ICYMI: The Phillies on Saturday acquired hard-throwing lefty reliever Gregory Soto from the Tigers in exchange for two fan favorites who helped them win games last season. CSeidmanNBCS of NBCSPhilly has the recap:
The Phillies are trading players who helped them win games last season in Vierling and Maton but they're also bringing back a talented reliever in the prime of his career and under club control. Their revamped bullpen now has two tough right-handers in Seranthony Dominguez and Craig Kimbrel and two hard-throwing lefties in Soto and Jose Alvarado.
Others in the picture include lefty swingmen Bailey Falter and Cristopher Sanchez, long reliever Nick Nelson, Sam Coonrod and prospects Francisco Morales and Andrew Baker.
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