Today was minor league roster cleanup day. All players needed to be activated from the injured lists and all players who had achieved at least 7 minor league seasons became free agents. The Phillies had the opportunity to add any of these players to their 40 man roster to prevent this, but did not opt to keep anyone in this way. They did re-sign some players include Erick Brito, Gabriel Barbosa, Andrew Bechtold and Erubiel Armenta to new minor league contracts prior to the deadline.
Here is the list of free agents per the Phillies transaction log
- OF Marcus Lee Sang
- OF Leandro Pineda
- RHP Gunner Mayer
- RHP Matt Manning
- RHP Eiberson Castellano
- IF Nick Dunn
- RHP Phil Bickford
- RHP Lucas Sms
- OF Brewer Hicklen
- IF Christian Arroyo
- C Payton Henry
- C Josh Breaux
- OF Oscar Mercado
- IF Luis Verdugo
- RHP Gabe Mosser
- IF Rodolfo Castro
- RHP Adonis Medina
- IF Rafael Lantigua
With all 40 man players now on the MLB roster and releases and activations complete, the Phillies have 155 minor league players counting towards the offseason limit of 175. The next roster decision point will be next week when teams must add players to the 40 man roster to protect them from the Rule 5 draft.