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Phillies Designate Tyler Gilbert For Assignment

By Nick Deeds | December 22, 2024 at 10:30am CDT

The Phillies have designated left-hander Tyler Gilbert for assignment, per a team announcement. Gilbert’s 40-man roster spot will go to fellow southpaw Jesús Luzardo, who was acquired by the Phillies in a trade with the Marlins earlier today.

The news is an unwelcome birthday present for Gilbert, who turned 31 today. The lefty pitched just 8 1/3 innings for the Phillies this year after signing a minor league deal with the Reds last winter and being traded to Philadelphia back in May. He was selected to the active roster for the stretch run and pitched decently with a 3.24 ERA despite a 4.85 FIP. That brief stint with Philadelphia was actually something of a reunion, as the Phillies actually drafted Gilbert in the sixth round of the 2015 draft. He was surrendered to the Diamondbacks in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft, however, and spent parts of three seasons in Arizona after making his debut with the club back in 2021.

Gilbert’s 2021 campaign is actually what the lefty is best known for. After being added to the club’s roster in early August and making a handful of relief appearances, the lefty actually tossed a no-hitter against the Padres in his first career start. The lefty struck out five and walked three across those nine hitless innings of work and remained in the club’s rotation down the stretch. He struggled to a 4.61 ERA in his final five starts of the year, however, and did not crack the club’s Opening Day rotation in 2022. The southpaw pitched to a lackluster 5.23 ERA and 5.10 FIP over his final two years with the Diamondbacks before being outrighted off the club’s 40-man roster last November.

Traditionally, the Phillies would have one week to either work out a trade involving Gilbert or attempt to pass him through waivers. With that said, that clock has put on pause over the holidays in previous seasons, so it’s possible that a resolution for Gilbert won’t ultimately be announced until the new year. Should he clear waivers successfully, Gilbert would have the opportunity to reject an outright assignment in favor of free agency after previously been outrighted in his career. Should he elect free agency, he’d be an interesting depth option from the left side for clubs in need of pitching depth but would likely be limited to minor league deals due to his limited track record of success at the big league level.

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26 Comments

  1. TrillionaireTeamOperator

    10 months ago

    Jesus Take the Wheel- er, I mean roster spot.

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    • O'sSayCanYouSee

      10 months ago

      I hope the video team runs The Big Lembowski clip w/ John Tuturro saying “Don’t mess with the Jesus, man”

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      • TrillionaireTeamOperator

        10 months ago

        Unfortunately they won’t be able to run said clip because he doesn’t say ‘mess’, he says the f word….

        Oh man, I’m suddenly having that weird semantic satiation moment with said word…

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        • thickiedon

          10 months ago

          The Jesus Rolls is terrible

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        • TrillionaireTeamOperator

          10 months ago

          Yes, yes it was terrible.

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  2. Chooch Ruiz

    10 months ago

    getting DFA’d on your birthday is pretty rough but I guess it’s better than taking a BFT from LA Knight YEAH

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    • settledownitsjustagame

      10 months ago

      Lemme talk to ya

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      Reply
  3. halosfaninoc

    10 months ago

    Poor guy got DFA’d on his birthday and a few days before Christmas!

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    • TrillionaireTeamOperator

      10 months ago

      Someone will pick him up. He’s got value, just the odd man out with the redundancy of also being a pitcher.

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      • FrontRowBob

        10 months ago

        It may even work out better for him….gives him a chance to hookup with a team that is desperate for pitching….He should seem some time in the majors next year at some point.

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  4. MrJimi

    10 months ago

    No cake for you Tyler!

    Reply
  5. laker150

    10 months ago

    Hey Tyler….Happy Birthday!!!! oh by the way you’ve been DFA’d.

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    • Fettuccine Manfredo

      10 months ago

      He’ll probably be stuck in DFA limbo for awhile. Happy birthday, merry Christmas, happy new and enjoy the vacation. Someone usually picks up arms like Gilbert, timing just sucks.

      Reply
  6. HalosHeavenJJ

    10 months ago

    Probably thought his agent was calling him to say happy birthday then he gets this news.

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    Reply
  7. towinagain

    10 months ago

    Ugh! That’s rough. Pulling for him!

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  8. davemlaw

    10 months ago

    He won’t make it to the open market, someone will trade for him.
    He’s a Santa Cruz guy, Giants like local guys, why not?
    If Giants can unload Tay Rogers it could work.

    Reply
    • DarkSide830

      10 months ago

      I could see the Phillies being interested in Rogers if his salary is paid down a little.

      Reply
  9. Heels On The Field

    10 months ago

    Designate DUMBrowski for assignment.

    Reply
    • Heels On The Field

      10 months ago

      Make sure he takes Taijuan Walker and his fat dead contract with him.

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    • CarverAndrews

      10 months ago

      Tell us the truth – are you in middle school?

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    • cpdpoet

      10 months ago

      Heelsonthefield gets the attention of the moderators as the “bring back the downvote” campaign strengthens…

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  10. Ashleyr

    10 months ago

    If Gilbert goes on waivers, Atkins and the Blue Jays will grab him again since they only go for players released from teams. Instead of obtaining players that could actually help the team, the incompetent village idiots try to build a bullpen with other teams cast-offs and then wonder why they ranked at the bottom of the standings as the worst bullpen in 2024 after most of the relievers were hurt. I understand the catching lightning in a bottle theory, but that is for one player, not 9 bullpen arms. Did they learn nothing during the Atkins era of futility? lol

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  11. AC Surf Baseball

    10 months ago

    Not a big deal but should have been Jose Cuas, can’t see them not adding another RH RP anyways. If not a big league arm like Ryan Pressly or Gregory Santos, they could consider Diego Castillo, Riley Pint or even Sixto Sanchez on minor league deal for the Lehigh pen. Starting to think Max Lazar makes the opening day roster.

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  12. RotiniRick

    10 months ago

    He’s probably used to having bad birthdays anyway since it’s just days away from Christmas and no one wants to do that double gift celebrate thing.

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  13. JoeBrady

    10 months ago

    That’s just a heck of an awkward phone call.

    Dave: Calling you up to wish you a happy birthday.

    Tyler: Thanks.

    Dave: Err, one other thing, er, Merry Christmas.

    Tyler: Thanks

    Dave: Er, one more thing…………

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  14. SFBay314

    10 months ago

    Giants need to take a chance on him. He is has thrown a no hitter and is from Santa Cruz.

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