Phillies acquire O'Sullivan to complete Blanton trade
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Phillies acquire O'Sullivan to complete Blanton trade
Matt Gelb, Inquirer Staff Writer
MILWAUKEE — The Phillies received single-A righthander Ryan O'Sullivan from Los Angeles as the player to be named later to complete a trade for Joe Blanton.
O'Sullivan, 21, was a fourth-round draft pick of the Dodgers in 2011. He began the season as a starter but transitioned to a relief role upon being promoted to high single-A Rancho Cucamonga. While there, he posted a 3.57 ERA in 14 games with 12 strikeouts and eight walks in 17 2/3 innings. He has only 60 strikeouts in 97 career professional innings.
Baseball America ranked O'Sullivan as Los Angeles' 23rd-best prospect before the 2012 season.
He could not be included in the deal until Thursday because he was drafted last summer. Major League Baseball rules stipulate a player cannot be dealt less than a year after being drafted.
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Will he run to first base after hitting a ground ball? If so, send him somewhere else because this team despises players who do that.— Stilldiesel11- so we traded Blanton, Victorino and Pence for what? Did we get any major league caliber players that can play? (not counting Linbum!) he sucks. Way to go Ruben! You can dump salary but at the same time we let go 3 "good" players and got nothing!!— kchaz
- Why does Amaro get garbage back for every trade he makes?— alihajishank
- Can we return Lindboom?— ox
- Dear stupid people,
This kid was the 23rd ranked Dodgers prospect in the preseason, according to one pub. This kid couldn't be announced in the trade as he was just drafted last year, right? So, naturally, this was his first chance to be ranked on the list, right? So he debuted at #23, right? My point? I wouldn't put too much stock in the fact that he was ranked as the Dodgers 23rd best prospect. Some of you love to hate, though, and this is a chance to grab some low hanging fruit. Y'all know so much more about baseball than the guys that actually know baseball.
Sincerely,
vafan— vafan
