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Thursday, April 9, 2009
Phils sign pitcher Tyler Walker

The Phillies signed RHP Tyler Walker to a minor league contract today. Walker will report to the Phillies’ extended spring training program in Clearwater, Fla., this weekend.

 

Walker, 32, went 5-8 with a 4.56 ERA in 65 games for the San Francisco Giants last season. He was signed as a free agent by the Seattle Mariners in January and released on March 29.
 

Posted by Andy Martino @ 2:21 PM  Permalink | 17 comments
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Posted 03:55 PM, 04/09/2009
RollinsWasRight
Just as long as he stays in the minors...that guy is terrible.
Posted 04:19 PM, 04/09/2009
fineedge1
I hope we get Derek Lowe. DOH!!!!!!!!
Posted 04:32 PM, 04/09/2009
ematusko
I'll take un-newsworthy for 100 Alex.
Posted 04:42 PM, 04/09/2009
Doubtful
It's things like this that make it so that we don't have the money to buy quality when the opportunity arises. Do it enough and then you realize many littles make a lot. Go figure.
Posted 04:53 PM, 04/09/2009
jim715
yes, doubtful, they wont be able to make a trade deadline trade because they gave this guy 50 grand...
Posted 05:11 PM, 04/09/2009
TOEMANCHIP
they didnt give this guy 50 grand, its a minor league contract, probably more like 5 grand
Posted 05:34 PM, 04/09/2009
MooseBreathMints
There has been a trend the pat two years where the Phillies have been picking up Giant relievers. Check it out. Can you name 3?
Posted 05:41 PM, 04/09/2009
Michael J
We're reigning champs guys.... But we can't get talent... right....
Posted 06:48 PM, 04/09/2009
Delaware Jim
Tyler Walker will also get free parking at his minor league field.
Posted 09:13 PM, 04/09/2009
drbob1
I think in that old commercial where Barry Bonds hits like a 600 foot HR that Walker is the pitcher on the mound.
Posted 10:35 PM, 04/09/2009
PhillyTheKid
almost as bad as Bob Walk for a pitcher's name...ugh
Posted 11:07 PM, 04/09/2009
barber211
A 4 pitch...oopps read the stat wrong... a 4 ball specialist..........hopefully trade bait to bring a mediocre pitcher here!!
Posted 08:06 AM, 04/10/2009
mick314
Could be no worse that PigsPen last night. I saw it !! (11-3 loss) They entered in 5th after KK,the doe eyed starter, was once again out of sync. He may not be in Egypt, but is still in denial as his post game comments were positive about his dismal performance.
Posted 09:06 AM, 04/10/2009
RollinsWasRight
Moose - Tim Worrell, Jack Taschner, Tyler Walker, Scott Eyre...all former Giants (although Eyre was most recently with the Cubs before the Phillies signed him...)
Posted 09:12 AM, 04/10/2009
RollinsWasRight
MichaelJ - how much more "talent" do you want??? In a time when 14 out 30 ML teams lowered their payroll budgets from a year ago, the average ML payroll is holding steady from a year ago, and the average ML salary has actually decreased from a year ago, the Phillies INCREASED their payroll a whopping 25%!!! What more can they do??? Or would you have preferred they trade guys like Rollins, Utley, or Howard in order to have payroll flexibility to add bigger name relief pitchers? They don't have endless reserves like the Yankees do. They don't have that much more money to play with, and they need to maintain some kind of reserve budget in the event they need to acquire a ML player mid-season should they need an injury replacement (can you say J.C. Romero? Tadahito Iguchi? Joe Blanton? All in-season acquisitions, necessities, and yes, the Phillies not only had to acquire those guys, but had to have some money to pay those guys).
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Andy Martino is in his first season on the Phillies beat. A former New York City public school teacher and graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, he previously wrote for the New York Daily News, where he covered baseball and worked with the award-winning investigative sports "I-team."
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