At this point, after another spring in which he failed to stick with the major league club, Phillippe Aumont probably would benefit from a change of scenery. 1
So begins an article from 2015, an article written announcing the demotion of Aumont to the minor leagues yet again. As it would turn out, it was the beginning of the death knell of not only Aumont’s career in the big leagues, but also of the trade that brought him here in the first place. Ill fated when it occurred, ill fated even now, the trade of Cliff Lee to Seattle that netted the Phillies Aumont, Tyson Gillies and J.