On Thursday, Philadelphia Phillis chose the Garrett Stubbs reserve in Triple-Lehigh Valley, cleansing the path for Raphael Marchan as a backup copy of JT Realmuto. This step was partially dictated by logistics forces, which often form solutions at the end of the roster.
Simply put: Stubbs remained in the fleeting league, that is, he could be sent without influence. Marshan did not. Fillis, clearly wanting to preserve both in their organization, made what a logical decision made.
“This is the business side,” said MLB.com, president of baseball operations Dave Dombrovsky. “This is part of this. Sometimes it works for you, and sometimes it works against you. Could you do anything (Stubbs)? I don’t know what else he could do. I think that this would be more reflecting if Markhan came here and simply did not play (or we did not like what we saw at all. ”Then we would say:“ It was good if we had not lost, we would not fill the depths. ”
The 31 -year -old Stabbs spent the last three years, serving the main backup of Realmuto. During this time, he reached .22/.305/.324 (77 ops+), turning into a favorite of a fan and club. It is noteworthy that it was Stubbs, which popularized using the Kalum Scott’s Remix “Dancing on my own” Robin as a song of Victory Fillis during their run in 2022 into the world series. (Phillis will lose in the autumn classic Houston Astros.)
“Someone should do this,” said Stabbs Billboard about his ascent to the appointed DJ Clubhouse DJ in 2024, “and I said that because my role in the team, when the game time enters, was limited, I just became a guy who entered the locker room after the games to include music. 20, 50, 100 songs in the playlist. “
It is impossible to say that Marshan, 26 years old, will replace the intangible qualities of Stubbs. However, he could represent an update on the field. He hit .279/.333/.477 (120 OPS+) in 40 games of the Higher Career League.
Realmuto, for his part, enters in his last season under the contract. Both sides previously expressed interest in developing expansion.
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