4:40pm: The Rays announced that Phillips was traded to the Orioles in exchange for cash.
4:28pm: The Orioles are acquiring outfielder Brett Phillips from the Rays, tweets Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com. Tampa Bay designated Phillips for assignment yesterday after acquiring Jose Siri from the Astros. He was reported to have interest from multiple clubs earlier this morning.
Phillips, 28, is an all-world defender with prolific strikeout issues that have weighed down an otherwise enviable blend of power and speed. He’s hitting just .147/.225/.250 this season and carries a tepid career .190/.276/.350 batting line in 883 plate appearances. That said, Phillips has a more passable .212/.296/.407 slash against right-handed pitching, has swatted 28 home runs and has gone 36-for-41 in the rough equivalent of one and a third full season’s worth of plate appearances at the MLB level. He can also be controlled for another two seasons via arbitration.
It’s unlikely the O’s have an everyday role in mind for Phillips — barring a more stunning trade of an established outfielder such as Cedric Mullins or Austin Hays. But there’s good value to Phillips’ blend of speed, defense and power coming off the bench.
Phillips hits .150. I don’t care how funny you are, that’s complete garbage.
How’s your rotisserie league team doing?
hey, give the guy credit: he’s a good wind machine, fanning pitchers in more than 40% of his plate appearances.
That K rate is EPIC
I mean im not as fired up as you…but I would have prefered a Stowers promotion instead of this…
Kinda surprised he fell all the way to the O’s. Would have liked Oakland to take a chance on him.
He wasn’t claimed on waivers, they traded him. You can trade a DFA’d guy to anyone in the 10 days. Claims don’t apply until after 10 days unless original teams just want to let them go early.
He fell for a reason. Great smile, great laugh. Good guy…just can’t hit.
The Sting Rays have life in the AL East now
Baseball is fun!
This! More reasons to jump on the Os bandwagon
Perfect team for him!
I wonder why they didn’t just send Phillips in the three team trade yesterday
Am sure there was a legal reason they had to do it that way.
He obviously was a part of the trade.
2022 World Series Champion Sting Rays
Keep using your terms, someone will laugh eventually. Surely your mom is on the discussion board too?
@Sideline Redwine- let’s lay off of Moms. I’m board of yours.
Oooooooooooh snap!!!!
It’s bored, troll! Go back to your basement.
“Board” of yours? Who wood have guessed?
Well done. StPete clearly doesn’t understand a master pun. Unless it smacks him upside the head
Captn Crunch is NOT clever enough to make up a pun. His ignorance was just in the vicinity of a pun.
@ captain judge
Is this supposed to be comedy? I’m really confused
2022 New York Yankees: chokes in playoffs again
But, but how about our 87 dusty rings?!?
You know things are looking bleak when you get dfa’d for Jose Siri
Not to bleak he will still get paid more in next 2 months then you make in 10 years
A lot of sub-100 OPS+ guys moving around today.
Lose your fan favorite, get another team’s fan favorite.
There’s more to this game and W’s and L’s. Might as well let your fans have some fun while watching both.
I like your perspective on this.
Orioles new closer.
This!
Nobody really cares about the loser Sting Rays, they suck like- @StPeteStingRays
Do you really just come to this site to troll every Rays post with the same comment? I mean how pathetic is that? At least come up with some new material and try to be clever about it.
Form equals function. Of course sting rays suck, otherwise they would have a difficult time eating.
P.S. I admit this might be too much for you to comprehend, but at least try.
like this move, even if he can’t hit its better for the clubhouse
A great base stealer (to go with Mateo and Mullins) and base runner; excellent OF and maybe has the strongest and most accurate arm of any OF in MLB.
Expect to see him in as a pinch runner late in close games, and then play the field.
Filling the Ryan McKenna roll but with a stronger arm.
This guy should not even be in the major leagues…but ok
I have lurked here for years. I never wanted an account but Captain Judge has motivated me to join, just so I could mute him.
That account holder is an incredible tool. Welcome to the comment section and congratulations on your first mute!
Um, Rays already *had* Cash.
Joey Khrehbiel is apparently one of his closest friends, so that’s pretty cool for them.
Wasn’t this guy a HUGE prospect at one point?
Yes
Low risk pickup for them. Nice
Wild
Card
Bound
Mike Elias drafted him in the sixth round in 2012. He must have some idea of how to use him. Not that I see it but he is pretty good at what he does.
Is Elias converting Camden Yards to wind power?
@Othosos; “not that I see it but he is pretty good at what he does”. Yep! Something unique about GM Elias and his staff. As an Os fanatic, I’m not complaining.
I thought for sure with Mancini gone, someone from AAA would get a call up. Fooled me. But then again, September 1st is near!
Yeah, he’s cheap.
Why would they pay cash for this guy? Why why why? The Os have several highly touted outfielders in the minors, they don’t need this garbage to fill a roster spot. Bring up a young gun.
They don’t have regular atbats to give somebody in the OF. Mullins, Santader, and Hays are the starters. My guess is this guy will spot start and they will rotate out the OF through the DH spot to keep their legs fresh. Not a situation you want to put a rookie into that you intend to be a starter. Let them get their ABs regularly in the minors.
Not sure I understand this, was hoping to see Stowers get his ride up to the majors after the Mancini trade