April 2025 Phillies Minor League Transactions

[julio]

4/1:
Philadelphia Phillies sent 2B Buddy Kennedy outright to Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
2B Buddy Kennedy elected free agency.
Philadelphia Phillies claimed RHP Brett de Geus off waivers from Miami Marlins.
RHP Brett de Geus assigned to Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
LHP Erik Ritchie assigned to Clearwater Threshers from FCL Phillies.
RHP Cam Brown assigned to Clearwater Threshers from FCL Phillies.
RHP Gabriel Barbosa assigned to Clearwater Threshers.
RHP Luke Gabrysh assigned to Clearwater Threshers from FCL Phillies.
RHP Marcus Morgan assigned to Clearwater Threshers from FCL Phillies.
RHP Ryan Degges assigned to Clearwater Threshers from FCL Phillies.
RHP Ryan Dromboski assigned to Clearwater Threshers from FCL Phillies.
RHP Zack Tukis assigned to Clearwater Threshers from FCL Phillies.
C Lou Albrecht assigned to Clearwater Threshers from FCL Phillies.
3B Aroon Escobar assigned to Clearwater Threshers from FCL Phillies.
SS Diego Gonzalez assigned to Clearwater Threshers.
SS Nolan Beltran assigned to Clearwater Threshers from FCL Phillies.
LHP Juan Amarante assigned to FCL Phillies from Clearwater Threshers.
RHP Josbel Garcia assigned to FCL Phillies from Clearwater Threshers.
RHP Pedro Reyes assigned to FCL Phillies from Clearwater Threshers.
OF Griffin Burkholder assigned to FCL Phillies from Clearwater Threshers.
RHP Andrew Schultz assigned to FCL Phillies.
RHP Mitch Neunborn assigned to FCL Phillies.
SS Isaias Dipre assigned to FCL Phillies.
OF Joel Dragoo assigned to FCL Phillies.

[phillychuck]

Sorry to lose Buddy Kennedy. A decent AAAA guy, could help LV and also the Phils if they need a RH bat. Burkholder going to FCL...I wonder why? CLW has the same facilities, and Phils' people said he was ahead of Nori, who is in CLW.

[andyb]

Sorry to lose Buddy Kennedy. A decent AAAA guy, could help LV and also the Phils if they need a RH bat.

We did not lose him. He just elected free agency to get a little more money from the Phillies most likely. That outright transaction at the top came after the free agency declaration.

[phillychuck]

AH! Didn't't know you could do that...I thought you could only elect free agency AFTER you were outrighted.

[julio]

We did not lose him. He just elected free agency to get a little more money from the Phillies most likely. That outright transaction at the top came after the free agency declaration.

Well, technically, no. He refused the outright assignment, and subsequently signed a new, minor-league contract with the Phils. Yes, presumably for more money.

[Lucky_Beagle]

Could it be Kennedy's new contract also gives him opt out dates that he wouldn't have had otherwise?

[zambonir]

Yes, an opt-out is also something he could have negotiated. I posted this stuff in the major league thread yesterday, it was less than an hour between Gelb reporting that he'd refused the assignment and the report that he'd signed a new minor league deal.

I'm sure it still hurt that no team wanted to claim him (let alone trade for him). He was DFAed five times in 18 months but the first four times he got claimed or traded because he still had options.