The initial Phillies “official” stateside group workout for 2023 will begin tomorrow as multiple minor league players report to Clearwater for the third “High Performance Camp” of the off season. In addition players on rehab assignment will be back this week at the complex, some have already arrived. The organization has 190 U.S. based minor league roster spots availed to them ( as per MLB rule ) for the off-season which includes training camp - that number reduces to 180 once the official minor league games begin in April. Players placed on the long term 60 day injured list do not count towards the totals however players cannot be placed on the injury list during the off-season. Ultimately there will be at least 14 players on the major league 40 man roster that will count against the allotted 180 minor league player in season limit as they will be optioned to the minors for league play - they do not count against the off-season 190 player total till they are sent back to the minor leagues during spring camp. There are players that I am aware of that will begin the 2023 season on the 60 day IL as they continue to work back from injuries.
So all that being said here are the Phillies off-season minor league transactions to date that I am aware of.
Phillies Minor League Free Agents at end of 2022 season : 28 ( 27 plus Taylor Scott who declared later in the off season )
RHP Mark Appel
RHP Trevor Bettencourt
OF Jorge Bonifacio
INF Daniel Brito
RHP Andrew Brown
INF Ali Castillo
RHP Joel Cesar
1B Aldrem Corredor
RHP Nick Duron - signed with Giants
LHP Kent Emmanuel
LHP Jace Fry
RHP Ofreidy Gomez - signed with Orioles
INF Jonathan Guzman
LHP Jonathan Hennigan
RHP Michael Kelly - signed with Guardians
RHP James Marvel
INF Yairo Munoz
1B Josh Ockimey
LHP Braeden Ogle
OF Dustin Peterson
INF Wendell Rijo - re-signed with Phillies
INF Daniel Robertson
RHP Bubby Rossman
RHP Taylor Scott - signed with Dodgers
OF Chris Sharpe
LHP Ryan Sherriff
INF Kevin Vicuna
OF Justin Williams
Phillies Minor League Rule 5 Draft Players lost in the draft : 5
INF Shervyen Newton - taken by Royals
RHP Kyle Glogoski - taken by Reds
RHP Carlo Reyes - taken by Dodgers
RHP Manuel Urias - taken by Astros
OF Jefferson Encarnacion - taken by Cubs
Phillies Minor League Players traded : 1
LHP Erik Miller - to Giants for RHP Yunior Marte
Phillies Minor League Players retired : 1
RHP Buddy Hayward retired 1/11/23
Phillies Minor League Rule 5 Draft Selections : 7
RHP Yoniel Ramirez - from Giants
INF Cam Cannon - from Red Sox
C Cody Roberts - from Orioles
SS Pedro Martinez - from Rays
INF Oliver Dunn - from Yankees
RHP Zach Linginfelter - from Angels
RHP Trey Cobb - from Mets
Phillies Minor League Free Agent Signings : 12
INF Shervyen Newton - played with Mets organization in 2022 - later lost in rule 5 draft to Royals
C John Hicks - played with Cubs organization in 2022
LHP Wesley Moore - signed as amateur free agent - Kansas State
C Max McDowell - played with Yankees organization in 2022
INF Nick Ward - played with Washington in Frontier League in 2022
INF Wendell Rijo - re-signed - played with Reading in 2022
INF Nick Podkul - played with Blue Jays organization in 2022
OF Garrett Whitley - played with Brewers organization in 2022
INF Jim Haley - played with Tampa Rays organization in 2022
INF Weston Wilson - played with Brewers organization in 2022
OF Garrett Whitley - played with Brewers organization in 2022
RHP Jon Duplantier - played with Dodgers organization in 2022
RHP Jace Vines - played with Royals organization in 2022
RHP Louis Head - played with Orioles organization in 2022
INF Vimael Machin - played with A's organization in 2022
Here are a few minor league signings of former Phillies in case you’re interested :
C Rodolfo Duran - re-signed by Yankees
RHP James Norwood - Yankees
RHP Zach McAllister - Diamondbacks
RHP Nick Duron - Giants
RHP Ofreidy Gomez - Orioles
RHP Tommy Hunter - Mets
RHP Chris Devenski - Angels
LHP Anthony Gose - Guardians
LHP Austin Davis - Astros
RHP Adonis Medina - Kia Tigers - KBO ( South Korea )
RHP Jose Ulloa - Nationals
UTL Willians Astudillo - Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks ( Japan )
OF Bradley Zimmer - Dodgers
RHP Aneurys Zabala - Tigers
INF Jose Gomez - re-signed by Angels
C Andrew Knapp - Tigers
OF Roman Quinn - Guardians
RHP Michael Kelly - Guardians
INF Drew Maggi - Pirates
C Tyler Heineman - Guardians
C Rob Brantley - Blue Jays
RHP Taylor Scott - Dodgers
OF Chris Sharpe - Braves
RHP Vinny Nittoli - Cubs
As we head towards players returning to pre-season camp here is the current U.S. based off-season Minor League roster as I have reconciled to the present posted affiliates rosters ( 185 players ) - it doesn’t include any player on the MLB 40 man roster.
