The Phillies traded minor league right-hander David Buchanan to the Reds for cash, tweets Matt Gelb of the Athletic. Cincinnati assigned the 35-year-old to Triple-A Louisville.
Buchanan is eligible to be traded after the deadline because he has not been on a 40-man roster all season. He signed a minor league contract with Philadelphia in February. Outside of a one-off start in High-A, he has pitched the entire season with Philadelphia’s top farm team in Lehigh Valley. He started 16 of 22 appearances with the IronPigs, working to a 4.82 ERA across 102 2/3 innings. His 17.5% strikeout percentage is subpar, but he has kept his walk rate to a solid 7.4% clip.
A former 7th-round pick, Buchanan pitched with Philadelphia at the major league level between 2014-15. He had a solid 3.75 ERA as a rookie before allowing nearly seven earned runs per nine in year two. After spending the ’16 campaign in Triple-A, Buchanan spent seven seasons in Asia. He played three seasons in Japan before a four-year run with the Samsung Lions in Korea.
Cincinnati’s rotation has been pummeled by injury. They’ve lost each of Andrew Abbott, Hunter Greene and Nick Lodolo to the injured list in the past few weeks, while Graham Ashcraft and Brandon Williamson have been out of action for months. Buchanan provides a strike-throwing depth arm who has eaten a solid number of innings in Triple-A this season. The Reds’ series of injuries gives him a better chance to pitch his way to the majors for the first time in nearly a decade than he would have had in Philadelphia.
C’mon Dave! Grab some more MLB time!
Just their kind of guy. Cheap.
The Reds will use the injuries as an excuse not to spend money over the winter. So this time next year, the Reds will be in the exact some spot as they are now…namely trying desperately to stay out of last place.
And waste yet another year of these youngsters window.
Yep. They will also use it as an excuse to keep Bell around another year.
Krall is cornering the market on mid 30’s former KBO Pitchers! GENIUS!!
This is tragic.
Odd that Samsung didnt retain him after he pitch jn 30 games and produced 2.54 ERA
Maybe he didn’t look good on their TV.
After this season, I hope none of you attend games or even watch them.
I’m not even going to identify as a Reds fan after this year. I was going to burn $300 worth of shirts, but I need rags.
I quit this team 4 years ago.I can’t imagine why anyone would bother.
Sports is just something to read on the toilet.
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The usual woe is me whiny birches of Reds fans coming to post with low hanging fruit comments.
Who the heck do you expect they can get at this stage after the trade deadline? Steve Carlton?
You knew they had to manage the innings of the big 3 starters. Not expecting Phillips to turn into Steve Blass is something the smart Reds fans would have known?
The Orioles have had all 5 of their starters on the DL. The Dodgers can’t keep anyone healthy on their starting staff. How much depth can any team have at this point.