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BREAKING: Phillies trade Freddy Galvis to Padres for prospect

The Phillies have traded Freddy Galvis to the San Diego Padres for pitcher Enyel De Los Santos, according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today.

Galvis is .245/.287/.372 lifetime over six seasons with the Phils. The 28-year-old shortstop was signed by the Phils out of his native Venezuela in 2006; last year, he played all 162 games, putting up a .255/.309/.382 line with 12 home runs and 61 runs batted in while playing outstanding defense.

De Los Santos, who will be 22 on Christmas Day, put up a 3.78 ERA with 138 strikeouts and 48 walks over 150 innings last season for double-A San Antonio. He throws a high-90s fastball plus curveball and changeup. He projects as a mid- to back-end rotation piece who could be in the majors by the end of 2018.

Tim Malcolm

Tim 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.