The Phillies announced Thursday that they’ve selected righty David Paulino’s contract from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Infielder Nick Maton was optioned to Triple-A to open a spot on the active roster, and right-hander Sam Coonrod is moving from the 10-day IL to the 60-day IL to open a spot on the 40-man roster.
Paulino, 27, was once one of the top pitching prospects in baseball, ranking prominently on top 100 lists at Baseball America, MLB.com, FanGraphs and other outlets from 2016-17. He made his big league debut with the Astros as a 22-year-old in 2016 but struggled on multiple occasions before being hit with an 80-game PED ban back in July 2017. He’s since undergone surgery to remove bone spurs in his elbow.
Paulino inked a minor league deal with the Phillies back in February and has had a solid season in an extremely hitter-friendly Triple-A setting. Through 25 appearances, including three starts, he’s worked to a 4.35 ERA with a 25.2 percent strikeout rate and a 10.4 percent walk rate. The Yankees’ Triple-A club tagged him for five runs in late June, but he’s since gone on to pitch at a 3.68 ERA clip with a 23-to-10 K/BB ratio in 22 innings.
Coonrod has been out since June 25 due to tendinitis in his forearm. He briefly went out on a minor league rehab assignment in mid-July, but that stint was put on hold after just two innings due to renewed discomfort. Coonrod would technically be eligible to return in late August, but he’d need to build up and work through another rehab assignment if he does ultimately make it back to the mound this year.
not a fan of the short bench with how hammered our guys have been by injuries lately
Depth is and will continue to be a major problem with this team. Outside of Miller, Phillies are not getting much from their bench.
still better then recent years…
Sad, but true.
Oh and Torreyes has bee great.
I disagree. Torreyes has been awesome this year. Jankowski has also made some key contributions. Point taken in that the bench could be better
We’re facing a potential sweep by the Dodgers. Perhaps David can repeat his performance against Goliath.
Baseball Reference has his nickname as being “El Control”, so I like the guy.
Injuries are really piling up at the wrong time. Without JT and Hoskins, this lineup is mediocre.
Keep on bringing them in sooner or later we will get lucky.If he stinks get rid of him and onto the next guy.I agree im not a fan of a short bench
in a general sense I like the extra pitchers for flexibility reasons, it’s just this team has had a lot of guys get non-10-eligible-injuries and it kinda squeezes them.
I like that term DarkSide, I’m going to use it a lot “non-10-eligible-injuries”
A short bench with the way the injuries have been happening we are going to use pitchers as pinch hitters. There is a noticeable talent difference between them and the dodgers
fwiw, good things have happened lately for Phillies pitchers hitting.
Feel bad the news isn’t about Coonrod completing rehab and will be ready to go shortly. I
Liked his stuff. Hopefully Paulino is ready to show the Phils he is ready to fulfill some of his earlier promise.
Probably should’ve just optioned Llovera rather than having a short bench.
Yeam Llovera has been rough.
Are we certain Mauricio Llovera isn’t a home run derby pitcher that keeps sneaking into the Phillies bullpen?
ha! does feel like it.
There has got be someone out there better than Llovera.In the whole system they can’t come up with someone