According to multiple reports, the Phillies have traded reliever Pat Neshek plus cash considerations to the Colorado Rockies for minor-league infielder Jose Gomez, right-handed pitcher J.D. Hammer and right-handed pitcher Alejandro Requena.
Gomez, the top name in the trade, was ranked 20th in the Rockies’ system heading into the season, according to John Sickels at Minor League Ball. A 20-year-old in the Class A South Atlantic League, Gomez is hitting .324/.374/.437 in 318 at bats. He’s known for a solid contact tool with average defensive capability.
Hammer, a 23-year-old in advanced A-ball, has a 5.25 ERA with 18 strikeouts and nine walks in 12 appearances. And Requena, also 20 and playing in the South Atlantic League, has a 2.85 ERA with 97 strikeouts and 25 walks in 19 starts.
Neshek was one of the Phils’ more valuable players this season, putting up a 1.12 ERA with 45 strikeouts in 40.1 innings. He was the team’s lone all-star this year, and was figured to be traded by Monday’s non-waiver deadline.
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.
