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Phillies May Reunite with Right-Handed Reliever Tommy Hunter

The Philadelphia Phillies may have invited 69 players, 39 of whom are pitchers, to spring training, yet that might not stopping them from bringing on at least one more.

On Friday, amid “Truck Day” with just days before pitchers and catchers hold their first workout, NBC Sports Philadelphia’s Jim Salisbury reported that he is “hearing rumblings” that free-agent, right-handed reliever Tommy Hunter “may end up in Phillies camp.”

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Hunter, 33, has donned red pinstripes in each of the last two seasons, however he was limited to just five outings in 2019 before needing season-ending flexor tendon surgery in July.