Phillies General Manager Matt Klentak made his second trade of the offseason, bringing Howie Kendrick to Philadelphia in exchange for Darin Ruf and Darnell Sweeney. While Kendrick has predominately played second base in his career, the Phillies website lists him as an outfielder. Todd Zolecki also reports that the Phillies intentions are to have Kendrick be their everyday left fielder in 2017.
Unless the Phillies trade second baseman Cesar Hernandez, Kendrick looks to have the left field job all to himself next season.
This ultimately spells bad news for Cody Asche, the third baseman turned corner outfielder who spent much of 2016 in Lehigh Valley.