The Phillies have re-signed right-hander , according to . The veteran righty opted out of a separate minor league pact with the Phillies a few days ago. Crismatt, 30, has been a reliever for much of his minor league career but the Phils have been utilizing him as a starter this year. He made 15 Triple-A starts before opting out of his deal last week, logging 80 1/3 innings with a 3.81 earned run average. He only struck out 16.3% of batters faced John Olerud Jersey but limited walks to a 5.1% clip. His 39.2% ground ball rate was close to par. Despite those generally solid results, the Phils havent needed him at the big league level. Their rotation is one of the best in the big leagues. , and have been there all year. spent about the first month of the season on the injured list but has been healthy for over two months now. has been on the IL for a while but and have gotten the chances to take that spot. Crismatt decided to see what other opportunities were available to him but has circled back to the Phils. On the one hand, he gets the consistency of staying with the club hes been with all year, but his path to the big leagues remains blocked. Even if another injury or two develops, the Phils could look to make deadline acquisitions and they also have prospect making Triple-A starts. Coming up and taking a relief role is perhaps po sible but the Phils to bolster the relief corps at the deadline. Regardle s, Crismatt will presumably do his best for the IronPigs and see what happens. He has thrown 177 big league innings over the previous five seasons with a 3.71 ERA, 21.5% strikeout rate, 7.2% walk rate and 50.3% ground ball rate. Photo courtesy of Nathan Ray Seebeck, Imagn Images Tayler Saucedo Jersey
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