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Phillies sign five to minor-league deals

The Phillies on Wednesday announced the signings of three pitchers and two infielders to minor-league contracts.

Righthanders Frank Herrmann, Chris Leroux and Reiner Roibal and infielders Emmanuel Burriss and Ryan Jackson will come to the team's major-league spring training as non-roster invitees. Leroux, 31, and Roibal, 26, were in the Phillies' organization last season.

Burriss, 30, is a second baseman and shortstop who spent last season in the Washington Nationals system, appearing in five games at the major-league level. Jackson, 27, is predominantly a shortstop and was last with the Los Angeles Angels, where new Phillies general manager Matt Klentak was an assistant GM, and appeared in 22 major-league games last season.