Tracking the Ex-Phillies - Featuring Utley, Revere, Fasano, Schu and More!

One of my annual habits is to review the complete rosters of all 30 Major League teams, paying particular attention to see where former Phillies have ended up.  I'll review the 40-man rosters, the non-roster invitees and the coaches pages on each team's website.  Even though I do this every year, I don't always formalize my findings in a post, but it seemed like a good idea this year to give me an excuse to create a few custom cards.

Presented below, at least by my unofficial tally, are the former Phillies players in camp across the majors this spring.  I'm only tracking those players (or coaches/managers) who spent time with the Phillies.  So while Jesse Biddle is in camp with the Braves, he won't appear on the list below as he never played for the big club.  (And I think some of these players may have already moved on.)

N.L. East
Atlanta Braves:  Sal Fasano - catching coach
Miami Marlins:  Tylor Cloyd - rhp (NRI), Brian Schneider - catching coach
New York Mets:  Ruben Amaro Jr. - first base coach, Ty Kelly - inf (NRI)
Washington Nationals:  Joaquin Benoit - rhp, Reid Brignac - inf (NRI) , Howie Kendrick - of, Ryan Madson - rhp

N.L. Central
Chicago Cubs:  Peter Bourjos - of (NRI)
Cincinnati Reds:  Billy Hatcher - third base coach, David Hernandez - rhp, Ben Revere - of (NRI), Darnell Sweeney - of (NRI), Vance Worley - rhp (NRI)
Milwaukee Brewers:  None
Pittsburgh Pirates:  Daniel Nava - of (NRI), Tom Prince - bench coach, Kevin Siegrist - lhp (NRI)
St. Louis Cardinals:  John Mabry - hitting coach, Mike Maddux - pitching coach


N.L. West
Arizona Diamondbacks:  Antonio Bastardo - lhp (NRI), Torey Lovullo - manager, Humberto Quintero - bullpen catcher
Colorado Rockies:  None
Los Angeles Dodgers:  Chase Utley - inf, Turner Ward - hitting coach
San Diego Padres:  A.J. Ellis - c (NRI), Freddy Galvis - inf, Michael Mariot - rhp (NRI), Matt Stairs - hitting coach
San Francisco Giants:  Andres Blanco - inf (NRI), Chase d'Arnaud - inf (NRI) Hunter Pence - of, Rich Schu - assistant hitting coach

A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles:  Alec Asher - rhp, Roger McDowell - pitching coach, Joely Rodriguez - lhp (NRI), John Russell - bench coach
Boston Red Sox:  Ron Roenicke - bench coach
New York Yankees:  Erik Kratz - c
Tampa Bay Rays:  Dustin McGowan - rhp (NRI), Colton Murray - rhp (NRI)
Toronto Blue Jays:  Ezequiel Carrera - of, J.A. Happ - lhp


A.L. Central
Chicago White Sox:  Jeanmar Gomez - rhp (NRI)
Cleveland Indians:  Terry Francona - manager, Michael Martinez - inf (NRI), Brad Mills - bench coach
Detroit Tigers:  Daniel Stumpf - lhp
Kansas City Royals:  Cody Asche - dh (NRI). Michael Saunders - of, Dale Sveum - bench coach
Minnesota Twins:  Taylor Featherston - inf (NRI), Brock Stassi - inf (NRI)

A.L. West
Houston Astros:  Ken Giles - rhp, A.J. Hinch - manager, Charlie Morton - rhp
Los Angeles Angels:  JC Ramirez - rhp
Oakland Athletics:  Brandon Moss - dh
Seattle Mariners:  Juan Nicasio - rhp, Cameron Perkins - of
Texas Rangers:  Jake Diekman - lhp, Cole Hamels - lhp, Dan Warthen - assistant pitching coach

2017 Chachi #59 Kevin Siegrist

#54
Kevin Ryan Siegrist
Relief Pitcher

Bats:  Left  Throws:  Left  Height:  6'5"  Weight:  230
Born:  July 20, 1989, Buffalo, NY
Drafted:  Selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 41st round of the June 2008 draft.
Teams:  St. Louis Cardinals 2013-2017; Phillies 2017
Acquired:  Selected off waiver from the St. Louis Cardinals, September 2, 2017.

2014 Topps #344

0 Siegrist Baseball Cards in My Collection per The Phillies Room Checklist
First Card:  N/A
First Phillies Card:  N/A
First Phillies Team Issued Card:  N/A
Latest Card:  N/A

First Topps Flagship Base Card:  2014 Topps #344

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2017 Chachi #59

Card statistics through 9/4/17.

Baltimore: Meeting the Second Best Mascot in Baseball

Marlins 10, Phillies 9
Game 135 - Saturday Night, September 2nd in Miami
Record - 51-84, 5th place, 31 games behind the Nationals

One Sentence Summary:  An impressive Phillies comeback effort fell short as the Marlins won, 10-9.

What It Means:  Pedro Florimon, who had been playing well the last few weeks, had to be carted off the field in the second when he suffered a gruesome ankle injury trying to reach first base.

What Happened:  The decisive blow in this game turned out to be a three-run, pinch-hit home run from Derek Dietrich in the seventh off Ricardo Pinto.  Giancarlo Stanton (52) and Marcell Ozuna (32) had homered earlier in the game for the Marlins.  For the Phillies, Rhys Hoskins (12) and Tommy Joseph (20) homered while Nick Williams added a three-run triple in a five-run eighth inning.

2016 Topps #107

Transaction:  For the second time in three days, the Phillies claimed a relief pitcher off waivers.  This time it was Kevin Siegrist claimed from the Cardinals.  Jerad Eickhoff was moved to the 60-day disabled list to clear room on the 40-man roster, ending his season.

Featured Card/Field Report:  Meanwhile in Baltimore . . .

We missed this weekend of Phillies baseball as we took the boys to Baltimore for their first trip to Camden Yards.  The Blue Jays easily handled the Orioles in a soggy 7-2 win with Kevin Pillar, Josh Donaldson and Darwin Barney all homering for the Jays.  Marcus Stroman had to leave the game in the second after getting smoked with a Mark Trumbo line drive off his right elbow.

Earlier in the day, we toured Camden Yards where the boys met up with Oriole Bird.  Doug was unsuccessful in his pre-game autograph hunt, other than an autograph from the ubiquitous Bird.

Both boys came away with baseballs!  Doug was the lucky recipient of a ball thrown from the dugout from an anonymous Oriole and a ball thrown into the stands between innings from Chris Davis. Before the game began, from our seats in Section 22, Ben was called over to the Orioles dugout by coach (and former Phillies pitcher) Roger McDowell.  McDowell rolled Ben a ball, and the kid's night was made.