March 2021 Phillies Minor League Transactions

[julio]

MiLB finally got around to updating the transactions pages:

3/13:
Philadelphia Phillies optioned LHP Kyle Dohy to Phillies Alternate Training Site.
Philadelphia Phillies optioned LHP Bailey Falter to Phillies Alternate Training Site.
Philadelphia Phillies optioned LHP Damon Jones to Phillies Alternate Training Site.
Philadelphia Phillies optioned CF Simon Muzziotti to Phillies Alternate Training Site.
Philadelphia Phillies optioned RHP Adonis Medina to Phillies Alternate Training Site.
Philadelphia Phillies optioned RHP Mauricio Llovera to Phillies Alternate Training Site.
Philadelphia Phillies optioned RHP Francisco Morales to Phillies Alternate Training Site.

3/16:
Philadelphia Phillies optioned LHP Cristopher Sanchez to Phillies Alternate Training Site.
Philadelphia Phillies optioned SS Nick Maton to Phillies Alternate Training Site.
Philadelphia Phillies optioned SS C.J. Chatham to Phillies Alternate Training Site.

3/22:
Philadelphia Phillies optioned Ramon Rosso to Phillies Alternate Training Site.

3/24:
Philadelphia Phillies optioned LHP Ranger Suarez to Phillies Alternate Training Site.
Philadelphia Phillies optioned CF Mickey Moniak to Phillies Alternate Training Site.
DSL Phillies White released OF Cesar Mata.

3/25:
Philadelphia Phillies released C Jeff Mathis.
Philadelphia Phillies released RHP Ivan Nova.
Philadelphia Phillies released RHP Hector Rondon.
Phillies Alternate Training Site placed CF Simon Muzziotti on the restricted list.

3/26:
Philadelphia Phillies optioned RHP Spencer Howard to Phillies Alternate Training Site.
Philadelphia Phillies released LHP Tony Watson.

3/27:
Philadelphia Phillies released RHP Michael Ynoa.

3/28:
Philadelphia Phillies optioned 3B Scott Kingery to Phillies Alternate Training Site.
Philadelphia Phillies optioned C Rafael Marchan to Phillies Alternate Training Site.
Philadelphia Phillies optioned LHP JoJo Romero to Phillies Alternate Training Site.
Philadelphia Phillies released SS C.J. Chatham.

3/29:
Philadelphia Phillies selected the contract of LF Matt Joyce from Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
Philadelphia Phillies selected the contract of RHP Brandon Kintzler from Lehigh Valley IronPigs.

3/30:
LHP Ranger Suarez assigned to Reading Fightin Phils from Phillies Alternate Training Site.

3/31:
Philadelphia Phillies selected the contract of 2B Ronald Torreyes from Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
C Rodolfo Duran assigned to Phillies Alternate Training Site from Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
RHP Neftali Feliz assigned to Phillies Alternate Training Site from Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
1B Austin Listi assigned to Phillies Alternate Training Site from Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
RHP JD Hammer assigned to Phillies Alternate Training Site from Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
CF Odubel Herrera assigned to Phillies Alternate Training Site from Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
OF Travis Jankowski assigned to Phillies Alternate Training Site from Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
3B Luke Williams assigned to Phillies Alternate Training Site from Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
1B Darick Hall assigned to Phillies Alternate Training Site from Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
LHP David Parkinson assigned to Phillies Alternate Training Site from Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
RHP Enyel De Los Santos assigned to Phillies Alternate Training Site from Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
RHP Bryan Mitchell assigned to Phillies Alternate Training Site from Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
RHP David Paulino assigned to Phillies Alternate Training Site from Lehigh Valley IronPigs.

[andyb]

Apparently the Phillies do hope to keep Chatham in the organization. He was fighting an oblique injury the last week or two of camp and had to be released because you can't DFA someone with an injury. Of course he might get better offers, but the Phillies probably offer as good a chance as most organizations to be a middle infield backup with Kingery struggling.

[zambonir]

Seems weird that you can't DFA someone but you can release them. I mean, I get it, instead of DFAing him they would have been obligated to put him on the DL, thereby continuing to tie up the spot. But shouldn't he be entitled to continue receiving his stipend and expenses (even if that was about to get a lot lower w/ major league spring training over), to say nothing of medical attention, for an injury he suffered with the Phillies? Can he even get workmen's comp or other possible compensation when he technically wasn't even performing paid work?

[David_Criss]

Hoping we see Watson (I know not a prospect) and Chatham re-signed to minor league deals soon and kept in the system.
Any timetable on these possibilities?

[Taudawg]

Watson already signed with Angels. No news on Chatham I can locate.

[zambonir]

Here's the info on Chatham. Hard for me to see why he would come running back but I guess the theory is, it was his own fault for not telling the Phillies about his injury, and, presumably, he feels some connection to the guy who drafted him. But he's still got see whether there are any better offers from 28 teams. Really with Maton and now Kingery both available don't really see why we'd need another utility guy who can't be called up.

Phillies hopeful to re-sign recently released C.J. Chatham

[David_Criss]

He isn't or won't necessarily be behind Maton/Torreyes/Kingery. I think if he comes in and thinks he can show them he is better than one of them, then he will get the utility opportunity that Boston never gave him.

[zambonir]

That makes no sense. He was removed from the 40. He was released. He literally lost his job to Torreyes, and is by definition behind all three of those players. He will only come back to the Phillies if he can't get another team to offer him a better deal, which could mean anything from a 40-man spot to being higher in the AAA pecking order. If the Iron Pigs had real games tomorrow and they don't send Stott to reading, he wouldn't even crack the starting 8.

[andyb]

The return of Cody Asche!
https://twitter.com/JSalisburyNBCS/status/1377321130265042947

As a hitting coach of course.

[Squire]

When does minor league camp officially start?

[David_Criss]

I think Monday.

Kyle Dohy has cleared waivers and was outrighted to the Phillies alternate site.

[zambonir]

The Alternate site roster

[andyb]

There are actually rules to these alternate site rosters and it does look like the Phillies have constructed a roster for playing actual games (and not having coaches play the field).

28-player limit plus 2 developmental slots (Duran and Brito for the Phillies). I think only the 28 can be a COVID callup without a 40-man move. Not that we were going to recall Duran and Brito anyway. They just get to play games instead of sit around for a month.

When we get to May I assume this becomes the LHV roster though there is probably still some existing callup list like this for COVID-related callups.

[zambonir]

Yeah i think the player pool remains in place regardless of where the players actually are once minor league ball starts. Though that could all just go away if COVID protocols do. And you can still remove/add people to the pool. I wonder if the rule about losing non-40 players for good if you remove them is stil in place, not that it really matters (like, if they remove the likes of Mitchell or J.D. Hammer they will have already decided they don't want 'em).

[andyb]

They did have to kick in $100K retention bonuses to the veterans. I think that is Jankowski, Mitchell, and Feliz on this list. Maybe Paulino too. It depended on major league service time. Whether those guys will choose to go to AAA in May is probably a separate question as at that point they might go organization-shopping for the best opportunity.

[julio]