Phillies Add Veteran Reliever Phelps in Trade With Brewers
The Phillies continued their overhaul of their bullpen ahead of Monday's 4:00 p.m. trade deadline. Once again the Phillies reunited a former Yankees reliever with manager Joe Girardi. That would be former Yankee David Phelps, who, according to Ken Rosenthal and Matt Gelb of the Athletic, has been traded to the Phillies.
Players must be on the 60-player pool to be traded. That last point is a very important point to the trade: the Phillies can bring Phelps back next season. While
Brandon Workman is headed to free agency, the Phillies have the option of Phelps returning in 2021. $4.5 million is a low price for a reliever. Phelps is having one of his best years so far, though it is a small sample size. Through 12 games, Phelps has a WHIP of 0.69 and is striking out 10 batters for every walk. Phelps overall is 2-3 with a 2.77 earned run average. The Phillies bullpen now includes the following:
- Brandon Workman (R, CL)
- David Hale (R)
- Heath Hembree (R)
- Tommy Hunter (R)
- Reggie McClain
- Adam Morgan (L)
- Hector Neris (R)
- David Phelps (R)
- Blake Parker (R)
- Vince Velasquez (R)
Ranger Suarez could be on the way soon to help out from the left side.
Girardi Is certainly a fan of Phelps as Matt Breen of the Philadelphia Inqurier notes:
So that can help the Phillies for now while they are down a lefty.
The trade deadline is coming short, so stay tuned in case more breaks.
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