There’s a Sopranos storyline when you know someone is going to get whacked — you just don’t know when it’s going to happen.
Such is the off-season of Cody Asche. You know GM Matt Klentak is going to “whack” him. And it may happen sooner than we think.
On Dec. 2, the Phillies will have four players — Jeanmar Gomez, Freddy Galvis, Cesar Hernandez and Asche — who will become arbitration eligible. The Phils will offer arbitration to Galvis and Hernandez and probably offer it to Gomez. But Asche will get offered bupkis, thus non-tendering his contract, and he’ll effectively become a free agent.