Phillies land new boss Dombrowski
Longtime executive will run team’s baseball operations
The Philadelphia Phillies have hired longtime baseball executive Dave Dombrowski as president of baseball operations, according to two people familiar with the decision.
The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Thursday night because the team hadn’t announced the move. An official announcement is expected Friday, according to one of the people.
Andy Macphail is the Phillies’ current president and has planned to retire after the 2021 season. He said in October he would be willing to step aside sooner to make way for a new baseball operations boss.
Dombrowski has led baseball operations for Montreal, Miami, Detroit and Boston, winning World Series titles with the Marlins in 1997 and Red Sox in 2018.
The 64-year-old Dombrowski was fired by Boston in September 2019 amid a disappointing follow-up to the championship run.
Trade: Infielder Nate Lowe was traded from the AL champion Tampa Bay Rays to the Texas Rangers on
Thursday for minor league catcher and outfielder Heriberto Hernandez. As part of the swap, Tampa Bay also acquired minor league infielder Osleivis Basabe and minor league outfielder Alexander Ovalles, and Texas obtained minor league first baseman Jake Guenther and a player to be named.
Giants: Chadwick Tromp and San Francisco agreed on a one-year deal after the team declined to tender a contract to the rookie catcher from Aruba before last week’s deadline.
White Sox: Outfielder Adam Eaton and the Chicago White Sox have reunited, finalizing a one-year contract that guarantees $8 million. Eaton gets $7 million next season, and the White Sox have an $8.5 million option for 2022 with a $1 million buyout. Eaton played for Chicago from 2014-16 and was dealt to the Washington Nationals at the December 2016 winter meetings for current ace Lucas Giolito, and pitchers Dane Dunning and Reynaldo Lopez.
Rule 5 draft: The Yankees had three players selected from their organization in the Major League phase of Thursday's Rule 5 draft: right-hander Garrett Whitlock, infielder Kyle Holder and right-hander Trevor Stephan. Whitlock was taken by the Red Sox, Holder by the Phillies and Stephan by the Indians. The Yankees did not make any selections in the Major League phase. By taking Whitlock, Red Sox will have to keep him on their roster for the entirety of the 2021 season, otherwise they must offer him back to the Yankees. ... The Mets selected right-handed pitcher Luis Oviedo from the Indians with intentions to trade him to the Pirates for cash considerations, according to a source. The Mets also lost right-hander Dedniel Nunez to the Giants.