The Phillies have agreed to a minor league contract with infielder Phil Gosselin, tweets Jim Salisbury of NBC Sports Philadelphia. Presumably, he’ll head to Spring Training on a non-roster invitation and compete for a bench spot with his new organization.
Gosselin, 30, made 28 plate appearances with the Reds in 2018 and another 50 between the Pirates and Rangers the year prior. His most significant big league action came with the Braves and D-backs from 2014-16, taking a combined 494 plate appearances in that time. In all, he’s a career .263/.314/.361 hitter with seven home runs 27 doubles and and a pair of triples in 579 Major League plate appearances.
The bulk of Gosselin’s time in the Majors has come as a second baseman (550 innings), though he also has experience at third base (189 innings), shortstop (55 innings), first base 46 innings and in the corner outfield (41 innings). The Phillies already have a crowded infield with Rhys Hoskins, Cesar Hernandez, Jean Segura, Maikel Franco and Scott Kingery all currently penciled onto the 25-man roster. Of course, there’s been no shortage of trade rumblings surrounding Franco, and Hernandez, too, has been mentioned as a possible candidate to move at times. At the very least, it seems safe to expect that the infield mix will change between now and March, when Gosselin will be vying for a job.
guess this takes them out of the running for Machado…
(sorry, dad joke)
Was about to say the same lol. Here come the negative comments from Philly fans.
No negativity from me on this comment – I thought it was funny. I am going to be negative on Klentak, but not the comment 🙂
Oh I understand that lol. Was just a joke 😉
bballlover93 – I am cool with it. I like joking around with stuff. I wanted you to know not “all” Phillie fans are crotchety. I mean, I am about Klentak, but not with others here.
i would assume most of the negetivity is that the joke is getting old. It’s already been said over a dozen times for over a dozen teams. Some people are sick of it, though I’ll always find it somewhat funny.
This must be the plan B they are talking about…
Please don’t apologize. We need more jokes here!
xabial, I tried that below. Got told off LOL
That was a previously banned user whose existence is to troll. You know him well.
He doesn’t count and is best ignored.
800 x 2? Ok, makes sense….
Ding ding. Internet winner chicken dinner
I think with shill accs, mlbtr gave up banning. Everytime banned he kept making new accs.
Dawg gives a whole new meaning to “no life”
I see it now. 8 down votes in 12 minutes again.
Mccutchen poll thread had 50. If I bring it up it’s taboo and opens door for nasty comments. Hopefully he grows up. Flattered someone made 50 accs to dv me? Lol. This place used to be filled with so many nice pple!
I know this is off baseball – I have been watching times as you can see – how quick they come. I almost with MLBTR would go to a login system. More accountability. Sure one could still make fake accounts, but then one has to create the fake e-mail addresses too, as accounts are verified.
First time I clicked on a bio and seen a persons position as pinch hitter lol
I believe on Terrance Gore’s Baseball Reference page it lists him firstly as a pinch runner
Lenny Harris. He played 18 seasons and is still listed as pinch hitter first.
Boom! Off season is complete. Told you all Phils were gonna spend big. World Series here we come.
The Machado meeting must have went poorly…
Must have gone, and it’s not happening until Thursday.
I am glad to see Klentak is at least alive.
He literally signed McCutchen 3 days ago, over-exaggerate much?
Wow. Attempt at some humor.
Phil da Philly Phillie
Kid was never that good. I mean seriously…
I approve of this signing
Threat for some PT. Cesar better watch out. Big fan of gosselin’s
You would think they would give him a major league contract. After all, he does have those eight kids to feed.
27th
Number of WS championships Yankees have
You actually counted all the comments on this blog- 30th comment
If you asked for a really boring offseason for Christmas, then your stocking is currently overflowing.
if it ended today, it would still be more exciting than last year’s… I’ll bet you my kid’s Christmas stocking that Machado signs before Christmas, and there are still a lot of other fun names to think about–Kikuchi, Britton, Miller, Phil Gosseli–oh, wait….
Now starting for the AAA Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs…….
The Philadelphia Dumpster Divers
no, that would be whatever team you support.
I don’t get excited by minor league signings…this one is just another yawn…just a body to help fill the many diamonds when Clearwater starts up in Feb.
I guess that takes them out of the running for Machado? 😉
Bleh, only signed him cause he’s local. Plenty of better MiL FA available. NEXT!