2 & 3 prospects over performing, and the rash of injuries in the last 3 weeks.

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    • Ankle Monitor

      1 year ago

      The philles are in no need to rush. 9 up and looking to break away from the pack this weekend. The boys will be back shortly.

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