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The Phillies announced Tuesday that they’ve signed veteran catcher
Jeff Mathis to a minor league deal and invited him to Major League Spring Training. The Phils also confirmed previously reported non-roster invites for veterans
Matt Joyce. Mathis a client of Jet Sports Management, would earn $1.8MM if he makes the roster, tweets MLB Network’s Jon Heyman.
Mathis, 38 in March, just wrapped up a two-year stint with the Rangers. He didn’t hit well at all in Texas, but the Rangers surely weren’t expecting him to provide anything with the bat, either. Mathis hit .207/.274/.297 in the two prior seasons with the D-backs and was nonetheless signed to a two-year deal almost exclusively for his defensive prowess behind the dish.
Aside from that, it seems like the Phillies, for better or worse, are pretty much priced into having this exact same team on the field again for 2022. A year after that, Didi Gregorius and Zach Eflin are up for free agency.
It s not until 2024 that the Phillies will really have one of their core players reach free agency, and hopes are that if Aaron Nola pitches like an ace, the Phils will wrap him up before he hits the open market.
There are obviously two issues facing the Phillies competitive window and the first one is bluntly obvious they have to play well. If the roster as assembled fails to play to its potential, the Phillies are in deep trouble. But last year s shortened season showed it was really the fault of the bullpen and injuries that they weren t postseason participants.
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This is the second in a six-part Toolshed series that uses FanGraphs Steamer600 projections to look at how prospects would fare over a full Major League season in 2021. The system bases its forecast on 600 plate appearances for position players, 450 plate appearances for catchers, 200 innings for starting
This is the second in a six-part Toolshed series that uses FanGraphs Steamer600 projections to look at how prospects would fare over a full Major League season in 2021. The system bases its forecast on 600 plate appearances for position players, 450 plate appearances for catchers, 200 innings for starting pitchers and 65 innings for relievers taking into account age, past performance and previous Minor League levels, among other factors. Because of the canceled Minor League season in 2020, all players included in the team tables below are ranked prospects who either played at Class A Advanced or above in 2019, sit on their organization s 40-man roster or are placed a