First Transactions of the 2022-2023 Offseason

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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.

Game 65 - Phils Take First Game of Twinbill

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Phillies 5, Nationals 3 (Game 1)
Game 65 - Friday Afternoon, June 17th in Washington
Record - 34-31

One Sentence Summary:  The Phillies hung on to defeat the Nationals, 5-3, in game one of a Friday double header.

What It Means:  The Phillies Notes Twitter account passed along the Phillies have won 13 of their last 15 games for the first time since July-August 2011, and it's the fifth time in club history the team has won 13 of the first 15 games of any month.  June 2022 joins May 1982, August 1977, May 1976 and September 1895.

What Happened:  Nick Castellanos doubled home the first two runs of the game in the first.  In the third, Odubel Herrera rolled into an RBI groundout and Alec Bohm followed that with an RBI double to make it 4-0, Phillies.  The Nationals crept back into the game in the sixth when Jose Bell hit a two-run home run off Ranger Suarez to make it a 5-3 game.  Bryce Harper was 3 for 4 in the game with a pair of runs scored, and Bohm also had three hits.

Suarez pitched a decent game, giving up three runs on six hits in 5 2/3 innings of work.  Connor Brogdon, Seranthony Dominguez and Brad Hand pitched the final 3 1/3 scoreless innings, with Hand picking up his second save of the year.

Featured Card:  Who knows when I'll have a chance to post a Hand baseball card again, so I'll take the opportunity here.  This is his card from the recently released team-issued photo card set, and his only Phillies baseball card to date.

Transaction:  Bailey Falter (lhp) was added to the roster for the double header as the 27th player, and he'll start game two.

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2022 Chachi #27 Brad Hand

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Bradley Richard Hand
Relief Pitcher

Bats:  Left  Throws:  Left  Height:  6'3"  Weight:  224
Opening Day Age:  32
Born:  March 20, 1990, Minneapolis, MN
How Obtained:  Signed as a free agent formerly with the New York Mets, March 15, 2022
Contract Status:  Signed through 2022
Major League Teams:  Florida Marlins 2011; Miami Marlins 2012-2015; San Diego Padres 2016-2018; Cleveland Indians 2018-2020; Washington Nationals 2021; New York Mets 2021; Philadelphia Phillies 2022

First Phillies Card:  N/A
Newest Card Added:  N/A
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (6):  2011, 2017-2021

0 - Hand baseball cards in my collection per The Phillies Room Checklist as of 5/6/22.

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2022 Chachi #26 Jeurys Familia / 2022 Chachi #28 Corey Knebel

Phils Add a Pair of Veteran Relievers

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The Phillies jumped in with their first official significant signings on Tuesday, inking righty reliever Jeurys Familia and lefty reliever Brad Hand to a one-year contracts each worth $6 million.  I'm not a fan of the Familia signing, especially since I've witnessed several of his meltdowns firsthand, courtesy of his new team.  He'll fill the role vacated by Archie Bradley.  Familia is a veteran of ten major league seasons with the Mets and Athletics, with a lifetime record of 32-25, a 3.28 ERA and 125 saves.  His last major baseball card appearance came back in 2020 in the Topps Total set.

Brad Hand has been around since 2011, and he was an All-Star with the Padres in 2017 and the Indians in 2019.  Hand has pitched with the Marlins (2011-2015), Padres (2016-2018), Indians (2018-2020); Nationals (2021), Blue Jays (2021) and Mets (2021).  He's 32-50 with 464 career games with a 3.68 ERA and 126 saves, one more than Familia.  Hand was in the 2021 Topps Series One set.

In case you forgot, and I certainly did, here's the updated list of offseason transactions to date and I'm sure this list could be outdated by the time I post this.

	2021-2022 Offseason Departures	Date	Transaction
	Jorge Bonifacio (of)	10/8/21	Released.
	Archie Bradley (rhp)	11/3/21	Elected free agency.
	Freddy Galvis (inf)	11/3/21	Elected free agency, signed with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, 12/12/21.
	Ian Kennedy (rhp)	11/3/21	Elected free agency, signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
	Brad Miller (inf)	11/3/21	Elected free agency.
	Matt Moore (lhp)	11/3/21	Elected free agency, signed with the Texas Rangers, 3/14/22.
	Hector Neris (rhp)	11/3/21	Elected free agency, signed with the Houston Astros, 11/30/21.
	Andrew McCutchen (of)	11/3/21	Club option declined, elected free agency, signed with the Milwaukee Brewers.
	JD Hammer (rhp)	11/5/21	Outrighted, elected free agency, signed with the Colorado Rockies, 3/13/22.
	Odubel Herrera (of)	11/5/21	Outrighted, elected free agency.
	Travis Jankowski (of)	11/5/21	Outrighted, elected free agency.
	Andrew Knapp (c)	11/5/21	Outrighted, elected free agency, signed with the Cincinnati Reds, 12/1/21.
	Ramon Rosso (rhp)	11/5/21	Outrighted, elected free agency, signed with the Detroit Tigers, 3/14/22.
	Ronald Torreyes (inf)	11/5/21	Outrighted, elected free agency.
	Mauricio Llovera (rhp)	11/7/21	Elected free agency, signed with the San Francisco Giants, 12/3/21.
	David Paulino (rhp)	11/7/21	Elected free agency.
	Roman Quinn (of)	11/30/21	Non-tendered, elected free agency, signed with the Miami Marlins.
	Coming Back
	Cam Bedrosian (rhp)	11/3/21	Elected free agency, re-signed with Phillies (12/1/21)
	2021-2022 Offseason Additions
	Ryan Sherriff (lhp)	11/5/21	Claimed off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays.
	Kent Emanuel (lhp)	11/19/21	Claimed off waivers from the Houston Astros.
	Nick Nelson (rhp)	11/19/21	Acquired from the New York Yankees for Joel Valdez (lhp) and T.J. Rumfield (1b)
	Donny Sands (c)	11/19/21	--
	Garrett Stubbs (c)	11/19/21	Acquired from the Houston Astros for Logan Cerny (of)
	Scott Moss (lhp)	11/24/21	Claimed off waivers from the Cleveland Guardians.
	Yoan Lopez (rhp)	11/29/21	Claimed off waivers from the Atlanta Braves.
	Corey Knebel (rhp)	12/1/21	Signed as a free agent formerly with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
	Jeurys Familia (rhp)	3/15/22	Signed as a free agent formerly with the New York Mets.
	Brad Hand (lhp)	3/15/22	Signed as a free agent formerly with the New York Mets.