Brandon Kintzler finished tied for fourth in Major League Baseball in saves during the 2020 regular season with 12, one more than the entire Phillies bullpen.
The story of the 2020 Phillies could have been much different if the Phillies employed him. Kintzler, who had a 2.22 ERA in 2020, admitted that he was extremely interested in pitching for the Phillies in 2020.
“I wanted to come there last year but it just didn’t work out,” Kintzler said Wednesday on MLB Network Radio’s MLB Roundtrip with Jim Memolo and Jeff Joyce.
Harper and Kintzler are both from Las Vegas and were teammates for two years as members of the Washington Nationals.