Acquired from the Astros in the massive Ken Giles trade—one that, looking back over the amount of players the Phillies got for their closer still makes me go “guh”—Brett Oberholtzer’s narrative was simple. A Delaware native, he grew up a huge Phillies and Eagles fan, so naturally, the stories on him this past January were all about a local kid coming home. CSN Philly called him a “Philly-style grinder.”
Sadly, the 27-year-old southpaw’s time with his hometown team is coming to an unceremonious end. The Phillies popped him off the roster with a designation for assignment three days ago, unsatisfied with his 4.