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Phillies Acquire Matt Manning

By Mark Polishuk | July 31, 2025 at 5:35pm CDT

The Tigers announced that right-hander Matt Manning has been dealt to the Phillies in exchange for minor league outfielder Josueth Quinonez.  Manning was designated for assignment by Detroit earlier today, and this trade was completed just under the wire before the 5pm CT trade deadline.  Philadelphia designated right-hander Devin Sweet for assignment in a corresponding roster move.

Selected ninth overall by the Tigers in the 2016 draft, Manning’s time in the organization will officially end without the righty living up to his lofty potential as one of baseball’s top pitching prospects.  Manning has a 4.43 ERA over 254 career big league innings from 2021-24, along with an uninspiring 16.4% strikeout rate and 7.8% walk rate.  Some injuries surely played a role along the way, and yet with Manning now in his last minor league option year, Detroit chose to just walk away from a pitcher that was once seen as a future cornerstone.

Despite Manning’s struggles in the majors, he is still only 27 years old, and it isn’t surprising that the Phillies quickly arranged a trade soon after Manning was DFA’ed.  There’s little risk for the Phils in seeing if Manning can still be a post-hype breakout after a change of scenery, or at least turn himself into a decent contributor if not a star.  In the immediate short term, Manning replenishes the rotation depth chart after the Phillies traded Mick Abel to the Twins as part of the Jhoan Duran swap.

Sweet is also a former Tiger, acquired by Philadelphia in a trade last November.  Sweet’s lone bit of MLB experience came in the 2023 season when he tossed 8 2/3 innings over seven games with the Mariners and Athletics, and he has since been pitching at the Triple-A level.  The results weren’t great this year in Lehigh Valley, as Sweet has a 5.50 ERA and six homers allowed over 37 2/3 innings, with a modest 20.3% strikeout rate.

Sweet has battled control issues for each of the last two seasons, and he’ll find himself back in DFA limbo.  He has been outrighted before, so if the 28-year-old clears waivers, he can reject an outright assignment off the Phillies’ 40-man roster and instead opt for free agency.

Quinonez signed by the Phils during the 2024 international signing period, and the outfielder has played a lot of center and right field in the early stages of his pro career.  Quinonez has hit .301/.397/.383 in 310 plate appearances with the Phillies’ Dominican Summer League teams, and he’ll now head to Detroit’s system as a long-term prospect.

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  1. GabrielMorenoSuperfan

    18 hours ago

    Dang it, wanted the Orioles to get him

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    • hiflew

      18 hours ago

      He would have never made it past the Rockies on the wire.

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  2. Motor City Beach Bum

    18 hours ago

    D.D. grabbing another ex-Tiger. Why not. Hope Manning can turn it around in Philly.

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  3. t0bIe1CaN0bI

    18 hours ago

    Good luck Matty… Sorry it didn’t work out

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  4. BashBroJoe

    18 hours ago

    Not sure how the O’s missed this. We stink. Innings, innings, innings. If he can provide any of course.

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  5. 84LeFlore

    18 hours ago

    MM strikes me as a classic change-of-scenery guy. No team ever wins every deal.

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    • TroyVan

      18 hours ago

      I hope you’re right. I wanted to like him. He just never progressed. He actually seems like he took a step back. Best of luck to him in Philly.

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    • NerdPowahh

      17 hours ago

      He has struggled mightly as a starter and reliever.

      Unless he is a very late bloomer, the ship has sailed.

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  6. shortstop

    18 hours ago

    Now report the Kenley Jansen trade please

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  7. Luke Strong

    18 hours ago

    I feel like the Tigers have mismanaged Manning since the beginning and this is a steal for Philly.

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    • Parker_MotorCity 7

      18 hours ago

      No he’s just not good. Has two pitches, gives up too much hard contact and can’t get any swing and miss

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      • Ben Jamin

        18 hours ago

        He just couldn’t find a true out pitch. Maybe the change will help but he has been horrible at Toledo this yr.

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    • Kyle 12

      18 hours ago

      What specifically have they done to mismanage him? They drafted him as a raw, ex-basketball player turned pitcher, made him into one of the top prospects in the game. Not all prospects become Skubal or Mize.

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      • The Saber-toothed Superfife

        15 hours ago

        Let him throw that awesome fast ball, all the time, failed to assist in developing other pitches.

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        • Randog650

          15 hours ago

          How exactly did they fail to assist manning?

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    • TroyVan

      18 hours ago

      With all of the success Detroit has had with pitching thanks to Baseball America’s Pitching Coach of the Year, why do you feel like he was mismanaged?

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      • Jackson Rubbit

        17 hours ago

        Hopefully the team with the best rotation in baseball and arguably the best pitching coach in baseball can help this youngster reach his potential.

