The Phillies now have approximately 15 starting pitchers on their 40 man roster as they acquire Clay Buchholz from the Red Sox in a salary dump. In return they send 2B Josh Tobias and $13.5 million in salary relief to Boston. Additionally the Phillies designated IF/OF Richie Shaffer for assignment to open up a spot on the 40 man roster. On the surface the trade follows a pattern for Matt Klentak who has acquired Charlie Morton, Jeremy Hellickson, Howie Kendrick, and Pat Neshek for essentially nothing.
Starting first with the player leaving Philly: Tobias was a 10th round pick in 2015 who hit .