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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This is the difference-maker we've been looking for to push us over the top in 2013.— Danielson- O'joy— jp8899
- RUBEN! RUBEN! RUBEN!— Jerome99RIP
- Good, now that it's after August 15 ( one year past the deadline for a draft pick to sign), we should know about the other PTBN in the Victorino deal.— drbob1
- Want to save the Phillies for 2013? I have two words for you.
Steve Jeltz. His long, curly locks, switch hitting and deckshoes worn without socks are just what the Phils need. He can play third. I vote for Jeltz.— derkaiser - We already have Jeltz 2.0... He's playing SS and leading off— mike
- Mike gets it. JTrot does not. — NewMick314
- Look at the bright side: We don't have to watch Blanton pitch any more.— eman
- Careful what you wish for eman, would you rather have Blanton or Kendrick in the rotation?— maurysline
- Actually,neither of them. But thanks so much, Amaro, for finally unloading Fat Joe. Hopefully, he'll end up like Lidge---out of baseball. — TEDcGEGI
- Pitching prospect from the Dodgers is a PLUS...johnnyu
— john ullman - Pitching prospect from the Dodgers is a PLUS...johnnyu (HTML deleted)— john ullman
- "Prospect" O'Sullivan -- when I look up the word "prospect" it shows "hope," "vision," "potential" -- then I read O'Sullivan's stats -- only 60 strikeouts in 97 innings; 12 Ks and 8 BB in 17 innings. Instead of O'Sullivan it read "Oy Vey!"— Al n SD
- Strikeouts are, most likely, the most over-rated datum in all of the number collecting in baseball. It's no more than a ground ball to anyone excepting Jimmy Rollins, and it's really difficult to turn double plays on them!
I don't know of the guy at all, and statistics really are the BIG lie!
GOOD GRIEF.— BEMiller - I've always been a fan of this guy, I especially liked "Alone Again, Naturally" and "Claire".— drbob1
