Posted: Thursday, August 5, 2010, 2:43 PM | 39 comments |
 

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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- Infielder Cody Ransom was designated for assignment to clear space for the addition of first baseman Mike Sweeney to the 25-man roster Thursday.

Ransom hit .190 with two home runs and five RBIs. He had one of the season's most memorable hits, a pinch-hit, two-run home run to cap a wild ninth-inning comeback against the Reds on July 9.

The subtraction of Ransom means John Mayberry Jr., who was recalled Tuesday from triple-A Lehigh Valley, will stick for now. Mayberry can play the outfield and with Ross Gload possibly spending more time at first base, the Phillies decided Mayberry was more valuable to the bench than Ransom.

Sweeney has arrived in Florida and will join the Phillies after being acquired in a trade Wednesday with Seattle. He will not start Thursday, Charlie Manuel said. Instead, Gload will man first base for a second straight game.

The 40-man roster sits at 39 players.
Posted by Matt Gelb @ 2:43 PM  Permalink | 39 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:02 PM, 08/05/2010
    it's about time!
    — carlosbeltran
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:08 PM, 08/05/2010
    I can't believe they DFAed the guy hitting .190.
    — B in DC
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:15 PM, 08/05/2010
    i wonder why they didn't just outright him to the minors instead of DFAing him, they might need him once the rosters expand to 40. From what I understand, when you DFA a guy he comes off the 40 man.
    — robm0202
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:17 PM, 08/05/2010
    Thanks for your help, Cody. Everybody's doing their part.
    — dlscholt
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:29 PM, 08/05/2010
    Thanks for the Reds thing, Cody. Other than that, beat it.
    — stormrider
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:32 PM, 08/05/2010
    When is Wilson Valdez going?
    — junethe4th
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:40 PM, 08/05/2010
    If Sweeney gets hurt again, they could get a kid out of high school to come in and hit .190. Valdez is doing a nice job. He isn't going to hit, but he plays great defense. The Phillies have to play great defense and have good pitcing in order to survive the next couple of weeks.
    — realzeel
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:53 PM, 08/05/2010
    Valdez is the only guy on the bench who could replace Jimmy if he gets hurt. Why would you want to get rid of him? Like realzeel said he plays good defense at SS and 2nd and has good speed. The only speed of the bench when Brown is playing.f
    — EL Zorro
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:53 PM, 08/05/2010
    Ok, genius, let's get rid of Valdez. He plays 2B, SS, 3B, and the corner OF positions...all with a flawless glove. We haven't needed a guy like that this year, have we?!?
    — Phront_Runner
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:57 PM, 08/05/2010
    All he could do was sit "dead red" on a fastball which usually never came. He was the most consistant hitter in baseball. He hit .190 last year backing up A-Rod and .190 this year backing up the entire Phils infield. It's called the "Ransom Line"
    — Dull
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:00 PM, 08/05/2010
    Valdez has been a godsend to this team. Ransom is 34 and still bouncing back and forth to AAA. Hopefully a platoon of Gload and Sweeney will hold the fort at first until the big man gets healthy. It sure would be a good time for Werth to show he can pick the team up. If continues the way he has been going he should not be re-signed. They have enough good outfielders without him anyway: Victorino, Brown, Ibanez, Francisco and Mayberry. He needs to prove he can be the man or no way anybody is going to pay him the Bay/Holliday $$$ his agent has been talkng about.
    — Paul SoTX
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:00 PM, 08/05/2010
    Valdez is a great and very valuable defensive infielder, june. I guess nobody really watches baseball for defense anymore. He basically hitting right where you'd expect him if not better at .241 with 4 homeruns and 25 rbis. I'll take that all day from my utility infielder. Do you not remember Eric Bruntlett???
    — Mikell = Dawkins 2
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:28 PM, 08/05/2010
    Werth won't be re-signed. This is his last year in red pinstripes - productive or not.
    — TerryW


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