Players assigned to the Dominican Academy do not count against the roster limitation.
Pitchers : 108
Starters : 30
Mick Abel, Samuel Aldegheri, Jean Cabrera, Eiberson Castellano, Starlyn Castillo, Jon Duplantier, Hans Crouse, Gabriel Cotto, Colton Eastman, Mavis Graves, Josh Hendrickson, Cristian Hernandez, Pan Wen-Hui, Estibenzon Jimenez, Ethan Lindow, Rafael Marcano, Jordi Martinez, Gunner Mayer, Alex McFarlane, Griff McGarry, Oswald Medina, Micah Ottenbreit, Andrew Painter, Jose Pena Jr, Jonathan Petit, Dominic Pipkin, Matt Russell, Eduar Segovia, Noah Skirrow, Victor Vargas
Bullpen : 78
Jose Acuna, Mike Adams, Aidan Anderson, Chase Antle, Erubiel Armenta, Konnor Ash, Andrew Baker, Albertus Barber, Carlos Betancourt, Malik Binns, Josh Bortka, Blake Brown, Trey Cobb, Ty Collins, Jack Dallas, Jayden Estanista, Braeden Fausnaught, Carlos Francisco, Jordan Fowler, Alex Garbrick, Eric Garcia, Tristan Garnett, Drew Garrett, Maikel Garrido, Fernando Lozano, Daniel Harper, Louis Head, Jakob Hernandez, Jonathan Hughes, Sam Jacobsak, Jake Jewell, Damon Jones, Nathan Karaffa, Orion Kerkering, Keylan Killgore, Taylor Lehman, Adam Leverett, Zach Lingenfelter, Victor Lopez, Brian Marconi, Tommy McCollum, Christian McGowan,Tyler McKay, Jake McKenna, Alex McKenney, Daniel Mejia, Jhordany Mezquita, McKinley Moore, Wesley Moore, Francisco Morales, Matt Osterberg, Jack Perkins, Tyler Phillips, Nicoly Pina, Yoniel Ramirez, Alex Rao, Mason Ronan, Jason Ruffcorn, Rodolfo Sanchez, Andrew Schultz, Brett Schulze, Matt Seelinger, Christopher Soriano, Billy Sullivan, Tom Sutera, Wilson Valdez Jr, Spencer Van Scoyoc, Guissepe Velasquez,Jace Vines, Andrew Walling, Zach Warren, Chase Webster, Jared Wetherbee, Danny Wilkinson, JP Woodward, Cam Wynne, Gabriel Yanez, Braden Zarbnisky
Catchers: 18
Jack Conley, Arturo De Freitas, Jordan Dissin, Vito Friscia, John Hicks, Herbert Iser, Ryan Leitch, Nick Matera, Max McDowell, Adony Mejia, Andrik Nava, Rickardo Perez, Jackie Pertuz, Anthony Quirion, Caleb Ricketts, Cody Roberts, Gustavo Sosa, Micah Yonamine
Infielders : 35
First Basemen ( 5 ) : Chad Castillo, Jim Haley, Lou Helmig, Cole Moore, Rixon Wingrove
Middle Infielders ( 22 ) : Alexeis Azuaje, Jamari Baylor, Erick Brito, Cameron Cannon, Oliver Dunn, Diego Gonzalez, Sal Gozzo, Otto Kemp, Scott Kingery, Hao Yu Lee, Vimael Machin, Casey Martin, Pedro Martinez, Freylin Minyety, Nikau Pouaka-Grego, Wendell Rijo, Brian Rincon, Jehisbert Sevilla, Kendall Simmons, Nicolas Torres, Uziel Viloria, Nick Ward
Third Basemen ( 8 ) : Matt Alifano, Ty Penner, Nick Podkul, Madison Stokes, McCarthy Tatum, Will Toffey, Randy Vasquez, Weston Wilson
Outfielders : 24
Emaarion Boyd, Chris Burke, Jared Carr, Justin Crawford, Carlos De La Cruz, Ezra Farmer, Cade Fergus, Wilfredo Flores, Yemal Flores, Yhoswar Garcia, Dakota Kotowski, Matt Kroon, Marcus Lee Sang, Leandro Pineda, Baron Radcliff, Felix Reyes, Gabriel Rincones Jr, Albert Rodriquez, Ricardo Rosario, Troy Schreffler, Gavin Tonkel, Jordan Viars, Garrett Whitley, Ethan Wilson
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