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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- Let's hope he gets called up in September so The Dubes can properly evaluate his talent.— rockinginthefreeworld
- Well, if we would have kept Blanton it was either resigning at around the same money he made for a few more years, offer him a $12 million guarantee contract to get a prospect or just let him walk with no compensation. No way you offer him a $12 mil, because nobody will sign him and risk losing a potential fist round pick. Then you get stuck with him at $12 mil for a year. So, the best was to trade him and get something, which the team did.— EL Zorro
- "Baseball America ranked O'Sullivan as Los Angeles' 23rd-best prospect before the 2012 season."
I literally burst out laughing when I read this sentence. Ruben Smug Jr. cannot be any more of a screwup. If you followed some of the other deadline trades involving players of Blanton's caliber (3rd/4th starter with better 2nd half numbers) you would see how pathetic of a return this is for him.— astroqueen0 - Maybe I shouldn't rush to judgement with O'Sullivan. Maybe Dubee and Cholly have a plan to have Schwimer take O'Sullivan "under his wing" and teach him everything he knows (ha!).— Al n SD
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