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Phillies announce Opening Day roster

Prior to Saturday's final exhibition game, the Phillies finalized their 25-man roster.

Phillies announce Opening Day roster

POSTED: Saturday, March 30, 2013, 11:23 AM

Ryan Lawrence, Daily News Staff Writer

Phillippe Aumont won the final spot in the Phillies bullpen two days before Opening Day.

That's the biggest news in the team's finalized 25-man roster. Well, and the team is keeping Rule 5 pick Ender Inciarate, for now. (The Phils would like to add a veteran outfielder, which may come available as other teams make their own roster decisions this weekend).

Here is the current 25-man roster:

Starting rotation

Cole Hamels

Roy Halladay

Cliff Lee

Kyle Kendrick

John Lannan

Relievers

Jonathan Papelbon

Mike Adams

Antonio Bastardo (L)

Chad Durbin

Raul Valdes (L)

Jeremy Horst (L)

Phillippe Aumont

Infielders

Chase Utley

Jimmy Rollins

Ryan Howard

Michael Young

Freddy Galvis

Kevin Frandsen

Outfielders

Domonic Brown

Ben Revere

Laynce Nix

John Mayberry Jr.

Ender Inciarte

Catchers

Erik Kratz

Humberto Quintero

Two roster notes: Outfielder Delmon Young was placed on the disabled list, as expected, and catcher Carlos Ruiz will serve a 25-game suspension beginning on Opening Day for failing a drug test for the use of a banned stimulant.

Comments (49)

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:31 AM, 03/30/2013

Aumont over Stutes is a terrible decision. Phillies just falling for the fact that Aumont "looks like" a pitcher, whereas Stutes is small. Now we just have an un-ready and wild pitcher on our staff in Aumont instead of an experienced and solid pitcher in Stutes.

— kilo_005

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 2:25 PM, 03/30/2013

You are kiddin me! Aumont will be the closer in 2015.

— Romus

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:26 PM, 03/30/2013

Stutes over Aumont would have been a terrible decision. At their best, Stutes is an average big league reliever and Aumont is a stud.

— phillyl0

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 8:25 PM, 03/30/2013

Aumont le géant français. Il est tres formidable..

— GiveBrownAChanceCommitee

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:33 AM, 04/01/2013

Yeah I'm not sure I agree with you there at all either, Kilo. At best Stutes wasn't anything more than mediocre, and more often than not he was not good. And he's been ouchy. In 2011 he made 57 appearances for a total of 62 innings. He had an ERA of 3.63, and if you ask me that's WAY to high for a pitcher averaging a fraction over an inning per outing. Last year's numbers don't much matter since he didnt even have 6 innings pitched all season and you can't tell anything from that. But just compare their spring numbers and it's not contest. Aumont had a WAAAAAY better spring. Better numbers across the board, including walks per 9 inn (4.3 vs stute's 7.4). Aumont is bigger, stronger, throws harder, and in my opinion has a WAY higher ceiling than stutes, so to me that's a great move.

— Momjeanz

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:54 AM, 03/30/2013

Stues missed most of last season due to arm issues. He will benefit from building up arm strength in AAA. Aumont auditioned well in September last year and has shown nasty stuff on the hill. Agreed, he needs to show more control, but he has that ability to get anyone out at anytime. Inciarte is an interesting "keep". Once DYoung comes off the DL, don't be surprised to see some "injuries" putting either Nix/Mayberry JR. on the DL from time to time. It may even happen to Inciarte, as he trips going into the clubhouse. Quintero is on the clock, as he knows when Chooch comes back, he is a goner. I'm more curious about the final make up of the AAA starting rotation.

— drhoffman

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:55 AM, 03/30/2013

Stutes spring ERA was 7.36 against mostly AAA competition. Aumont's ERA was 2.45. All things considered, i think Aumont won the job (for now)

— Postman 19131

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:12 PM, 03/30/2013

Too bad there's no room for Pete Orr. He's a scrapper and a pro. He's great insurance to have if Utley or Young go down.

— GreenWing

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:14 PM, 03/30/2013

I'm glad they kept Valdez. This bullpen will get a lot of work, and we may well see rotation in from some of the staff in AAA.

— jerseyshorefan

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:27 PM, 03/30/2013

Green, Peter Orr is awful.

— EL Zorro

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:29 PM, 03/30/2013

Looks better then last year.

— Sidewinder7

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 5:40 PM, 03/30/2013

Really? KK and Lannan are going to make us miss Blanton and Worley. Adams looks healthy - but the bullpen is still pretty weak. The outfield is the worst in baseball (it was not last year with Pence and Victorino). Neither Young should be on a NL roster. Doc is toast. Can't see how anyone can be optimistic of this year's version of Ruin Tomorrow Jr.'s slop.

— Copper34

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 1:09 PM, 03/30/2013

No surprise really. Galvis has been great with both the glove and his bat. Quintero has to be kept around b/c we want the pitching staff to continue hearing English spoken w/ a Spanish accent. And I've been screaming for years about having another lefty besides Bastardo in the pen.

— ExiledinFla

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 1:11 PM, 03/30/2013

— ExiledinFla

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 1:12 PM, 03/30/2013

Stutes killed his own chances. If it had been close between him and Aumont I think they'd have gone with Stutes based on what he did in 2011. But he ended up worse than Aumont by every measure I believe. Even those things people blast Aumont for -- too many walks, not enough strikes, etc. -- I think he ended up easily outshining Stutes. Stutes has work to do.

You're not carrying Orr. He's a good minor league backup. To carry him you'd have to take someone else off the roster and give Orr a major league contract. It makes no sense whatsoever to do that.

— s