Rest easy, Phillies fans. The team has finally made a move. They signed reliever Corey Knebel to a one-year, $10 million deal. He'll probably be the closer.
Knebel was an all-star with the Brewers in 2017, when he posted a 1.78 ERA and 39 saves. Since then, his ERA has nearly doubled, but the Phils are optimistic he'll be his 2017 self. Knebel was solid with the Dodgers in 2021, with a 2.45 ERA and 30 strikeouts in 25.1 innings.
Is it a sexy signing? Nope. Is he better than Hector Neris? Maybe. Is $10 million an awful lot to give a guy who missed all of 2019 recovering from Tommy John surgery and three months in 2021 with a strained back muscle. Big yup. But it's not my money, and the Phils must be confident he'll be more like 2017 than anything else.
So, as it stands now, your bullpen includes Knebel, Connor Brogdon, Sam Coonrod, Jose Alvarado, and Seranthony Dominguez. And this might be the last baseball-type news we get for a while, since owners are widely expected to lock the players out as the basic agreement expires at midnight. Sigh.
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