Though the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings started slow for the Phillies, business picked up as the week progressed in Nashville. Here’s what General Manager Matt Klentak did:
- Signed RHP David Hernandez to 1-year, $3.9 million contract
- Acquired RHP Vincent Velasquez, LHP Brett Oberholtzer, RHP Thomas Eshelman, OF Derek Fisher from Houston for RHP Ken Giles
- Drafted OF Tyler Goeddel in Rule 5 Draft (Rays)
- Drafted LHP Daniel Stumpf in Rule 5 Draft (Royals)
I’ll break up my breakdown into two parts; first, Hernandez and the Giles trade.