The bullpen shuffle continues.
The Phillies on Thursday optioned Jake Thompson to triple-A Lehigh Valley, ending one of the weirder cups of coffee in recent memory.
Today, they recalled reliever Luis Garcia, who must really love the Northeast Extension by this point. Garcia is carrying a 5.79 ERA in 4.2 innings with Lehigh Valley.
So, currently, the bullpen is: Garcia, Mark Leiter Jr., Joely Rodriguez, Edubray Ramos, Pat Neshek, Joaquin Benoit and Hector Neris.
Tim MalcolmTim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.
