2021 Chachi #19 David Hale

#41
David E. Hale
Relief Pitcher

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'2"  Weight:  210
Opening Day Age:  33
Born:  September 27, 1987, Atlanta, GA
How Obtained:  Acquired from the New York Yankees for Addison Russ, August 21, 2020
Contract Status:  Signed through 2021
Major League Teams:  Atlanta Braves 2013-2014; Colorado Rockies 2015-2016; Minnesota Twins 2018; New York Yankees 2018-2020; Philadelphia Phillies 2020-

First Phillies Card:  N/A
First Phillies Minor League Card:  N/A
First Phillies Team Issued Card:  N/A

Newest Card Added:  N/A

Topps Flagship Set Appearances (1):  2014

0 - Hale baseball cards in my collection per The Phillies Room Checklist as of 4/29/21.

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2020 Chachi #42
2021 Chachi #19

David Hale was acquired from the Yankees last season on August 21st, but didn't make his Phillies debut until 10 days later on August 30th.  Entering that night's game against the Braves, Hale was tasked with limiting the damage already caused by starting pitcher Jake Arrieta, but he ended up allowing three runs on his own.  He appeared in six games total last season, compiling a 4.09 ERA over 11 innings pitched.

A veteran of seven different big league seasons, Hale has twice appeared in at least 20 games - 2014 with the Braves and 2019 with the Yankees.  Given his limited time in the majors, his baseball card appearances have been sparse and the last (and to date only) time he was in a Topps flagship was back in 2014.

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2020 Chachi #42 David Hale

#41
David E. Hale
Relief Pitcher

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'2"  Weight:  210
Opening Day Age:  32
Born:  September 27, 1987, Atlanta, GA
How Obtained:  Acquired from the New York Yankees for Addison Russ, August 21, 2020
Contract Status:  Arbitration eligible 2021, free agency eligible 2024
Major League Teams:  Atlanta Braves 2013-2014; Colorado Rockies 2015-2016; Minnesota Twins 2018; New York Yankees 2018-2020; Philadelphia Phillies 2020

First Phillies Card:  N/A
First Phillies Minor League Card:  N/A
First Phillies Team Issued Card:  N/A

Newest Card Added:  N/A

Topps Flagship Set Appearances (1):  2014

0 - Hale baseball cards in my collection per The Phillies Room Checklist as of 8/31/20.

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2020 Chachi #42

David Hale was acquired from the Yankees on August 21st, but had to wait 10 days before making his Phillies debut on August 30th.  Entering that night's game against the Braves, Hale was tasked with limiting the damage already caused by starting pitcher Jake Arrieta, but he ended up allowing three runs on his own.

A veteran of seven different big league seasons, Hale has twice appeared in at least 20 games - 2014 with the Braves and 2019 with the Yankees.  Given his limited time in the majors, his baseball card appearances have been sparse and the last (and to date only) time he was in a Topps flagship was back in 2014.

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Game 22 - Nola Flounders; Phillies Bolster Bullpen with Trades

2019 Bowman Heritage
#53P-122

Braves 11, Phillies 2
Game 22 - Friday Night, August 21st in Atlanta
Record - 9-13, Tied for 4th Place, 4 games behind the Braves

One Sentence Summary:  Aaron Nola had his first rough outing of the year and the offense  stayed mostly quiet again in this 11-2 shellacking by the Braves.

What It Means:  At least help is on the way for the bullpen.  The Phillies acquired David Hale (rhp) from the Yankees before the game and then Brandon Workman (rhp) and Heath Hembree (rhp) from the Red Sox during the game.

What Happened:  Nola was chased after 2 2/3 innings, and his final line wasn't pretty - 6 hits, 4 runs, 3 walks, 2 home runs.  Costly errors from Alec Bohm at third led to three more unearned runs.  Reggie McClain and Cole Irvin contributed to increase the bullpen's ERA with a combined 3 2/3 innings, allowing 7 runs (4 earned).  Scott Kingery made an acrobatic leaping catch in center in the second to save a few more runs.

Featured Card:  JoJo Romero made his impressive big league debut in the bottom of the 8th, striking out the side on 12 pitches.  Adam Duvall, Austin Riley and Johan Camargo went down in order.

Transaction:  The Phillies made a few bullpen moves prior to his game.  First, and more painfully, Jose Alvarez (lhp) was placed on the injured list with a testicular contusion suffered in Sunday afternoon's debacle.  Romero (lhp), the 29th man from the double header remained on the roster.

In the first of hopefully a few trades, the Phillies acquired Hale from the Yankees for Addison Russ (rhp).  It's tough to see Russ go, and we first met him back at a BlueClaws game in 2018.  He's been pitching in Lehigh Valley at the team's alternate training site since July.  He appeared in 55 games last season for Double-A Reading, all in relief and as the team's primary closer, and had a 2.54 ERA with 22 saves.  Russ has exactly 200 minor league strikeouts over 152 2/3 innings pitched.

2019 Grandstand Reading Fightin Phils #30

2014 Topps #363

Hale has pitched for the Braves, Rockies, Yankees, Twins and Yankees again in parts of seven seasons dating back to 2013.  He had appeared in five games for the Yankees so far this year, and had a 3.00 ERA over 6 innings, with 7 strikeouts and 3 walks.  He was designated for assignment on August 17th, who needed his roster spot for the recently activated Aroldis Chapman.

To make room on the 40-man roster for Hale, Austin Davis (lhp) was designated for assignment.  I'll write about the Red Sox trade in a separate post.

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