Flaherty Brings Camp Head Count to 61

2017 Topps #314

On Wednesday, the city of Philadelphia was busy planning for a long-anticipated parade in honor of the Super Bowl Champion Eagles.  Lost in what has rightfully been an all-Eagles, all the time Philadelphia sports news cycle was the Phillies signing of super utility player Ryan Flaherty to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.  Flaherty's signing brings the official camp head count up to 61.  He's expected to get a long look this spring as he auditions for what could be the final spot on the team's 25-man roster.

Flaherty has spent his entire six-year, big league career with the Orioles and he owns a .215 batting average over 452 games.  He's played every position except catcher, and he could join Pedro Florimon on what the Phillies hope will be a versatile bench.

It looks as if Flaherty's first Topps baseball card appearance came within the 2010 Topps Pro Debut set.  Since then he's appeared in a handful of Topps sets, most recently within 2017 Topps Series One.

Player (position) - 2017 Organization - Last Major Baseball Card Appearance
1.  Pedro Beato (rhp) - Phillies - 2011 Topps Chrome #199 (Mets)
2.  Pedro Florimon (inf) - Phillies - 2014 Topps #568 (Twins)
3.  Eric Fryer (c) - Cardinals - 2011 Bowman Draft #36 (Pirates)
4.  Steve Geltz (rhp) - Dodgers - 2012 Topps Heritage Minors Real One Autograph #ROA-SG (Angels)
5.  Matt McBride (c-1b) - Athletics - 2007 Bowman Sterling Prospects #MM (Indians)
6.  Heiker Meneses (inf) - Red Sox - N/A
7.  Will Middlebrooks (inf) - Rangers - 2017 Topps #46 (Brewers)
8.  Logan Moore (c) - Phillies - 2011 Bowman Draft Chrome Prospects #BDPP44 (Phillies)
9.  Danny Ortiz (of) - Pirates - 2017 Topps Update #US30 (Pirates)
10.  Mitch Walding (inf) - Phillies - N/A
11.  Edgar Cabral (c) - Phillies - N/A
12.  Enyel De Los Santos (rhp) - Padres - 2016 Topps Heritage Minors League #60 (Padres)
13.  Tom Eshelman (rhp) - Phillies - 2017 Topps Pro Debut Promo Night Uniform #PN-50N (Phillies)
14.  J.D. Hammer (rhp) - Rockies/Phillies - N/A
15.  Cole Irvin (lhp) - Phillies - 2016 Bowman Draft #BD-4 (Phillies)
16.  Scott Kingery (inf) - Phillies - 2017 Bowman Draft #BD-114 (Phillies)
17.  Brandon Leibrandt (lhp) - Phillies - N/A
18.  Andrew Pullin (of) - Phillies - 2012 Bowman Draft Picks #BDPP59 (Phillies)
19.  Francisco Rodriguez (rhp) - Tigers/Nationals - 2017 Topps Gypsy Queen #185 (Tigers)
20.  Adam Rosales (inf) - Athletics/Diamondbacks - 2017 Topps #377 (Athletics)
21.  Ryan Flaherty (2b) - Orioles - 2017 Topps #314 (Orioles)