The Orioles released reliever Evan Phillips, reports Dan Connolly of the Athletic (Twitter link). Baltimore is also moving on from reliever Cody Carroll and first baseman/corner outfielder Chris Shaw, according to Rich Dubroff of Baltimore Baseball (on Twitter). All three players had already been outrighted off the 40-man roster, so they’ll hit the open market and presumably pursue minor league deals elsewhere.
Phillips appeared in the big leagues every season from 2018-20. He broke in with the Braves and was moved to Baltimore as part of the deadline deal that sent Kevin Gausman to Atlanta. The righty has a 7.50 ERA over 54 big league innings. The 26-year-old has punched out a solid 25.4% of opponents at the highest level but has walked an elevated 14.9% of batters faced. Phillips tossed 25 innings of 5.04 ERA ball with Triple-A Norfolk this season.
Carroll came over from the Yankees in the Zack Britton trade a week before Phillips joined the organization. He’s tossed 19 innings of 13.74 ERA/5.77 SIERA ball in the majors and posted a 5.57 ERA over 21 frames for Norfolk this year. The 28-year-old has racked up plenty of strikeouts in the minors but struggled with walks and has had trouble keeping the ball in the yard against high-level hitters.
Shaw might be the most notable name of the bunch, as he’s a former first-round draft pick of the Giants. The big left-handed hitter posted strong numbers throughout his minor league career but didn’t play well over a scattered 82 MLB plate appearances with San Francisco from 2018-19. Baltimore claimed the 27-year-old off waivers last November, but he spent a good chunk of this season on the minor league injured list and didn’t hit over a brief 50 plate appearance look with the Tides upon his return last month.
Evan Phillips to the Pirates to team up with Phillip Evans.
Pass.*Hangs up the phone*
Awesome comment.
Then we can make twin clones of them names Evan Evans and Phillip Phillips!
They actually faced one another in spring training!
NICE!
Damn did Duquette ever screw up the returns when they officially blew up that team. Is Dillon Tate really going to be the best return they got from all those guys that got sent out?
He made some nice moves over the years and kept the team competing with Showalter at the helm but Duquette loses a lot of points when you look back at what was brought into the organization during the fire sale of 2018.
Starting to seem that way. I like what I see from Tate but indeed expected much more from the return overall.
Duquette was truly terrible. Most of the success the O’s had came from moves that Andy MacPhail made before he left.
Shaw will get a look somewhere….
I suspect all three will find new homes.
Red Sox?
i dunno, he looks toast. cant hit in AAA and on the IL.
Not on the strength of his 2021 performance.
Proofread your articles. You lose credibility when you make frequent errors.
Nothing going on in your pathetic life?
Good vibes.
free site…
So you are only allowed to complain if you paid for the site?
You offering to do it for free like they do for us?
Who proof read? Identify who you dislike so much!
Chris Shaw has an .026 batting average this season at AAA??? I’m surprised he wasn’t released earlier
Why even in organized baseball. I believe i could hit.100 In AAA.
There is always the beer league
Evan, Cody and Chris sound like three kids that were just let go from a summer job for peeing behind the building.
Sir this is a baseball thread
The reddit thread of “why I was fired from band camp” is located elsewhere.
>”he spent a good chunk of this season on the minor league injured list and didn’t hit over a brief 50 plate appearance look with the Tides”
For the record, Shaw had *one* hit in those fifty appearances.
Dumping a first baseman named Chris has been in the making for years. Wrong last name IMO.
Joe, just whom are you talking about? lol.
Nah. Davis gets paid either way. Might as well keep him around. He can do strong guy stuff around the park/clubhouse. Pick up tarps. Pull the laundry bags off the little elevator. Stand next to doors with a “you can’t go in there” demeanor. He can double up by doing tall guy stuff, too. Change light bulbs. Dust fixtures. Top shelf item removal.
Definitely can get their money’s worth.
when ya get released by the Orioles, it’s time to look for a new gig. selling insurance maybe…