Despite several glaring roster holes , the Phillies spent the early part of free agency doing very little. Sure, some agents and their pet journalists did their best to link the Phillies to just about every free agent out there, but - and this is not especially surprising since the Phillies are often tight-lipped when it comes to free agent rumors - there didn’t seem to be much in the way of solid news.
That changed on Wednesday afternoon when the Phillies agreed on a one-year deal with reliever Corey Knebel.
The Phillies have signed right-handed reliever Corey Knebel to a one-year year contract, President of Baseball Operations David Dombrowski announced today.