The Phillies traded minor league right-hander David Buchanan to the Reds for money, tweets Matt Gelb of the Athletic. Cincinnati assigned the 35-year-old to Triple-A Louisville.
Buchanan is eligible to be traded after the deadline as a result of he has not been on a 40-man roster all season. He signed a minor league contract with Philadelphia in February. Exterior of a one-off begin in Excessive-A, he has pitched the whole season with Philadelphia’s prime farm workforce in Lehigh Valley. He began 16 of twenty-two appearances with the IronPigs, working to a 4.82 ERA throughout 102 2/3 innings. His 17.5% strikeout proportion is subpar, however he has saved his stroll fee to a strong 7.4% clip.
A former Seventh-round decide, Buchanan pitched with Philadelphia on the main league stage between 2014-15. He had a strong 3.75 ERA as a rookie earlier than permitting practically seven earned runs per 9 in yr two. After spending the ’16 marketing campaign in Triple-A, Buchanan spent seven seasons in Asia. He performed three seasons in Japan earlier than a four-year run with the Samsung Lions in Korea.
Cincinnati’s rotation has been pummeled by harm. They’ve misplaced every of Andrew Abbott, Hunter Greene and Nick Lodolo to the injured record up to now few weeks, whereas Graham Ashcraft and Brandon Williamson have been out of motion for months. Buchanan gives a strike-throwing depth arm who has eaten a strong variety of innings in Triple-A this season. The Reds’ sequence of accidents provides him a greater probability to pitch his technique to the majors for the primary time in practically a decade than he would have had in Philadelphia.