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        • TroyVan

          17 hours ago

          Fetter is pitching coach of the year and he couldn’t do it. And part of what makes a pitching coach great is how he develops pitchers. Managing pitchers acquired via free agency doesn’t make you a great pitching coach. That’s just one facet of the role.

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        • Bryc3 Harp3r

          14 hours ago

          FWIW, Sanchez, Nola, Suarez, Luzardo; none of them were signed as FA.

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      • SportsFan0000

        13 hours ago

        Manning was drafted by the. Al Avila run front office.

        Maybe he somehow got “lost in the shuffle” with the changes in the Front Office?

        But, this is on Matt Manning too not just the Tigers.
        He is a smart young man.
        His Dad played in the NBA.

        It is Matt Manning’s career.
        If something was not working, then Matt should have been on his pitching coaches and Manager to help him figure it out and step his game up to the the next level that would help him succeed in the major leagues.

        If Matt needed to learn a few new pitches to succeed in MLB, then he should have shown more initiative and asserted himself.

        Coaches, Scouts and all the resources of the Tigers were there for him to take advantage of.

        Hopefully, Matt Manning will learn from this and seek help and coaching from the Phillies coaching Staff to help him save his MLB career.

        Good Luck to him.
        He made it this far.
        He has,talent and youth.
        Tap into it now to reach his full potential.

        If it doesn’t work, then he has already succeeded in pitching in the big leagues in Detroit and he is ahead of 90% of young ballplayers who spend years of their lives trying to advance to MLB.

        Not everyone makes it
        Good Luck and best Wishes to Matt Manning.

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    • NerdPowahh

      17 hours ago

      Manning has been mismanaged about as much as Spencer Turnbull.

      Time to call it like it is about Manning now.

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      • For Love of the Game

        17 hours ago

        Spencer Turnbull covered up his condition until the Tigers demoted him for ineffectiveness. Then he confessed he was injured. He did it to himself.

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  8. SeaIndy

    18 hours ago

    Mariners Legend Devin Sweet!

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  9. warnbeeb

    18 hours ago

    With all due respect to Matt Manning, he has seriously regressed. Frankly, if the Tiger pitching department can’t figure him out, I don’t know who can. I wish him all the best. I always liked him. He was a big, broad-shouldered kid. I saw a little Roger Clemens in him early on.
    Obviously, this kid they got back from the Phillies is a total roll of the dice. Nevertheless, his early, low, low minor stats look decent.
    I’m glad the Tigers got something for MM. I hope he figures it out.

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    • SportsFan0000

      13 hours ago

      Sometimes, it takes another set of eyes and another approach and something clicks and the athlete ” gets it” or he is more open to “learning it”.

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  10. AC Surf Baseball

    18 hours ago

    Savvy underrated move by the Phillies FO, in my opinion.

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  11. Jm207* 2

    18 hours ago

    Best move the Tigers made today

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  12. CarverAndrews

    17 hours ago

    Tim and the writing crew, relaxing at home after the anarchy of the deadline drama this season.

    imgflip.com/memetemplate/26230760/SCARFACE

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  13. Tommy Tyler jr

    17 hours ago

    Getting stuck in the minors with no end in sight i think killed his hopes. He wasnt god awful with my tigs in the bigs just wasnt good enough to not be optioned. I was always hoping he could turn into a wade davis type in the pen cause hed always get lit third time around like wade as a starter. Good luck to him still young enough to make a career for himself in some role

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  14. Virginiaphilliesfan

    17 hours ago

    Sure hope this works out, and restores my faith after; Walker, Romano, Nola, Hays, Kepler.

    After outfielder musings of Mullins, Kwan, Roberts we are left with Harrison Bader???

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    • Philly 6

      16 hours ago

      Bader is going to be a big help to that outfield…. and we didn’t give up Painter and Crawford. Solid trade deadline for the front office

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  15. SportsFan0000

    16 hours ago

    The New Front Office kind of gave up on Matt Manning and did not give him the opportunities to pitch on the major league ballclub over the last year or 2.

    The Tigers signed some free agents for a lot more money who produced very high ERAs, but buries some of these young prospects in the minors?!

    Dombrowski and his staff will try to unlock more value from this former first round draft pick.

    His Dad played in the NBA.

    Teach him a new pitch or 2
    Can’ sustain an MLB career with only 2 pitches.

    Maybe, he is a bullpen guy??!

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    • Tommy Tyler jr

      14 hours ago

      Youre def right on all points! I root for him cause just feels he was weirdly overlooked by new regime being a former first rounder, legit wouldnt be shocked if he ends up having success

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  16. Tommy Tyler jr

    14 hours ago

    Injuries have hurt him tOo and guys leap frogged him at times from getting back up when tugs needed to recall him and he was available. Timing is everything type of thing

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