2023 Chachi #19 Andrew Vasquez

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Andrew Jude Vasquez
Relief Pitcher

Bats:  Left  Throws:  Left  Height:  6'6"  Weight:  235
Opening Day Age:  29

Born:  September 14, 1993, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Acquired:  Selected off waivers from the San Francisco Giants, November 9, 2022

Contract Status:  Arbitration eligible 2026
Major League Teams:  Minnesota Twins 2018-2019; Los Angeles Dodgers 2021; Toronto Blue Jays 2022; San Francisco Giants 2022; Philadelphia Phillies 2023

Andrew Vasquez took a circuitous route to the Phillies roster, in a journey that began last year on August 2nd when he was selected off waivers from the Blue Jays.  He'd appear in four games for the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, before his spot on the 40-man roster was needed when Sam Coonrod was activated from the 60-day Injured List.  Back on waivers, the Giants claimed Vasquez on August 17, 2022, and he'd appear in one game with the club on October 5th.  The Phillies would claim him off waivers, for the second time in a year, on November 9th.

Vasquez had a strong showing in spring training, making the club as a long reliever.  Used mainly in low leverage situations so far in 2023, he's done very well, earning a 1.33 ERA in 20 1/3 innings pitched through Friday night.  His next mainstream baseball card will also be his first, as Vasquez has only appeared in minor league team sets to date.  It's players like Vasquez that are the reason these Chachi custom cards exist in the first place.  His time with the Phillies shouldn't go unrecognized, and at least he's now got this virtual Chachi Phillies baseball card to call his own.  I'm sure he's excited.

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  N/A
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (0):  N/A
Newest Card Added to My Phillies Collection:  N/A
Total Cards in My Phillies Collection:  0 as of 5/20/23.

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2023 Virtual Phillies Wall / 2023 Season Summary Index / 2023 Chachi Set Checklist

2023 Chachi #18 Matt Strahm / 2023 Chachi #20 Yunior Marte

First Transactions of the 2022-2023 Offseason

2022 Topps #179

2022 Topps Living Set #565

2022 Topps Update #US14

2019 Topps #678

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I'm a natural list-maker and one list subject every year since the mid-1980s is a listing of Phillies' off-season transactions.  Whether it be in my old scrapbooks, in spiral-bound notebooks or on this blog, I've maintained lists of the players coming and going between the final pitch of one season and the first pitch of the next.  I realize these lists aren't needed now as much as they were back in the day, given there are multiple websites around tracking these sort of things, but with the World Series over and offseason transactions starting . . . here we go again.

Departures - 2022-2023 Offseason

• Johan Camargo - inf (10/7/22) - Elected free agency.
• Michael Kelly - rhp (10/14/22) - Elected free agency.
• Chris Devenski - rhp (11/6/22) - Elected free agency.
• Kyle Gibson - rhp (11/6/22) - Elected free agency.
• Brad Hand - lhp (11/6/22) - Elected free agency.
• Corey Knebel - rhp (11/6/22) - Elected free agency.
• David Robertson - rhp (11/6/22) - Elected free agency.
• Noah Syndergaard - rhp (11/6/22) - Elected free agency.
• Zach Eflin - rhp (11/7/22) - Elected free agency.
• Jean Segura - 2b (11/7/22) - Elected free agency.

Johan Camargo and Michael Kelly, both dropped from the team's 40-man roster earlier in the year, became free agents in the midst of the Phillies' postseason run.  On Sunday, the next six players listed above became free agents.  On Monday, the Phillies declined the option on Jean Segura and Zach Eflin declined his side of a mutual option, making them both free agents.

I wouldn't mind seeing Segura, Eflin, Robertson and/or Syndergaard come back in 2023 and if I had to guess the latter two probably have the best chance of donning red pinstripes again.

New Additions - 2022-2023 Offseason

• Luis Ortiz - rhp (11/9/22) - Claimed off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.
• Andrew Vasquez - rhp (11/9/22) - Claimed off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.

On Wednesday, the Phillies added two potential 2023 pitchers to their arsenal, claiming Luis Ortiz and Andrew Vasquez off waivers from the Giants.  Ortiz appeared in six games for the Giants in 2022, earning a 1.04 ERA in 8 2/3 innings pitched.  He had previously appeared in three games for the Orioles in 2018 and 2019, and his last mainstream baseball card can be found in the 2019 Topps set.

Vasquez appeared in nine games for the Blue Jays and one game for the Giants, spending 12 days on the Phillies' 40-man roster in August before re-entering the waiver wire shuffle.  He's got several minor league baseball card appearances, but nothing mainstream to date.