Kingery was awful this spring, He had just seven hits in 44 at-bats with 19 strikeouts. Ronald Torryes will take Kingery's place as the utility guy on the roster. The demotion comes on the anniversary of Kingery's six-year, $24 million contract signing before he had take a single swing in MLB. There are also three club options from 2024-2026.
The Phils made a couple of other surprising moves. They sent lefty JoJo Romero to the minors, leaving the Phils with just one left-hander in the bullpen. Vince Velasquez has made the team, using yet another of his unlimited lives to stay on the big league roster. He'll be a long man out of the bullpen and will be used as a starter in case of emergency.
So the bullpen will look like this–Velasquez, Jose Alvarado, Archie Bradley, Connor Brogdon, Sam Coonrod, David Hale, Brandon Kintzler, and Hector Neris. This group looks worlds better than last year's toxic waste fire.
The last spring training game is tomorrow, and the centerfield job is still up for grabs. Adam Haseley, Roman Quinn, and Odubel Herrera are all still in the mix. Quinn was sidelined with food poisoning for part of the weekend, and I wouldn't be surprised if Herrera had something to do with it.
The rest of the roster looks like this:
Catchers - JT Realmuto, Andrew Knapp
Infielders - Rhys Hoskins, Jean Segura, Didi Gregorius, Alec Bohm, Brad Miller, and Torreyes.
Outfielders - Andrew McCutchen, Bryce Harper, Matt Joyce, and two of the group of Haseley/Quinn/Herrera
Starting pitchers - Aaron Nola, Zach Wheeler, Zack Eflin, Matt Moore, Chase Anderson.
This looks like a pretty good team. I'll have predictions later in the week.
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