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With Rule 5 Draft, Phillies put premium on flexibility

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 broke up my breakdown into two parts.