January 2025 Phillies Minor League Transactions

[julio]

1/1:
Philadelphia Phillies traded LHP Tyler Gilbert to Chicago White Sox for RHP Aaron Combs.
RHP Aaron Combs assigned to Jersey Shore BlueClaws.

1/6:
Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent LHP Nick Vespi to a minor league contract.

1/7:
LHP Nick Vespi assigned to Lehigh Valley IronPigs.

1/10:
Philadelphia Phillies sent RHP Jose Cuas outright to Lehigh Valley IronPigs.

1/14:
Philadelphia Phillies invited non-roster RF Gabriel Rincones Jr. to spring training.
Philadelphia Phillies invited non-roster CF Justin Crawford to spring training.
Philadelphia Phillies invited non-roster C Caleb Ricketts to spring training.
Philadelphia Phillies invited non-roster CF Matt Kroon to spring training.
Philadelphia Phillies invited non-roster 3B Otto Kemp to spring training.
Philadelphia Phillies invited non-roster RHP Andrew Painter to spring training.
Philadelphia Phillies invited non-roster C Carson Taylor to spring training.
Philadelphia Phillies invited non-roster LHP Tristan Garnett to spring training.
Philadelphia Phillies invited non-roster SS Aidan Miller to spring training.
Philadelphia Phillies invited non-roster RHP Griff McGarry to spring training.

1/15:
Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent OF Dayber Cruceta to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent SS Romeli Espinosa to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent C Nelson Prieto to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent IF Rafael Oropeza to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent LHP Reyner Zambrano to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent Deiry Gonzalez to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Filippo Sabatini to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Geremy Villoria to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent C Deivis Velasquez to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Jorge Mitre to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent SS Roiner Cespede to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent SS Elias Marrero to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent 2B Samuel Salcedo to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent 3B Domingo Morla to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent SS Maykol Fernandez to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent OF Yordanis Guerra to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Diego Marquez to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent SS Nieves Izaguirre to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent OF Eduardo Guillen to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent OF Elian Adames to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent OF Leonardo Carpio to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent LHP Carlos Duran to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent C Gabriel Flores to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent C Anderson Araujo to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent C Luis Hernandez to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent SS Carlos Severino to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Ramon Marquez to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent C Gabriel Azocar to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent LHP David Hernandez to a minor league contract.

[bkeich]

I assume when you are traded to the White Sox you are immediately added to the Major League roster if you hit .200 or above in TeeBall last season or if you are able to throw the ball to the catcher without it bouncing.

[zambonir]

And yet some poor guy got bounced off their 40 for him, and they just signed Josh Rojas so they'll have to bounce someone else.

[fish]

Steve Potter reporting that Christian McGowan is going to miss the season after having labrum surgery...this just after finally getting back from TJ. Too bad, he had promising stuff.

[andyb]

Matt noted that in his rankings (basically saying the ranking is way too high because he did not know about the injury when preparing it. He pitched OK in Arizona, so needing surgery is a bit of a surprise.

[gmwannabe]

that should just about finish him. shame. I saw him in reading last year. a little wild but looked opretty good

[phillychuck]

Saying it will finish him is too pessimistic. He has another hurdle to overcome (and the lack of development time that goes with it), but he's not cooked, although Labrum surgery doesn't have great outcomes most of the time. Still, I want to believe.

[schillingfan]

Torn labrum’s can be really bad IIRC. Wasn’t there a big deal years ago about a pitcher traded to the White Sox who had an undisclosed torn labrum and never pitched again?

[phillychuck]

According to the internet 68% of labrum surgeries return to full previous performance levels, although 22% never pitch again. 3:1 odds in his favor.

[zambonir]

GM tends to be a catastrophist (or reverse jinxer)

[el-pietro]

https://x.com/TimKellySports/status/1880410081000583371?s=19

31 year old Sidearm Japanese righty signed to a minor league deal and gets a spring training invite.

[andyb]

So we got the second best free agent Japanese pitcher to sign this month?

[fish]

For some reason it seems really hard to find video of him.

[zambonir]

Hopefully he's this year's Jose Ruiz